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The Evolution of Environmental Offsets: From Indulgences to Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions

Environmental offsets have come a long way since the issuance of indulgences by the medieval church. … Continue Reading

Court Finds California Racial, Ethnic and LGBT Quotas for Boards Unconstitutional

By Stuart Kaplow on June 4, 2023 Posted in Codes and Regulations, ESG

ESG will flourish as companies address inequality, including unequal access, systemic racism, gender discrimination, and lack of inclusion in their efforts to repair the world … Continue Reading

H&M Wins Dismissal of Greenwashing Lawsuit

By Stuart Kaplow on May 28, 2023 Posted in Codes and Regulations, ESG, Green Washing, greenwashing

How courts will likely analyze the growing numbers of greenwashing claims, providing guardrails for companies and mitigating their risk.… Continue Reading

Commercial PACE: Filing the Financing Gap for GHG Reductions in Commercial Building

By Stuart Kaplow on May 20, 2023 Posted in Environmental, ESG, GHG, Green Building

PACE is a game changing solution that empowers commercial building owners to invest in sustainability… Continue Reading

Maryland Releases Draft GHG Regulations to Implement SB 528

By Stuart Kaplow on May 14, 2023 Posted in Climate Change, Codes and Regulations, GHG, greenhouse gas

The Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022 through these GHG emission regulations will undoubtedly shape the state's trajectory by decarbonizing the economy.… Continue Reading

Rising Demand for Man Made Diamonds is ESG Personified

By Stuart Kaplow on May 7, 2023 Posted in ESG, Sustainability

With the rising demand for ethical and sustainable diamonds, man made diamonds are replacing legacy mined from the earth carbon stones.… Continue Reading

More Than 1,000 Shipments of Solar Panels Seized at the Border

By Stuart Kaplow on April 30, 2023 Posted in Environmental, ESG, Federal, Solar Panel, Uncategorized

Businesses Creating a Slave Free World… Continue Reading

Court Saves Gas Stoves from the Government

By Stuart Kaplow on April 23, 2023 Posted in Codes and Regulations, Energy, Environmental, ESG, GHG

This is a significant setback for state and local governments across the country seeking to ban natural gas, directly, indirectly, or otherwise.… Continue Reading

Do You Own Your GHG Emission Data?

By Stuart Kaplow on April 16, 2023 Posted in Climate Change, ESG, GHG, greenhouse gas

Nothing should stop an organization from mitigating the risk associated with its own data safe while monetizing that valuable asset.… Continue Reading

GHG Emissions Poll Provides Strategies for Business

By Stuart Kaplow on April 9, 2023 Posted in GHG, greenhouse gas, Sustainability

Only 14% reported their company today calculates GHG emission data… Continue Reading

Executional Greenwashing is a Thing

By Stuart Kaplow on April 2, 2023 Posted in Environmental, ESG, Green Washing, greenwashing

Executional greenwashing is a neologism characterizing the way in which a business promotes or executes an environmental initiative, rather than the actual environmental impact of the initiative.… Continue Reading

Maryland is Leading the Transition to All Electric Buildings

By Stuart Kaplow on March 26, 2023 Posted in Climate Change, Energy, Environmental, ESG, greenhouse gas

There is a move toward all electric buildings as a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change. The state of Maryland is leading the way in this movement, including several local jurisdictions adopting all electric building code laws. All electric building codes require that new construction and major renovations be powered by … Continue Reading

Endangered Northern Long Eared Bat is a Victim of Biodiversity Degradation

By Stuart Kaplow on March 19, 2023 Posted in Environmental, ESG, Federal, Sustainability

Biodiversity degradation is an existential crisis playing out right now in front of our eyes.… Continue Reading

The Environmental Catastrophe that is PFAS will see Movement in 2023

By Stuart Kaplow on March 12, 2023 Posted in Environmental, ESG

In 2023 we will see important steps toward addressing the challenges posed by PFAS contamination.… Continue Reading

Biden Veto of Repudiation of ESG Worker Savings Rule a Positive for ESG

By Stuart Kaplow on March 5, 2023 Posted in Climate Change, Environmental, ESG, Federal

Congress voted to approve H.J. Res. 30 seeking to nullify the Department of Labor “ESG Rule” concerning fiduciary duties with respect to employee benefit plans.… Continue Reading

We Need to do Better to Reduce Food Waste

By Stuart Kaplow on February 26, 2023 Posted in Environmental, ESG, greenhouse gas

Upscale compost has become a status symbol with small coffee size bags selling for as much as $25 a bag… Continue Reading

Non Profits can Receive a Direct Payment for 30% of Their Solar Energy System Costs

By Stuart Kaplow on February 19, 2023 Posted in Energy, Environmental, ESG, Federal, Solar Panel

Non profits can now receive a direct payment from the Federal government for 30% of their total solar energy system installation costs… Continue Reading

German Law a Model for Safeguarding Human Rights in Supply Chains

By Stuart Kaplow on February 12, 2023 Posted in ESG, GRESB, Sustainability

Safeguarding human rights in business supply chains by businesses that believe profits should come not from creating the world’s problems, but from solving them… Continue Reading

You can Participate in our Survey on GHG Emission Measurement

By Stuart Kaplow on February 5, 2023 Posted in ESG, GHG, greenhouse gas, Uncategorized

Our clients and other stakeholders can use these results as they make their company plans for GHG emission measurement, disclosure, and reduction in 2023… Continue Reading

Questions from our webinar “Does Your Lease Address New GHG Laws?”

By Stuart Kaplow on January 29, 2023 Posted in Climate Change, Environmental, GHG, greenhouse gas

Your lease must be amended to to take into account GHG emissions… Continue Reading

Does Your Lease Need Greenhouse Gas Provisions?

By Stuart Kaplow on January 22, 2023 Posted in Environmental, ESG, GHG, Green Building, greenhouse gas

The aim of this post, about how to repair the planet through leasing, is to set the stage for new ideas… Continue Reading

Ban the Light Bulb to Repair the World

By Stuart Kaplow on January 15, 2023 Posted in Energy, GHG, Green Building, greenhouse gas

In 2023 there is nothing wrong with doing that better than Thomas Edison in 1860, with LEDs, and repairing the planet.… Continue Reading

First State to Authorize Use of the 2021 IgCC

By Stuart Kaplow on January 8, 2023 Posted in Environmental, GHG, IgCC, Uncategorized

Maryland is on the cusp of being the first state in the country to authorize use of the new 2021 edition of the International Green Construction Code … Continue Reading

Reducing GHG Aiming for Net Zero will be the Environmental Issue of 2023

By Stuart Kaplow on January 1, 2023 Posted in Environmental, GHG, greenhouse gas

Decarbonizing of the economy to repair the planet and make your share of the trillions along the way… Continue Reading