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ESG Influence on Financing, including Solar Project Financing, Growing
As this article explains, most solar projects need investors and those investors have been expanding their demands for ESG compliance; impacting not only pricing, but also availability, of financing. However, on March 10, 2021, sustainability disclosure requirements for the financial services sector, and all industries and projects it serves with financing, became more defined. The article focuses on solar projects; however the impact will be across the financial services sector, impacting all debt and equity financing.
The Edenark Group ISO 14001 sustainability / ESG-compliance program satisfies UNFCCC/ISO/COP25 and can help your organization become certified sustainable and ESG compliant.
Expense To Profit Partners with Edenark Group to Create National Business Profitability Program
Edenark Group, provider of the Edenark Group ISO 14001 program, the world’s premier environmental sustainability certification service for small to mid-sized enterprises (SMEs), is proud to partner with Expense To Profit, a national expense reduction and spend analysis company, to create a national business profitability program.
The service allows a client to gain the certification via savings generated from expense reduction. The client enjoys lower costs from the expense reduction; while gaining the competitive differentiation, brand enhancement and revenue-side growth benefits of the Edenark Group ISO 14001 program.
Certified sustainable companies are growing much faster, and are more profitable, than their non-certified peers. This is an opportunity for an organization to enjoy lower costs and higher revenues and profits by using found savings to pay for the services.
https://edenark.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Expense-to-Profit-press-release-2.5.21.pdf
No Company Can Claim to be Sustainable Without a Sustainable Supply Chain
This Forbes article titled “Sustainable Manufacturing Must Balance Profitability, People and The Planet” states that no manufacturing company can claim to be sustainable without a sustainable supply chain and manufacturing process.
According to a report from the United States Environmental Protection Agency, “Sustainable manufacturing is the creation of manufactured products through economically-sound processes that minimize negative environmental impacts while conserving energy and natural resources. Sustainable manufacturing also enhances employee, community and product safety.”
This definition is not just for manufacturing companies. It can be used for any organization, regardless of what goods or services it provides. In other words, “Sustainable (insert what you do) is the creation of our product/service through economically-sound processes that minimize negative environmental impacts while conserving energy and natural resources. Sustainable (insert what you do) also enhances employee, community and product safety.”
In effect, just as the SEC is looking at sustainability and incorporating Scope 3 (the carbon emissions of all the entities that support the process of your business, including your supply chain vendors) into its new rules; all organizations need to not only look at their own sustainability program and ensure they are following a globally acknowledged and acceptable program, but they also need to look at their suppliers.
Here is an article on supply chain sustainability; speaking to both large organizations and the smaller vendors who serve them.
Here is a PPP on what your organization and your supply chain vendors should look for in a sustainability program.
And proving that it can be done, here are three small organizations, all linked via a supply chain, and all certified sustainable.
Haymarket Media, Inc. Leading the Way by Pursuing Sustainability Certification
Haymarket Media, Inc., the US division of global media company Haymarket Media Group, which is internationally-recognized for its environmental commitment, and is already ISO 14001 and ISO 50001 accredited in its UK offices, has decided to pursue the Edenark Group ISO 14001 sustainability certification program for its New York City offices.
“Not only do we want to do the right thing for the environment in our own offices; but we also want to be an example to other organizations in the United States and around the world. Following the world’s top sustainability standard allows everyone to adhere to the same framework and principles the UN follows,” said John Crewe, Data Protection Officer, Haymarket Media, Inc.
The ISO 14001 is the world’s premier environmental sustainability certification and Edenark Group’s certification program allows SMEs (small to mid-sized enterprises) the ability to attain the world’s most popular environmental certification standard via a program designed specifically for them. Edenark Group also helps clients pursue carbon neutrality and ESG compliance, using the ISO 14001 as a foundation for long term compliance. The program helps organizations define how they interact internally, externally and with the environment, and focuses on its continual improvement in these areas. 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.
“When an organization pursues, and attains, the Edenark Group ISO 14001 sustainability certification, 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; and are joining an elite community of over 300,000 organizations, in over 150 countries, that have committed to continually improving in every way.”
About Haymarket Media, Inc.:
Haymarket Media, Inc. is an award-winning specialist content and information company. With 24 market-leading media brands, Haymarket offers unmatched expertise and insight through balanced, relevant, original content across a spectrum of media channels. Haymarket is home to highly regarded health care professional brands such as The Clinical Advisor, Dermatology Advisor, and MPR (Monthly Prescribing Reference) among a portfolio of HCP-focused, specialty-specific websites, as well as the esteemed business media titles PRWeek and MM+M (Medical Marketing + Media).
Haymarket Media, Inc. is the US Division of Haymarket Media Group. The global media company has more than 70 brands worldwide with offices in the UK, the US, Hong Kong, Singapore, India and Germany.
About Edenark Group:
Edenark Group provides the world’s premier environmental sustainability certification / carbon neutral / ESG services for small to mid-sized enterprises.
Media Enquiries:
Haymarket Media, Inc. (www.haymarket.com) – Kelley Marks can be reached at +1.917.741.5351
Edenark Group (https://edenark.com) – David Goodman can be reached at +1 844.722.3937
United Tech Employee Management becomes a Certified Sustainable Business
United Tech Employee Management, a Palm Beach, Florida-based, family-owned, employee leasing, payroll, workers’ comp, and unemployment administration company, has pursued and attained the Edenark Group ISO 14001 environmental sustainability certification.
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.
“We have deep desire to help improve our community; serving people and protecting future generations is at the core of our culture. We are choosing to take action and be part of the solution,” said Kristina Smith, President of United Tech Employee Management. “Our model allows our services to scale and grow as our clients grow. 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 Smith.
“When an organization 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 improve in every way.”
United Tech Employee Management can be reached at +1 561.594.4892
Edenark Group can be reached at +1 561.512.2257
Gym For The Brain has Pursued and Attained the Edenark Group ISO 14001 Sustainability Certification Program
Gym For The Brain (https://www.gymforthebrain.com/) a Florida-based EWOT (exercise with oxygen training) facility, has pursued and attained the Edenark Group ISO 14001 environmental sustainability certification.
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.
“People suffer from toxins ingested from the air, from food, from things they touch. Disease is due to a deficiency in the oxidation process to remove these toxins. Gym For The Brain helps its clients remove the toxins their bodies take in. But, when they leave our facility, they are going back into a toxic would. We want to help reduce those external toxins, which is why we decided to pursue the Edenark Group ISO 14001 certification program,” said Michael Cohen, Co-Founder of Gym For The Brain.
“Gym For The Brain is doing wonderful work by helping people remove toxins, reduce inflammation, increase body and brain strength, and improve health. Sending those people back out into a toxic world is frustrating. The Edenark Group ISO 14001 sustainability certification program allows Gym For The Brain to not only help people while at the Gym, but also when they leave the Gym, by proactively participating in improving the environment via internal and external environmental sustainability actions,” 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.”
Gym For The Brain can be reached at 561-408-6890
Edenark Group can be reached at +1 561.512.2257
How do You Define Sustainability for Organizations?
What is Sustainability?
There are many different descriptions and we have listed three we like.
Organizations/companies have broader stakeholder obligations than individuals, so we have created our own definition, explained here –
STORM MOTORS Will Pursue Sustainability Certification, Carbon Neutrality and ESG Compliance
STORM MOTORS, a subsidiary of STORM PROJECTS S/B Research Labs, and the designer/manufacturer of PowerFuel (https://powerfuel.de ), a high efficiency combustion, low emission, fuel optimization system; with global operations in Germany, Singapore, the United States and Malaysia; has decided to pursue the Edenark Group ISO 14001 environmental sustainability certification program.
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.
Global Partnership Formed to Help Students Intern for Sustainability Careers
Edenark Group, which offers the world’s top environmental sustainability certification program, and Sustainable Green Environment Initiative, whose initiative is to reach and train young people on climate change restoration, mitigation and adaption through sustainability, have formed a partnership.
Among the services provided, Edenark Group will offer internships and training opportunity to Sustainable Green Environment Initiative members who are looking to learn sustainability practices by involvement. “Edenark Group has an internship program that allows intending sustainability professionals from around the world to participate in all aspects of preparing a client organization for becoming certified under the Edenark Group ISO 14001 program,” said David Goodman, CEO of Edenark Group. “We all learn better and faster when we have real world experience; and if our internship program can help Sustainable Green Environment Initiative achieve its goals of reaching and training young professionals on sustainability, everybody wins,” added Goodman.
“Besides introducing Edenark Group to our other partners and the business community we interact with, we are excited to offer our members this one in a million opportunity of interning as a sustainability professional through the Edenark Group ISO 14001 internship and training program which will help the beneficiaries of this opportunity to scale-up in their respective careers and subsequently become Sustainability Consultants in their different area of expertise,” said Sanmi Olowosile, Chairman of the Board of Sustainable Green Environment Initiative. “This also gives organizations, who choose to become certified sustainable under the Edenark Group ISO 14001 program, the added benefit of helping young professionals get hands-on training,” added Olowosile.
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 respected and 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.
“When an organization 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,” added Goodman. “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.”
Edenark Group can be reached at +1 561 512 2257
Sustainable Green Environment Initiative can be reached at +234 703 839 1594
Rise in Environmental Transparency – How will SMEs Respond?
Large resellers are becoming more demanding of their suppliers to prove their sustainability status.
CDP, the environmental non-profit, reported a 24% increase in the number of companies asking their suppliers to report their environmental data.
If you are a SME, how are you preparing for this? Are you hoping the call won’t come; or are you seeing the opportunity to differentiate from your competitors and take market share?