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The 3 most important lessons learnt in 2020
As we approach the end of an extraordinarily difficult year, we want to reflect on some of the positive stories that brought our Partners together and collectively made the group stronger
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How NatWest Group is delivering on its operational climate commitments
Our Partner offers the inside track on how the banking giant is working to deliver on its ambitious climate goals across its operations
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Nottingham City Council launches Electric Van Experience to drive greener vehicle adoptions
Nottingham City Council is allowing Nottingham-based businesses to test drive a range of electric vans and discover the benefits of greener vehicles
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Innovative design leads the way at University of Birmingham
University of Birmingham's Teaching & Learning Building becoming a symbol of innovation and collaboration across the city
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[Webinar] Calculating homeworking emissions, in partnership with NatWest Group and Lloyds Banking Group
Our Partner NatWest Group discusses the importance of addressing homeworking emissions and putting it in into practice
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Winds of Change: Harnessing Untapped Resources in Urban Areas
Partners are looking at taking wind power beyond existing investment in large turbine installations and instead investigating solutions that will work in their predominantly city-based estates
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A Thirst for Collaboration: Leaks, Legionella and Water Consumption
As part of a wider collaboration programme, we are holding a Water Working Group for our Partners to encourage collaboration and find innovative water solutions
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Leading innovation for climate resilience at the world's first Net Zero Festival
We're co-hosting the Innovation panel at Business Green Net Zero Festival, joined by our Partners from NatWest Group, Nottingham City Council and Tesco – where they’ll be sharing their insights and experience in leading innovation for climate resilience
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Now, we transform... to bring an even greater reach, greater scale and greater diversity of innovators
We are forging close relationships with accelerators and VCs that focus on underrepresented groups in start-ups, from minority ethnicities to LGBT+ and women
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My vision for the future of higher education
Matt Beveridge, estates innovation manager at the University of Birmingham, shares his vision for the future of higher education in a post-Covid-19 world
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Rollout of EV chargers by Tesco reaches its 200th-store milestone
Fantastic news from our Partner Tesco. Their nationwide rollout of EV chargers has reached the 200th store milestone
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Net-Zero Business podcast: Exploring smart grids with Nottingham City Council
Our Partner Nottingham City Council talks to edie about its transition to net-zero emissions by 2028 through innovative projects
- Press Release
Innovation Gateway forms strategic partnership with Cross Border Angels
The partnership between CBA and Innovation Gateway will help to deliver cutting-edge proptech solutions to the building challenges faced by the Partners.
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[Innovation review] Insights, best practices and innovative building solutions to COVID-19
We are here to guide you through our shared challenges, giving you access to intelligence, insight and inspiration
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edie's Net-Zero Week: key insights and takeaways from Innovation Gateway Partners
Find out how Innovation Gateway and the partner organisations have taken a ‘leadership’ stance on sustainability and net-zero
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Why Nottingham cabbies are at the forefront of EV innovation
Wireless charging technology being trialled outside Nottingham train station may offer a glimpse of the future for electric vehicles
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Innovation Gateway Partnership: COVID-19 Response
To fully support our Partners’ COVID-19 plans, the Innovation Gateway team is dedicating a special sourcing round for innovations that can lessen the impact of this global pandemic.
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Join Us
The Innovation Gateway is looking for a Partnership Manager, a Technical Account Manager and two Operations Interns.
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How businesses can engage with sustainability
Our Partner Nottingham City Council shares insights on what action businesses should take to achieve carbon neutrality
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RBS setting a bold new ambition to be a leading bank in the UK
Our Partner, RBS, continues to take a leading role in setting ambitious climate challenge by making their own operations net carbon zero in 2020 and climate positive by 2025
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Better Buildings Partnership collaborates with Innovation Gateway and others to launch Owner-Occupier Forum
Innovation Gateway is working with BBP on their critical new initiative of delivering net zero carbon buildings by 2050 through greater owner-occupier collaboration
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[Podcast] Positive engagement: How owners and occupiers need to collaborate to save the planet
Our Partnership Director Henry Majed talks to Better Buildings Partnership, Hammerson, EVORA Global in latest EG Sustainability Podcast on the need to collaborate and solve wicked building challenges together
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Tesco announces major green power project in the UK
Great leadership from our Partner, Tesco. The project will see the creation of 5 onshore windfarms and 1 solar farm across the UK as well as solar panels fitted to 187 Tesco’s UK stores.
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Council cuts carbon emissions by 40%
Nottingham City Council is taking steps to become the UK’s first carbon neutral city by 2028. PlaceTech asked Wayne Bexton, head of energy services, to explain how it’s going
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Getting ahead of the Climate Emergency: Are you ready to innovate?
The built environment contributes to 40% of the UK's total carbon footprint and energy prices continue to rise. How are you set to manage the operational costs, risks and environmental impacts of your buildings against this context?
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Wiltshire Council pledges to go carbon neutral by 2030
Initial steps will include looking towards a major increase in renewable energy generation on council buildings and reviewing the council fleet to become electric
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University of Birmingham partners with Innovation Gateway
The partnership with Innovation Gateway comes after the university’s 30-year plan from 1990-2020 to reduce its carbon footprint and become more sustainable
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A first in the UK, Nottingham City Council completes groundbreaking pilot with drone company HexCam
The council to deliver tangible improvements to Nottingham's district heating business by combining district energy network maintenance with state of the art thermal imaging systems
- Press Release
Meet edie's Energy Management Leader 2019: James Tiernan, Unite Students
James championed Unite joining the Innovation Gateway, harnessing this unique and powerful partnership to source innovative solutions to the business’s energy and sustainability challenges, and feeding the pipeline of future projects
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Climate crisis: can councils deliver on bold promises to cut emissions?
Incredible achievement from Nottingham City Council, being recognised by The Guardian as ‘arguably the most ambitious council, having set a target for the whole city to be carbon neutral by 2028’
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University of Birmingham to unveil transformational sustainable initiatives for its new Dubai campus
University of Birmingham joins Innovation Gateway to unveil transformational sustainable initiatives for its new Dubai Campus, which will shortly start construction and open to students in September 2021
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Second year in a row, Innovation Gateway has been selected as a finalist at the prestigious EG Awards 2019
Already crowned as one of the top 10 collaborators in the real estate, this is further recognition of the tremendous effort across all our Partners, especially exciting to think this is just the beginning of what we’re able to achieve together.
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Greene King to accelerate its sustainability progress by joining Innovation Gateway
In what is a first of its kind in the hospitality industry, Greene King, the UK’s leading managed pub company and brewer, will be partnering with the Innovation Gateway to build upon its sustainability progress.
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It’s Platinum on World FM Day for the Innovation Gateway
The top prize at the Global FM Awards for Excellence has been awarded to the Innovation Gateway, nominated by IWFM, as a prime example of how the profession is making an impact on modern workplace performance
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FUTURE: PropTech 2019 Q&A with Michael Wayne Bexton
FUTURE: PropTech sat down with Michael Wayne Bexton, Head of Energy Services at Nottingham City Council to talk about open collaboration and the sustainability issues facing property
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RBS commits to Climate Group initiatives to accelerate climate action
Great to see our Partner RBS become one of the first companies worldwide to sign up to Climate Group’s EP100 initiatives around energy productivity
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Top Five PropTech challenges that leading UK firms are actively seeking to solve
Some of the UK’s largest businesses are currently seeking PropTech innovations to improve their building performance
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Innovation Gateway has been shortlisted in the 2019 Property Awards, for the Irvine Sellar Award category
The Irvine Sellar Award is an incredibly special prize to honour the late Irvine Sellar, the developer of The Shard. The award is highly regarded, and celebrates the company that has shaken up the market in the past year with a groundbreaking initiative
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Heathrow Airport and Unite Students taking home the edie Sustainability Leaders Awards 2019
Huge congrats to our Partners Heathrow Airport & James Tiernan from Unite Students for winning the edie Sustainability Leaders Awards. Also massive shout out to Kingfisher, Tesco & ourselves who were finalists too!
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Nottingham unveils bid to become the UK's first carbon-neutral city
Our Partner Nottingham City Council has committed to becoming a 'net-zero carbon' city by 2028, after hitting its 2020 emission reductions goals two years early.
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Innovation Gateway is one of the finalists in the Network Awards 2019 for the Partnership Initiative of the Year
Thrilled the Innovation Gateway partners have once again been recognised for the unique 'Power of Many' approach in transforming the performance of their properties.
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Places for People's Alex Notay selected as one of the 48 women who will shape the future of UK real estate
Congratulations Alex. She is passionate about enabling tangible social impact, innovation, collaboration, and mentoring for greater diversity in the real estate industry. Truly well deserved!
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Nottingham pioneers Dutch eco initiative ‘Energiesprong’ to halve energy bills in first UK homes
Our Partner, Nottingham has become the first city council to pioneer the “Energiesprong” (energy leap) initiative, delivering UK’s biggest roll out of ultra-low energy homes
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Innovation Gateway awarded the Energy Awards Innovation of the Year 2018
Once again, this is recognition for the dedication of the Innovation Gateway partners, and recognises the innovation having the most positive impact across the energy sector. A double win on the night in fact, as Nottingham City Council were also awarded Local Authority of the Year
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Innovation Gateway named as one of the 10 most influential collaborators in the Real Estate sector
Hats Off to the Innovation Gateway Partners for being named as one of the 10 most influential collaborators in the Real Estate sector by Estates Gazette
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Gold award for Nottingham City Homes’ approach to sustainability
Nottingham City Homes has also been awarded the SHIFT Awards 2018 Sustainable Retrofit Project of the Year category, which recognises their very best sustainability achievements in the UK, specifically their pilot to create ultra-low energy homes
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University of Glasgow is working in partnership with Innovation Gateway to achieve new energy strategy
It is our great pleasure to welcome the University of Glasgow as one of the first Associate Members of the Innovation Gateway, and to be included as a part of their ambitious Energy Strategy
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Innovation Gateway awarded the BIFM Innovation in Products & Services Award 2018
Thrilled the Innovation Gateway partners won the prestigious BIFM Awards 2018 Innovation in Products & Services. Such wonderful recognition for their willingness to share experience, and collaborative approach, the very heartbeat of the group
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Places for People joins forces with Innovation Gateway to deliver world-class efficient homes
Places for People, one of the largest placemaking organisations in the UK, has become the first housing and construction firm to join its pioneering platform
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Nottingham City Council won the Best Renewable Energy or Energy Efficiency Initiative in the APSE Service Awards
Extremely proud to see our partner Nottingham City Council receiving recognition on the fantastic array of energy initiatives over the last 12 months
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RBS commits to using 100 per cent renewable energy for all electricity
Our partner RBS has today announced that it will use 100 per cent renewable energy for all of its electricity by 2025 and demonstrated its commitment by joining RE100
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Sustainable innovation will transform our industry
Our strategic partner, UKGBC’s Director of Learning and Innovation, Cat Hirst, looks at how sustainable innovation can shape the future of our industry
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Innovation Gateway Partners RBS and Tesco named FTSE4Good 2018 UK Top 50 companies
Big congratulations to our partners, RBS and Tesco, being listed to the distinguished FTSE4Good Index for their industry-leading sustainability performance
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Kingfisher supercharges renewable energy ambitions with battery storage
Kingfisher has been installing solar panels and air source pumps for heating across its network of stores and distribution centres, recently announcing its Peterborough Screwfix store will be the first in its estate to be net zero in energy use
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Three of the Innovation Gateway partners are finalists in this year’s Responsible Business Awards 2018
Great to see RBS, Tesco and Kingfisher amongst the finalists of this year's Responsible Business Awards 2018. Well deserved recognition for exceptional hard work and dedication. Congratulations to the teams behind the impressive results.
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Innovation Gateway is one of the finalists for this year’s BIFM Facilities Management Awards
The Innovation Gateway Partners and team have been recognised and rewarded for their hardwork in bringing innovation into life across buildings
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Innovation Gateway shortlisted for the prestigious Estates Gazette Collaborators Award 2018
Thrilled the Innovation Gateway partners have been recognised for the powerful way they are collaborating to transform the performance of their properties and the built environment
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Innovation in Action: Innovation Gateway partners to bring innovation to life at Energy Live Future
Our partners from Heathrow, Tesco, RBS and Nottingham City Council will be leading the Innovation in Action panel session next week, sharing exciting innovations used at their organisations and the impacts they've had.
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Kingfisher puts customers at the heart of sustainable growth plan
Our Innovation Gateway partner, Kingfisher plc, has set out its sustainability targets for the next seven years, the latest stage of its journey to become a net positive business by 2050
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UKGBC & Innovation Gateway join forces to boost innovation in the built environment (Property Reporter)
The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) and Innovation Gateway have announced a new strategic partnership.
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UKGBC & Innovation Gateway team up to boost innovation in the built environment
The Power of Many: This partnership will see the two organisations working together to drive and embed innovation for a better built environment
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Green Rewards launches new global engagement platform at Insight Seminar
Henry Majed from Innovation Gateway chairs the “Exploiting technology to embed behaviour change” panel, where Innovation Gateway partner, RBS, shares their experience about rolling JUMP out across all their estates
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Nottingham to drive remote management of renewable energy supplies (Cities Today)
Nottingham City Council has become the first public sector organisation to partner with Innovation Gateway, a coalition that is enhancing building performance.
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Nottingham City Council joins green buildings drive (Business Green)
Innovation Gateway initiative, which counts Tesco, RBS and Heathrow as members, will see council share best practice on cutting carbon, waste and water
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Our partners, Tesco, Unite Students and Nottingham City Council, to speak at edie Energy Management Forum 2018
Demonstrating leadership in energy management: The power of many - the partners will share their innovative energy efficiency case studies and experience working together
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Top 10 Innovation Gateway highlights from 2017
This year has been a transformative one for the Innovation Gateway. We’ve welcomed new partners, formed strategic partnerships with world leading companies, and sourced innovations from all over the world.
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Nottingham City Council: Solar “absolutely still viable”, batteries next (The Energyst)
According to our latest partner, Wayne Bexton, head of energy projects at Nottingham City Council, Solar PV is “absolutely still viable” despite subsidies starting to wind down
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Tesco and Unite Students both winners at the Energy Awards 2017
Big congratulations to Unite Student and Tesco for winning the well-deserved Energy Awards. Great recognition for the work they've put in to transforming their UK buildings.
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RBS saves 10 tonnes of emissions with clean heat (Energy Live News)
RBS has saved more than 10 tonnes of carbon emissions in the last year through an efficient heating innovation.
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Learning from a room of 50+ Property Directors
The Innovation Gateway was invited along to the November meeting to allow the partners to share their unique approach to working together to reduce the operational costs and environmental impacts in their properties
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RBS saves over 10 tonnes of carbon in 12 months through Innovation Gateway
The award winning Energy saving innovation EndoTherm has helped RBS to reduce its energy consumption by 29% and carbon emissions by 10 tonnes
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The winning formula of CIBSE award-winner EndoTherm
Impressive achievements from Endotherm, who's helped our partners RBS and Heathrow to significantly reduce carbon emissions and energy consumption
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In practice: Unite Students' 'Gateway' to an energy-efficiency retrofit (edie.net)
By joining the Innovation Gateway, Unite Students gained access to a wider scope of innovative energy-efficiency solutions - some of which have been retrofitted at the Sidney Webb House in London.
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Innovation Gateway partners and innovator shortlisted in edie Sustainability Leaders Awards 2018
Great to see Tesco and Unite Students amongst the finalists of the prestigious 2018 Sustainability Leaders Awards. Proud to see one of our pioneering innovators Propelair in the run as well!
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Tesco unveils sustainability innovations in first ever cross-industry site visit (Practical FM News)
The Innovation Gateway partners completed the first ever peer site visit, as Tesco demonstrated the engineering solutions that were installed in its Bicester store, to drive reduction in CO2 emissions.
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Enevo secures $12M in funding to accelerate expansion into waste services
Big congratulations to Enevo who now have the funding to expand into waste services. Congratulations!
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How innovation is helping UK companies build a resource efficient future
Two Innovation Gateway partners, RBS and Tesco, were invited to speak at the RWM exhibition, sharing their innovation sourcing experience from Innovation Gateway
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Unite Students has been shortlisted for the Energy Awards 2017
Delighted to see our Innovation Gateway partner Unite Students being shortlisted for the energy data collection and analysis category. Congratulations to the teams behind the amazing results.
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Tesco unveils sustainability innovations in first ever cross-industry site visit (Retail Times)
Tesco has shared the extensive eco-innovation behind one of its most sustainable superstores to a group of industry peers - a pioneering move to drive the transformation of building performances across industries
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Lancaster University hails potential of new computer system with revolutionary off-grid technology to deliver energy savings
Lancaster Environment Centre to pilot an Innovation Gateway innovator, Extreme Low Energy, that's estimating at least 70% energy savings, with potential to go global
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Looking towards a more efficient future: JUMP and RBS to speak at RWM Exhibition
Michael Lynch from RBS and Graham Simmonds from JUMP, will be delivering a presentation on 12-Sep about the success of the programme, sourced through the Innovation Gateway.
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Does your innovation provide an efficient alternative to split unit air conditioning?
If you’ve got a relevant solution, and you’d like the opportunity to pilot it with the likes of RBS, Tesco, Heathrow Airport, Unite Students, Kingfisher Group, Carillion, University of Cambridge and University of Edinburgh...
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Three of the Innovation Gateway partners are finalists in this year’s BIFM Awards
Great to see RBS, Tesco and Carillion amongst the finalists of this year's BIFM Awards for Impact on Environment, Impact on Society and Team of the Year. Well deserved recognition for exceptional hard work and dedication. Congratulations to the teams behind the impressive results.
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Can your innovation improve waste segregation at source?
The Innovation Gateway partners (a group of the UK's leading companies) are looking for innovation that will improve waste segregation at source.
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Can your innovation reduce the water consumed by toilets and washrooms?
The Innovation Gateway partners (a group of the UK's leading companies) are looking for innovation that will reduce the water consumption of their toilets and washrooms.
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Tesco reveals new plans to axe toxic chemicals, slash building emissions (Sustainable Brands)
Tesco has announced that it is joining Greenpeace’s DETOX campaign in an effort to phase out the use of toxic chemicals in its own-brand clothing label’s supply chain.
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Tesco opens up its property innovations through Innovation Gateway (Retail Times)
The Innovation Gateway has today announced that the UK’s largest retailer, Tesco, has joined its pioneering group
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The Power of Many: A unique approach to sourcing innovations collaboratively (Building & Facilities News)
The idea of transforming performances in commercial buildings has become so widespread and important that companies are now expected to have sustainable & profitable properties that deliver positive impact.
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RBS wins Bank of the Year in Better Society Awards 2017 for JUMP engagement programme
RBS has won the prestigious ‘Bank of the Year’ award in the Better Society Awards 2017 for its innovative employee engagement programme, JUMP.
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"If you remain collaborative you will find solutions"
Last week we had the pleasure of teaming up with BRE and their Construction Excellence team to deliver a workshop exploring how collaboration is helping companies source innovation for the built environment.
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Success stories of innovation and collaboration
Innovation and collaboration: How collaboration help UK blue-chip organisations source innovations to reduce the impact of their buildings.
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RBS eyes £3m energy savings through employee engagement scheme (edie.net)
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is rolling out a sustainability engagement programme across the UK and Ireland after a successful pilot led to a 5% average electricity reduction and 500,000 disposable cups being correctly recycled.
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Specifying Innovative & Sustainable Systems (BRE)
Collaboration was the order of the day at the Sustainability Theme Group Meeting on Specifying Innovative and Sustainable Systems.
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BRE and Innovation Gateway teaming up to bring you Sustainable innovation in buildings and construction
Next week will see the Innovation Gateway teaming up with BRE to deliver a workshop that will explore how innovations are being sourced and implemented in the built environment
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JUMP Wraps its Love Around More Locations (This Week in FM)
RBS piloted JUMP in 2016 for 70 teams in a range of workplace locations including branches, offices and cash centres. In its Annual Report and Accounts 2016, the Bank reported that in the year 'colleagues logged over 2,500 activities.
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RBS launches JUMP programme to encourage sustainable behaviours at work (RBS)
RBS has introduced sustainability programme JUMP for its employees across the UK and Ireland following a successful pilot in 2016.
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RBS scaling up its JUMP programme (Facilities Management Journal)
After a successful pilot of the JUMP sustainability engagement programme by RBS, the Bank is rolling it across the UK and Ireland. The launch of the roll-out was timed to follow on from Earth Hour on 25th March.
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RBS scaling up its JUMP programme to cover all 1,700 locations in UK and Ireland
After a successful pilot of the JUMP sustainability engagement programme by RBS, the Bank is rolling it across the UK and Ireland
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The Next Big Ideas Springing to Life at Ecobuild 2017
If you attended Ecobuild 2017 at London Excel this year, you’ll know there were 2 standout messages ringing loud and clear over the 3 days
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