Sustainability

Businesses seeking to win government contracts will have to set out how they will also deliver social value priorities - including Covid-19 recovery measures, according to measures announced this week.

Ireland’s Beauparc Group, a waste management and renewable energy business, has stepped up its reach into the UK market with the purchase of LSS Waste Management. 

UK Contractors Declare – a manifesto for a just transition to a zero-carbon economy – is calling on all industries to commit to action on the climate crisis.

Recycling and resource recovery specialist Enva has been chosen as the integrated waste management partner for Guy Salmon’s new Jaguar Land Rover dealership in south-west London.

Buckinghamshire Council has awarded Veolia a 10-year contract to supply household waste collections and street cleaning services in the Chiltern, Wycombe and South Bucks areas.

UK fruit producer Bardsley England has chosen ENGIE to be its long-term delivery partner for achieving carbon-negative produce. 

Businesses have a lot to gain from applying the principles of the circular economy to the workplace, says Ann Beavis.

Legislation has catapulted the race to achieve net zero carbon emissions to the top of the sustainability agenda. Martin Read reports on a refreshingly collaborative environment with investors, developers, agents, operators and tenants all focused on the same goal – that is, before the pandemic struck.

Social value has dominated the agenda over the past few years with Covid-19 further highlighting sustainability’s human dimension. Yet in the months immediately pre-Covid, attention was turning towards the UK’s 2050 deadline for net zero carbon emissions as the new kid on the sustainability block. Ahead of its 2020 sustainability survey report, Martin Read attended an IWFM sustainability SIG workshop to consider the topic’s shifting priorities.

So many sustainability terms are being used that it can be hard to know what’s relevant. Here's the difference between carbon neutrality and negativity

Despite slow efforts from the government, social value is set to become an integral component in public procurement.

Mitie has been awarded a £6 million contract to provide facilities management for the Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust (YAS).