Recycling 'key for sustainable office design'

Office design news from Morgan Lovell

Published on 01-12-2010

Firms have been advised of the benefits that recycling schemes can bring to sustainable office design practices.

Award-winning businesswoman Dawn Gibbons MBE, member of the government's newly-formed Entrepreneur's Forum, told Morgan Lovell in its latest podcast that companies should focus on green issues such as recycling.

She claimed that her former company Flowcrete was one of the first to embrace sustainability in the workplace and this has led to her extol the benefits of recycling to all companies.

"I think it is so much easier now for businesses to be switched on to recycling. If businesses still aren't recycling yet then their employees should be making them do it," Ms Gibbons commented.

Meanwhile, Etienne Cadestin, sustainability consultant at Knight Frank, recently said investment in sustainable office design is a "win-win" situation for businesses.

He claimed it has a two-fold benefit of being highly desirable to buyers and also helps promote a greener future.

Posted by Ian Johnson