8 Key Components for Selecting the Right Sustainability Certification for Your Organization
There are 8 key things to consider when deciding on a sustainability certification. They are listed here. https://www.pr.com/press-release/815357
Sustainability / ESG – It’s Always Been About People!
One of the big discussion points during COP26 was the recognition that people, inclusive of mental health and performance, must be part of an organization's sustainability program. Current ESG articles underscore "why the human element matters more than ever" and talk about how managing the health and happiness of employees is critical to organizational health [...]
Majority of ESG Investment Funds Reviewed In Study Are Greenwashing
Is your wealth manager walking the talk by being an environmentally certified sustainable company, when recommending ESG funds for you? Do they understand the principles they are talking about? And are their recommended ESG funds truly following environmental, social, governance principles? According to this article in WeathManagement.com, 64% of the funds studied were Greenwashing. “Investors [...]
Safran Oil Systems has formed a Green Team and started its Sustainability Certification process
Safran Oil Systems, a 36,250 SF manufacturer of commercial engine oil tanks, located in Fort Myers, FL, and operating as a subsidiary of Safran Aero Boosters, a $1B, Belgian-based global leader in jet engine low compressors, lubrication units, oil tanks, heat exchangers, and space valves, has chosen to become certified sustainable under the Edenark Group [...]
Why Your Customers Are Serious About Sustainability
This Forbes article discusses the following Sustainability is Profitable - No matter how big, or what you make/sell, sustainability is proven to be profitable for you. There is an 'eco-awakening' that businesses cannot ignore - You should not ignore the consumer trend for companies to be legitimately (ie, certified) sustainable. Making a profit while also [...]
5 Consumer Trends That Will Shape How Companies Source and Produce Their Products/Services in 2022
These 5 trends are showing consumers are demanding companies make good on sustainability and human rights claims. DEMAND FOR AUTHENTIC/CERTIFIED CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY ACTION - Over 50% of consumers have moved their purchases within the past year to make a difference on ESG (environmental, social, governance) issues. - +25% of consumers now say they base their [...]
Gym For The Brain becomes Environmentally Certified Sustainable Company
Gym For The Brain (https://www.gymforthebrain.com/) a Florida-based EWOT (exercise with oxygen training) facility, has become certified sustainable under the Edenark Group ISO 14001 environmental sustainability program. The Edenark Group ISO 14001 is the world’s premier environmental sustainability certification program and allows SMEs (small to mid-sized enterprises) a program designed and priced specifically for them. The [...]
Corporate Climate Crisis – Employees Want Transparency
Via an article in Sustainability Magazine, a whitepaper by London studio PLAY shows 77% of workers want employers to be transparent about their environmental impact and hardly any feel they are. With the climate emergency firmly in the public psyche, the study found that employees are skeptical about their employer’s sustainability initiatives. Overall, only 14% [...]
If the UN is right about global warming, what is your company doing to help?
Per the UN, the planet is on a 'catastrophic' global warming path - article. Is your company doing something about it? As to large companies that believe the UN is right and are doing something about it, here are the 37 most engaged large organizations in 2021, who are participating in the world's largest sustainability [...]
EU Comin’ for You! a/k/a Corporate Human Rights and Sustainability Directive
On 23 February, 2022, the European Commission published its corporate sustainability Draft Directive. The Draft Directive sets out a proposed EU standard for human rights and environmental due diligence (HREDD) which, importantly, would apply to any global company and its subsidiaries if those group companies have aggregate annual net turnover in the EU of: more than [...]