After the record-setting heat of 2023, we are facing a potentially hotter year in 2024.  There is a 62% chance it will be moderated by a transition to La Niña.  This is good!  But even if moderated, there is the chance we absorb it and keep on getting hotter.  It is generally assumed we passed the 1.5C degree threshold that we were trying not to cross, last month (February 2024). Per this video, the UN is sounding the alarm.  Mother Earth is not a sports car.  She does not turn on a dime.  This is not something we can easily or quickly dial down.  There ..read more

Haymarket Media, Inc. has renewed its Edenark Group ISO 14001 sustainability certification through 2024 for its New York City offices. Haymarket Media, Inc. is the US division of global media company Haymarket Media Group, which is internationally recognized for its environmental commitment and is ISO 14001 and ISO 50001 accredited in its UK offices. The ISO 14001 is the world’s premier environmental sustainability certification and Edenark Group’s certification program allows SMEs (small to mid-sized enterprises) to attain the world’s most popular environmental certification standard via a pr ..read more

Per this article, on 12 April 2024, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights issued a landmark judgement against the country of Switzerland for a lack of action to protect human rights against climate change. The case was brought by a group of older women and their association who alleged that the State was not doing enough to cut greenhouse gas emissions. The Court agreed and found that Switzerland failed to act in time and in an appropriate and consistent manner to devise, develop and implement relevant legislation and measures to mitigate the effects of climate change. To put ..read more

United Tech Employee Management, a Palm Beach, Florida-based, family-owned, employee leasing company that handles payroll, workers’ comp, and unemployment administration became environmentally certified sustainable under the Edenark Group ISO 14001 environmental sustainability certification program in 2022.  The company then re-opened its corporate office at the end of Earth Month 2023, after a major energy-saving remodel and retrofit.  The energy-saving retrofit included new insulation, a smart NEST A/C thermostat, new water-efficient toilets, a new low-energy refrigerator, and new ..read more

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Every year, the 8 million members of the Alignable business platform vote for their favorite business leaders, by city. We are honored to have won the 2024 local business person of the year award for our Edenark Group operation in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. Edenark Group also won in 2020/21 and 2022. We are equally honored to win the 2024 local business person of the year award in Jupiter, FL for our A Better World Starts With Me operation.   We thank Alignable, our business peers, and the local community, for recognizing the work Edenark Group and A Better World Starts With Me is doing to ..read more

This article gives five things to look for to determine if a brand or company is greenwashing: Vague or ambiguous claims Lack of third-party certification Contrary practices No transparency Narrow sustainability focus Obviously, we are biased.  However, if you are certified under a legitimate program, it will help address the other four.  If you are not certified under a legitimate program, the other four often occur. If you want the market benefit of consumers rewarding you for being sustainable without the risk of being called out for greenwashing, become certified sustainable. I ..read more

Well…. Per our current consumption rate, we need 1.7 Earths to survive 2023 was the hottest year on record, and we are heating faster than any time in Earth’s history Because of the above, Climate is the #1 issue concerning all of us 25% of us stopped doing business with a company in 2023 due to its lack of social/environmental action and $500 Billion is expected to move from non-sustainable to sustainable companies in 2024 If you accept that our current approach is not working, that consumers are voicing their concerns via their wallets, and that it is time to be a leader not a follower, ma ..read more

April is Stress Awareness Month and April 7 is World Health Day. With these as a backdrop, what is your company doing to improve employee health? In your company, the impact of the Big 5 (insomnia, stress, anxiety, physical pain and mental acuity) on your employees drain your company of roughly 5% of your GDP, every year.  In the US, this translates to roughly $10,000/employee/yr. For your company, run the math on 5% of your sales.  That’s your hit…..every year….from your employees suffering from the Big 5.  That’s a big bite out of your profits every year. So, how do you addres ..read more

Those of us in the United States mostly know New York Attorney General Letitia James from her winning a fraud suit against Donald Trump, et al. However, a more important action on her part, for all of us on this planet, is this lawsuit against JBS USA Food Company et al.  The key difference in this suit versus most greenwashing suits is that it is preemptive, in that it anticipates a future failure to deliver and is pursuing action today against that assumption.  In effect, without conducting a carbon footprint baseline assessment (to determine what its carbon emissions levels are ..read more