Real Estate owners are deeply concerned about the environmental friendliness of their buildings. However, the current topic of sustainability has not yet been fully adopted by the facilities management (FM) industry. So far the main approaches on sustainability for buildings are concerned with...

Insgesamt zeigt sich, dass wertorientierte Kennzahlen und Managementinstrumente nur relativ selten Anwendung in der mittelständischen Unternehmensführung finden. Im Rahmen der Zielformulierung wird vor allem auf eher traditionelle Kennzahlen wie den Gewinn oder den Umsatz beziehungsweise den...

Purpose: The circular economy has multiple benefits and opportunities to achieve sustainability and a better future for the next generations. The purpose of this paper is to propose a methodology that guides step-by-step any industrial SMEs in the transition from the linear to a circular model....