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How to Select a Sustainability Certification for Your Business

Green Business Bureau

Through its framework of Living Building Challenges, Petal Certification Programs and Declare Products, it has become a leader in creating a new standard of performance for buildings and materials that are required by local governments across North America.

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Above the canopy: The peatland rainforest towers aiming to transform climate science

Business Green

If you took a cubic-metre sample of the soil here, around 90 per cent of the content would be water, with the rest made up of partially decayed vegetation and organic matter that contain vast amounts of carbon. In fact, peatland contains up to 50 per cent carbon content, compared to the two per cent typically found in mineral soil.

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