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What Does It Mean To Be A LEED Certified City or Community?

It is clear that the executive branch is not shy about its stance on climate change and sustainability. With the United States rejoining the Paris Climate Accords in January of this year, and a renewed pressure to take appropriate action to divert...

Mass Timber Misconceptions

Intro CLE, currently the largest timber-frame building in the United States, is under construction in Cleveland, Ohio. This project is seeking LEED Gold Certification and will feature almost 300 apartments, 36,000 square feet of retail space, and a...

The Future of Sports Is Sustainable

As the world continues to celebrate the return of live sports, we are reminded of the powerful role that sports have historically played as a source of inspiration, joy, and community for people all around the globe. The athletes and teams we...

The Cost of Avoiding Sustainability

Upon rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement, the US committed to achieving 50% reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. The members of 2030 Districts across America have too. The buildings you build and renovate today will be measured by the...

The US Rejoined the Paris Agreement! Now What?

The United Nations has declared climate change to be a global emergency. In response to the unprecedented set of challenges posed by climate change, in 2015 UN member nations adopted the Paris Agreement, a legally binding international treaty...

The UN Sustainable Development Goals: Understanding Our Role

Conscious Capitalism NEO recently hosted a webinar entitled “Measurements that Matter: The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals,” attended by Emerald staff. Following the event, we got to thinking about the incredible magnitude of the global...

How Furniture Supports Sustainability Goals

What furniture is right for this space? Frequently a perplexing question, deciding on furniture can be a time-consuming and challenging task. Size? Color? Cost? Comfort? All are important factors to consider during the decision-making process, but...

Becoming a Certified B Corporation

A traditional view of corporations is that they exist to leverage scale to maximize benefit to shareholders--the bigger it gets, the more efficiently it performs, the more profit can be captured. In this model, the primary responsibility of the...

Today is Earth Day

“What are we doing to celebrate Earth Day?” is a question we ask ourselves each year. After all, one of our core values is Environmental Sustainability. As we considered potential 2021 themes for Earth Day, our team kept coming back to the idea of...