ESG
Sustainability
March 24, 2023
2023 Sustainability Reporting Frameworks Update: SASB, GRESB, and CDP
Recapping 2022: 3 Proposed Standards The regulatory environmental landscape continues to evolve every week. Before we jump into updates for 2023, it is essential to provide a short recap of events that defined the disclosure landscape in 2022. In March…
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ESG
March 3, 2023
ESG Reporting Tips and Steps
Steps to getting started with ESG reporting: Establish a Solid ESG Strategy The easiest way to get started with ESG reporting is to establish an ESG strategy. A good ESG strategy typically follows these general principles and steps: Step 1:…
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Regulatory
Sustainability
February 28, 2023
NYC Electric Grid Carbon Emissions Factor Increased 29%
The latest EPA eGRID emissions factors, eGRID 2021 released 1/30/23, show NYC and Westchester’s electric grid’s (subregion NYCW) CO2 emission rate (lbs/MWh) increased 29% year-over-year. The US average is up 4% vs. eGRID 2020, with 7 regions down, 2 essentially…
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ESG
Sustainability
February 23, 2023
GreenBiz23 Insights and Recap
The role of sustainability in business has seen a rapid transition from a "nice-to-have" to an absolute imperative. A lot has happened in the last 10 months, 10 days, and even 10 minutes when it comes to sustainability progress. The…
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ESG
February 16, 2023
ESG Compliance: How Your Company Can Meet the Requests of Investors and Legislation
First, let's define what ESG compliance means. ESG compliance refers to a company's adherence to environmental, social, and governance standards and regulations, as well as its efforts to report on and improve its ESG performance. It's important to note that…
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Regulatory
February 10, 2023
Implications of the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act
The Inflation Reduction Act passed in 2022, marks the single largest commitment of public dollars to address climate change to date. The IRA provides $369 billion in meaningful incentives for clean energy technologies such as wind, solar, storage, hydrogen, nuclear,…
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Product Spotlight
February 8, 2023
Product Spotlight: GHG Emissions Reports & Roll Ups
WatchWire contains a wide variety of reports within our Reporting module to help you analyze and distribute your energy and sustainability data. Of the over 30 standard reports the platform allows you to generate, 3 are specifically designed for carbon…
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ESG
Sustainability
January 27, 2023
Sustainability Insights Gained from More Than 1 Billion Feet Under Management
1. Data First, it is important to understand that data lacking a follow-up with action is useless. Yes, the act of simply collecting data and consistently measuring your footprint has been shown by the EPA to lead to a 2.4%…
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Sustainability
January 24, 2023
Why the Commercial Real Estate Sector Should Prioritize Sustainability
Common worries and challenges surrounding sustainability for commercial real estate firms include the upfront costs of efficiency projects and renewable power, split incentives where property owners are responsible for upgrades but do not reap the benefits of lower energy bills,…
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