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Balfour Beatty Communities, a residential real estate and management company, improved the energy performance of more than 4.900 homes at 11 Navy installations as part of its Navy Southeast Housing partnership.

Ribbon Communications reduced direct carbon emissions by 30% by 2030 (Scope 1 and 2 CO2e) and made a 10% reduction in absolute carbon emissions in 2021 vs 2018.

Nasdaq announced that its near- and long-term science-based emissions reduction targets have been approved by The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

The Children’s Place, Inc., a children’s specialty apparel retailer, announced a reduction in GHG emissions of 41% against a 2018 baseline in owned and leased operations (Scope 1 and 2).

Casey’s General Stores, Inc. expands its alternative fuel options and doubled the number of EV charging stations across its 16-state footprint.

Peloton Interactive Inc. continued to make progress on its environmental sustainability program and delivered on its commitment to announce an initial set of targets.

Sustainability is top of mind for business leaders today. Creating a sustainability plan can help your company understand what environmental goals to pursue and document exactly how you will progress toward those goals. This report from Constellation explores the benefits of having a sustainability plan and walks through the steps to create one.

Across the country, jurisdictions are passing Building Performance Standards (BPS), also referred to as Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS). This column from IMT (Institute for Market Transformation) explains why these relatively new policy tools will become critical to helping building owners achieve greater efficiency, reduce GHG, and meet regulatory compliance requirements, and how the creation of Building Hubs can provide resources central to building energy codes and BPS.

The Life Time Chanhassen, MN Athletic Club reduced energy use intensity by 35% and water use intensity by nearly 60%. This column highlights how this Better Buildings Showcase project implemented a range of electric, natural gas, and water efficiency improvements from 2011 to 2021 to achieve these and other goals.