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Recent net zero Articles
Greenwashing Lawsuits Surge in 2025: Navigating the Expanding Risk
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-11-24T07:42:44-05:00Saturday, November 22nd, 2025|Categories: Legal Library|Tags: environmental lawyer Maryland, green building lawyer, Green Guides, greenwashing, Kaplow, Maryland environmental attorney, net zero, Stuart Kaplow|
The delicate space of business environmental marketing statements and public disclosures became markedly more treacherous in 2025. From food producers to fashion brands and consumer products to commercial real estate, businesses today face a rapidly expanding universe of greenwashing lawsuits. These claims, once niche and ...
Net Zero Certification with GBI: A Path to Verified Sustainability
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-12-25T15:44:59-05:00Saturday, December 21st, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: BEPS, environmental attorney Maryland, GBI, Green Building Initiative, Green Globes Journey to Net Zero, Kaplow, Maryland environmental lawyer, net zero, Stuart Kaplow|
There is a good option for business and building owners pursuing Net Zero, the Green Building Initiative’s Green Globes Journey to Net Zero. We have blogged much in recent years about Net Zero including the perils of making Net Zero claims and we have been ...
New York is Coming for Your Cheeseburger with Greenwashing Case
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-03-02T20:59:31-05:00Saturday, March 2nd, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: 2040, beef, GHG, greenhouse gas, greenwashing, JBS USA, Kaplow, Letitia James, net zero, Stuart Kaplow|
This blog may sound like a broken record as we have time and again warned about the risks of a business claiming that they will be “net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040” or the like. For readers who may not have heeded our warnings ...
National Definition for a Zero Emissions Building
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-01-27T19:31:58-05:00Saturday, January 27th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Ali Zaidi, Energy Star NextGen, Kaplow, LEED Zero, net zero, scope 1 greenhouse gas, Stuart Kaplow, zero emission, zero emissions building|
You can provide feedback on the draft national definition for a Zero Emissions Building. The White House Office of Domestic Climate Policy, through the U.S. Department of Energy, is seeking “to create a standardized, verifiable basis for defining a zero emissions building.” A broadly accepted common ...
Net Zero, Carbon Offsets and more Now Require Disclosures
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-10-29T17:36:16-04:00Sunday, October 29th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: "voluntary carbon offset", AB No. 1305, carbon offset, greenhushing, greenwashing, Kaplow, net zero, Stuart Kaplow, Voluntary Carbon Market Disclosures|
California has just enacted the Voluntary Carbon Market Disclosures Act which requires the disclosure of specified information about net zero claims, carbon offsets, and more by businesses, including by an untold number of companies located beyond the Golden State’s borders. Businesses need to immediately pay ...
White House to Define Zero Emission Building
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-10-01T21:04:42-04:00Sunday, October 1st, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Ali Zaidi, Kaplow, LEED, net zero, Stuart Kaplow, zero emission, zero emission building|
Last Thursday, White House National Climate Adviser Ali Zaidi announced that the federal government will define what is a “zero emission” building. The announcement was made at the U.S. Green Building Council's annual Greenbuild conference and expo in Washington DC, in a live on stage ...
First State to Authorize Use of the 2021 IgCC
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-01-13T20:33:16-05:00Sunday, January 8th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: 2021 IgCC, environmental law, ESG, GHG, IgCC, Kaplow, net zero, SB 528, Stuart Kaplow|
Maryland is on the cusp of being the first state in the country to authorize use of the new 2021 edition of the International Green Construction Code for public and private building. Many see this cutting edge enactment as crucial to making possible the State’s ...
Reducing GHG Aiming for Net Zero will be the Environmental Issue of 2023
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-01-01T15:20:58-05:00Sunday, January 1st, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: decarbonize, environmental law, ESG, GHG, green building, greenhouse gas, Kaplow, net zero, Stuart Kaplow|
Business owners increasingly understand the need to mitigate climate risk and many companies with forethought are already seizing upon the multi-trillion dollar economic opportunity that accompanies the economy’s transition to Net Zero. Disclosing greenhouse gas emissions and reducing GHG aiming for Net Zero is not ...