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There are More than 40 Million People in Modern Slavery

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Ignorance is not a defense. And that does not include forced prison labor, including for example the widely reported Chinese prison labor-derived nails that entered the United States.). Green building has only very recently begun to emphasize the social equity component of the triple bottom line.

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Modern Slavery Exists and We Must Stop It Now

Green Building Law Update

That shockingly large number does not include forced prison labor, including forESG example the widely reported Chinese prison labor-derived nails that entered the United States.). “To Green building has never emphasized the social equity component of the triple bottom line. Today more than 35.8

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

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The other front was for the real estate community to stop playing defense against entitlement processes, development standards, and zoning procedures that varied widely from city to city within the Salt Lake Valley. 1 local builder in the United States.” . 1 builder in Utah and the No. Solving Affordability With Gamification.

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State Focus: Arkansas – Easy To Reach, Easy To Grow

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UALR Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology hosted the first International Conference on Information Quality in United States outside of MIT in its new, six-story, 115,000-square-foot world-class research and teaching center.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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The percentage of electricity generated by renewables continues to surge in the United States. defense department, with an additional $500 million in state and private investment. It looks like size counts when it comes to the quest for offshore wind power in the United States, but maybe not the way you think it does.

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New Mexico Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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Department of Defense. Department of Defense may be deducted from gross receipts. Receipts from the provision of research, development, testing and evaluation services for the United States Air Force Operationally Responsive Space Program. Had total revenue of no more than $5 million dollars in any prior fiscal year.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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Companies must be less than 5-years old; have an annual payroll between $100,000 and $1 million; show proof of an equity investment of at least $250,000; pay at least 150 percent of the lesser of the state or county average hourly wage where the business is located; and meet requisite payroll thresholds.

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