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There are More than 40 Million People in Modern Slavery

Green Building Law Update

Ignorance is not a defense. 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.”. It is no longer acceptable to look the other way.

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Virginia Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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Defense Production Zones: Virginia authorizes its communities to establish local defense production zones to benefit businesses engaged in the design, development or production of materials, components or equipment required to meet the needs of national defense. Green Job Creation Tax Credit. Worker Retraining Tax Credit.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Arkansas — Dassault Invests $60 Million In Little Rock Expansion

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Key Incentives: Advantage AR, R&D Development, Equity Investment Tax Credit, Tourism Development Act, Targeted Business Incentives. Arkansas encourages sustainability through green neighborhoods. GDP (All Industry 2011): $105.8 Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce.

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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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The S in ESG may be the Most Impactful

Green Building Law Update

The ideal of social equity can be traced back to the works of Aristotle and while definitions vary and have evolved over thousands of years, most would agree humanity has not done enough, including purporting to address Social as one of the three component parts of ESG. But today’s ESG statements are only a very small step.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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The wind turbines operating at Buffalo’s green energy complex on Lake Erie generate enough electricity to power roughly 15,000 homes; the turbines are under contract to a local utility, Constellation Energy Resources. defense department, with an additional $500 million in state and private investment. Andrew Cuomo.

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

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The other front was for the real estate community to stop playing defense against entitlement processes, development standards, and zoning procedures that varied widely from city to city within the Salt Lake Valley. The builder reported 1,323 closings in 2020, raising its ranking among Pro Builder’s 2021 Housing Giants to No.