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Armadillo Achieves B Corporation™️ Certification
May 11, 2021 GMT
SYDNEY, May 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Armadillo, a global rug design brand driven by ethics, transparency as well as aesthetics, proudly joins B Corps™️ international network of industry pioneers that strive to build a more inclusive and sustainable economy. The brand is the first of its kind to earn B Corporation™️ Certification in Australia.
Social and environmental responsibility has been at the heart of the business since its inception in 2009. “Undertaking to become certified as a B Corp™️ was the next step on our journey of ever lightening our footprint on this earth,” explains co-founder Jodie Fried.
MSR Design s project within a onetime bank space in Minneapolis earned “Living Building Challenge 3.1 Petal Certification” from the International Living Future
WRNS Studio has announced a milestone sustainability achievement for their Janet Durgin Guild & Commons, designed for the Sonoma Academy in Santa Rosa, California. The scheme has become the first project to achieve both Petal and Zero Carbon Certification by the International Living Future.
SALT LAKE CITY A Salt Lake City-based architectural firm is transforming its space into a living building. It s one of the first of its kind in the Intermountain West and is designed to operate as a natural element and generate its own energy. The hope is to kind of envision a new paradigm for architecture, and that buildings can be more than simply a place of shelter to do business and to do whatever the primary function of that building might be, said Brian Cassil, spokesman for Arch Nexus architectural firm. This building will certainly serve that, but the idea is to demonstrate and to set an example that architecture can be so much more. It can be resilient, it can be inspiring for sure. It can provide all of its own electricity on an annual basis. It can recycle and reuse water. It can incorporate agriculture, he said.
Both tenants and investors are increasingly focusing on office building’s carbon footprints when considering new deals.
As the push to become carbon neutral accelerates globally, there is increasing pressure on office building owners to implement changes to accommodate those goals, including by making their buildings more energy efficient, using sustainable building materials, reducing waste and improving water systems. Some 105 big companies, including Amazon, Microsoft, Unilever, and BlackRock among others, have pledged to be carbon neutral by 2040, with additional firms promising to reduce carbon emissions by 2030. More than 100 countries, including the U.S., have pledged to become carbon neutral by 2050.