Standards vs Guidelines: The benefits of establishing process

Standards vs Guidelines: The benefits of establishing process

Designers are responsible to clients in multiple ways. Maintaining a brand’s high aesthetic standards is key among them, but additional more pragmatic responsibilities such as budget and establishing client tools for successful future projects can be equally important. This is where the benefits of guidelines and standards enters the designer-client conversation. Defining standards Standards are…

Access to data is a major challenge faced by the property sector as it decarbonises

Access to data is a major challenge faced by the property sector as it decarbonises

The British Property Federation (BPF), in partnership with JLL, has released a report today that identifies the key challenges the property sector faces as it decarbonises and provides a series of policy recommendations. Access to data is a major challenge the research identifies, with property owners and occupiers referencing it as one of the top…

Good jobs and green jobs should not be mutually exclusive in the US steel industry

Good jobs and green jobs should not be mutually exclusive in the US steel industry

The drive to decarbonize the U.S. steel industry, while necessary, risks leaving behind an important part of the manufacturing workforce: unions. The steelmaking industry is responsible for 11 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions, with the United States ranking as the fourth-highest producer worldwide. The U.S. steel production alone emits about 110 million metric tons of…

‘Conscious quitting’: On youth and consequences

‘Conscious quitting’: On youth and consequences

Today, I’m thinking about last week — and about the future. Last week, for the uninitiated, was the 15th annual GreenBiz conference, a decade-and-a-half milestone in what has been a very satisfying journey to build and support an impactful community of sustainable business leaders. And what a community! Not quite 2,000 passionate souls showed up…

UK four-day week pilot is a resounding success

UK four-day week pilot is a resounding success

The results of the world’s biggest ever four-day working week pilot which took place in the UK have been revealed with almost every company that took part deciding to continue with a four-day week, with no loss of pay for workers. In a report published today (21 February) by the think tank Autonomy and leading…