California Legal Sustainability 
Green Building Law Update
MARCH 8, 2020
This blog post highlights the legal risk associated with ESG disclosures and proffers that with green building practices companies can mitigate their legal risk while still being responsive to the trend of investor demands for more disclosure. Make no mistake, there is no U.S. Recent U.S. Such offers no good guidance for U.S.
Green Building Law Update
AUGUST 21, 2016
So, with targets on the backs of cows, “for dairies, California will aim to reduce methane emissions. One of the many problems with that aim is California dairy cows already “produce low enteric fermentation emissions per gallon of milk“. About half of the emissions from the State’s 5.5 they belch less) when compared to other U.S.
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Green Building Law Update
DECEMBER 12, 2021
There has been little litigation to date, but as far back as 2016 we wrote a blog post about “net zero energy” in California, False Advertising Claims over Net Zero and LEED Certified Homes. For years, in our sustainability law practice, we have assisted businesses manage carbon asset risk. yes, this blog will continue).
Green Building Law Update
AUGUST 22, 2021
ESG has become such a large component of my law practice that I am now collaborating with a fabulous group attorneys in ESG Legal Solutions, LLC, a new non-law consulting firm. The “Social” components of ESG are among least measured factors in corporate sustainability despite being among the most impactful.
Green Building Law Update
FEBRUARY 6, 2022
Carbon reporting will be required by organizations, people, activities, information and resources involved in supplying a product or service in California. This is much more than only applying to Amazon and Walmart, and their supply chains. government and The Group of Seven. yes, this blog will continue).
Green Building Law Update
FEBRUARY 7, 2021
In a conversation I had with Barry Giles, a true green building pioneer, in 2018, he said, “to truly regard sustainable buildings in a holistic manner, it’s our obligation to start with the supply chain serving the construction industry.”.
Green Building Law Update
SEPTEMBER 20, 2020
Longstanding Federal law requires disclosure of “any material pending legal proceedings, other than ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business, to which a [public company] or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any of their property is subject.” And this intentional omission is in a climate when the subject is hot.
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