Due to studies, the #1 issue on the minds of people around the world is the environment (ie, we are using our resources faster than Mother Earth can replenish and we are accelerating our carbon-emissions-driven global warming).  The world we are passing to our children will be far hotter and angrier than the world we were given.  This is a bigger concern to the people of the planet than war, economy, politics, et cetera.

Turning this sentiment to the market place, consumers are more interested in a company’s ability to prove its sustainability commitment than they are in its brand names.  7 out of 10 of them will change brands if they find a certified sustainable company that offers a similar product.  They will even spend more for a certified sustainable product.

Driven by the above demand, certified sustainable companies are growing up to 20x faster than their non-certified peers – the market is rewarding companies that are able to prove they are sustainable (via certification/validation).

The Edenark Group ISO 14001 environmental sustainability certification program is the premier program of its kind in the world – You get to help the planet and differentiate and grow faster than your peers.

We have a 100% client renewal rate – every client we have ever certified has renewed, every year.

We get most of our new clients from referrals from existing clients.

However, we also get a good number of clients from referral partners who like what we do and introduce us to organizations they feel would benefit from our services.

This defines what we believe a sustainability program should contain. 

This master class explains why a company would want to do this.

We are looking for organizations that 1) care about the environment; 2) want to be part of the solution; and 3) want to be an example that other organizations can follow.

If you agree with our mission and our definition of what a sustainability program should be; and if you know some organizations that meet the above requirements; you might want to consider becoming a referral partner.

Send us a note and we can discuss.  

Per a Bain & Co report discussed in this article, in six years, CEOs got wise to the fact that environmental sustainability is not just a tool for social responsibility.  It is also a tool for enhanced business performance.

The use of environmental sustainability as a performance enhancement tool increased 60% between 2018 and 2024 and now over half of all responding CEOs use environmental sustainability as a performance enhancement tool.

• 2018 – 34% of CEOs used environmental sustainability for performance enhancement
• 2024 – 54% of CEOs used environmental sustainability for performance enhancement

If you decide you would like to improve the performance of your company, read this on what you want in a sustainability program, watch this master class, and contact us.

Safran Oil Systems, a two-facility, 53,000 SF manufacturer of commercial airline oil tanks and oil pumps, located in Fort Myers, FL, and operating as a subsidiary of Safran Aero Boosters, a $1B, Belgian-based global leader in low pressure compressors, lubrication units, oil tanks, heat exchangers, test cells and equipment, and space valves, is an environmentally certified sustainable business under the Edenark Group ISO 14001.

It will be celebrating Earth Day 2026 by continuing its work on electricity consumption, air pollution, and waste management.

The company has completed many environmental sustainability projects over the years and currently has multiple projects in process.

“For us, Earth Day is every day.  We’re proud to have a team whose commitment is year-round,” said Mekki Kabbadj, Deputy General Manager of Safran Oil Systems; and who also oversees sustainability among his broader responsibilities.

“Safran Oil Systems is a pleasure to work with and is an example of what the world needs more of – an organization that produces a superior product, supports its current stakeholders, shows it cares about future generations via its commitment to sustainability certification, and optimizing financial performance due to its sustainability programs,” said David Goodman, CEO of Edenark Group.

Safran Oil Systems can be reached at https://www.safran-aero-boosters.com/

Edenark Group (https://edenark.com/ ) can be reached at +1.561.512.2257

Per this article:

• March 2026 was the hottest March on record for the United States
• It was 9.35F hotter than average; the largest gap in history
• Nearly 20,000 temperature records were broken
• 2,000 new monthly temperature records were set
• January – March 2026 was the driest for the contiguous United States
• This summer, a strong El Niños could send global temperatures to new records

If we continue this path, it will not be a fun ride for us; and certainly not for our children.

For 10 years, NYU Stern School of Business produced wonderfully compelling studies, showing how environmental sustainability delivers profits.  Their studies also showed that companies that have not become certified sustainable will likely not survive.

Per this article, they have decided that if you have not learned by now, odds are, you never will.

They have changed their curriculum to serve those who listened, understood the financial benefit, and incorporated sustainability into their companies.  Going forward, they will focus on the practice of sustainability in an organization – Platform, Process and People.

If you missed that day of class, what’s the plan?

There have been hundreds of studies on the benefit of a company being able to prove it is environmentally sustainable.

As this article states, a “study of the studies” that combined the results of 640 studies over 10 years produced a treasure trove of data, highlighted by the following.

Companies that can prove their environmental sustainability (ie, are certified/verified) enjoy:

•  36% increase in financial valuation
• 21% increase in profitability
• 20% increase in sales across both B2B and B2C markets
• 6% increase in share price
• 21% increase in productivity
• 57% reduction in employee turnover

This leads to some questions:

• Is it your job to improve the performance of your company?
• Is there anything you are currently doing in your company that is generating the above?
• Would you mind doing something good?

If it is your job to improve your company, and you would not mind doing something good, and all your efforts to-date have not generated results like the above, maybe it is time to consider becoming environmentally certified sustainable.

If you decide to consider it, read this on what you want in a sustainability program, watch this master class, and contact us.

Regardless of whether your company is public or private, it has a governance process.  That process may rest only with you, or it may be in the hands of outside directors.  Either way, the clock is ticking on what needs to happen by the end this summer.

If you are in the EU, the CSDDD was pushed back a year.  But remember, this is for reporting; which means, there needs to be something to report. If you have supply chains, which most companies do, you need to have a plan in place by the time you start your 2027 budget planning this fall.

In the United States, August 10, 2026 is when California SB 253 kicks in.

Canada already has its sustainability programs in place and is buildings its reporting program.

So, here is what you need to do over the next few months:

• Determine if your ESG disclosure posture has been reviewed by legal, finance and operations against compliance timelines. In other words, get everyone in a room and decide how much time you need to get your disclosure plan done.
• Determine if your energy procurement position reflects where the world currently sits regarding fossil fuel and its alternatives.
• Determine if your down-chain vendor governance structure has the visibility and documentation to satisfy your up-chain clients and ensure contracts are modified to accommodate same.

In short, get an environmental sustainability execution plan operational.

LocalCarbon Italia is a community cooperative dedicated to bringing the three Permaculture Ethics —Care for Planet, Care for People and Fair Shares—to the emerging field of environmental practices. It works with local businesses, farmers, and small municipalities to transform their environmental commitment into economic, social, and image value.

LocalCarbon Italia offers a systemic approach, implementing integrated projects in Renewable Energy, Regenerative Agriculture, Sustainability Reporting and Carbon Credits.

Edenark Group serves as a partner of LocalCarbon Italia and supports its efforts by providing environmental sustainability, carbon neutral and net zero certification services, carbon footprint reporting, and ESG planning.

If you have a business, land or farm in Italy and would like to consider using your environmental commitment for economic, social or brand gain, contact LocalCarbon Italia at +39 347 6410371 or silvia@localcarbon.net.

The average tenure of a CEO is 5-7 years.

Odds are, if you were hired as a CEO in the last few years, you will soon be looking for your next assignment.

Based on the findings of +600 studies, companies that can prove their sustainability commitment enjoy:

• 36% increase in financial valuation
• 21% increase in profitability
• 20% increase in sales across both B2B and B2C markets
• 6% increase in share price
• 21% increase in productivity
• 57% reduction in employee turnover

Several years ago, the world’s largest asset manager decided it would not hire CEOs if they could not show proof of environmental sustainability leadership.  In effect, from a performance standpoint, this singular commitment separated the cream of the crop from the rest.

Many PEGs, VCs, family offices and corporate owners agree.  Why would they hire a CEO that has a resume that shows s/he manages AGAINST the above.  It begs the question – “For a CEO that has not led her/his company to environmental sustainability certification/verification, what do you believe your financial objectives are?”

When you are looking for your next assignment, what will your resume say?

If you don’t mind doing something good, want to grow your company faster than your peers, and want to be seen as an A player, read this on what you want in a sustainability program, watch this master class, and contact us.