Compliance is not just about complying with legal requirements. After all, legal requirements are just a minimum standard of behavior. Your company can (and probably should) operate at a higher level. Sustainability and ethically produced products are are areas that some companies are spending extra resources. At some point you run into a business ethics … Read more »
Category: Sustainability
Starting a Green Real Estate Fund
Lisa Michelle Galley of the Our Green Journey blog and Galley Eco Capital posts her notes from a panel of green real estate fund managers about why investors and development partners want these funds and the do’s and dont’s for building a green fund. Does commercial real estate need pure green real estate funds? Green … Read more »
Tenant Notification of Indoor Air Contamination in New York
New York passed Chapter 521 of the Laws of 2008, signed into law by Governor Paterson on September 4, 2008, effective December 3, 2008 which adds N.Y. Envtl. Conserv. Law (ECL) Section 27-2405 (“Tenant notification of indoor air contamination”). The requirements of the new law apply only to test results that have been provided to … Read more »
There is Money in Going Green
Lim Lay Ying wrote an article that popped up in iStockAnalyst: There’s Money in Going Green. The article traces the savings some companies it found in reto-fitting real estate properties to be more energy efficient. “With existing buildings representing the largest portion of any city’s building stock – a situation that will continue to be … Read more »
SAFETY Act
The Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002 (SAFETY Act) provides some legal liability protections for providers of Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technologies – whether they are products or services. The goal of the SAFETY Act is to encourage the development and deployment of new and innovative anti-terrorism products and services by providing liability protections. … Read more »