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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.

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Building a Great Safety Culture Takes a Commitment to Training

Construction Business Owner

The reasons are clear and fundamental: from staying alive to being there for family, and from avoid life-changing injuries to saving money, mitigating legal risk and gaining productivity. Business Management. Why is safety so important? These are the basics of a good life for workers, and good business for construction companies.

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Companies are Preparing for ESG Disclosure Rules

Green Building Law Update

There is legal risk associated with ESG disclosures and I have assisted companies for years in mitigating their liability while still being responsive to the trend of investor demands for these disclosures. and the legal adage that bad facts rise to bad law may certainly have been at play in those instances.

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ESG Going the Way of the Dodo

Green Building Law Update

Together these actions are already having a chilling effect not only on investment managers who want to profit from the use of ESG factors, but also on public companies that make ESG disclosures, when the rule provides clear regulatory guideposts for fiduciaries in light of recent trends involving ESG investing.

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The 12 Best Construction Podcasts of 2020

Construction Junkie

3: The Mass Construction Show Previous nominations: first time nominated Listen to it here: [link] While the Mass Construction Show admittedly has a Massachusetts lean, the show is applicable to anyone in the industry across construction. Check out our full review of The Construction Management Podcast by clicking or tapping here. #11:

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Green Building Codes Not Eligible for Copyright Protection

Green Building Law Update

Courts have applied that still governing law to rule that the building codes of various governments from Massachusetts to Texas cannot be copyrighted. But in recent years, some courts have sought to distinguish cases from that bedrock law. And such is why this new decision from the Eleventh Circuit is so important. Public Resource Org, Inc.

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RELi Could be Standard Practice in Nearly Every Real Estate Transaction

Green Building Law Update

Since 2017, RELi has been managed by the USGBC which, in conjunction with MTS and others led the evolution of RELi 2.0 Use Legally Logged Wood from Ecologically Managed Forests , recognizes “FSC Certified Wood” only, (. trillion for Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, with $1.9