To enhance IT and data management capabilities that facilitate the electronic collection, reporting, exchange, sharing and integration of the full range of data that informs the business of…

The Environmental Protection Agency Office of Administration and Resource Management awarded a $400,000 Project Grant to the Nevada System of Higher Education under the Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program and Related Assistance (CFDA 66.608).

The grant funds the expansion of technical and mapping capabilities of the GreenBizTracker database to better identify environmental justice communities and provide green business services. Subrecipients Greenup! and the California Green Business Network will enhance GreenBizTracker's functionality, while the Illinois Green Business Association/Green Business Engagement National Network will promote training and adoption of new tools. Products and services include adding metrics on electrification, climate resilience, and compliance; mapping business locations against environmental justice data; and developing standards for chemical safety data collection. The goal is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote environmental justice through a national digital green business program and open data sharing through September 2025.

Description

Western nevada college seeks to further expand the technical and mapping capabilities of greenbitracker (GBT) to enable green business programs across the nation to better identify environmental justice communities and to better provide services to them. The project goals are to reduce emissions by providing information on green business programs nationally, promote environmental justice, detect violations and propote compliance, and ensure chemical and pesticide safety.