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The Retail Compliance Center (RCC) provides resources on environmental compliance and sustainability for all types and sizes of retailers. The RCC develops retail-specific resources, tools and innovative solutions, and provides benchmarking opportunities to help companies cost-effectively improve their compliance and environmental performance.
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Learn about compliance and sustainability regulations relevant to retail
The Retail Compliance Center has a number of resources related to regulations that apply in retail including introductory information as well as detailed reviews of regulations and variations in state requirements. For a range of resources within specific areas, view our focus area pages. For detailed information on specific regulations with retail-focused compliance information, as well as tables with variations of key elements by state, view the regulatory resources below.
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Retail Sustainability
Resources focused on environmental sustainability issues primarily related to retail facilities and operations, such as air, water, waste and energy.
Program Management
Resources to help design, evaluate, and optimize retail environmental programs including regulatory compliance, energy management, and sustainability.
Regulatory Areas
Resources that cover introductory articles on regulations as well as detailed resources on specific regulations and variations at the state level
Retail Operations
Resources that cover store level activities such as store maintenance, waste and recycling, storage tanks, equipment and building maintenance.
Community Engagement
Opportunities for retail professionals to connect and share through committees and networks, webinars, and meetings.
Insights
Latest insights for retailers on environmental compliance issues, new regulations, sustainability and more.
Energy Management
Tools and resources to help retail energy managers optimize their programs and reach their set goals.
Regulatory Resources
Detailed reviews of regulations that apply in retail and variations in state requirements.
Featured Resources
REBA Energy Commercial Real Estate Principles
Q&A with Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance (REBA) detailing their Commercial Real Estate Principals and how retailers can learn more and get involved.
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The Recycling Partnership Launches Initiative with Facebook
Q&A with The Recycling Partnership on the Communities for Recycling initiative and how retailers can get involved.
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Organics Recycling with a Compost Pickup Service
Ben Parry, CEO of Compost Crew, explains how retailers can take advantage of compost pickup services to comply with composting mandates.
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Training
Online training and recorded webinars on retail environmental compliance and sustainability.
Read MoreRILA Retail Advisor for Energy
A free analytical platform that helps retailers optimize their energy management programs and benchmark with their peers.
Read MoreRILA Retail Advisor for Environmental Compliance
A free analytical platform that helps retailers optimize their environmental compliance program and benchmark with their peers.
Read MoreRoadmaps to help you build and sustain your programs
Retail Sustainability Leadership Model
Tool for retail sustainability executives to identify the management practices that will drive improved corporate and environmental performance.
Environmental Management Systems (EMS) for Retail
Guidance on how to optimize or develop an Environmental Management Systems in the retail industry.
Sustainability Resource Library
Resource library providing specific tools, case studies, and opportunities to help progress the maturity of retail sustainability programs.
RILA Retail Advisor for Environmental Compliance
A free analytical platform that helps retailers optimize their environmental compliance program and benchmark with their peers.
RILA Retail Advisor for Energy
A free analytical platform that helps retailers optimize their energy management programs and benchmark with their peers.
Compliance Leadership Model
Compliance model intended to help retail companies optimize and benchmark environmental compliance programs.
Latest Retail Compliance Center Insights
Packaging Sustainability: Retail State of Play
- By [Katie Nicholos, Kaela Martins]
- 06/15/2021
Organics Recycling with a Compost Pickup Service
- By [Tiffin Shewmake]
- 06/07/2021
REBA Energy Commercial Real Estate Principles
- By [Kaela Martins]
- 06/03/2021
The Recycling Partnership Launches Initiative with Facebook
- By [Kaela Martins]
- 06/01/2021
Items That No Longer Spark Joy, May Spark Fires
- By [Tiffin Shewmake]
- 05/10/2021
Extended Producer Responsibility Bills Gain Momentum
- By [Kaela Martins]
- 04/09/2021