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UK built environment is woefully under-prepared for climate change

Workplace Insight

New analysis published by UKGBC during the COP28 talks concludes that the UK’s built environment is severely under-equipped to adapt to our changing climate. No areas received a green rating, indicating that the UK built environment is not sufficiently adapted to the present and future risks posed by any of the threats assessed by UKGBC.

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Hefty fine for Amazon has implications for employee surveillance policy

Workplace Insight

A parliamentary select committee heard in 2022 that employees could be fired if that had three productivity flags on the company’s systems. Whole-workplace monitoring could certainly bolster trade unions and spur on industrial action.

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Gender Equality In U.K. Financial Leadership At Least 14 Years Away

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This sluggish advancement towards equal representation in leadership positions reflects the challenges faced by the industry in fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce. By addressing systemic barriers and creating supportive environments that nurture female talent, the U.K.’s

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London must take better decisions on whether to retrofit its buildings

Workplace Insight

The London Assembly Planning and Regeneration Committee has published a new report called Retrofit vs Rebuild? The Committee carried out a two-part investigation into London’s built environment to produce the report. which asks how decisions are made to either retrofit or rebuild properties and the carbon implications for both.

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Office Space In Town Appoints ESG Director, Georgia Sandom

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The policy launches during a period which has seen a record 70% increase in client enquiries about ESG values and as businesses across the flexible workspace sector, and real estate industry more widely, assess how to take the most effective genuine steps embedding ESG values. .

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How Women Are Rising in Business

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The industries of women in business The industries these women settled into differed between the reports. Office of Technology Assessment, the National Science Foundation and the National Academy of Engineering Committee on Public Engineering Policy,” according to her website. of women-owned businesses.

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Sector leaders implore EU to be ambitious when setting carbon targets for buildings

Workplace Insight

Currently, EU policy only addresses the operational emissions of buildings but to support total decarbonisation of the EU building stock, policy must evolve to cover both operational and embodied emissions, known as Whole Life Carbon. million green jobs annually, whilst boosting local communities.