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...

Einführung -- Grundlagen des Nachhaltigkeitsmanagements -- Messung des ökonomischen Erfolgs -- Beziehungen zwischen Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement und wirtschaftlichem Erfolg -- Benchmark-Analyse der Effizienz des Nachhaltigkeitsmanagements -- Schlussbetrachtung und Ausblick.

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....