Sustainability represents both significant challenges and opportunities for UK industry.   We are more sustainability-focussed, our customers are demanding more sustainable practices, our stakeholders are exerting more pressure and legislation is becoming increasingly stringent. The desire for a greener, ethical and more sustainable supply chain is greater than ever.  

In 2009 approximately 43% of the UK’s carbon emissions came from buildings.  In addition poor waste management and inefficient use of resources can result in sustainability impacts; they are also of course where we all work, live and play.  As a group, the UK FM sector is involved in maintaining these assets and we need to embrace the sustainability agenda, or simply risk losing out to our competitors.