Water is a vital commodity for sustaining life on Earth. By acknowledging our responsibility and taking action, we can reduce our daily water consumption. Minor adjustments in our routines, like utilizing dishwashers and inspecting fixtures and pipes, contribute to collective efforts in reducing water usage within society. Here are a few easy steps you can take to conserve water usage:
Earth Day Volunteer Ideas
Monday, April 22 marks Earth Day in the United States, a holiday created to honor and raise awareness for the environment and its protection. Global climate change has been at the forefront of national and international news, so it is appropriate that celebrating Earth Day is of critical importance. Below are some suggestions as to how you can get involved with Earth Day activities near our office locations in the Metro DC and Dallas areas, and beyond!
California Climate Disclosure Regulation
RE Tech breaks down who will be impacted by California’s new climate-focused legislation and provides an overview of what is to come once it becomes law. RE Tech breaks down who will be impacted by California’s new climate-focused legislation and provides an overview of what is to come once it becomes law.
Unambiguous Climate Risk: Building Performance Standards Policies
RE Tech’s Deb Cloutier, CRE and Colin Curzi dive into the transition risk soaring to the top of commercial real estate professionals’ risk management – Building Performance Standards (BPS) policies.
ESG AT A TIPPING POINT FOR REAL ESTATE: BACKGROUND, RECENT DEVELOPMENTS, AND ESG TRENDS AND OPPORTUNITIES
RE Tech’s President Deb Cloutier coauthored this article on the ESG landscape around Real Estate which was published in the ALI CLE’s “The Practical Real Estate Lawyer”.
ESG’s Missing Link: The Need to Better Connect Reporting to Returns
A significant part of what GRESB and other ESG frameworks assess is simply one’s ability to report and organizational willingness to commit resources to the reporting process.
These frameworks measure what policies and activities are in place, and in some cases, broad environmental performance metrics like year over year carbon emissions. These types of reporting scores can provide insight into what you are doing, but they cannot determine if what you are doing is effective…if your strategy is on point. They cannot measure the quality of your thinking. This is where an ESG thesis is critical.