From time to time, we send a brief newsletter to everyone on our e-mailing list, to consolidate items we want to communicate without sending multiple emails.  Click above for links to these newsletters.

MSWG occasionally comments on environmental policy matters.  Click above for a listing of such statements, with links to the actual documents.

Two states have signed on to pilot CERES' Facility Reporting Project protocols.  More information here.

On both sides of the Atlantic, outcomes are gaining attention at the expense of management system processes and procedures.

January 25, 2006 - BOSTON — The Ceres coalition announced today it has received support from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to conduct additional pilot projects under its Facility Reporting Project (FRP). FRP aims to improve sustainability reporting and performance at individual facilities across the country.

In June 24 testimony to the US House of Representatives, the Association of Flood Plain Managers calls for new US policies.  The text of the testimony is here.

In a 2007 report, Davis Langdon examined the construction costs for LEED buildings at that point of LEED's market penetration and found "...there is no significant difference in average cost for green buildings as compared to non-green buildings."  Report at www.davislangdon.com/USA/Research or here.