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The ESG Benefit of Paying Employees to Work at the Polls

Green Building Law Update

The “S” in ESG is among the most impactful sustainability factors despite being among the least measured. There are a myriad of Social factors in sustainability, but what they have in common is they are about “social relationships.” A company’s relationship with its employees is key, but so is its relationship with the community and the broader society.

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Feds Roll Out $12.1B In Infra Funding for Carbon Capture Tech, Pipelines

ENR Construction

White House seeks comment by March 18 on approaches to extract CO2 from sources and from the air, with $2B for new pipelines. Capture projects have strong critics, but DOE also funds $4M of planned Rio Tinto-Talon Metals nickel mine demo project in Minnesota.

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Ecological Cabin in the Heart of Mexico

Natural Building

Located in the heart of the Sierra Gorda, 7 km from the center of Jalpan de Serra, is a cabin made of mud in which are used different methods of Bio-construction. It was painted with aloe vera and lime, has a dry toilet that creates compost for the garden, solar heaters for showers and rainwater harvesting. . Y You can find out more about this at www.airbnb.com.

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Tools Gaining Industry Traction to Manage Building Carbon Emissions

ENR Construction

UK and Finnish technologies provide designers quicker reads of embodied carbon impacts of their structural and materials choices. "We've been waiting for [something like this] for as long as I've been in the industry," says one engineering firm manager.

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Leading the Way in Construction EHS Software

The Verdantix Green Quadrant: EHS Software 2023 is an independent third-party analysis of 23 EHS software vendors (including Intelex) that provides an in-depth look at the technical capabilities, application breadth, innovation focus, and momentum of key environmental, health, and safety management software market players. The guide is essential reading for EHS software benchmarking, especially for understanding unique vendor strengths and capabilities.

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Euro Tools Gain in Industry Use to Manage Building Carbon Emissions

ENR Construction

UK and Finnish technologies provide designers quicker reads of the embodied carbon impacts of their structural and materials choices.