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Investing in infection prevention can benefit healthcare organizations and patient outcomes. Infection preventionists (IP) are being asked to do more than ever, such as leading behavior change, aligning with organizational strategy and navigating complicated healthcare environments. At Carilion Clinic in Virginia, Maimuna Jatta, the director of infection prevention and control, is reshaping the IP’s role…

Apparel brands should champion the most powerful strategies to lessen their emissions — or at least slow their rate of increase. For starters, switching to renewables across electrified supply chains would go a long way. So would abandoning wasteful fast fashion business models. And yet major companies are mostly ignoring these proven paths, according to…

The largest capital project in the history of Lambton College is officially underway. A new student residence is scheduled to open in September of 2027, the year Lambton College will be celebrating its 60th anniversary. The new residence will be a five-storey building on the north end of campus towards London Road in the green space…

Sustainability and ESG are on the minds of so many business owners and maintenance managers, and energy use is a major part of the equation. Annually, small and midsize office buildings (under 100,000 square feet) use about 13 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity per square foot, with lighting, HVAC, and computing often making up most of that…

For the last few months, Trellis has been developing Chasing Net Zero, a new reporting initiative designed to answer a simple question: How are companies faring on their paths to net zero? Starting the week of July 7, we’ll publish deep looks at the records of individual companies. For each case study, we’ll assess whether…

There’s been a noticeable increase in the number of people offering their services as fractional chief sustainability officers or independent sustainability consultants recently. Some of them are increasing their earnings, some are healing from burnout and some are reclaiming control over various dimensions of their lives. I can relate to these motivations; I started my…