Join SCS Engineers at the Tennessee Environmental Network Show of the South (TENSOS)
We are excited to announce that SCS will be participating as sponsors, exhibitors, and speakers at the upcoming Tennessee Environmental Network Show of the South (TENSOS) from May 14-16 at the Chattanooga Convention Center in Tennessee.
TENSOS is Tennessee’s largest, most comprehensive, and diverse professional environmental education opportunity. This conference brings together experts and enthusiasts from various fields to discuss and promote environmental sustainability.
Victoria Evans and Joy Stephens will present on Corporate Climate Disclosures on Friday, May 16th at 9:30 am.
In 2024, sweeping new climate-related disclosure requirements were adopted in the US in SEC regulations and signed into law in California. In March 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) finalized sweeping new climate-related disclosure requirements for large publicly traded companies covering climate-related financial risk and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). Three California climate disclosure bills were signed into law in 2023, with two clarified by amendment in 2024. These three California requirements for public disclosures cover corporate climate-related financial risk (SB 261), GHG emissions/targets (SB 253), and carbon offset purchases (AB 1305). California SB 261 and SB 253 were amended by SB 219 in 2024. SEC paused the implementation of their regulations while court challenges were resolved. California’s climate disclosure laws are also subject to court challenges but are still in effect.
This TENSOS presentation will highlight these new disclosure requirements for climate disclosures, the standards to be applied, and the related audit (assurance) requirements for each. Carbon accounting expectations, materiality considerations, and what to do now to prepare will be discussed.
An update on the net impact of timely court decisions affecting each SEC and California requirements will be included. To set up a relevant roadmap for companies affected, we will include a discussion of the impact of similar disclosure requirements under the CSRD rules of the European Union and how supply chains in the US are being impacted. The key takeaways will be a roadmap for the journey to mandatory reporting and reflections upon the relationship of these disclosures to US firms remaining globally competitive.
We look forward to seeing you there! Register for TENSOS today!
Join SCS Engineers at the Tennessee Environmental Network Show of the South (TENSOS)
We are excited to announce that SCS will be participating as sponsors, exhibitors, and speakers at the upcoming Tennessee Environmental Network Show of the South (TENSOS), taking place from May 14-16 at the Chattanooga Convention Center in Tennessee.
TENSOS is the largest, most comprehensive, and diverse professional environmental education opportunity in Tennessee. This conference brings together experts and enthusiasts from various fields to discuss and promote environmental sustainability.
We are proud to share that Victoria Williams and Joy Stephens will be presenting on Corporate Climate Disclosures on Friday, May 16th at 9:30 am.
We look forward to seeing you there! Register today!
This week the solid waste industry is celebrating 25 years of valuable research, inspiration, and support of solid waste professionals provided by the Environmental Research & Education Foundation. On Tuesday, industry leaders met to recognize EREF’s impact on the solid waste industry and acknowledge the role stakeholders play supporting the Foundation and sharing the resulting research.
EREF is a trusted source of data-driven, empirical science for the betterment of solid waste management and policy informing industry, federal and state agencies, academics, and the public. The foundation is also a resource for students and young professionals in the solid waste industry, by providing scholarships, internships, and MSW eTextbook programs. These programs inspire young professionals and ultimately add to EREF’s research and the industry as a whole.
EREF receives funding and participation from companies such as SCS Engineers to continue new research and scholarship programs such as the Robert P. Stearns Master’s Scholarship. The foundation is remarkably successful in producing unbiased reports, which translate ideas and data into action for sustainable waste management practices.
Thank you and congratulations from your colleagues at SCS Engineers for 25 years of scientific research and educational initiatives for the benefit of our industry and the communities we serve.
This year, the South Tampa Chamber partnered with five South Tampa schools to sponsor The Great American Teach-In (GATI). On November 17, volunteers from SCS Engineers attended several schools County-wide to explain what their profession is and what they do on the job. GATI gives elementary and middle school students’ exposure to the different careers that make our world run.
Carlo Lebron, PE, chatted with second graders at Ballast Point Elementary about how as an engineer he can help businesses and citizens protect the environment. Afterward, Carlo said, “The class was wonderful and full of inquisitive kids!”
Brooke Fait, MPH, PG, discussed the health and safety aspects of environmental engineering with sixth graders at Madison Middle School. Brooke stayed for an encore session when one of the kids came in and said, “Yeah! This is the first one [GATI] I’ve had all day.” Who could resist?
Bruce Clark, PE, BCES, LEED AP® and Maria Bajrami, Associate Professional went to Crestwood Elementary. They explained what a civil engineer and environmental professional does every day. The two brought a landfill biogas energy use model with them and explained the role landfills play in a community; from having a safe place for our trash, to recycling, to creating energy, to using nature to help turn trash back into natural by-products.
Bruce describes a portion of the day, “When we mentioned in the presentation about how a special type of bug in the landfill eats garbage and makes a gas, that precipitated a landslide of questions for a good 45 minutes! How big are they? Do they have babies? How do they grow? Do they come out of the landfill? Why do they like the landfill? How can they live with no oxygen?”
He went on to say, “If you want to know the answers, just ask the students. These kids are very perceptive, engaged, sharp and well behaved. I did not know half of what these kids know at seven years old.”
Maria put the day in perspective by saying, “As adults, often times, we lose sight of important lessons we learn as children… We forget that we don’t need as much as we think we do to be happy. We forget to ask questions, in fear that they are not relevant or stupid. We forget to brush things off and keep moving, should life knock you down. Standing in front of 36-second graders during ‘The Great American Teach-In’ served as a reminder of the simplicity, curiosity, and resilience of a child, and how those lessons should be captured and never forgotten.”
Thank you to the students, teachers, and administrators for making this wonderful day possible.
SCS Engineers is proud to participate and support our communities across the nation.
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