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Restoring a sense of autonomy is essential to reducing record-high burnout and strengthening organizational resilience, argues a new white paper published by the University of Phoenix College of Doctoral Studies. In “Reclaiming Control: Autonomy as the Key to Workforce Resilience and Career Optimism” author Karen Johnson, Ed.D. draws on findings from several years of the…

Approximately 80 percent of companies with climate plans validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) use absolute reduction goals as the guide for shrinking their carbon footprint. A growing number of businesses, however, are adopting emissions intensity metrics to manage emissions from upstream and downstream activities outside their control — the so-called Scope 3…

Jamie Woodhall, Technical & Innovations Manager at Initial Washroom Hygiene A significant proportion of the population lives with disabilities or health conditions, many of them hidden, yet most workplaces do not reflect the full range of needs people bring with them[1]. In the UK, one in five people of working age are disabled, while 14…

Facilities Management Advisor’s “Under Construction” series highlights some of the latest, most interesting facility project announcements every month. $1B Meta Data Center Campus The data center market is booming, thanks to the meteoric rise of artificial intelligence (AI). Case in point, social media giant Meta recently announced it is investing more than $1 billion in…

Successful renovations to increase facility resilience need to include a range of interested parties who can help building owners identify threats to facilities, operations and occupants. By focusing on communication, risk assessment and team building, owners can ensure facilities can return to operation as soon as possible after an emergency. Improving the resilience of institutional…

Egypt’s National Authority for Tunnels (NAT) signed in New Cairo on Nov. 13 an operations and maintenance contract with El Sewedy Electric and Germany’s Deutsche Bahn International Operations (DB IO) for the country’s planned multi-billion dollar high-speed rail system. Launched in 2018, the project calls for laying 2,000 km of new track that will accommodate…