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ESG is an Opportunity for Commercial Landlords

Green Building Law Update

Carbon reporting will be required by organizations, people, activities, information and resources involved in supplying a product or service in California. This is much more than only applying to Amazon and Walmart, and their supply chains. government and The Group of Seven. yes, this blog will continue).

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Water is the Most Important ESG Factor

Green Building Law Update

And just last Wednesday the California Department of Water Resources announced for the first time it is not going to allocate any water next year to local water districts. As weather induced droughts in the U.S. make interstate groundwater disputes increasingly likely in the coming years there are real implications for our future.

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Zero Waste in an Era of Net Zero Everything

Green Building Law Update

By analogy, nearly all businesses choose to include a warning label that nearly everything from a padlock, to jewelry, to a dish to a flashlight may cause cancer, to comply with California law that defines “no significant risk” (. Nancy Hudes and I are now publishing a blog www.ESGLegalSolutions.com (. yes, this blog will continue).

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How to Get Large Group Health Insurance Plans for Contractor Business Employees

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While you are not legally obligated to offer health plans to these workers, you can still choose to. The level of control the employer legally has over how the worker performs tasks. Legally, employers are not required to provide the same benefits to their 1099 contractors as they do to their full-time employees.

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California Geo Bill passes General Assembly | Geothermal content.

Contractor Magazine

Home > Green > Geothermal > California Geo Bill passes General Assembly. California Geo Bill passes General Assembly. Championed by the new California Geothermal Heat Pump Lobby Coalition (CalGeo), AB 2339 (Williams/V.M. Related Articles California Geo Bill passes General Assembly. Project Management.

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Officials Outline 'Preferred' Path Forward on California's Bay Delta.

ENR Construction

ENR California. Officials Outline Preferred Path Forward on Californias Bay Delta. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar supports $14-billion proposal to transfer water from northern California to the Central Valley, but several lawmakers in the region to be tapped blasted the plan. ” Salazar and California Gov.

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Can Restoration & Remediation Contractors File a Mechanics Lien?

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If a contractor tries to foreclose on a lien for work that isn’t lienable, “his case will be dismissed,” says California attorney Brion Berkley. If you’re unsure whether you have lien rights on a project, seek legal help. “It Lien rights depend on the type of restoration work. Each case is different. Demolition.

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