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What Is Embodied Carbon And Why Does It Matter In Workspace Design?

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But without minimising embodied carbon in things like construction materials, we’re much less likely to achieve the goals set out in COP26. Building and construction are responsible for 39% of global carbon emissions , according to research. The much anticipated COP26 summit took place between 31 Oct and 12 Nov 2021.

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Europe not on track to deliver carbon neutral built environment by 2050

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It has been one year today (24 May 2023), since the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) launched a new policy called the EU Policy Whole Life Carbon Roadmap, to help the European Union accelerate total decarbonisation of buildings and construction — the most heavily emitting sector in the world.

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Millions now able to request flexible working on day one of employment

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Millions of employees will be able to request flexible working from day one of their employment, under new government plans to make flexible working the default. The ‘Making flexible working the default’ consultation recognised that flexible working is different for every employee, employer, and sector – it does not come in one size only.

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This Entrepreneur Built a Business on Values-Based Investing Before It Was Cool

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That’s the question Brian Kaminer, the founder of Talgra, a New York-based sustainable investment consulting firm , aims to help his clients answer. Over the next few years, Kaminer did more and more sustainability consulting and became an investor in some small-scale solar projects in New Jersey. Is your money working for you?

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Korn Ferry Offices – Singapore

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The new Singapore office for the global talent and organisational consulting firm invites employees to return to a redefined work environment that breaks down traditional barriers of hierarchy while driving open conversation and collaboration. The result is a work environment that is as much about community as it is about productivity.

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The UK workplace sector reacts to the Spring Budget 2023

Workplace Insight

UKGBC members across the UK continue to set an ambitious pace for transforming their business models for net zero carbon growth – the Government must use its forthcoming response to Mission Zero and the updated Net Zero Strategy to set out a detailed and credible delivery plan to achieve net zero by 2050.”

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Tips and Resources to Scale Your Small Business

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When Logan Shinholser, owner and CEO of the Contractor Growth Network in Charlotte, North Carolina, graduated from college in 2014, he started providing marketing services for his father’s pond construction, repair and cleaning business in Maryland. “I It was too much of a strain on my business and we lost money because of it,” he says.