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How To End the Year Like a Refrigerant Regulations Pro
You may realize that you have a lot to learn and that your company has a long way to go in terms of leak repair, and addressing ozone-depleting chemicals and Scope 1 emissions for environmental sustainability. We’ve been in the business of helping companies with these exact issues for 25 years here at Trakref, and…
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Destruction is a Better Option Than Refrigeration Recycling
I want to tell you how I came to realize that destruction is a better option than refrigeration recycling for environmental sustainability and a company’s environmental footprint.
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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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4 Ways to Improve Your ESG Reports with Software
Every year, hundreds of millions of pounds of refrigerant gas go unreported. The consequences of such oversight are substantial. Not only do untracked gas leaks result in extreme damage to the atmosphere and the climate, but they also lead to billions of dollars in losses, damaging your bottom line.
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EPA Kicks off Phase 2 of Refrigerant Management Program, Approved Under the AIM Act
You’re here because your company owns or operates HVAC and Refrigerants equipment and you heard there are important new regulations for environmental sustainability that directly affect your operations. So, how do these new regs impact your budget and operations for next year and beyond? And how can you improve your HVAC/R compliance or sustainability posture?
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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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Refrigerants, ESG Reporting, and Double Materiality
The concept of Double Materiality is a carbon accounting practice that is an extension of the concept of financial materiality. Financial materiality is about reporting information that is material to a company. Double Materiality corresponds with Financial materiality as it standardizes the carbon reporting practices related to reporting emissions and the impact climate has on…
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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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Top 5 Future Work Trends for HVACR Service Providers
With World Refrigeration Day a little over a week away (June 26th) and as official sponsors of the event, Trakref’s refrigerant geeks thought it would be important to look at the top five future work trends for HVACR service providers.