Sustainability is becoming a major development factor and a crucial criterion for corporate customers and investors…
Beyond the hype and greenwashing that sometimes occurs, two areas can have a lasting and effective impact on sustainability: workspace concepts and infrastructure management (FM).
The optimisation of schedules for heating and cooling systems, the use of sustainable products, better use of space with space sharing, the introduction of teleworking between 2-3 days per week are just a few examples that can be easily implemented in most companies.
Beyond these examples, it is a real strategy that needs to be adopted by the company.
Moreover, the accumulation of concrete actions will make the difference, not only in terms of sustainability but also in financial terms, because most of the recommended measures contribute to reducing costs: it would be wise to take advantage of this…
Some ideas:
• Introduce teleworking wherever possible for 1, 2 or even 3 days of work.
• Introduce workspace sharing, given that the majority of companies in the tertiary sector have about 40% of their space occupied.
• Purchase furniture and accessories produced regionally or at least on the continent to avoid intercontinental transport.
• Optimise the purchase of consumables with products that are as sustainable as possible and reduce waste.
• Establish an “eco-responsible” waste collection concept.
• Increase or reduce the output of cooling and heating installations as close as possible to working hours. Establish minimum limits on non-working days.
• Grouping entities that have to work 24 hours a day in the same areas in order to be able to isolate the other spaces and thus reduce the consumption of electricity, heating and ventilation.
• Etc.
These few very concrete examples demonstrate, if need be, the relevance of coordination between FM entities and workspaces and, above all, the possibilities of concrete, simple and rapid actions to be put in place.
Company management would be well advised to coordinate activities and find common objectives that are not only beneficial for sustainability but also for the profit and loss account…
Good choice, good thoughts and good reading.