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Niagara Peninsula seeks UNESCO Geoparks designation
Niagara Peninsula seeks UNESCO Geoparks designation
The Niagara Peninsula region is applying to become Ontario’s first UNESCO Global Geopark (UGGp) and only the sixth in Canada.
Fengate achieves new WELL, BOMA certifications
Ontario’s Fengate Asset Management has announced it has earned the International WELL Building Institute’s WELL Health-Safety Rating for its entire 1.7-million-square-foot office portfolio.
Is geothermal energy finally seeing the light of day?
• Corporate Knights • SustainableBiz.ca
Canada is starting to play catch-up when it comes to geothermal energy. With production surging worldwide, its first commercial geothermal power project, developed by Deep Earth Energy Production (DEEP) in southern Saskatchewan, will be up and running by 2024.
Montreal signs global fossil fuel treaty
Montreal will sign a global fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty, after the city council unanimously approved a declaration Monday. Vancouver was the first city to endorse the fossil fuel treaty in October 2021. Since then, 45 municipal governments have signed on.
Toronto’s Li-Cycle leapfrogs miners in the green transition
• Financial Post • SustainableBiz.ca
Canada has a long history of mining, but recycling may end up providing a faster source of metals. Li-Cycle is well on its way to erecting one of the most significant sources of copper, nickel and lithium in North America.
Ford, GM need battery metals to avert supply shock
Automakers have been considering extreme measures to line up the supply of battery metals for electric vehicles. With carmakers at the mercy of mining groups, some are starting to follow Tesla’s lead in entering the lithium mining and refining industry.
Should deep-sea minerals be in battery supply chains?
• GreenBiz
It’s a debate that has rallied passionate responses from both sides: should deep-sea minerals be part of battery supply chains? While knowledge gaps make the question difficult to answer, governments and businesses are starting to plug the holes.
Hydrogen critical for zero-emission transportation
Pablo Koziner, Nikola Corp. president, energy and commercial, speaks with Financial Post’s Larysa Harapyn about the company’s deal with TC Energy to produce hydrogen in Alberta.
The Owl Solutions tracks supply chain packaging waste
A program that gives insights into plastic packaging waste across the supply chain and will ultimately help companies better manage and reduce waste is being developed by The Owl Solutions which has received seed funding from Sustainable Development Technology Canada.
EY joins alliance to unlock plastic waste funding
Legal organization EY has joined the Alliance to End Plastic Waste in order to help the Alliance develop more effective ESG measurement criteria for its work on the ground, which will help the Alliance to catalyze funding for Alliance-led projects.
Bush-era efficiency standards for light bulbs are back
The 45-lumen rule is back — the new standards will save consumers $3 billion each year in utility costs and cut annual carbon emissions by 222 million metric tons over three decades, according to U.S. President Joe Biden’s Department of Energy.
Apple, and others, offer suppliers leg up on renewables
• GreenBiz
Scrutiny of net-zero commitments by investors and climate activists has made one thing increasingly clear — big companies won’t get there without small and midsize enterprises (SMEs), and most SMEs don’t have the resources to do this on their own.
Environment ministry to suspend soil regulations
Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks has announced it is proceeding with a temporary suspension of legislative requirements to comply with parts of Ontario’s Excess Soil Regulation until Jan. 1, 2023.
Cities large and small struggle with density and sprawl
For decades, urban growth of major metropolitan cities has been based on ever-increasing rings of residential sprawl into outlying greenfields. However, climate change is shifting discussion away from the instinct to sprawl towards controlled densification within existing boundaries.
Southwest cities learning to thrive amid drought
Facing a changing climate, southwestern U.S. cities such as San Diego, Phoenix, and Las Vegas have embraced a host of innovative strategies for conserving and sourcing water, providing these metropolitan areas with ample water supplies to support their growing populations.
10 climate NGOs companies should know
• GreenBiz
Mainline “Big Green” groups, such as Greenpeace, WWF and Sierra Club, are already household names. Here is a sampling of 10 lesser-known, yet influential, nonprofits changing minds, influencing lawmakers and turning the heads of sustainability teams and C-suite officers alike.
How to be a ‘sustainability catalyst’
• GreenBiz
Stephanie Cárdenas, forest manager at nonprofit CDP, and her team is on a mission to get companies to disclose their progress on reducing the corporate impact on people and the planet. Learn more about her journey and what makes her tick.
ESG in wartime: What is it good for?
• GreenBiz
Questions about ESG’s validity as an investment strategy have been increasing in recent months, rising in tandem with its spreading popularity and record inflows into ESG funds.
Canadian law firms ramp up ESG advisories
Pressure is growing for companies to issue statements detailing the environmental impact of their operations, following the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission vote to issue proposals that would require all U.S. public companies to report this information.
Group warns Shell’s board of possible liability
A group that won a victory over energy major Shell (SHEL-N) last year with a Dutch court order to deepen greenhouse gas cuts has warned the company’s board of possible personal responsibility if it fails to implement the verdict.
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