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Workers who regularly use artificial intelligence are spending less time working alone and more time learning and socialising with colleagues, suggesting that the spread of AI could increase rather than diminish the importance of the physical workplace. Gensler’s Global Workplace Survey 2026 found that 30 per cent of workers regularly use AI tools in both…

  Citi has dedicated close to $650 billion to its goal of investing or lending $1 trillion in “sustainable finance” by 2030. That puts the third-largest U.S. bank further along, by percentage, than its bigger rivals, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America, both of which announced similar commitments early this decade. JPMorgan Chase had deployed…

Recent GlobeScan and BSR research suggests that corporate sustainability may be facing an internal alignment challenge, with sector professionals perceiving a gap between the ways their teams and senior leaders view the role of sustainability within their organizations. This finding builds on a previous insight showing that regulatory requirements have become the dominant driver of…

Heat waves are arriving earlier and lasting longer. According to NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, 2025 was the fourth-warmest year on record for the U.S., with average temperatures 2.6°F above the 20th-century average. With rising temperatures come increased risks to the workers caught in them—particularly those in the labor-intensive manufacturing and distribution industries. Heat…

Nearly every healthcare facilities leader sees artificial intelligence (AI) as part of the future of facilities management, but far fewer are actually prepared to use it. A recent Bellrock study of 285 facilities professionals across healthcare and local government found that 99 percent of leaders believe their current facilities management model is not fit for…

Healthcare master planning is often viewed as a roadmap for space and growth. However, the most successful plans go further to unlock smarter investments, improve resilience and enable better patient outcomes. Across recent hospital planning projects, one theme is clear: when engineers are brought in early, master plans become more strategic, more flexible and ultimately…