Sustainability - Page Categories View All Timeline Our Sector Sustainability Community Charity & CSR HR Select Category Timeline Our Sector Sustainability Community Charity & CSR HR Jun 08th 2018 Belize 2018 volunteer trip – Day 4 – Midweek madness – crash bang whallop! *Tip: when diving or snorkelling, don’t touch anything and keep your limbs away from the coral. Many species of coral are venomous in order to protect them from predators. Pretty to look at, not to touch. Bad things come in threes so they ... Jun 07th 2018 Saving the ocean on World Oceans Day To coincide with the BE Offices charity trip to a reef conservation project in Belize we are supporting World Oceans Day today. The ocean is said to occupy almost 71% of the world’s surface – yet only 10% of it has ever been explored ... Jul 14th 2015 EV Charging Points at Basingstoke and Reading Electric vehicle charging points have been installed at our Reading and Basingstoke business centres! At Business Environment, we pride ourselves on being able to support businesses in our centres in their quest to go green. This is why we ... Jul 14th 2015 How to set office environmental targets Doing your part to help tackle climate change by making your office green and environmentally-friendly is great – but without measurable targets you won’t know if you’re making progress Not only does going green mean you’re being a responsible ... Jul 07th 2015 Cycle to Work: What you need to know Getting on your bike and commuting to work not only saves money but can boost your fitness. And the Cycle to Work scheme can make buying a bike more affordable – here’s how. Over 740,000 people cycle to work every day, according to recent census ... Jul 06th 2015 Bristol hosts International Fair Trade conference This weekend (4/5th July) Bristol took centre stage among the most ethical cities in the world when it hosted around 250 delegates representing 20 countries for the 9th International Fair Trade Towns Conference. The event explored ‘Fair ... Aug 27th 2014 It’s here: renewable energy toolkit for SMEs Small businesses are being invited to join the renewable onshore energy revolution. A new renewable energy toolkit has been launched for small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs). The Institute for Sustainability’s offer helps SMEs take advantage ... Jun 02nd 2014 BE Supports Positive Action on World Environment Day We are inviting employees and clients to each take three positive eco-friendly steps to help mark World Environment Day on Thursday 5th June 2014. The United Nations’ World Environment Day (WED) is a red letter day in its calendar and the primary ... May 27th 2014 Putting the Sizzle in Sustainability “‘Sustainability’ covers many subjects. It has become a bit of a catch-all word, replacing ‘protection of the environment’, ‘ecology’ and activity around ‘saving the planet’.” ... Apr 10th 2014 Green office = productive employees? The next time one of your employees complains that they’re too hot, or screen glare is giving them a headache, you might want to take it more seriously. New research has found that an environmentally-focused workplace leads to greater employee ... Mar 13th 2014 Superhero Abseil for free on BE’s Super Saturday Business Environment supports children’s charity Rays of Sunshine in joint fundraising/PR opportunity. On Saturday 29th March up to 80 people will abseil down Business Environment’s Wembley office at No 1 Olympic Way. The majority will ... Feb 03rd 2014 Is Spending too long in the Office bad for Your Health? Nazia Ahmed, Director of Human Resources for serviced office provider Business Environment looks at how our working life is contributing to the UK’s obesity crisis It has been estimated that UK office workers spend five years of their ... Aug 07th 2013 Carbon Saving Achievements Saving the planet one office at a time Every quarter Business Environment publish their recycling figures and the net impact the recycling has on the environment. As a business operating across the UK we recognise our responsibility to ensure ... Aug 07th 2013 Recycling Today – More Evolution than Revolution for UK Business No longer the “next big thing” recycling is now an integral part of UK business life. Recycling is now so much part of business life that it’s almost invisible: the green boxes and bins around the office, in the kitchen or canteen, the cartridge ... Mar 11th 2013 BE Offices Extend Their Binless Office Concept Across The UK Domestic waste is responsible for less than 20% of Britain’s rubbish; the other 80% is generated by businesses. Business Environment has introduced the “Binless Office” concept to every business centre providing clients with the option ... Mar 11th 2013 Business Environment Adopt a Zero Landfill Policy Business Environment, the leading serviced office company have stepped up their plans to become a carbon neutral business, with the introduction of a zero landfill policy across the business. In partnership with their waste management ... Jan 17th 2013 BE Offices Launches a Volunteer Scheme for 2 Colleagues at Cambodia Children’s Orphanage BE Offices, the leading serviced office provider have announced a search to find two employees to take part in a unique and rewarding opportunity to volunteer at a children’s orphanage in rural Cambodia. In conjunction with PoD, a leading ... Oct 23rd 2012 CSR: a must-have, not a nice-to-have Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is not a new phenomenon for businesses. The notion that companies should aim to do good as well as make money has a long history – and one that the property industry can readily identify with. In the 1880s ... Oct 15th 2012 Pedal Power – UK Business Will Benefit From Getting On Its Bike Cycling is officially cool! The outstanding performances of Team GB’s cyclists at the Olympic Games and Bradley Wiggins’ record breaking Tour de France victory have built on its increasing popularity and have catapulted cycling into the ... Oct 01st 2012 Office makeover? Green isn’t just a colour The negative impact we have on the environment is never far from the headlines. And nor should it be. Each year we create a staggering amount of rubbish and waste unnecessary energy through irresponsible practices. It falls to everyone to take ... Sep 21st 2012 World’s Biggest Coffee Morning Join us for The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning to help MacMillan Cancer Support at Business Environment locations across the UK… The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning is Macmillan Cancer Support’s biggest fundraising ... Sep 18th 2012 Greener Future for UK Businesses The Olympics’ focus on legacy and sustainability can inspire UK business to plan long term for a greener future. The euphoria surrounding the Olympics may fade over the coming months, but the Games have certainly left their mark on the UK. ... Jul 17th 2012 Engaging employees with volunteering David Saul, managing director of leading serviced office operator Business Environment, on ensuring employees are motivated when it comes to volunteering. The founder and CEO of Causecast – an American organisation that helps businesses ... Jun 14th 2012 Launching a commitment to delivering guaranteed service Already with a number of awards for employee engagement and customer service the serviced office operator Business Environment has published its first Service Excellence Guarantee. Providing details of the expected level of service its ... May 28th 2012 Becoming sustainable to create a sustainable business David Saul, Managing Director at the leading serviced office operator Business Environment, examines how sustainability is playing an important role in business success. A recent Accenture survey of 250 senior executives in the UK, US, ... May 28th 2012 Laura Completes Walk the Walk Laura completes Walk the Walk, a grant making charity committed to raising funds for vital cancer causes. As a grant making charity, it means that everybody who took part raised money for Walk the Walk. This charity looks at various projects ... May 18th 2012 Decorate Your Doughnut Day It’s National Doughnut Week from 12th May – 19th May 2012! To celebrate we are turning our weekly client doughnut run on Friday 18th May in to a “DECORATE YOUR DOUGHNUT OR CAKE” event in support of Rays of Sunshine. Simply pick ... Apr 24th 2012 Why CSR? David Saul, managing director of leading serviced office operator Business Environment explores the importance of CSR. Judging by the various newspaper reports I’ve seen recently, business ethics and the importance of corporate social ... Mar 29th 2012 Nicola makes marathon effort for children’s charity A Centre Manager from Luton has begun a rigorous training regime in the run-up to the Virgin London Marathon, which she will be entering in aid of her company’s charity Rays of Sunshine. Ahead of the event on April 22, Nicola McGonagle, aged 35, ... Mar 20th 2012 Clifton employee takes the reins to help out at HorseWorld Centre Manager at Clifton-based Business Environment has made great use of her company’s volunteer scheme by mucking in and cleaning out stables at her local horse recue centre. Horse-lover Laura Raschka used her annual volunteer time with ... « Older EntriesNewer Entries » (Or jump to page 123 of 3) Clifton employee takes the reins to help out at HorseWorld