Day: July 2, 2020

A white paper published by the Sustainable Facilities Management Index (SFMI) provides FM organisations with a framework that can help propel them to leading sustainability status.    Sustainable Ambition for the FM Sector outlines the challenges and opportunities for FM service providers during a period of massive social and political turmoil. It aims to provide the industry with the building blocks to transform environmental, social and governance (ESG) sustainability performance.

The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—a shared vision to end poverty, rescue the planet and build a prosperous and peaceful world—are gaining global momentum. While progress is being made in many places, action to meet the SDGs is not yet advancing at the speed or scale required.

Clariant and Duslo’s research institute VUCHT are transforming waste into wealth. Using a proprietary technique and Clariant’s HYDEX E next-generation hydro-dewaxing catalyst, VUCHT has successfully converted plastic waste into premium winter fuel distillate.

Earlier this spring a SBIO Video Committee was formed to produce a 2-minute advertising video that will initially be used at the SWST 2020 online conference this summer. It will be used in other marketing campaigns as well . A big thank you goes out to all the people who contributed to this daunting task! Please view and enjoy our first marketing video for the Department of Sustainable Biomaterials:

Natural Britain is a hand-picked selection of interesting, active, safe and sustainably-operated travel experiences throughout the British Isles – a unique marketplace for sellers and buyers….

People stuck at home are de-cluttering, and because of the lockdowns there are few workers collecting and recycling the junk, Kees Balde, a senior programme officer with the sustainable cycles programme at the United Nations University, another contributor to the report, told Reuters.

Jarett Gross (@automateconstruction) has created a short video on TikTok with music Chinese New Year.Super #sustainable shelter 3D printed out of just dirt and straw resulting in nearly no emissions…

Badged as Think Global Act Local, the scheme has been developed to provide construction projects with an alternative to disposing of excess building materials, fixtures and fittings through what has been the common practice of burying them onsite or treating them as waste in designated skips. By making surplus materials available for local use, the project has the potential to significantly reduce construction waste and offer a boost to local small businesses and communities by providing them with materials they would otherwise have to buy new.

American Airlines’ CEO Doug Parker told employees the industry “fully believed by Oct. 1 this would be over with. I know that sounds insane now.”

American Airlines’ CEO Doug Parker told employees the industry “fully believed by Oct. 1 this would be over with. I know that sounds insane now.”