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Top Global Climate Polluters
After you read this article on climate pollution you will go back to running your business. As part of that, you and your team will prepare your next marketing message, spending money trying to get prospects to look at you.
Given that the #1 thing consumers are looking for is if a company can prove it is sustainable (ie, that it is certified/verified)….
Given that 7 out of 10 consumers will move their business if they find a certified sustainable business…
Given that certified sustainable businesses are growing up to 20x faster than their non-certified peers due to consumers rewarding them…
Given that it is going to get a lot warmer for future generations if we don’t take positive climate action…
Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to include in your marketing message that you are a certified sustainable company and doing your part to help solve this problem?
If this is worth considering, watch this master class and contact us.
Is your business ready to take the step?
You already know:
- Certified sustainable companies are making more money than your company
- They are also growing faster than your company
- Most consumers will move their business from you to a certified sustainable option when they find one (and yes, you can fight back with lower prices and lower margins)
- Your corporate clients are looking for certified sustainable vendors
- Regardless of what you have spent on developing your brand, Gen X and Z (which are 40% of the population and the future of your company) view sustainability as more important than your brand name
- Governments are tightening regulations requiring sustainability
- Your ability to win bids will go up if you are certified sustainable
- Your ability to hire and retain talent goes up if you are certified sustainable
- Your ability to find money (both debt and equity) goes up if you are certified sustainable
- Your cost of money (both debt and equity) goes down if you are certified sustainable
- Your operating costs go down if you are certified sustainable
- All the above is only going to increase
- Becoming certified sustainable is the right thing to do
Yet, you have not taken the step.
Take the quiz in this link and find out how far you are away from being ready.
Your business has an opportunity. Do you see it?
California’s economy is the 5th largest in the world, following only US, China, Germany and Japan. There are not many big companies that do not operate in California.
As we have been saying, and per this article, California Senate Law SB 219 is going to require large companies doing business in California to report on their carbon emissions in 2026, nine months from now.
You are thinking – “I still do not see the opportunity.”
California SB 219 will also require those large companies, starting in 2027, to include their vendors in the reporting. But the 2027 reporting is on 2026 data.
In other words, in nine months from now, those large companies doing business in California will need their supply chain to be aligned on sustainability and carbon emissions reporting.
Big companies have a lot of vendors. They can’t wait until December 2025 to re-shuffle the deck on their supply chain. They are actively working on this right now – they need vendors who are certified sustainable and have a carbon emissions program.
Are you a B2B vendor looking to grow your market share?
If you are, becoming certified sustainable and presenting your company to large companies who operate in California, helps them address their SB 219 problem.
If you prefer to act rather than just watch others act, read this on what you want in a sustainability program, watch this master class, and contact us.
84% of Companies are Doubling Down on Climate Targets
There have been a lot of questions regarding how the new American presidency will impact corporate environmental actions.
Per this new PwC study:
- 84% of businesses are accelerating or maintaining their decarbonization efforts.
- Only 16% have slowed down or stepped back their commitments.
The report also repeated what we have been seeing for years – sustainable organizations make more money than non-sustainable ones.
- 6% – 25% more.
Another key point is that smaller companies are now joining the big companies in making climate commitments.
- The average size of companies making climate commitments is 64% smaller than they were just four years ago.
Why?
- Supply chain pressure – big companies are pressuring their supply chains to decarbonize in order to meet Scope 3 mandates.
What does this mean for your company?
- The environmental sustainability ‘trend’ is not a trend and is not going away.
- Sustainable companies make more money. If you are not certified sustainable, you are not making as much money as a certified sustainable competitor. If you own your company and don’t care about making more money, that is fine. But if you report to an ownership group, expect someone to ask why you have chosen to let competitors take market share.
- If you are a supply chain vendor, expect your Scope 3 letter and conversation.
If you prefer to act rather than just watch others act, read this on what you want in a sustainability program, watch this master class, and contact us.
Is there a gap between your sustainability claims and your 3rd party verified documentation?
Per a study of 16,000 businesses discussed in this article
- 58% are making statements and commitments to stakeholders about their sustainability performance
- But only 8% have formal reporting programs that document that performance
The gap between those two – making claims you cannot support – is greenwashing.
Taking the above to the next step, even if you document your own performance internally (ie, self-certify), you are at risk, as you are not using a 3rd party to validate.
There are many greenwashing activists and they love finding organizations that make sustainability claims without being certified under a globally accepted program with 3rd party validation.
Don’t take the risk. If you are not certified via a globally-respected program that uses 3rd party validation, don’t promote/hype your sustainability efforts.
Are you an athlete…in organized or casual sports?
Intermittent Hypoxic Training Can Improve Your Performance in Sports
Per this article, Intermittent Hypoxic Training (IHT) will improve your performance in sports by improving your strength and stamina via:
- Increased Red Blood Cell Production
One of the most well-documented benefits of altitude training is the increase in erythropoietin (EPO) production. EPO is a hormone that stimulates the bone marrow to produce more red blood cells, which enhances oxygen transport to muscles and improves endurance. Brent Suen explains that this adaptation is particularly beneficial for endurance athletes in sports such as long-distance running, cycling, swimming, and mountaineering.
- Enhanced Oxygen Utilization
The body adapts to lower oxygen levels by increasing the efficiency of its oxygen utilization mechanisms. Mitochondria—the powerhouses of cells—become more efficient at producing energy with less oxygen, leading to improved stamina and endurance.
- Improved VO₂ Max
VO₂ max, or maximal oxygen uptake, is a key indicator of an athlete’s aerobic capacity. Training at high altitudes can lead to a higher VO₂ max, allowing athletes to perform at higher intensities for longer durations once they return to lower elevations.
- Greater Muscle Efficiency
Altitude training can enhance muscle capillarization, meaning that muscles develop more tiny blood vessels to improve oxygen and nutrient delivery. Additionally, muscles become more resistant to fatigue due to increased buffering capacity, allowing athletes to maintain performance levels longer before experiencing exhaustion.
- Enhanced Anaerobic Performance
While endurance athletes see the most benefits, anaerobic athletes, such as sprinters and strength athletes, may also experience gains from altitude training. The body’s ability to clear lactic acid improves, helping athletes sustain high-intensity efforts for longer.
Gym for the Brain provides IHT.
However, as an athlete, you know enhanced strength and stamina is only half of what you need to win. The other half is what goes on between your ears – focus, concentration, speed of processing, calmness.
Via our other modalities shown here, we strengthen those mental skills also.
You will not find a better sports performance program.
Contact us at 561-408-6890. You will be happy you did!
Long Covid – Rehabilitation Recommendations
Per this article in both Infection Control Today and Patient Care, there are four recommendations for Long Covid recovery:
- Manage physical activity very carefully.
- Increase fluids and electrolytes
- Use compression hose, stockings or socks
- Use oxygen therapy
You can manage the first three on your own.
Come to Gym for the Brain for your oxygen therapy. We have successfully helped many people recover from Long Covid.
Contact us at 561-408-6890. You will be happy you did.
What takes 25 calories to produce; and delivers one calorie when done?
If you owned a manufacturing company and it cost you $25.00 to produce an item that you sold for $1.00, how long would you stay in business?
As per this, and other studies, it takes:
- 25 calories to produce 1 calorie of beef
- 15 calories to produce 1 calorie of pork
- 10 – 20 calories to produce 1 calorie of fish
- 9 calories to produce 1 calorie of chicken
Even if we ignore the fact that meat production is one of the most significant contributors to our environmental problems.
Even if we ignore the fact that many meats are now labeled Type 1 or Type 2 carcinogens.
Even if we ignore the fact that most of the meat you get from the store has fecal matter in it.
Even if we ignore the fact that the calories you get from meat are not as beneficial as the calories you get from plants.
Even if we ignore the fact that our bodies were not built to digest meat.
Even if we ignore the increased risk of coronary heart disease, stroke, heart disease, cancer, type 2 diabetes, obesity, acne, Alzheimer’s and overall mortality.
Even if we ignore the rising price of meat.
We simply cannot feed the world with meat. The math does not work.
The sooner you start your transition away from meat the sooner you will find the alternatives taste good, your health will go up, your weight will go down, and you will have more money in your wallet. Oh, and you will be doing a good thing for the world and all in it.
Sustainability is a Huge Recruitment Tool!
SMEs (small to mid-sized enterprises – up to 500 employees) have always struggled to compete with the larger companies on recruiting the best talent.
The post-pandemic tightening of the job market has made things even harder for SMEs to find quality talent.
However, we’ve known for some time that being a certified sustainable company has a positive impact on recruiting. This article from Business Insider talks about how being a sustainable company is a huge recruitment tool.
This brings us to the discussion of, “What does a SME do, if it wants to consider becoming sustainable?” This master class will help every SME that does not know where to start, or thinks becoming certified sustainable might be too expensive or too time consuming.
Edenark Group provides the world’s premier environmental sustainability program for SMEs.
$9 Trillion in Annual Sales is Looking for a Home
Last year, via this post, we estimated $500 billion in business would move from non-sustainable to sustainable businesses in 2024.
The expectation is 2025 will see an even larger transfer, as more consumers (B2B and B2C) move their purchases to sustainable businesses.
This McKinsey study looks at growth potential tied to decarbonization and suggests capital and consumer demand shift to a low-carbon economy will produce $9t – $12t in annual sales by 2030.
Further, failure to decarbonize could, on average, risk up to 20% in economic profit for those companies that fail to act.
If you prefer to act rather than just watch others act, read this on what you want in a sustainability program, watch this master class, and contact us.