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There are More than 40 Million People in Modern Slavery

Green Building Law Update

In a conversation I had with Barry Giles, a true green building pioneer, in 2018, he said, “to truly regard sustainable buildings in a holistic manner, it’s our obligation to start with the supply chain serving the construction industry.”. But today’s ESG statements are only a very small step.

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Modern Slavery Exists and We Must Stop It Now

Green Building Law Update

The new Standard will provide third party benchmarks that all companies, including those in the green buildinethical laborg industrial complex can rely upon when complying with the California law and when simply striving to do the right thing. Green building has never emphasized the social equity component of the triple bottom line.

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USGBC Wants You to Comment on the Next Version of LEED

Green Building Law Update

Green Building Council is looking for the future of LEED and has officially opened a call for feedback and ideas for the next version of LEED. This is an opportunity for anyone and everyone to influence the next version of the most widely used green building rating system in the world. But if there are two issues that LEED v4 and v4.1

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Cool roofs 101: Planning and specification considerations

Construction Specifier

The effects of heat have negative outcomes for health and well-being, social equity, energy use and peak demand, resilience of health, transportation and electrical infrastructure, crime, education, and productivity. Source: 4th National Climate Assessment, 2018. Source: 4th National Climate Assessment, 2018. By Kurt Shickman.

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Sustainability guidelines for ready mix plant certification

GCP Applied Technologies

Fri, 11/02/2018 - 19:24. November 02, 2018. While any good ready mix plant must strive to turn a profit, they're now also tasked with a triple bottom line that addresses not only economic prosperity, but social equity and environmental responsibility. Sustainability guidelines for ready mix plant certification. michael.delros….

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Stok Welcomes Christina Weber as Vice President of Growth & Client Solutions

Stok

Christina is a LEED Green Associate and holds a Master of Corporate Real Estate in Workplace Strategy (MCR.w) designation from CoreNet Global, where she is an active member of the Northern California Chapter’s Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging and Women of CoreNet committees.

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stok Welcomes Christina Weber as Vice President of Growth and Client Solutions

Stok

Christina is a LEED Green Associate and holds a Master of Corporate Real Estate in Workplace Strategy (MCR.w) designation from CoreNet Global, where she is an active member of the Northern California Chapter’s Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging and Women of CoreNet committees.