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Plastic Free July – Is it Realistic During a Pandemic?

Plastic Free July is a global movement that encourages people to refuse single-use plastics, but COVID-19 is challenging this from multiple...

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£350 Million Committed to Fuel Green Recovery

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced this week that UK industry will receive £350 million to cut emissions and drive economic recovery...

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Mitie Shares Plan Zero Fleet Transition Service

Businesses wanting to make their fleets fully electric are being offered a transition service to support their approach. FM and professional...

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CIBSE Guide Recognises Engineers’ Role in Sustainability Outcomes

An updated guide on sustainability, published by CIBSE, puts engineers at the heart of building better performing, sustainable buildings. The guide...

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Business Leaders to Present Research Report to Ministers on Net-Zero Development

A coalition of local leaders, including Conservative mayors and energy business, Siemens, have joined forces to lobby the Chancellor to pledge...

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Smart Upgrades for all HVAC Units in wilko Stores

wilko, one of the UK’s largest family-owned DIY, homeware and garden retailers, has confirmed it will start rolling out a nationwide upgrade...

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Chancellor Announces Changes To Furlough Scheme, Green Recovery and VAT

Rishi Sunak has today provided a recovery plan to stimulate the economy, including a Job Retention Bonus for employers. Sunak also introduced a...

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SFMI Report Encourages Sustainable Ambition in the FM sector

A sustainability framework to help FM organisations improve their environmental, social and governance performance has been published by the...

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Where is the Green in Boris’ New Deal?

Steve Malkin, CEO of Planet First provides his reaction to Boris Johnson’s “New Deal” announcement. Malkin is an experienced...

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£14 Billion Gap in Public Investment to Meet Post-COVID Green Recovery

Analysis from Green Alliance suggests that the UK’s infrastructure pipeline is “incompatible” with the government’s long-term...

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Office Lighting And Whole-Life Carbon

Over-lighting offices not only increases energy use, but it can also drive up the embodied carbon of a building. We spoke to sustainability...

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New Index Assesses Virus Survival In The Air In Real-Time

Air quality management company uHoo has suggested that 88 per cent of people want air quality data to be publicly displayed. This would be as...

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Sodexo Reaffirms Sustainability Commitments As Sites Reopen

To mark World Environment Day 2020 last week, Sodexo reaffirmed its five key sustainability commitments to work with employees, clients and suppliers...

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Energy Institute Looks Towards Its Own Impact On Climate

The Energy Institute has today confirmed its trajectory towards ending the impact of its central operations on the climate. The global professional...

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