Various groups around the world, such as the ASCI (Advertising Standards Council of India) are publishing guidelines for advertising making environmental / green claims. In effect, they all cover the same points. Here is a simple guideline – Any claim that a company, product, service, package has a neutral or positive impact on the environment, or is less damaging to the environment than a previous version of the product, or is less damaging than competition, or has special environmental benefits; regardless of if the claim is explicit or implicit; needs to be substantiated by 3rd party valid ..read more

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We’ve all heard the phrase, “The Early Bird Gets the Worm!” Do you run your business like an Early Bird or do you prefer to let your competitors get the worm?   Per this article, 90% of the world’s economies have made pledges to slash planet-warming emissions. Yet, the article says that voluntary compliance is not addressing the problem fast enough.  To that point, we know that roughly 50% of the world’s economies already have developed regulations with some teeth.  This will expand quickly and more regulations will occur. So, back to the question – Will you be an Early Bird or ..read more

The biggest concern we get from prospective clients is the perception that the Edenark Group ISO 14001 application process will be painful and take a lot of staff time. In point of fact, Edenark Group does the vast majority of the application work for its clients. This video is of an Edenark Group ISO 14001 client and provides an answer to this concern. As an aside, not only did this client, Wholesale Payroll, become environmentally certified sustainable under the Edenark Group ISO 14001 program in 2022, but they also renewed their certification for 2023 and 2024. The post Client Video on the ..read more

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Per this article in Food & Beverage, small to medium sized businesses that fail to prioritize sustainability risk losing lucrative contracts from governments and large businesses that are vetting the green credentials (ie, legitimate claims) of their supply chain. Further, SMEs that are slow to move on sustainability risk losing employees, customers and contracts to competitors who have been more proactive in proving they are legitimately (ie, certified) sustainable.   “The combined pressure from consumers and investors and stricter regulations has changed business partnerships ..read more

Per an updated study by the S&P on S&P 500 companies 35% have compensation for employees tied to emission reduction (up 17% from 2021) 27% of senior executives have comp tied to emission reduction (up 42% since 2011) 15% of CEOs have comp tied to emission reduction (up 67% since 2021) As to energy companies 48% of CEO comp is tied to emission reduction (up 118% since 2021) As to Net Zero / Scope 3 commitments 45% have net zero commitments (impacting you, their vendor) So, how does this impact you? If their compensation is tied to reducing emissions and if nearly half of them hav ..read more

What is your company planning to do for World Environment Day, Wednesday, 5 June, 2024?   A few weeks ago, many companies around the world celebrated Earth Day, on 22 April, 2024. CPL Group USA, which is an environmentally certified sustainable company and has been able to successfully respond/benefit from client Scope 3 letters, celebrated Earth Day by having staff participate in an Earth Day Scavenger Hunt outside their office building.  The purpose of the event was to stimulate environmental ideas that could be implemented inside the business. Ideas that came out of the event, whi ..read more