Green Business Solutions

Articles on compliance

• Find the Carbon In Your Value Chain To Compete The cost of doing business will shift dramatically and fast as the world puts a price on carbon.
  
• AB 904 Expands Eligibility for Renewable Energy in CIIP AB 904, sponsored by Imperial County, will expand the list of eligible businesses for the CIIP to include those that are engaged in the commercial production of electricity using solar, wind, biomass, hydropower, or geothermal resources on or after July 1, 2010.
  
• California ARB's Handbooks and Pamphlets from the Compliance Assistance Program (CAP) In California, where over 90% of all manufacturing businesses have fewer than 100 employees, complying with air pollution regulations can strain a small business's staff and resources.
  
• California SB 375 Land Planning Update & Greenhouse Gas Strategies Sustainable development enhanced by SB 375 for smarter land use that reduces greenhouse gas and improves livability of sustainable communities.
  
• California Budget Framework Finalized Feb 12, 2009 California's budget is tight for the coming 17 months...and it's not final. But here are the updates approved Feb 13, 2009.
  
• Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 - Business Provisions Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 carries with it incentives and tax support for green and renewable energy.
  
• California’s Prison System Announces 16 Major Energy Saving Projects and Wasco Solar Fields Energy efficiency programs in the California prisons are authorized by the California Public Utilities Commission, in response to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Executive Order S-20-04 which sets a goal of a twenty percent reduction in grid supplied electricity. Energy efficiency improvements are a top priority for CDCR as a way to meet the reduction goals.
  
• California AB 1879 Green Chemistry Program This legislation moves California toward a comprehensive green chemistry program to reduce or eliminate hazardous chemicals in our products and the environment.
  
• Saving the World is HARD! Urban planning is changing, getting more complicated...and compliance is coming.
  
• Executive Order for Sustainability in Federal Agencies Executive Order for Federal agencies to conduct their environmental, transportation, and energy-related activities in an environmentally, economically and fiscally sound, integrated, continuously improving, efficient, and sustainable manner.
  
• Executive Order 13148 Ordering Environmental Management Systems Executive Order 13148: Greening the Government Through Leadership in Environmental Management
  
• Executive Order 13134: Developing and Promoting Biobased Products and Bioenergy Executive Order to stimulate the creation and early adoption of technologies needed to make biobased products and bioenergy cost-competitive in large national and international markets.
  
• EPA Waives Clean Air Compliance Fines after Company Self-discloses Risk Management Program Violations Companies who voluntarily report federal Clean Air Act Risk Management Program violations and fix the problem can save on compliance costs.
  
• ALL New Vehicles Sold in California Require STATE Emission Labels Retailers must display California emissions labels on all new vehicles to avoid hefty fines by California ARB
  
• Compliance Resources for Management and Sustainability Compliance Resources for Management and Sustainability of Businesses, Organizations and Municipalities
  
• Retailers Subject to Fines for Carrying Unregistered, Imported Pesticides Retailers can be heavily fined for carrying pesticides that do not carry proper EPA certifications.
  
• Rental Property Owner Fined for Lack of Lead-Based Paint Notification Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act helps prevent exposure especially of children, to hazards from lead-based paint
  
• Timeline: Environmental Programs Timeline of US and Global environmental programs
  
• Getting Started with Carbon Management Strategy Five steps to corporate carbon management for compliance, market penetration and business efficiency.
  
• ISO Project Committee to Development Energy Management Standard ISO Project Committee to Development Energy Management Standard
  
• California’s Forest Sector Protocols Lead Efforts in Market-Based Mitigation of Climate Change California is leading efforts to create a market-based approach for forests in mitigating climate change.
  
• Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Can Result in Fines for Manufacturers Facilities must report on-site extremely hazardous chemicals to ensure emergency responders take proper precautions
  
• Climos Developing Carbon-Offset Tool with Ocean Plankton Climos mitigate climate change with carbon-dioxide-absorbing plankton in oceans
  
• EPA Fines Storm Water Violations at Construction Sites A pattern of noncompliance draws EPA fines for Clean Water Act violations at construction sites
  
• E-Waste End of Life Best Practices & Legal Requirements E-waste "best practices" for end of life compliance and environmental waste management.
  
• But It's Legal! Supply Chain of Our Laws The supply chain of "laws" show that we need more than legal compliance to cope with today's risks and community survival.
  
• Alternative Fuel Cars from GM GM shifts to ethanol to cope with 35mpg mileage compliance regulations
  
• Renewable Fuels, Consumer Protection, and Energy Efficiency Act of 2007 The 2007 US Energy Law will affect lighting, biofuels, wind energy and a broad spectrum of energy sources
  
• Risk Management - Avoid Penalties by Self-Reporting Violations to U.S. EPA Checking for compliance, promptly disclosing violations found, correcting them, acting to prevent future violations, and making the information available to surrounding communities are the responsible actions for companies to take
  
• Aerosol Coatings and Spray Paint VOCs Reduction EPA rule reduces VOCs in coatings for architectural applications.