Abundance Blog
News and ideas from Paladino's team of industry leaders.
Shift Your Energy to Carbon
Now is the right and necessary time for the commercial real estate industry to shift its environmental strategy from just energy, a carbon contributor, to carbon itself. Leaders in sustainable real estate know how to optimize energy. The LEED rating…
USGBC Leans into Social Equity with New Tools
We looked at USGBC’s Social Equity tools, and here’s what we found: Equity and inclusion have rightfully been major parts of the national conversation since the protests around systemic racism and police brutality began last summer. Our industry has been…
Social Equity: Banking on Black Communities
At Paladino, we are proud of our purpose-driven culture. The light that has been shined on social equity and its link to environmental sustainability, thanks largely to protests, helped us better understand how our definition of culture can be improved…
The Environmental Impact of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic and sustainability are linked in a way that wasn’t experienced with past pandemics. There’s something about the international response that allows many to draw parallels to the fight against climate change in a way that Ebola and…
How Scientific Researchers and Sustainability Science Can Better Address Climate Change
I am a science nerd. I love data, research, and learning about the research scientists who creatively contribute to our understanding of our world. So I dove in when the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world's…
Get the Carbon out of Your Supply Chain
Supply chain ESG is an important part of the broader carbon issue. Demands from customers, employees, and investors for greener operations and supply chain are coming at businesses from all angles. In addition to the environmental benefits of a green…
What's Your Vision? Sustainability Trends for 2020 and Beyond
Let's talk 2020 Sustainability Trends! The ways that architects, developers, and building operators design projects, attract tenants, manage costs, and measure success are each changing. Attention has shifted to carbon, retail and dining habits, transit, regulations, and business issues. And…
New York City's Green New Deal
The US left the Paris Climate Agreement on June 1, 2017. Since then US mayors have made urgent commitments through Climate Mayors, We are Still In, and other avenues to illustrate America’s commitment to the environment at the city level,…
Don't make another climate action plan
A climate action plan is a detailed and strategic framework for measuring, planning, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions and related climate impacts. Municipalities and companies use climate action plans as customized roadmaps for making decisions and understanding where and how…
Times are changing, and sustainable cities are taking notice
By Kelly Ryan
The environmental and sustainability movement has been an exercise in market transformation. Participation in the movement can be as narrow as an individual making a personal commitment, and as broad as a multi-nation effort like the Paris Climate Agreement. Market…