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Demand for green buildings has slowed according to RICS Sustainability Report

admin 11 Nov, 2025 0

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has released its 2025 Sustainability Report, revealing a slowdown in global demand growth for sustainable buildings and a concerning lack of progress in carbon measurement across…

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London’s evolving Skyline misses opportunity to support a more circular economy

admin 16 Jul, 2025 0

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…

Construction

VINCI completes FM Conway acquisition

admin 3 Feb, 2025 0

VINCI Construction signed an agreement on 31 January 2025 completing its acquisition of infrastructure services business FM Conway. FM Conway now joins the network of VINCI Construction to support the further growth of the company. With a…

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Resourceful thinking

admin 4 Nov, 2022 0

With rising material costs, carbon reporting and increasing recognition by customers and organisations, the circular economy is gaining credence. Sunil Shah, Director and Heather Turner, Sustainability Analyst at Acclaro on what this could…

Construction

Carpet Recycling UK builds flooring sector momentum at Harrogate

admin 6 Sep, 2022 0

Exhibiting on Stand A45 at the 2022 Harrogate Flooring Show, Carpet Recycling UK (CRUK) is inviting the sector to build on collaborative momentum and act to reduce textile flooring waste and resource usage ahead of any potential changes to…

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As demand for second-hand market grows businesses are encouraged to dust off unwanted equipment

admin 25 Aug, 2022 0

With the increasing pressure on supply chains, and a continued rise in costs for new materials, buyers looking for second-hand goods are calling for more quality used items to come to the market. A survey of customers conducted in July by…

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Elis provides sustainable alternative for workwear and laundry

admin 11 Aug, 2022 0

With businesses looking for ways to improve their sustainability, workwear and laundry services provider, Elis UK, explains how its circular economy approach can help. Elis was the first company in its sector to announce its target of net…

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Material Change

admin 10 Aug, 2022 0

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…

Construction

Circular Thinking

admin 9 Aug, 2022 0

Giampiero Frisio, ABB Electrification’s Smart Power Division President, explains why it’s time for the modern facilities manager to ‘think circular’. We cannot ignore the escalating environmental crisis. By 2030 the planet will be home to…

Ground-breaking recycling collaboration to give plastic PPE waste another lease of life

admin 27 Jan, 2022 0

Plastic PPE waste is to be given another life in a ground-breaking recycling collaboration between Heriot-Watt University and Britain’s largest PPE manufacturer, Globus Group. The soaring quantities of plastic PPE, including respirators and…

Enva announces significant improvement in Co2 avoidance

admin 21 Jan, 2022 0

Enva, a provider of recycling and specialist resource recovery solutions in the UK and Ireland, has launched its 2021 Sustainability Report which shows the business has saved 10 times more CO2 emissions from sustainably managing its…

Construction

Reducing carbon emissions through circular economy

admin 23 Nov, 2021 0

The circular economy is to play a critical role in helping to cut carbon emissions. By recycling existing materials the highly energy-intensive production of new raw materials is reduced, accelerating the movement to net zero carbon…

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