If you are a supply chain vendor and looking to grow market share, how are you differentiating your services? Are you waiting for a competitor to screw up or are you dropping your price? Ever wondered if there was a better way? This article, titled ‘In the race against time to cut emissions, companies’ supply [...]
Per this article in Harvard Business Review, startups need an ESG strategy. Startups have an advantage over larger companies who have established systems. With a startup, the leadership can build a sustainability / ESG program from the start, avoiding costly rework later. Key points: Start with the purpose of your startup (Why does the [...]
Com-ESCO™ (http://www.com-esco.com/ ), a South Florida-based, licensed and insured general contractor and commercial Energy Services Company, and parent of Sustainable Performance Solutions (https://www.susperfsol.com/), Sea Coast Window & Door ( http://seacoastwindow.com/ ), Professional Window & Door (https://prowinfl.com/), and National Aluminum Fabricators, has decided to pursue the Edenark Group ISO 14001 environmental sustainability certification. The Edenark Group [...]
Consistent with various articles we have published over the past year, per this statement by the US Government, on November 10, 2022, the Biden Administration proposed a new rule that will require contractors serving the US Federal government to publicly disclose their Scope 1, Scope 2 and relevant category Scope 3 emissions if they have [...]
When your organization decides it wants to consider becoming sustainable, follow this guide. You will be happy with the results. https://www.unsustainablemagazine.com/how-to-select-the-right-sustainability-certification-program-for-your-organization/
Per this Lloyd’s Bank study 7% of UK SMEs have already achieved Net Zero emissions 64% have a plan in place to reach Net Zero 83% say sustainability has become more important in the past 12 months Only 5% of SMEs are not considering Net Zero action
This article does a good job of simplifying a few of the key components of the E (environmental), the S (social) and the G (governance) in an ESG program. It also offers a checklist for developing an ESG strategy. If you are a SME, our STRONG recommendation is to take it slow and NOT to [...]
Per this Forbes article by Forrester, environmental sustainability Is a business opportunity Is a matter of survival Is a customer-obsession-enabler Is an integral part of business risk Is being supported by immense government investment Forrester makes these three 2023 predictions Carbon offsets/credits will be in fashion but with less fraud Five Global 200 firms will [...]
The NYU Stern School of Business does an annual report on the performance of CPG (consumer packaged goods) sustainable brands versus their non-sustainable competitive peers. Here is the report. Key points: Sustainable products enjoyed a 29% price premium AND grew 2.7x faster Let’s say that again – They charged materially more while also lapping the [...]
You are losing $7,000 - $12,000 per year, per full time employee, to the Big 5 - employee insomnia, stress, anxiety, physical pain and mental acuity. On average, that equates to 5% of GDP. You can easily address this. https://edenark.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/49216540301589744897.mp4
