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Seven industry associations join forces to develop real estate carbon pricing strategy

Workplace Insight

While an important tool to help build the business case for low carbon solutions, a recent ULI C Change survey demonstrated that internal carbon pricing is still a ‘minority activity’ in the built environment. This initiative aims to ensure that carbon pricing is firmly placed as an actionable item on our industry’s collective agenda.”

Agenda 98
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Human resources professionals should focus on boardroom partnerships

Workplace Insight

In many organisations, people costs will reach over 50 percent of the overall cost base so it is clear there is an importance for HR leaders to be working in tandem with other departments such as Finance so they can better understand how employees are impacting the bottom line.

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For all its flaws, COP28 still gives us a route to a greener future

Workplace Insight

While a complete ‘phase-out’ was not explicitly called for, the commitment from over 60 countries to reduce cooling-related emissions and the UAE Banks Federation’s pledge of $270 billion in sustainable finance demonstrated tangible commitment. This is by a coalition of leading public, private and public-private global initiatives.

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Investment in real estate upgrades stalls in face of economic and business challenges

Workplace Insight

Most of the 900 or so industry leaders that participated are making long-term resources available to address the fit-for-purpose agenda. Industry leaders identified the ESG agenda (54 percent) and climate change (42 percent) as the two top factors driving change in real estate over the next 20 years.

Agenda 52
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Q&A: What are some social and economic issues small business face.

The Small Business Blog

To many work is the central activity in their lives and the stresses and pressures of todays workplace are enormous, overtime, project pressure, sales targets, travel to and from the place of work, to name but a few. Social issues are clearly centered around the work-place, work life and private life. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Today's.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Below are a few tips so the task is not as daunting: Filling in the blanks I take minutes on a laptop so it is easy to make a template ahead of time which is based on the agenda. I put the items from the agenda on the template in the same order and with a space to put the discussion and decisions/actions from the meeting.