Workplace Law’s Head of Environment appointed to 2050 Group

CAMBRIDGE, U.K. - Oct. 1, 2013 - PRLog -- When the group was established in 2010, its aim was to feed into the Innovation and Growth Team review, an initiative led by the Construction Industry Council. The 2050 Group’s objectives include a vision of collaborative working, enabling construction disciplines and professional bodies to work together and achieving a carbon neutral construction industry by the year 2050.

Peter Watts comments:

“This is a great opportunity to work with other professionals looking at the environmental impacts of the construction industry and the opportunity to influence government policy. I am pleased to represent the FM sector because they are the ultimate managers of property and it is important that their considerations influence the construction process.”

Peter will attend a number of meetings throughout the year, representing the BIFM, taking part in the active forum to help positively shape the future of the Construction industry, as well as developing and reviewing strategic scenarios of the future.

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Notes to Editors
·         http://cic.org.uk/networks-and-committees/2050group.php
·         http://www.workplacelaw.net/

About Workplace Law
Workplace Law specialises in employment law, health and safety, and environmental management. An established market leader in the provision of information, training, consultancy and support services, the firm helps organisations to go beyond compliance in the workplace and build a better future. With a 17-year industry pedigree, Workplace Law operates throughout the UK from offices in Cambridge and London, and has recently opened an office in South Africa. For more information visit www.workplacelaw.net.

Workplace Law is a corporate member of the Association for Project Safety (APS) and the British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM), and a special advisor to the Facilities Management Association (FMA). BIFM produces Th!nkFM, the sector’s leading annual conference, in association with Workplace Law, and we are the BIFM’s specialist advisor on employment law, health and safety, and premises management.

About 2050 Group
The 2050 Group has worked together to determine what they would like the construction industry of the future to be like, with particular focus on the period 2020 – 2050. The Group fed into the Low Carbon Construction IGT Final Report, which was issued on 29th November 2010 and a copy of the 2050 Group’s report can be downloaded here. The Group contributed to the UK-GBC “Plan for Growth” report, which was published in May 2012. The Group was approached by Deloitte for its answer to the question ‘How can the Green Construction Board better deliver a sustainable construction industry by 2050?’ A copy of the full response can be found here . These answers were used for a presentation at West Midlands Sustainable Business Forum.

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