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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

Each of these individuals is playing the long game and is in a strong position to move their companies and industries into what could be a more hopeful period of reconciliation, recovery and repair. Most support science-based targets and sit on multiple boards, collaborations and advocacy groups to further industry-level sustainability goals.

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Best Cleaners – New York’s Capital Region Experts

Green Business Bureau

As a part of the program, Best Cleaners undergoes annual inspections, monthly secret shops and random spot peer reviews to ensure that our service meets the highest standards in the garment care industry. To that end, America’s Best Cleaners has devised and implements the toughest standards of quality in the industry.

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How to Select a Sustainability Certification for Your Business

Green Business Bureau

Sustainability certifications are becoming increasingly important for businesses as global leaders, industry experts and the public are taking climate action. Green building certifications. What It Certifies: small, midsize and large businesses across all industries. OVERVIEW OF SUSTAINABILITY CERTIFICATIONS.

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A tribe in Maine is using hemp to remove ‘forever chemicals’ from the soil

Grist

Because of their ability to bind to proteins, PFAS tend to bioaccumulate — building up in soil, water, and even human bodies. They’ve been linked to a host of health problems, including kidney and testicular cancer, liver damage, and suppressed immunity. Loring has undergone years of cleanup since the base closed.

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Building homes that fight against climate change

AGreenLiving

As such, it’s time to get serious about where and how we build our homes to keep our families safe while also lessening our impact on the planet. Building for resilience With hurricanes intensifying around the world, resilient design is becoming more and more important as the climate crisis worsens. building materials.

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Conformance and interoperability: Achieving the promise of next-generation smart energy technologies

Smart Energy International

The next-generation technologies we will depend upon to achieve “net-zero”, remote working, e-health, and ever-increasing media consumption will depend on interoperability and conformance like never before. Analogue switch off of broadcast television began in 2007 and was completed in October 2012. Proprietary solutions are inadequate.

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GIS Owners in California Must Comply With SF6 Regulation

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

SF6 is used in GIS equipment to protect electrical power plants and distribution systems by insulating circuits and interrupting electric currents. In 2009 and 2010, CARB conducted a rulemaking to develop the regulation for monitoring and limiting SF6 emissions. Background on SF6 Gases.