Verdis Group is excited to announce this year’s winner of a free greenhouse gas inventory!

Nemours Children’s Health (Nemours Children’s) has been selected as the fourth annual LOVErdis winner. This program was created by Verdis in 2019 as a mechanism to allow a community organization to tackle some of its biggest sustainability challenges for free. Previous LOVErdis winners include Joslyn Art Museum (2019), the Jewish Federation of Omaha (2022), and Habitat for Humanity Omaha (2023).

Paul Qvale, Manager of Integrated Facility Design for Nemours Children’s, said the organization’s work on sustainability grows every day, and they are looking forward to kicking off this updated GHG inventory and analysis.

“Nemours is excited to participate in the LOVErdis project. Our work at Nemours Children’s continues to move Well Beyond Medicine. Our goal is to help children everywhere grow into healthy adults, and to do this we support building healthy communities. Accelerating our sustainable practices and reducing our greenhouse gas emissions is right in line with our basic mission.”

Paul Qvale, Manager of Integrated Facility Design, Nemours Children’s Health

The first step toward making realistic, measurable sustainability progress is to measure your greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions level and understand where they come from. Conducting GHG inventories each year is a critical step to identifying opportunities for emissions reduction and tracking progress toward your goals over time. The goal of annual GHG inventories is to assist in making both short and long-term mitigation decisions, increase awareness of your efforts, and provide accountability to key parties. 

Craig Moody, Managing Partner at Verdis Group, explained their business feels a deep obligation to help community non-profits.

“We’re thrilled to partner with Nemours Children’s and expand our LOVErdis program to the Philadelphia-area community. We are incredibly committed to helping organizations act on this decisive issue. This type of work is more urgent than ever, and we want to make sure that the nonprofits in our communities are not left behind when it comes to climate action.”

Craig Moody, Managing Partner, Verdis Group

The project kicked off with the Verdis project team and Nemours Children’s key parties in April 2024. 

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About Nemours Children’s Health

Nemours Children’s Health is one of the nation’s largest multistate pediatric health systems, which includes two free-standing children’s hospitals and a network of more than 70 primary and specialty care practices. Nemours Children’s seeks to transform the health of children by adopting a holistic health model that utilizes innovative, safe, and high-quality care, while also caring for the health of the whole child beyond medicine. Nemours Children’s also powers the world’s most-visited website for information on the health of children and teens, Nemours KidsHealth.org.

The Nemours Foundation, established through the legacy and philanthropy of Alfred I. duPont, provides pediatric clinical care, research, education, advocacy, and prevention programs to the children, families and communities it serves. For more information, visit Nemours.org.

About Verdis Group

Founded in 2009, Verdis Group is headquartered in Omaha, NE with staff in Arizona, California, Pennsylvania, and New York. Verdis Group, a certified B Corp, provides consulting services for climate action planning and implementation for zoos and aquariums, architecture firms, cultural organizations, higher education, municipalities, the financial services industry, and more. Our knowledge of climate impacts and vulnerabilities, combined with our ability to collaboratively develop strategies, allows us to offer an unparalleled level of service. B Corps meet highly verified standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability.