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Sustainability, ESG Reporting, & Your Refrigerant Impact
At the recent COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, the news about our current global warming trajectory and greenhouse gas emissions was fairly dire. We’ve already warmed the planet +1.2°C over pre-industrial averages (as of the summit in 2021).
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Why is Estimating Fugitive Emissions Inaccurate?
At Trakref, we’re an advocate for proper tracking of fugitive emissions from refrigerants to curb the number of greenhouse gases and air pollution that we’re causing to the planet. However, we know many companies are new to refrigerant management and fugitive emissions reporting, especially as pressure for better ESG reporting persists in recent years.
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What are Fugitive Emissions and Why Should I Care?
Fugitive emissions are gasses, whether natural gas, carbon dioxide, or refrigerant-specific gasses, that are released into the atmosphere accidentally. They’re considered hazardous air pollutants and a threat to environmental sustainability, coming from pressure-containing equipment like storage tanks and systems that we see in the air conditioning, data cooling, and refrigeration industry (HVAC/R).
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The Importance of ESG Reports
ESG reports are becoming more standard each year, so building on our trailblazing history of more than 25 years of refrigerant management, Trakref launches the Trakref and Darden Research Initiative for Compliance and Sustainability in partnership with the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.
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How Energy Management is Leading ESG Reporting Conversations
Before the 2010s, investors paid little attention to environmental social and governance (ESG) reporting and sustainability data. The story in the 2020s is very different. Today’s investors are hungry for data on your company’s environmental sustainability impact, labor policies, energy efficiency, board composition, and more. They want to know about your corporate sustainability initiatives and…
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NEEP 2021 Summit Sessions
You may not have heard of NEEP – the Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships – but you should hear what their members are saying. Trakref is certainly listening to every word from the NEEP 2021 Summit Sessions about energy efficiency, refrigerant tracking, and refrigerant leak rates.
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Operationalizing HVAC/R Compliance
Your entire refrigerant emissions compliance program must remain an intentional and integral part of your consolidated operation. We call this process Operationalizing Compliance. It’s the process TrakRef created to ensure you stay fully compliant with the vast, complex array of regulatory requirements. But don’t worry. We explain everything right here.
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Refrigerants Impact on ESG and Sustainability Reporting
URGENT: The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) now closely monitors results and standardized disclosures more aggressively for public companies, largely because investors are asking them to provide better data and transparency.
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Trakref Becomes ENERGY STAR Partner for Energy Management
We’re excited to announce that on November 3, 2020, Trakref was approved to be an ENERGY STAR partner for building energy benchmarking. This partnership will help us further promote energy efficiency and environmental sustainability to our clients and, in turn, the relationship between commercial building energy efficiency and refrigerant leaks.
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GreenChill to Host Annual Recognition Event Online
On Thurs., September 24, the U.S. EPA GreenChill will host its annual recognition event online. The program will honor achievements across GreenChill recognition categories.