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As communities become more urbanized, rooftops, roadways, parking lots, and other impervious surfaces replace natural ground cover. As impervious surfaces increase, run-off increases and infiltration into the ground decreases. Download the Low-impact development concepts Article

Environmental strategist, between the lines: This competitive environmental intelligence is from Risk and Insurance Magazine, May 2007, and a special they ran on “The Nations Most Overlooked Risks.” Based on guesstimates that vapors impact 439,000 sites nationwide, this means in your state on average there are 8,780 impacted sites. This is not a NIMBY (Not…

Market alert for contractors and those that hire construction services: Over the last year Environmental Risk Managers has experienced a steady rise in the number of standard contractors around the country being required to have contractor’s pollution liability (cpl) insurance in order to perform their construction services. An abnormally large percentage of contractors are finding…

environmental Strategist, between the lines: This EPA site opens with the following, “Environmental stewardship is the responsibility for environmental quality shared by all those whose actions affect the environment. Everyday, more than 300 million Americans make countless choices that can impact our environment. By being an active environmental steward you can reduce those impacts and…

environmental Strategist, between the lines: This report shows environmentally conscious consumers are a rapidly growing part of the economy and represent 1/3 of Americans. As consumers continue to get educated on our environmental issues they will become the majority, probably in the next few years. The survey points out businesses must have a credible environmental…

environmental Strategist, between the lines: The fire that caused the loss was caused by the petroleum, I assume this will be classified as a pollutant that caused the fire. I hope the insured has broadened auto pollution liability and not just an MCS-90 endorsement. The State of California said the cost to the state for…

environmental Strategist, between the lines: As this competitive environmental intelligence points out if you work in construction, making kitchen cabinets, counter tops, furniture, veneer or other trades and use formaldehyde, there is change on the way. The European Union already has formaldehyde standards and California is doing them one better. There is an opinion in…

environmental Strategist, between the lines: Home Depot would not be in the business of offering water strategies if they did not know there was a buck to be made. Any business that can impact water, can gain a competitive advantage by incorporating or developing a strategic alliance with a third party to address proactive water…

environmental Strategist, between the lines: This is just the tip of the iceberg. The EPA is kicking off the pressure for the hotel and convention businesses to be greener. Private business will also follow this path as the pressure for business to reduce their carbon footprint continues to build. Share this with your clients in…

environmental Strategist, between the lines: Are your clients doing what they can to avoid this type of tragedy. If a disaster like this occurs are your clients prepared to handle it? Now is the time to find out, not after the disaster occurs. Assisting your clients to develop and execute their environmental Management Strategy (eMS)…