Out now: the 2025 IWFM Sustainability report

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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.

Although the report – titled ‘Tackling the other half of the climate challenge: Adaptation’ – reveals some undeniably stark facts regarding the challenges facing our industry, there is a clear focus on the positive steps we’ve taken so far. For instance, 42% of organisations are now assessing climate-related risks and mitigations, and there is a growing understanding of the need to do more.

The report goes beyond the simple presentation of facts and figures, and provides clear step-by-step guidance on the work that facilities teams can lead on, both in terms of assessing the risk and planning for practical measures to mitigate against climate-related issues. We discuss in detail what needs to happen for workplace and facilities teams and service providers to collaborate to drive sustainability throughout the supply chain. And we conclude with a set of straightforward recommendations for key stakeholders to adopt if we are to continue leading the way on sustainability.

Introducing the report, IWFM’s CEO, Linda Hausmanis, said: ‘There is a clear positive shift in terms of workplace and facilities managers’ involvement in organisations’ climate-related planning, as well as in the understanding of more challenging areas such as Scope 3 and value chain emissions… Crucially, the findings also show that the debate has now evolved to include climate adaptation as a key consideration. We are beginning to see some encouraging early progress on topics such as the assessment of climate-related risks and the potential impact on building stock.’

The full report can be downloaded here.

And there is a webinar, featuring Anna Williamson – Associate Lecturer at the University of the Built Environment, Kam Singh – Executive Director of ESG at EMCOR, and Rob Molyneux – Head of Sustainability & Environment at Equans on Wednesday 15 October.

Register here to join.