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Owens Corning Publishes 2024 Sustainability Report

3BL Media

Waste: To achieve a winning cost position and deliver best-in-class execution, the company drove significant productivity gains by reducing waste. In 2024, Owens Corning reduced its total waste generation by 64,676 metric tons compared to 2023. For more information, visit www.owenscorning.com.

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Nestlé and Microsoft on financing circular innovations

GreenBiz

A small number of influential large companies are creating internal funds to support sustainability goals specific to circular economy initiatives, such as designing out waste and recovering materials from products used internally or sold in the market. The eyes of traditional investors are widening to the landscape as well.

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Reaching for net zero in Canada’s built environment

Corporate Knights

Could modular construction be considered to reduce material waste? There are two key things to focus on when talking about the existing buildings: 1) Existing buildings contain a lot of embodied carbon that we cannot afford to waste by demolishing the building. Is mass timber an option? Can recycled steel be utilized?

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Environment+Energy Leader Awards 2024 Winners Announced

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for its Environmental & Waste Implementation Project with Shell. Consumer & Residential: FLOR, for their Carbon Negative Area Rugs. Software & Cloud: Building Transparency for the Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator (EC3). Software Implementation: Cority Software Inc.,

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Saint-Gobain Achieves Core Living Building Ready Designation From the International Living Future Institute for CertainTeed Innovation Malvern Renovation

3BL Media

In July, the company announced upgrades at its CertainTeed Insulation plant in Athens, Georgia , which is projected to save over 7,300 MWh of energy and 20 million gallons of water annually, while reducing landfill waste by over 5,000 MT. The Group’s commitment is guided by its purpose, “MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER HOME”.

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Everything You Need To Know About Green Building Certification

3BL Media

In 2024, USGBC is doing a slow-release of LEED v5, which introduces new prerequisites such as "embodied carbon assessment" and "climate resilience assessment" to emphasize upfront environmental impact and long-term adaptability to climate change. Documentation Gather any necessary information for certification.

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The fight for a better tomorrow: Canada's top 30 under 30 sustainability leaders of 2022

Corporate Knights

Sanch Gupta and Milton Calderon Donefer have saved 52,000 pounds of food from going to waste and delivered more than 60,000 meals to homeless shelters in eight cities. million tonnes of plastic waste over the following decade. I firmly believe in waste reduction and working on leaving the world a better place than I found it,” he says.