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SEC to Update Required Climate Related Disclosures

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Securities and Exchange Commission Allison Herren Lee, offered insight into the future direction of mandatory climate change disclosures and new ESG regulation, when she directed the Division of Corporation Finance to enhance its focus on climate related disclosure in public company filings. On February 24, acting chair of the U.S.

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Good ESG Guidance Available in a Matter of Days

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The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) plans to publish guidance for raters of corporate ESG performance in July. Alongside enhanced definitions, the EU is in the process of adopting standardized processes through its Non-Financial Reporting Directive and Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation. In the U.S.,

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Maryland Adopts 42 New Environmental Laws in 2021

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The bill, that may be the single most significant enactment of the session, also establishes a new policy of the State to support and encourage public and private tree planting, with the goal of planting and helping to maintain 5,000,000 sustainable native trees in Maryland by the end of 2031. Prohibition on Balloon Releases.

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Maryland to Commit to World Economic Forum’s One Trillion Trees Initiative Tree Planting

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The bill, that may be the single most significant enactment of the session, also establishes a new policy of the State to support and encourage public and private tree planting, with the goal of planting and helping to maintain 5,000,000 sustainable native trees in Maryland by the end of 2031.

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LEAN OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting for Sustainable Facilities Repair, Renovation, and Minor New Construction

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General Accounting Office (GAO), May 1979. US Army Sustainment Command. European Commission, 2013. The post LEAN OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting for Sustainable Facilities Repair, Renovation, and Minor New Construction appeared first on 4BT. REFERENCES. Controller General of the United States. Unite States Congress.

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Climate Change Disclosures by Public Companies

Green Building Law Update

In recent weeks this law firm has received more inquiries than at any time in recent years about the Securities and Exchange Commission’s disclosure requirements for public companies as they apply to climate change matters. if only as an indirect consequence of buildings accounting for 72% of the electricity consumption in the U.S.).

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Life Science Building Design & Construction: 5 Considerations for Success

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With their strict technical requirements and rigorous performance standards, laboratories and other high-tech life science facilities present a unique opportunity for sustainable design and construction innovation. Time is money and that concept is never truer than on a life science project.

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