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Going In Circles? Good!

All Work

Designers encourage product manufacturers to include recycled content, lower VOCs, streamline manufacturing processes and track embodied carbon. The Carbon Leadership Forum defines embodied carbon as “greenhouse gas emissions arising from the manufacturing, transportation, installation, maintenance and disposal of building materials.”

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Humanscale charts a path to a sustainable future

Workplace Insight

Humanscale is celebrating CSR success in the way it manufactures the elements used in its award-winning workplace solutions. In 2021, 26 products equating to 60 percent of the company’s sales were certified climate positive. In this way, Humanscale is taking responsibility for everything in the supply chain.

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How to navigate the seismic shifts in workplace rules and roles in 2024

Work Life

Work is assessed according to where the employee can work—either on site or anywhere, and the level of customer interaction—either standalone right up to fully hands-on: Highly hands-on, on-site workers include emergency services, early education, travel and hospitality, and transport roles that can only be performed in person.

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Why the over 50s are leaving the workforce in huge numbers

Workplace Insight

The industries with the largest percentage rises in inactivity among the over-50s are wholesale and retail (40% rise), transport and storage (+30%), and manufacturing (+25%). Meanwhile, the occupations with the largest percentage rises are process plant and machine operatives (+50%) and sales and customer service occupations (+40%).

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How to Create Strategic Partnerships

Success

An online survey conducted by Forrester Consulting in 2019 found that 49% of respondents saw revenue boosted by partnerships and 77% of respondents saw “partnership development as central to their 2019 sales and marketing strategy.” . Proof it works: Close to meeting sales goals in the program’s first year. Mike Kilchenstein.

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7 Sustainable Work Design Brands For The Eco-Conscious Worker

All Work

Most of the Mater collection is labeled and manufactured with FSC-certified wood. Bolon manufactures all of its products in Ulricehamn, Sweden, where it also recycles its own flooring and the waste from other companies in the area into raw materials before using them to create new pieces of flooring.

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How to outsource everything: A business owner’s guide

Insperity

Speak to their customers and service/product delivery team members, not just sales and leadership. That could mean user-friendly accounting software or next-generation manufacturing materials. How can you make outsourcing seamless?