Environmental Law and Policy/Governance
Beyond Words
The Business of Sustainability
Author
Michael Curley
Author Bios (long)

Michael Curley is a Visiting Scholar at the Environmental Law Institute.

Date
October 2023
Volume
53
Issue
10
Page
10809
Type
Comment(s)
Summary

This Comment argues that what is needed to make sustainability work for business is a National Business Sustainability Council that would develop and promulgate sustainability criteria, be able to evaluate whether specific small businesses are meeting those criteria, and be able to “certify” that a small business is, in fact, meeting these criteria, and is therefore “sustainable.” It asserts the Council’s criteria and evaluation methodology should be both rigorous and transparent, such that when the Council awards a sustainability certification to a business, the federal and state governments will accept that certification.

H. Res. 699
Update Type
Committee Action
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/699
Committee Name
Committee on Rules
Committee Report
H. Rep. No. 118-201
Issue
11
Volume
53
Update Issue
27
Update Volume
53
Congress Number
118
Congressional Record Number
169 Cong. Rec. H4405

would provide for consideration of H.R. 1130, which would repeal restrictions on the export and import of natural gas, and H.R. 5525, which would make continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2024.

H.R. 5459
Update Type
Bills Introduced
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5459
Committee Name
Committee on Agriculture
Sponsor Name
Flood
Sponsor Party Affiliation
R-Neb.
Issue
11
Volume
53
Update Issue
27
Update Volume
53
Congress Number
118
Congressional Record Number
169 Cong. Rec. H4344

would amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to include as a high-priority research and extension initiative research and extension on precision agriculture workforce development.

H.R. 5354
Update Type
Bills Introduced
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5354
Committee Name
Committee on Agriculture
Sponsor Name
Caraveo
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Colo.
Issue
11
Volume
53
Update Issue
26
Update Volume
53
Congress Number
118
Congressional Record Number
169 Cong. Rec. H4228

would amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a small farm EQIP subprogram under the environmental quality incentives program.

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