Nearly a third of councils are not complying with their legal duties on monitoring their buildings’ energy use under laws designed to encourage councils to improve their estates. The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive from the EU requires public authorities to have up-to-date Display Energy Certificates (DEC) in ...
ENMAT Monitoring and TargetingMany large companies have established sustainability goals and targets, and it is becoming increasingly common for these goals to address significant environmental challenges like climate change. More efficient use of natural resources, like energy, reduces operating costs and therefore makes business sense. In response to consumer preferences, ...
World Resources Institute WRIIn today’s business world, sustainability is becoming an integral part of company operations. Here’s how a few manufacturers are making sustainability part of their business model, and how standards play a role. Understanding sustainability and what it means to be a sustainable business continues to evolve as more companies issue ...
Weis Markets, Inc. has an interest in diverting organics from its grocery stores as part of its overall sustainability goals, but to bring an individual store onto the program is always decided by the economics. “It has to balance out,” says Ginny Frederick, Facilities Manager for Weis Markets. “If it costs too much at a ...
The last thirty years have seen big changes in the attitude and approach of corporations to sustainability. From the conception of "siloed" environmental initiatives to the appointment of Chief Sustainability Officers, many companies have gone through a veritable revolution in moving from a compliance mind-set to proactive commitments aimed at ...
Companies have a vast number of different package design options available. But today the important question is how sustainable they are? Should they use paper or plastic? When does it make sense to use material combinations and what are their environmental impacts? Answers to these questions are provided in a Life Cycle Assessment study (LCA) ...
PE INTERNATIONALThe Amazon rainforest boasts incomparable biodiversity– home to one in 10 of all known species— and plays a vital role in regional water supply and global climate regulation. Yet, it is also a profitable working forest, benefitting both local businesses and international corporations. Trying to reconcile the conservation and ...
World Resources Institute WRIEveryone understands that you must be prepared when going to formal meetings, such as review sessions with top executives. This typically is not a problem for environmental and sustainability professionals, who are good at doing their homework. But what about those unanticipated and unstructured occasions-the ones that can literally occur in an ...
Richard MacLean & Associates, LLCI have participated in the annual environment, health, and safety (EH&S) meetings for Fortune 500 companies where the CEO or some other top executive appears for a few minutes to hand out the safety awards or perform some similar function. The audience is thrilled and I am dismayed. Attendees tell me that these cameo appearances are one of the ...
Richard MacLean & Associates, LLCTranslating sustainability into tangible business value has been a focus of many sustainability practitioners since the seminal 1992 United Nations Rio Summit. At the heart of that discussion has been the corporate brand. Practical benefits that contribute to the bottom line, such as increased market share or enhanced shareholder value, have been ...
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