Allwork

MARCH 27, 2023

Designers are using AI to reveal what the future of the built environment could look like. Although the concept might seem new, biophilia — the human race’s innate desire to connect with the natural world — has been inspiring the design of manufactured environments for thousands of years. Of course, there have always been exceptions.

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Carbon Footprint 2005 Forms Environment 264

Allwork

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Businesses are consistently drawn to high-quality, Class A office spaces with diverse amenities that promote an inspiring and healthful workplace environment. View of proposed Northwestern Mutual North Office Building. Image courtesy of Lifang.

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Carbon Footprint 2017 2023 Environment 246

Success

DECEMBER 13, 2024

It would take many more proposals and the Great Depression before Congress passed the Fair Labor Standards Act, which officially restricted the workweek to 44 hours in 1938, amended two years later to 40. This prompted the creation of labor unions in the late 1800s that called for more reasonable workdays. That model is still the norm.

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On The Job

JUNE 26, 2008

You are asked to re-use ovenight envelopes -- and not because the boss cares about the company's carbon footprint. The woman told me that the organization became much more open to new ideas, including ones she proposed. It's a go-ahead-and-try-it environment, and that's something many MBA students would kill for.

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Workplace Insight

JUNE 22, 2023

The announcement last month that the European Commission has proposed new rules to tackle greenwashing suggests that we’re all tired of empty promises and want to see real action taken in the business community. Or, if they are changing their equipment, they could look at purchasing refurbished items themselves.

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Carbon Footprint Equipment Suppliers Environment 98

Workplace Insight

MARCH 5, 2024

The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has launched new guidance on Scope 3 embodied carbon measurement and reporting, for stakeholders across the built environment. Scope 3 represents a proportion of an organisation’s indirect embodied carbon emissions that can constitute up to 80-95 percent of its total value chain footprint.

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Carbon Footprint Environment Legal Purchasing 59

Workplace Insight

APRIL 2, 2023

Currently, almost all building regulations in Europe only address carbon emissions from the building operation, ignoring the emissions that are generated before a building comes into use and at the end of its life. Certain leading markets like Denmark, Finland, France and the Netherlands have already enacted whole life carbon policies.

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