Bold Actions

Way too often we see the immense waste that is generated as a result of commercial lease transactions, and insatiable needs for newness and customisation. There is plenty of research in this space and it is suggested that around 63 tonnes of ‘waste’ is generated per 1,000m2 of tenancy refurbishment churn.

This is a real problem that needs addressing. And while there is plenty of strategy and framework creation, we need people taking bold action. ‘Doing some do' as we say. Bold doesn’t mean ‘we will be more considered in the project we are delivering now’ it means ‘we will extend our responsibility to the issues created by the project in the past’. Addressing the past while making sure we don’t make the same mistakes for the future.

We firmly believe that very few people wake up in the morning and aim for a negative impact on the world. But sometimes structures, incentives, bandwidth and other competing priorities get in the way and they inadvertently support status quo practices and inhibit progress toward positive impact.

&/OR are here for those people. Those who want to do better (and in some cases know how they could) but don’t have the time or resource to do so. We are the doers - equally comfortable in strategy but we excel in facilitating bold action and love to produce ‘actual results’ rather than ‘projected results’.

For one of our major real estate clients we are doing just that. They were bold enough to identify a problem and commit to realising value from accumulated ‘departed tenant’ assets. We are executing a strategy that will provide value (of varied types) for multiple stakeholders and establish an ongoing system for industry-wide impact.

More to follow.