COP28 has ended with a demonstration of global solidarity.  Over 120 countries signed the final document which is discussed in this United Nations press release. 

The key language –

• The global stocktake is considered the central outcome of COP28 – as it contains every element that was under negotiation and can now be used by countries to develop stronger climate action plans due by 2025.The stocktake recognizes the science that indicates global greenhouse gas emissions need to be cut 43% by 2030, compared to 2019 levels, to limit global warming to 1.5°C. But it notes Parties are off track when it comes to meeting their Paris Agreement goals.The stocktake calls on Parties to take actions towards achieving, at a global scale, a tripling of renewable energy capacity and doubling energy efficiency improvements by 2030. The list also includes accelerating efforts towards the phase-down of unabated coal power, phasing out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies, and other measures that drive the transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner, with developed countries continuing to take the lead.

What this means for your business –

• Given that countries are tasked with developing stronger climate action plans by 2025….expect to see more governmental laws demanding proof of sustainability, carbon neutrality, carbon emission reductions and net zero attainment. This can be viewed as an opportunity or curse, depending on if you want to get ahead of it and take market share or delay, and lose market share.

• Given that it was agreed that greenhouse gas emissions need to be cut by 43% in six year….expect dramatic demands by governments, investors, lenders and your clients for you to prove you are part of the solution. Again, this can be an opportunity or curse.

• Given that energy efficiency needs to double by 2030….think of your energy demand needing to be cut in half by that time. How are you going to get there without help? 

Next steps for your business –

• You can ignore or take action.

• If you are thinking it might be wise to gather some information on the benefit of becoming sustainable and what kind of program to consider, watch this master class, then contact us.

Wholesale Payroll, a Marco Island, Florida customer-focused, feature-rich, do-it-yourself payroll platform company, has continued its environmental sustainability commitment by renewing and extending its Edenark Group ISO 14001 sustainability certification through 2024.

Wholesale Payroll is part of a three-company supply chain, where all three companies, DataSetGo, Wholesale Payroll and TruPayroll are certified sustainable.  This creates a wonderful opportunity for organizations seeking vendors who are sustainable and can satisfy Scope 3 mandates.

The Edenark Group ISO 14001 is the world’s premier environmental sustainability certification program and allows SMEs (small to mid-sized enterprises) the ability to attain the world’s most popular environmental certification standard via a program designed and priced specifically for them.   Edenark Group also helps clients pursue carbon neutrality and ESG compliance, using the Edenark Group ISO 14001 as a foundation for long term compliance.

The program, which allows companies to progressively improve at a pace that works for their needs, helps the organization define how it interacts internally, externally, and with the environment.  It incorporates energy/waste/water, employee health and performance enhancement, community involvement, procurement and suppliers, compliance and regulations, emergency/security, and stakeholder engagement.  Benefits include creating a culture of continual improvement, stakeholder engagement, lower costs, higher revenues and profits, improved employee performance, and…… doing the right thing for the environment and current and future generations.   

“Helping our clients achieve their goals while also operating our company in a fashion that protects our community and environment, is at the core of the Wholesale Payroll culture.  We choose to be part of the solution and show other organizations how easy it is to grow your company while also doing good things for the world,” said CFO, James Murray, of Wholesale Payroll.   

“Equally exciting, we are working with other organizations that have the same core beliefs.  We purchase services via DataSetGo, which has also renewed its certification; and we provide services to, among others, TruPayroll, which also has renewed its certification.  It is wonderful to work with vendors and clients that believe as you do: that you can provide superior service to clients and a wonderful work environment for employees; while also serving the greater good for your community and planet,” added Murray.     

“In 2024, a key objective for Wholesale Payroll will be sustainability advocacy.   We see the Scope 3 mandates and sustainability and emissions regulations across the country and world and want to help our clients and the community understand how beneficial it can be to have a vendor that is certified sustainable; both for the planet and for compliance,” added Murray.

“Edenark Group has a wonderful relationship with Wholesale Payroll and they are 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 makes more money due to its sustainability programs,” said David Goodman, CEO of Edenark Group.  “When an organization executes the Edenark Group ISO 14001 sustainability certification, as Wholesale Payroll is doing, it not only benefits the environment, but it also benefits its own operation and its clients.  Even better in this case, as Wholesale Payroll is part of a three-company supply chain that are all certified sustainable.  This presents far better value to their clients than their competitors can offer,” added Goodman.

Wholesale Payroll can be reached at +1.239.610.1096

Edenark Group can be reached at +1 561.512.2257     

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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.

DataSetGo, a Marco Island, Florida software company that creates customized solutions with enterprise-level features yet designed and priced to serve and scale with entry-level businesses, has renewed its Edenark Group ISO 14001 environmental sustainability certification though 2024.

DataSetGo is part of a three-company supply chain, where all three companies, DataSetGo, Wholesale Payroll and TruPayroll, are certified sustainable.  This creates a wonderful opportunity for organizations seeking vendors who are sustainable and can satisfy Scope 3 mandates.

The Edenark Group ISO 14001 is the world’s premier environmental sustainability certification program and allows SMEs (small to mid-sized enterprises) the ability to attain the world’s most popular environmental certification standard via a program designed and priced specifically for them.  

The program, which allows companies to progressively improve at a pace that works for their needs, helps the organization define how it interacts internally, externally, and with the environment.  It incorporates energy/waste/water, employee health and performance enhancement, community involvement, procurement and suppliers, compliance and regulations, emergency/security, and stakeholder engagement.  Benefits include creating a culture of continual improvement, stakeholder engagement, lower costs, higher revenues and profits, improved employee performance, and…… doing the right thing for the environment and current and future generations.   

“Serving people and protecting our community is at the core of the DataSetGo culture.  We choose to walk the talk and be part of the solution,” said Jessica Anne Clarke, CEO of DataSetGo.  “Our software model allows our product to scale and grow as our client grows.  We like the fact that the Edenark Group ISO 14001 program follows the same philosophy of progressive improvement, allowing us to continue to grow and improve in our sustainability effort,” added Clarke. 

“Given that we are part of a supply chain, with Wholesales Payroll and TruPayroll, we want to use 2024 as an advocacy year, helping other supply chains to become certified sustainable.  Scope 3 mandates and government regulations are no longer things in the future; as global warming is no longer something in the future.  We choose to be part of the solution and hope to help others do likewise,” said Clarke.    

“When an organization, or supply chain, pursues, and attains, the Edenark Group ISO 14001 sustainability certification, they are not just doing it to see their costs go down and revenues and profits go up.  They are setting a higher bar for their organization and sending a signal to all those around them,” says David Goodman, CEO of Edenark Group.  “They are agreeing to adhere to the world’s Gold standard for sustainability certification; are choosing to be a leader and part of the solution, not the problem; and are joining an elite fraternity of over 300,000 organizations, in over 150 countries, that have committed to continually improving in every way.  In this case, we have three organizations, all certified sustainable for multiple years, and providing far more value to their clients than their competitors are capable of providing.”

DataSetGo can be reached at +1.239.610.1096

Edenark Group can be reached at +1 561.512.2257     

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DCRBN is a next-gen accelerator helping build and scale web3 companies that prioritize delivering carbon-neutral solutions to real world problems.  DCRBN helps founders build, brand, and scale their innovations with resources encompassing market research, development, business development, growth hacking, design, fundraising and more. 

One of the services DCRBN provides is helping enterprise-level clients adopt and integrate blockchain infrastructure.  In order to better provide this service, the company has decided to pursue the Edenark Group ISO 14001 environmental sustainability certification.  As a direct vendor to those enterprise clients, DCRBN, once certified, will be able to help them address their Scope 3 supply chain sustainability requirements; and as DCRBN helps its portfolio companies also become certified, they will also become solutions for enterprise-level organizations desperate for legitimate (certified/verified) sustainable vendors.

A first step in this process is to receive and review the Edenark Group ISO 14001 Green Team Guide, which provides sustainability project ideas and guidance on how to create and run a fun green team that benefits team members and the company.

The Edenark Group ISO 14001 is the world’s premier environmental sustainability certification program and allows SMEs (small to mid-sized enterprises) the ability to attain the world’s most popular environmental certification standard via a program designed and priced specifically for them.  This allows an organization to validate its environmental / sustainability / green / eco-friendly actions.

The program, which allows companies to progressively improve at a pace that works for their needs, helps the organization define how it interacts internally, externally, and with the environment.  It incorporates energy/waste/water, employee health and performance enhancement, community involvement, procurement and suppliers, compliance and regulations, emergency/security, and stakeholder engagement.  Benefits include creating a culture of continual improvement, stakeholder engagement, lower costs, higher revenues and profits, improved employee performance, and…… doing the right thing for the environment and current and future generations.   

“The Green Team Guide provides practical, inexpensive, and easy-to-implement, suggestions for our sustainability program,” said Co-Founder, Cory Warfield.   “Further, as part of our service is serving as a guide to the companies that are in our accelerator program, the Green Team Guide will help us help our accelerator clients,” added Co-Founder, Majid Zafer. 

“Sustainability can be fun.  Our program is designed to get our clients to say, “Let’s do this again next year!  Our 100% client renewal rate suggests we are succeeding.  DCRBN will have fun forming its Green Team, will have fun doing its sustainability projects, and will have fun helping others to follow its lead,” said David Goodman, CEO of Edenark Group. 

DCRBN can be reached at  https://dcrbn.io/contact/ or +1 847.293.6760

Edenark Group can be reached at +1 561.512.2257     

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Heritage Investment Group, with over $1b under management, provides wealth management and investment guidance to high-net-worth individuals, families, charitable foundations, and qualified plans. The firm has served as an independent advisor since 1993. The company has continued its environmental sustainability commitment by renewing and extending its Edenark Group ISO 14001 sustainability certification through 2024.

The Edenark Group ISO 14001 is the world’s premier environmental sustainability certification program and allows SMEs (small to mid-sized enterprises) the ability to attain the world’s most popular environmental certification standard via a program designed and priced specifically for them.   Edenark Group also helps clients pursue carbon neutrality and ESG compliance, using the Edenark Group ISO 14001 as a foundation for long term compliance.

The program, which allows companies to progressively improve at a pace that works for their needs, helps the organization define how it interacts internally, externally, and with the environment.  It incorporates energy/waste/water, employee health and performance enhancement, community involvement, procurement and suppliers, compliance and regulations, emergency/security, and stakeholder engagement.  Benefits include creating a culture of continual improvement, stakeholder engagement, lower costs, higher revenues and profits, improved employee performance, and…… doing the right thing for the environment and current and future generations.   

“Edenark Group has a 25 year relationship with Heritage Investment Group and they are a wonderful 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 makes more money due to its sustainability programs,” said David Goodman, CEO of Edenark Group.  “When an organization executes the Edenark Group ISO 14001 sustainability certification, as Heritage Investment Group is doing, it not only benefits the environment, but it also benefits its own operation,” added Goodman.

Heritage Investment Group can be reached at +1.954-785-5400

Edenark Group can be reached at +1 561.512.2257     

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Sea Coast Professional Window & Door, a Florida-based window and door sales and installation company has renewed its environmental sustainability commitment by renewing and extending its Edenark Group ISO 14001 sustainability certification through 2024.

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 program, which allows companies to progressively improve at a pace that works for their needs, helps the organization define how it interacts internally, externally, and with the environment.  It incorporates energy/waste/water, employee health and performance enhancement, community involvement, procurement and suppliers, compliance and regulations, emergency/security, and stakeholder engagement.  Benefits include creating a culture of continual improvement, stakeholder engagement, lower costs, higher revenues and profits, improved employee performance, and…… doing the right thing for the environment and current and future generations.   

“We provide window and door design, sales, installation and service to residential and commercial clients in Florida and the Caribbean”, said Mike Modica, President of Sea Coast Professional Window & Door.  “We are a leading window and door installer and our products help reduce energy usage in the buildings we serve.  We have worked with Edenark Group for years and its leader, who has experience with high performance windows and doors, has the same high standards we have in our operation,” added Modica. 

“Sustainability is not a one-and-done event.  It is a process of continual improvement.  Any organization that claims to be sustainable and does not have an annual certification via a globally-recognized program with 3^rd party verification is greenwashing; they are promoting actions not validated.  When an organization attains and renews the Edenark Group ISO 14001 sustainability certification, they are not just doing it to see their costs go down and revenues and profits go up; they are setting a higher bar for their organization and sending a signal to all those around them,” says David Goodman, CEO of Edenark Group.  “They are agreeing to adhere to the world’s Gold standard for sustainability certification; are choosing to be a leader and part of the solution, not the problem; and are joining an elite fraternity of over 300,000 organizations, in over 150 countries, that have committed to continually improve in every way.”

Sea Coast Professional Window & Door can be reached at 954.636.6899

Edenark Group can be reached at +1 561.512.2257

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Per this article:

• 94% of investors believe corporate sustainability reports contain greenwashing (ie, unsupported claims with no 3^rd party certification/validation)

• 85% say reasonable assurance (ie, 3^rd party certification/validation) would increase their confidence and the majority suggest following recognized/established standards

• 69% would increase investment in companies able to handle sustainability concerns

If you want to bring credibility to your sustainability actions and improve your ability to raise money for your company, watch this master class and contact us.

Sustainable Performance Solutions, a Florida-based engineering firm whose practice is limited to energy and sustainability consulting, has continued its environmental sustainability commitment by renewing and extending its Edenark Group ISO 14001 sustainability certification through 2024.

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 program, which allows companies to progressively improve at a pace that works for their needs, helps the organization define how it interacts internally, externally, and with the environment.  It incorporates energy/waste/water, employee health and performance enhancement, community involvement, procurement and suppliers, compliance and regulations, emergency/security, and stakeholder engagement.  Benefits include creating a culture of continual improvement, stakeholder engagement, lower costs, higher revenues and profits, improved employee performance, and…… doing the right thing for the environment and current and future generations.   

“We provide all levels of energy audits, general energy efficiency and sustainability studies, energy modeling, various certifications, commissioning, metering and sub-metering, and advanced ventilation strategies”, said Larry Clark, principal in Sustainable Performance Solutions.  “We are a leading sustainability voice, advisor and provider in Florida and the Caribbean.  We have worked with Edenark Group for years and our views, expectations and standards align with their views, expectations and standards,” added Clark. 

“Sustainability is not a one-and-done event.  It is a process of continual improvement.  Any organization that claims to be sustainable and does not have an annual certification via a globally-recognized program with 3^rd party verification is greenwashing; they are promoting actions not validated.  When an organization attains and renews the Edenark Group ISO 14001 sustainability certification, they are not just doing it to see their costs go down and revenues and profits go up; they are setting a higher bar for their organization and sending a signal to all those around them,” says David Goodman, CEO of Edenark Group.  “They are agreeing to adhere to the world’s Gold standard for sustainability certification; are choosing to be a leader and part of the solution, not the problem; and are joining an elite fraternity of over 300,000 organizations, in over 150 countries, that have committed to continually improve in every way.”

Sustainable Performance Solutions can be reached at 570.854.1199

Edenark Group can be reached at +1 561.512.2257

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As part of its Net Zero pledge, CalPERS has doubled its commitment (from $47b to $100b) to investments in companies with progressive carbon emissions plans.

CalPERS will exit its investment in companies that do not have a credible (ie, certified/verified/progressive) net zero plan – “We believe in engaging with these companies,” said Peter Cashion, CalPERS’ managing investment director for sustainable investing.  “But we will make it clear that refusing to move toward climate solutions puts our investments at risk, which is counter to our fiduciary duty.”

CalPERS is not the only investor making this move.  40+ funds have already made the pledge, with more joining.

Why does this matter to you?

• A company can achieve carbon neutrality via carbon emissions it controls – ie, the carbon emissions produced directly by the operation of its business and the carbon emissions produced by the local utility provider, producing the energy for the business – called Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions.

• But when a company makes a Net Zero pledge, as CalPERS and many many many other organizations have done and are doing, it includes Scope 3 (17 items including vendors).

• Therefore, for companies to not be sold by CalPERS, and for a company to ever be a candidate in the future for investment by CalPERS, they will need a carbon emissions plan that includes their suppliers (ie, your company).

Has your company received its first Scope 3 letter from an investor or client, noticing you that action will be needed for you to continue with them?

Have you thought about being proactive and using this as a way to take market share and improve your attractiveness to investors?  If not, might want to give it some thought.

Watch this master class and contact us, if you would like to help the planet while positioning your company for the change that is already here.