Overview
The IWFM Sustainability Survey 2022 focused on three key areas of sustainability – carbon and net zero, circular economy and wellbeing – through three surveys which were supplemented by insights from a workshop with industry professionals.
For each of the three areas, we explored whether and how organisations were addressing the challenges, what drivers and barriers they faced in doing so, and how workplace and facilities management professionals were supporting organisations’ targets, whether in-house or outsourced.
Since our last report, global progress on carbon reduction has remained frustratingly slow, despite the ‘Code Red’ warning. Summer 2022 saw the UK experience record high temperatures across large parts of the country, giving many of us first-hand experience of the reality of inaction. More positively, the UN biodiversity COP15 saw almost 200 countries agree to legally binding commitments to halt and reverse biodiversity loss.
Crystal clear is the need to step up collaborations in tackling climate change and biodiversity, to see promises turned to action, and good outcomes for all. Against this backdrop, what do this year’s findings tell us about carbon and net zero, circular economy and wellbeing?
Join us to find out and put your questions to our panel.
Speakers
Simon Chiva
Simon has worked in the environment sector since 2001, for the last nine years of which he has worked as an Energy and Carbon Consultant, a role he has fulfilled at Inenco for close to three years.
Simon has worked to support multiple clients and complex organisations to calculate GHG Gases and carbon emissions. He has supported the development and implementation of data collection plans and management strategies, aimed at improving the quality of emissions calculations, to support accurate, external Stakeholder Reporting.
His practical knowledge and experience have placed him a position to support clients to develop emissions reduction and sustainability strategies and to assist those clients to implement those strategies and carbon management plans.
Simon is a Chartered Energy Manager and professional member of the Energy Institute and most recently an energy reduction project Simon was Project Lead on received ‘Highly Commended’ at the Energy Awards 2021. Simon was also shortlisted as a Net Zero Hero in the 2022 TELCA awards
Greg Davies
Greg has worked for over 32 years in health, safety and environmental compliance management covering aspects including Legionella, H&S, fire, asbestos, building environment quality, energy, waste and sustainability.
A degree-qualified microbiologist and registered expert witness, he joined Assurity Consulting in 1989. Greg is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health, Specialist Member of the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management (IIRSM) and currently Chair’s both the IWFM Sustainability Special Interest Group and IIRSM London Branch committee
Greg is a regular blogger and contributor to our industry press, with over 250 articles published on environmental management/sustainability, health and safety and risk. He chaired the CIBSE committee that revised TM13, was the author of the original IWFM good practise guide to risk management and has been survey lead for the IWFM sustainability in FM survey for the last 8 years.
On subjects ranging from water management to the “Red Tape Challenge” Greg has also spoken at events for, or been involved with, organisations including Defra, PHE, IIRSM, DECC, BSC, RICS, CIEH, BSRIA, CIBSE, IWFM, IOSH, CIEH and the London Health and Safety Group
Jenny Thomas
Jenny has led on IWFM’s Marketing Communications strategy since 2018, helping to define, shape the Institute’s vision and mission and amplify its voice.
She has over fifteen years’ experience developing and delivering insight-led strategic communications campaigns, change management initiatives and stakeholder engagement strategies both in Whitehall and professional body environments.