FEATURES / IWFM IMPACT AWARDS 2022 – THE WINNERS
PROUD TO PERFORM The sheer variety and scope of the people and projects recognised at the 2022 IWFM Impact Awards stands as testimony to this evolving sector’s extraordinary work for its clients – and should be cause for considerable pride amongst all involved. Martin Read and Bradford Keen report on the awards, and the themes emerging his year’s IWFM Impact Awards ceremony took place in a year that has seen equity, diversity and inclusivity (EDI) become the focus of many within the sector. It’s why the IWFM decided to relax the formal dress code, for the first time allowing guests to ‘dress to impress’ rather than adhere to black tie and ball gown orthodoxy. A small gesture perhaps, but a strong message from a sector more than aware that challenges lie ahead in attracting a new generation. Celebrating frontline heroes was an important category choice, because it is from such individuals that the facilities managers of tomorrow emerge. Indeed, EDI was a theme that coloured many of the night’s award-winning projects, with fast-growing facilities service provider Pareto FM having something of an Oscars experience, winning in three categories on the night. The ceremony followed fast on the heels of all the pomp and ceremony associated with the passing of Her Majesty the Queen and the King’s subsequent accession. Many have mentioned how facilities management did exactly what it has always done in the circumstances; quietly but very effectively adapt to circumstance,
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