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Sustainability survey 2022 - wellbeing

'Covid-19 brought the already rising importance and expectations around wellbeing in the workplace into sharp focus for both employees and the general public. This mini survey looks at whether this increasing focus on wellbeing is now the norm, how wellbeing practices are being implemented and what is the role of workplace and FM.'

Sustainability survey 2022 - Circular economy

More and more organisations are setting net zero targets and these are not going to be possible without rethinking how those organisations manage their resources.

Sustainability survey 2022 - Carbon and Net Zero

Climate action and the carbon agenda present some of the biggest challenges for our organisations. Workplace and FM professionals will be central to success in driving change and reducing emissions so it’s no surprise that our first mini survey this year focused exclusively on carbon and net zero.

Equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) – governance and leadership survey results

Sustainability survey 2021 skills and capability

Sustainability has evolved significantly, even in the last twelve months since our last survey. With this fast pace of change and with sustainability becoming everybody’s job, our sustainability survey suggested that our industry’s skills have not kept pace.

Sustainability survey 2021 the path to net zero

'The strong engagement with this survey by IWFM members attests to the understanding that action is required. However, “wishing it so” and “making it so” are not the same thing and often many organisations lack the certainty of objectives or clarity of plan to deliver the required outcomes.'

Impact and Experience Survey 2020: Products and services infographic

This infographic features information about our products and services. From the Impact and Experience Survey 2020.

Impact and Experience Survey 2020: Focus and functions infographic

This infographic features information about focus and function. From the Impact and Experience Survey 2020.

Impact and Experience Survey 2020: About your membership infographic

This infographic features information about your membership. From the Impact and Experience Survey 2020.

Impact and Experience Survey 2020: Demographics Perceptions and Career Development infographic

This infographic features information on the make-up of our members and their demographics, perceptions and career development. From the Impact and Experience Survey 2020.

Sustainability survey 2020 the impact of social value

'Social value has been a moving target this year, particularly due to COVID-19. Many businesses are still progressing their understanding around social value and how to measure it, but are now facing additional challenges as to where to spend their time and energy in relation to broader sustainability measures.

Sustainability survey 2020 the impact of wellbeing

The physical, social and particularly mental health of employees is found to have a huge effect on productivity and performance so it’s no surprise that wellbeing has very quickly established itself as an important part of the sustainability agenda.

Sustainability survey 2020 highlights and impact of COVID-19

This year’s survey results give us a continued benchmark of perceptions on priorities, performance, and governance around sustainability in organisations and the barriers to, and influences on, sustainable practices. However, there are still perceived to be significant barriers to developing sustainable practices in many organisations.

Pay and prospects survey 2018/19 infographic

The following infographic summarise the results of the 2018/19 IWFM survey. Comparisons have been made between FM providers/outsourcing organisations and non-FM organisations where required.

Sustainability survey 2018 sustainability procurement infographic

The survey takes the temperature of sustainability in procurement in the FM sector’s practices for the first time. How money is spent on FM contracts by clients, FM providers and the supply-chain indicates spending priorities, but also the extent to which responsible values have been embedded within organisations.

Sustainability survey 2018 social value infographic

Businesses across the board are seeing the importance of pursuing social value goals as well as sustainability objectives.

Sustainability survey 2018 drivers barriers and trends infographic

The sustainability agenda, both within FM and in organisations generally, continues to change and develop. For all the people and governance aspects now being captured and reported on – such as equality, diversity, living wage, social value – the core FM issues of waste, energy and climate change are still as relevant today as ever.

Sustainability survey 2017 energy benchmarking infographic

The role of existing buildings in contributing to environmental impacts is well understood, but the ability to be able to optimize the energy performance of existing buildings is limited. 

Sustainability survey 2017 drivers barriers and trends infographic

Working Group Chairman Greg Davies, of Assurity Consulting, suggests the increase in overall importance of sustainability shown in the 2017 survey may reflect the successes of the past few years’ harvesting of “low-hanging fruit”.

Sustainability survey 2017 social value infographic

Feedback on Social Value through the 2017 Survey has been valuable in guiding the focus of the Sustainability SIG in the coming year.