The built environment industry has not been going “far or fast enough” when it comes to tackling climate change, COP26 delegates heard at the conference’s day of events dedicated to the sector.
There has been a “notable decrease” in employee confidence about post-pandemic plans, transparency and communication from leadership, reveals a report by workplace analytics provider Humanyze.
A collection of essays that explore the expanding role of facility management (FM), and the leadership challenges and opportunities associated with delivering effective workplaces post-pandemic has been published.
Dacorum Borough Council has engaged environmental crime enforcement firm District Enforcement to make the borough a cleaner and safer place to live and work.
The managing director of cleaning service firm Incentive QAS used last week’s Cleaning Show to deliver an impassioned plea for the sector to sustain its new-found prominence in the national debate.
Coventry University research has found that 40 per cent of primary school classrooms examined in a study did not have an adequate ventilation rate to combat the spread of COVID-19.
The Mayor of London has written to building owners asking them to draw up plans for personal emergency evacuation for disabled people living in unsafe blocks.
Delaying the setting of new air quality targets until next year could literally cost lives, according to the chief executive of the British Safety Council.
The International Facility Management Association (IFMA) has announced the creation of a research advisory committee to examine how to reshape the built environment.
