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Recycling, Waste and Resource Management. An updated IWFM Good Practice Guide
IWFM is pleased to launch a revised edition of its Good Practice Guide, Recycling, Waste and Resource Management, available from Wednesday 22 April. This updated guide reflects continued changes in legislation, policy and professional practice, providing workplace and facilities management professionals with clear, current and practical guidance.
New IWFM guidance helps workplace and facilities managers strengthen climate resilience
IWFM has published a new guidance note, Climate Adaptation for WFM, produced in partnership with Equans UK & Ireland. The resource provides workplace and facilities management professionals with practical insight into understanding, planning for and responding to the growing impacts of climate change on buildings, operations and people. The guidance will be available from Thursday 19 March.
IWFM champions sustainability and collaboration at EuroFM 2025
Members of IWFM’s senior team attended this year’s EuroFM Conference & Research Symposium, held in Trondheim, Norway from 1–3 December.
Sustainable facilities management - Visit the IWFM Sustainability hub
As workplace and facilities managers – sustainability is now front-of-mind in nearly all of our strategic decision-making and our day-to-day operational activity. The IWFM Sustainability Hub was created with our Sustainability Special Interest Group to offer a rich and evolving resource to supports our members in navigating this critical area with confidence. Anyone with an interest in sustainable facilities management should bookmark the page.
Out now: the 2025 IWFM Sustainability report
The 2025 IWFM Sustainability Report is another landmark publication in the facilities management year, continuing our partnership with Equans UK & Ireland. It draws on the findings of our recent Sustainability Survey, which cast a wide net to understand the workplace and facilities management industry’s approach to climate change.
World Environment Day 2025. How WFM should be spearheading the workplace sustainability agenda
Workplace and facilities managers (WFMs) are on the frontline as organisations everywhere work to deliver on their net zero commitments. But we’re still not playing a large enough role in the push for sustainability.
The 2025 Sustainability Survey is live – we need your voice
The IWFM Sustainability Survey is a landmark in the UK’s workplace and facilities management (WFM) year, and it’s time to add your voice to this year’s survey.
Coming soon: the 2025 Sustainability Survey, in partnership with Equans UK & Ireland
To equip workplace and facilities management (WFM) professionals with the tools needed to effectively maximise sustainability opportunities, IWFM is soon to launch the 2025 Sustainability Survey.
Revolutionising heritage building management: sustainability and resilience
Earlier this week, the workplace and facilities management (WFM) community celebrated World FM Day and its theme of "Resilience in action: thriving in a world of change".
Strategising sustainability at the Transforming NHS Estates Conference and Exhibition
Recently, I had the pleasure of speaking at the Institute of Government & Public Policy’s Transforming NHS Estates Conference and Exhibition at the Kia Oval, London. The focus of my presentation and panel discussion was IWFM’s 2024 Sustainability Survey Report, released in partnership with Equans UK & Ireland.
Workplace and facilities managers: step up and lead, your organisations will benefit
Our Sustainability Report 2024, published today, has found there is widespread intent to meet the 2050 deadline for net zero, as 75% of organisations say they expect to reach this. This represents meaningful progress from the Institute’s 2022 sustainability survey, which found that just 53% of organisations had a clear net zero target and roadmap.
Access our new guidance note to drive sustainability and net zero
Recently, we’ve engaged with Equans UK & Ireland on a range of initiatives to supercharge sustainability in workplace and facilities management (WFM), including a webinar and our forthcoming Sustainability Survey Report.