Greenbuild Monthly Digest: April 2023

The Future of Healthier and More Sustainable Buildings: Decoding the Technology and Services | May 9, 2023, 2:00 PM ET

The emphasis on the need for healthier buildings has been consistent from health experts, building industry organizations and governments in recent years. Building owners and organizations worldwide – commercial real estate, schools, universities, sports teams – are working to answer a critical question: "How do I address building health in a more sustainable way?"

Building owners and facility managers need relevant information to have more productive conversations with vendors and specifying engineers when identifying and selecting the best partners and technologies to achieve an organization's healthy buildings and sustainability goals. Register now.

Climate Pollution Reduction Grants Unlock Opportunities to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The Inflation Reduction Act provided $5 billion to the?Environmental Protection Agency?(EPA) to establish the?Climate Pollution Reduction Grant?(CPRG) program to help states and local governments develop plans and implement strategies for reducing local greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Read more.

?? Top Stories This Month

QUIZ: You’re probably recycling wrong. This quiz will help you sort it out.

Washington Post

What can go in my blue bin? The answer — and even the bin color — can be different from one neighborhood to the next, so we’ll try to help curb the confusion. Most U.S. residents who have recycling at home can toss items such as cans, bottles, cardboard and old editions of The Washington Post together into one container. Take the quiz.

Insufficient data limits ESG progress, IBM study finds

Sustainability Magazine

New global research from?IBM?Institute for Business Value has found that 41% of executives cite inadequate data as the main barrier holding back ESG progress. The study, titled “The ESG Ultimatum: Profit or Perish,” found that although ESG matters are becoming increasingly important for businesses and consumers, insufficient data prohibits both groups from achieving their sustainable goals. Read more.

Green shoots, but World Bank meeting leaves a mountain to climb on climate finance

Reuters

The spring meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund finished this past weekend in Washington D.C. The sunny and warm spring weather belied the unease that the international financial architecture no longer serves the current global economic challenges, nor positions countries to combat the global challenges of climate change and the destruction of nature.?Read more.

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