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GBI Acquires Green Globes Expanding Sustainability

Green Building Law Update

In 2008, JLL, a Fortune 500 company with more than $50 billion of real estate under asset management, purchased ECD, a Canadian sustainability consulting organization that had developed Green Globes. JLL continued ECD’s strategy of promoting Green Globes in Canada as a building sustainability assessment and certification system.

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LEED can Help Mitigate Legal Risks in ESG Disclosures

Green Building Law Update

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has publicly said, “we are seeing a similar scarlet letter phenomenon in today’s modern, but no less flawed world” but it is not Hester Prynne’s “A” for adultery in Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1642, but rather ESG in America in 2020. Such offers no good guidance for U.S. best practices.

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Sustainability guidelines for ready mix plant certification

GCP Applied Technologies

Sustainability guidelines for ready mix plant certification. The webpage also provides downloads—helpful worksheets and a "Guidelines" PDF 1 —for plants to make strides toward sustainability. The webpage also provides downloads—helpful worksheets and a "Guidelines" PDF 1 —for plants to make strides toward sustainability.

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New President of Saint-Gobain Construction Chemicals Business Unit for North America

GCP Applied Technologies

New President of Saint-Gobain Construction Chemicals Business Unit for North America. Steve Williams appointed to President of Saint-Gobain Construction Chemicals for North America position. GCP is pleased to welcome Steve Williams as President of the newly formed Saint-Gobain Construction Chemicals business unit for North America.

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Now is the Time to Revise your Green Building Contracts

Green Building Law Update

Today is the day to revise your contracts for sustainable projects. It is beyond dispute that the best way to mitigate risk in a sustainable project is a properly drafted contract. Today, those AIA Sustainable Project Contract Documents are among the most used in the industry (. With the U.S.

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2011 Construction Marketer of the Year Award Winners!

Construction Marketing

As we continue to highlight winners of the 2011 Construction Marketing STAR Awards, one of the most prestigious categories of the program is the 2011 CONSTRUCTION MARKETER OF THE YEAR , awarded to the top entries in each region (North America in 2011, expanded to Canada, Latin America, Europe and Asia in 2012).

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Real-world impact of admixtures on sustainability

GCP Applied Technologies

Real-world impact of admixtures on sustainability. concrete / admixture / sustainability. concrete / admixture / sustainability. However, the impact of admixtures on sustainability can be complex, and involve many variables. cp201 real world admixtures and sustainability 900. michael.delros…. May 18, 2020.