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LEED can Help Mitigate Legal Risks in ESG Disclosures

Green Building Law Update

This blog post highlights the legal risk associated with ESG disclosures and proffers that with green building practices companies can mitigate their legal risk while still being responsive to the trend of investor demands for more disclosure. Make no mistake, there is no U.S. Recent U.S.

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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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SEC Alters Environmental Disclosure Requirements for First Time in 30 Years But

Green Building Law Update

Longstanding Federal law requires disclosure of “any material pending legal proceedings, other than ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business, to which a [public company] or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any of their property is subject.” And this intentional omission is in a climate when the subject is hot.

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Direct Contractors In California Should Take Steps Now To Reduce Exposure For Unpaid Wages By Subcontractors

Construction and Infrastructure Law

Instead, only three groups have the right to sue directly: the Labor Commissioner; a joint labor-management cooperation committee (29 U.S.C. Nevertheless, critics of the bill anticipate that it will ultimately increase building costs, and will only exacerbate the current shortage of affordable housing in California. Section 2810.3

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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” (. This post originally appeared in that blog.

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California Geo Bill passes General Assembly | Geothermal content.

Contractor Magazine

Fleet Management. Management Best Practices. Project Management. 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.

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Legal Fallout Spreads from Trainor Glass Default | ENR.

ENR Construction

ENR California. Legal Fallout Spreads from Trainor Glass Default. Risk management. Asset management. Safety & Health. Banking & Credit Crisis. Project Delivery. Ethics & Corruption. Economic Stimulus. Associations. Washington Observer. Economic Stimulus. Product Snapshot. Interviews. People on the Move.

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