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Years ago, it was the keen eye of Michael Bautsch’s younger brother that first caught sight of an abandoned Moluccan cockatoo in the expanse of their New Orleans backyard. With a mixture of curiosity and caution, they set out a dinner plate with an assortment of birdseed they had on hand. The hungry cockatoo, overcoming

Epsten Group is excited to celebrate the grand opening of Electric Owl Studios, the world’s first LEED® Gold-certified film and TV studio campus. This purpose-built studio, located in Atlanta, GA, is committed to quality, community, and sustainability. Our team is honored to provide ongoing sustainability consulting services to assist studio leadership in achieving key green

What’s driving the ESG movement? Demand for greater transparency on sustainable and socially responsible practices is on the rise. According to Mckinsey research, more than 90% of S&P 500 companies now publish ESG reports in some form. In addition, the U.S. is currently considering new rules that would require companies to disclose more details about

In 1963, Dian Fossey, a director of occupational therapy at a children’s hospital, took out a bank loan and combined it with her entire life savings to visit Africa for the first time. She was driven by a lifelong love for animals and a close friend’s stories of the continent’s beautiful and diverse landscapes. This

Epsten Group is thrilled to announce that two of our most dedicated and passionate team members have been promoted to associate positions. We created the Associate position to honor team members who have demonstrated a commitment to the company, led by example, and fostered internal collaboration. Richard Shaffer and Melanie May have done an exemplary

Originally Published in Project Haystack Connections Magazine, January 2022 Issue Adapt or Die: A phrase that has been used to describe many situations including in business. Technological advancements in the past decade alone have changed our lives and businesses in a myriad of ways. The design and construction industry has seen this firsthand, most notably

Behavioral science is a vast field that ultimately attempts to answer a simple question: how do we effectively convince people to change their behavior for the better? More importantly—how do we make sure that change lasts? For 27 years, Immerse Universe CEO and Founder, Heather Doggett, has dedicated her days to advocating for conservation and

Nancy Gomez, our Accounting Assistant, has been with Epsten Group since early 2022. She works in partnership with our Associate & Accounting Department Manager to ensure everything in the operations of the firm—from payroll, to billing, to expense reports, and beyond—runs smoothly. Nancy, like many members of our Operations Team, works diligently “behind the scenes”

While it’s easy to see today how Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Reporting is crucial to an organization’s performance and accountability, it’s important to understand how the sustainability landscape has evolved into what it is today.

Studies released in late 2022 revealed an alarming change in the landscape of the AEC industry: construction costs had risen by nearly 30% since 2019, and by 17.5% alone from just 2020 to 2021: the largest spike in this data from year-to-year since 1970 (x). While models project costs returning to close to typical levels