High energy bills force UK businesses to reassess office use
Soaring energy bills are forcing UK businesses to ditch office space to save money, according to the boss of one of the world’s biggest workplace services companies.
Companies are urgently considering how to reduce power consumption, said Jacob Aarup-Andersen, chief executive of ISS, a £3bn-company that manages offices for some of the world’s biggest companies, as energy costs account for more than 7 per cent of total office occupancy costs.
“We were having these conversations around sustainability a year ago, but we couldn’t get financial departments on board. Now the conversation is being driven by the CFO,” said Aarup-Andersen in an interview with the Financial Times.
This story originally appeared on: Financial Times - Author:George Hammond
