Gairloch builds mid-rises with CLT, recycled materials

BIZ  Real Estate  •  Apartments, Condominiums  •  Toronto / GTA

Gairloch Developments is moving forward on two separate projects — pursuing sustainable construction through materials recycling and ecologically-friendly wood called cross-laminated timber (CLT).

TC Energy to build its first Canadian solar project

BIZ  Energy  •  Infrastructure  •  Calgary

TC Energy, a Calgary-based energy infrastructure company, has announced it is building its first Canadian solar energy project in Aldersyde, Alta for $146 million.

The ESG Report › SNC-Lavalin marks progress on GHGs, integrity

Tyler Choi: Business editor, Sustainable Biz Canada

Algonquin Power selling Canada, U.S. wind projects

Finance  •  CityNews

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. says it has signed a deal to sell a stake in a portfolio of operating wind projects in the United States and Canada to InfraRed Capital Partners.

Brookfield invests $500M into LanzaTech

Carbon  •  Reuters

Carbon recycler LanzaTech NZ Inc has struck a deal with Brookfield Renewable Corp for a $500 million commitment by the investment firm to finance upcoming projects using LanzaTech’s technology, the companies told Reuters.

Brookfield sees new dawn for nuclear

Energy  •  World Nuclear News

The worldwide drive to net-zero is shining a spotlight on nuclear as a clean, safe and mature source of electricity generation, Brookfield says in its paper, A New Dawn for Nuclear Power.

Critics slam OPG clean energy credit deal

Carbon  •  The Energy Mix

Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG) latest sale of clean energy credits to Microsoft Corporation raises questions about whether the credits meet the basic criteria for genuine carbon offsets—especially given Ontario’s plan to increase gas plant use and resulting emissions.

Ontario picks gas, nuclear over renewables

Energy  •  The Energy Mix

A prominent analyst says the Ontario government is still pivoting between two equally “catastrophic” options—relying more on methane-heavy gas plants, or extending the life of an aging nuclear station outside Toronto.

Canadians to face $25B in climate losses in 2025

Social  •  The Energy Mix

Canada will see $25 billion in losses per from climate damage as early as 2025, with individual households bearing the worst of these costs, finds a new report the Canadian Climate Institute.

Which banks are financing the clean energy transition?

Finance  •  Corporate Knights

Corporate Knights has teamed up with the U.K.-based financial publication The Banker to produce the world’s first list of green-ish banks ranked by the percentage of revenues they earn through sustainable lending, underwriting and investments.

Nouveau Monde Graphite to supply EV minerals

Transportation  •  Canadian Mining Journal

Nouveau Monde Graphite is striving to become a key contributor to the sustainable energy revolution. The company is developing a fully integrated source of carbon-neutral battery anode material in Quebec for the growing lithium-ion and fuel cell markets.

Saskatoon as an emerging rare earth hub

Transportation  •  Electric Autonomy

Industry, government and Indigenous delegates celebrate progress on two new processing plants in the prairie city that mark Canada’s arrival as a rare earth supplier for electric vehicles and other sectors.

What will the road to net-zero concrete look like?

Real Estate  •  Daily Commercial News

The Cement Association of Canada will highlight the cement and concrete industry’s significant acceleration of decarbonization measures and look at the important contributions required from designers, contractors, developers, and clients in the use of concrete in the built environment.

How best to forge net-zero steel?

Real Estate  •  Daily Commercial News

Steel producers in Canada have set their sights set on getting to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. They are working with government and organizations to develop new technologies and unlock new pathways to decarbonize the sector and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Net-zero project management guidance released

Real Estate  •  REMI Network

Newly released project management guidance promises to help local governments and community-based proponents deploy their community energy and climate action plans. Pollution Probe and QUEST Canada have developed a six-step framework for achieving such goals.

Data centres largely unaware of emissions rules

Real Estate  •  Bisnow

Many data center operators in the U.S., Europe and Asia will soon be required to report greenhouse gas emissions and other sustainability metrics. But a new report from industry group Uptime Institute found few in the industry are prepared.

Vancouver among least equitable cities for green space

Real Estate  •  Vancouver Sun

Vancouver ranks among the least equitable of Canada’s major cities when it comes to access to green space, according to a recent study by the University of B.C.

Drax responds to B.C. old-growth clearing claims

ESG  •  Kelowna Now

A British energy company named Drax that produces 12 per cent of energy classed as renewable in the U.K. is under fire after a BBC Panorama report it is cutting down old-growth forest in British Columbia.

Japan becomes a responsible investment success story

Finance  •  Green Biz

Chief heat officers face rising expectations

Real Estate  •  Bloomberg

The first-ever gathering of chief heat officers from cities around the globe brought an all-female group of urban policymakers that share the challenging role of adapting to the harsh realities of climate change today.