carbon footprint

The record-breaking demolition of St Helen’s tower, the tallest building to be demolished in the capital, highlights London’s missed opportunity to reuse 49,000 tonnes of demolished concrete to permanently store and remove hundreds of…

FMJ looks at the reasons for the growing use of electronic key management systems across a range of sectors There has been a rise in popularity of electronic key management systems, in place of the traditional manual key and lock systems –…

By Chintan Soni, CEO and Co-Founder of Ecolibrium Research from the World Economic Forum has found that the built environment is responsible for 40 per cent of global energy consumption and 33 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions, with…

The live events caterer has introduced carbon labelling at NEC Group venues, in a partnership with food technology and sustainability specialists Foodsteps. The trial is assessing the carbon impacts of 1,800 recipes sold at the NEC and ICC,…

HVAC specialist Kimpton has been appointed to reduce carbon impact and improve efficiency of the heating and water systems at the iconic 801-bedroom Tower Hotel in London. Having expanded nationally, and after almost 60 years in business,…

Andrew Jackson, Business Development Director EMEA, Shaw Contract on procuring flooring products and materials that contribute to a Circular Economy approach. If we are to limit global warming to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius in…

In June 2022, The Sustainable Facilities Management Index (SFMI), in partnership with BAM FM, released a standard to calculate Scope 3 carbon emissions for the facilities management sector – “Setting the foundations for net zero”. The…

Facilities managers and businesses could slash CO2 footprints and save over £1,200 on every three urinals on their books, if they switched to waterless technology. The findings were released by Smarti Environmental, the UK’s leading…

Rosie Bailey, Commercial Director at CitySprint explains why a logistics partner can improve the sustainability of delivery operations for facilities managers Pressure on businesses to reduce their carbon footprint has never been higher,…

BM has launched ‘Eat with the Earth in Mind’, a range of new low carbon menus which aim to raise awareness and understanding of the impact an activity or item has on the climate; from its creation, transportation and use, to…