BULLETIN businessinfomag.uk magazine 08 FACILITIES MANAGEMENT HAND TOWEL RECYCLING Kimberly-Clark Professional is encouraging businesses to reduce the environmental impact of their washrooms by extending its RightCycle Programme to include used hand towels and old dispensers, as well as PPE. Since its launch 10 years ago, the recycling scheme has diverted over 1,500 tonnes of previously hard-to-recycle, non-hazardous PPE from landfill and incineration. By extending this scheme, Kimberley-Clark is hoping to give hand towels and dispensers a second life as recycled products. To be eligible for the RightCycle Programme for hand towels, any UK organisation must be using, or switch to, Kimberly-Clark Professional hand towels. The RightCycle Programme for dispensers is open to UK organisations with more than 100 customer-owned dispensers. www.kcprofessional.co.uk DIGITALWORKFLOWS CLA ON THE BUTTON As part of its digital transformation strategy, the Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) is replacing an inefficient, paper-based system for logging details about copyright-protected material scanned or copied by staff in the education sector with a new digital process. A CLA Copy Button added to the PaperCut MF print management solution widely deployed in schools, colleges and universities across the UK is expected to increase the volume and quality of data collected, leading to more accurate and faster royalty payments to content creators, while also saving time for school staff and CLA administrators. Each time a school staff member makes a copy or scans using a Multifunction Device (MFD) with PaperCut MF, they select the CLA Copy Button, scan the document and enter the number of people the copy is for. This information is sent securely and in real-time to the CLA. Previously, they would have had to complete a data label with information on the source material, including its International Standard Book Number, the number of pages used and whether they were copied or scanned, before placing the form in a box next to the MFD. This would periodically be emptied by CLA staff who would post the paperwork to the CLA office for processing. www.papercut.com OFFICE DESIGN POWER TO YOUR PEOPLE With the debate about the pros and cons of hybrid working still raging, 69% of companies say they have no plans to reduce office space, according to a survey of 100 global customers by workplace and facility management company ISS. At the same time, 62% of all businesses, including down-sizers, are repurposing their offices to take account of changes in workplace priorities that have seen employee engagement become the number one imperative for global businesses, with sustainability and talent attraction also gaining in importance (see table). The 31% of businesses that plan to reduce their office space are investing most in upgrading their workplaces to support employee engagement, collaboration and innovation and to make their offices an attractive destination for employees and new recruits. Jacob Aarup-Andersen, Group CEO at ISS World Services A/S, said: “Power in global labour markets has shifted to employees after many decades in which it favoured employers. Right now, we are seeing a lot of companies redefining their offices to accommodate hybrid working patterns and personal preferences, focusing both on the physical place that people work in and the experience that people get when they come to the office.” He added: “There is no ‘one size fits all’ model when it comes to planning the workplace of tomorrow because the workplace must match each individual company and its employees. One thing is for sure, though: predictions of the death of the office have been greatly exaggerated. Instead, we are witnessing workplaces being repurposed on a global scale.” www.issworld.com WORKPLACE PRIORITIES: 2022 VS. 2020 Rank – 2022 Rank – 2020 1 Employee engagement 1 Operational efficiency 2 Operational efficiency 2 Employee engagement 3 Environmental sustainability 3 Employee productivity 4 Attract talent 4 Cost savings 5 Employee productivity 5 Environmental sustainability 6 Cost savings 6 Attract talent 7 Diversity & inclusion 7 Operational compliance 8 Operational compliance 8 Diversity & inclusion 9 Reduce employee turnover 9 Reduce employee turnover BULLETIN MAILING RETURN TO SENDER Children’s clothing rental service thelittleloop is reinforcing its commitment to sustainability by using reusable mailing pouches to send and receive items to and from its customers. Founded by mum-of-two Charlotte Morley and supported by a £140k investment from Dragons’ Den stars Steven Bartlett and Deborah Meaden, thelittleloop enables parents to rent clothes for growing children and return them when they no longer fit. Versapak’s Single Seam Mailing Pouches complement the company’s sustainability and business ethos. Made from an anti-microbial material they can be reused more than 2,000 times and come with a tamper evident locking system and security seal to ensure contents reach customers in perfect condition. thelittleloop sends out its branded bags with a spare T2 security seal inside for the customer to use when sending items back. www.versapak. co.uk
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