by Brianna Crandall — January 22, 2014—Business consultancy and engineering provider Acclaro Advisory recently launched its first annual Sustainable FM Index, developed as a framework to provide a robust and transparent assessment to compare facilities management providers within the U.K. market.
Developed with support from the University of Reading and Workplace Law, the Index is intended as a tool to encourage positive change within the FM sector, and to raise the performance and delivery of sustainability by showcasing industry best practices.
Sunil Shah, Managing Director of Acclaro Advisory, commented, “The Index highlights the value the FM sector can provide to the community, economy and business through effective engagement. Organizations are currently subject to a large number of reporting requirements, each with a slight variation on the information that must be provided. This Index acts as a crucial commonality within the reporting process, to standardize and regulate the information that needs to be collected and reported against.”
For the inaugural Index, 16 companies were indexed that met two key criteria: being publicly listed, and achieving 25 percent of business turnover within FM services. This year’s data was compiled into a combined score for the companies to encourage participation, but subsequent Indexes are expected to feature a more transparent, measurable ranking system for more accurate benchmarking and comparison, notes Acclaro Advisory.
Copies of the Executive Summary Report and the full Sustainable FM Index 2013 are available from the Acclaro Advisory Web site.
