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Purolator the first courier to launch an electric vehicle fleet
Purolator first courier to launch electric vehicle fleet
Purolator became the first Canadian courier out of the gate to launch nationally fully electric curbside delivery vehicles in Vancouver. The company added 18-foot electric delivery trucks, low-speed electric vehicles, and electric cargo bikes to its fleet of 315 hybrid-electric vehicles.
Dream uses $120M green loan to upgrade GTA office complex
Dream Impact Trust (MPCT-UN-T) is putting a $120 million green loan from HSBC (HSBC-N) to work making significant mechanical and other improvements at its Sussex Centre office complex in Mississauga.
Canada’s environmental workforce adds 34,600 jobs
• CBC • Environmental Labour Outlook to 2025
Canada’s environmental workforce grew by five per cent in 2020 — adding nearly 35,000 net new jobs — even as the impact of the pandemic rattled the economy, according to a report from ECO Canada which forecasts thousands more environmental jobs by 2026.
Nova Scotia could become a hub for green hydrogen
• CBC • Canadian Biomass • A Feasibility Study of Hydrogen Production, Storage, Distribution, and Use in the Maritimes
Nova Scotia’s Heritage Gas and Planetary Hydrogen believe the province could become a hub for the production and distribution of green hydrogen. Both companies took part in a feasibility study of hydrogen in the Maritimes released in October 2020.
Canada’s hydrogen sector pushes natural gas
For Canada, important roles must be carved out for both blue and green hydrogen to help the country reach its goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, according to Mark Kirby, CEO of the Canadian Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association.
Renewables investors lag despite higher returns
The experts say that reducing global carbon emissions to net-zero by 2050 will require new investment of CAD$1.25 trillion to CAD$2.50 trillion a year to shift buildings, transportation, and industry to renewable electricity sourced from wind, solar, and hydro.
CDPQ, Energize Ventures partner in clean energy tech
• Canada Newswire • Globe and Mail • Montreal Gazette
Energize Ventures and Caisse de dépot et placement du Québec (CDPQ) announced the beginning of a new co-investment partnership where CDPQ will invest up to CAD$157 million in ventures that accelerate the digital transformation of energy and sustainable industry sectors.
Canadians can reduce household food waste: study
Hellmann’s commissioned one of the largest and longest behavioural change studies on household food waste to-date in partnership with Toronto-based behavioural science experts BEworks that featured over 1,000 Canadian families and revealed ways to reduce food waste by 33 per cent.
Food companies must be healthy and sustainable
• GreenBiz
Just as it did with our work schedules, exercise routines, and social engagements, the pandemic has impacted our dietary habits. More than 80 per cent of consumers say their food habits have changed, one in five are making healthier choices.
Even Covid can’t stop sustainable packaging
As end of the pandemic gets closer, the state of sustainable packaging has re-surfaced. Suzanne Shelton, president and CEO of Shelton Group; and Adam Gendell, associate director of the Sustainable Packaging Coalition, have teamed up to share their thoughts.
‘Zero-waste’ B.C. businesses battle pandemic packaging
• CBC
From a rise in online shopping to an increased appetite for takeout food, the pandemic has added to the growing problem of packaging waste. With more time spent at home, it’s hard to ignore the mountain of plastic and cardboard.
Backlash is growing over incinerating garbage in Europe
• Yale 360
Europe has poured millions of tonnes of its trash into incinerators, often under the green-sounding label “waste to energy.” Now concerns about incineration’s outsized carbon footprint are prompting European Union officials to ease their long-standing embrace of the technology.
Insurers take risks, backing climate-risky projects
The climate crisis is increasing the frequency, severity, and unpredictability of extreme weather, increasing claims and making it harder to predict risk. As premiums go up, more customers are dropping out of the insurance market, insurers’ customer bases are shrinking.
U.S. financial regulators need to address climate risk
• Ceres
U.S. financial regulators have a critical role to play in bolstering our economy, weakened from a global pandemic and threatened by future climate shocks. A new report by Ceres lays out the steps to take now to address climate change.
Private-market investments are suited for ESG impact
Public exchanges can have thousands of companies yet that number is narrowed down quickly for those who invest according to a strict set of principles. By comparison, the private equity space offers a much broader and deeper pool of investments.
Commercial lenders and originators should learn ESG
• Mortgage Professional America
Commercial mortgage pros are going to have to start learning the intricacies of ESG. Those three letters, representing aspects of an investment, a company, a business, or a project, were once a niche concept reserved for sustainability-minded retail investors.
SPACE10, IKEA’s innovation lab, designing ‘the ideal city’
Founded in 2015 as IKEA’s research and design laboratory, SPACE10 has been actively involved in exploring and understanding the urban environment. The Copenhagen-based studio has proposed innovative solutions to the issues that are expected to affect cities in the years to come.
Natural disasters, extreme temperatures impact relocation
According to a new survey featured in Redfin, the technology-powered real estate brokerage, about half of respondents who plan to move in the next year said extreme temperatures and/or natural disasters played a role in their decision to relocate.
Solar panel covered drainage canals catching on
• CBC
An idea to cover California’s huge network of irrigation canals with solar panels could provide clean energy and conserve scarce water resources. It’s a concept that’s already being pursued elsewhere in the world.
The first net-zero carbon skyscraper in Birmingham, U.K.
• Bisnow
Associated Architects has disclosed plans for a 53-storey build-to-rent tower at Woodbourne Group’s Curzon Wharf development in Birmingham. The 498-unit scheme, to be called Boulton Tower, could be the world’s first net-zero carbon skyscraper.
Industry Events
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Greenbuild 2024: Built to Scale
Nov 12 2024
to Nov 15 2024
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA
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Sustainable Finance Forum 2024
Nov 28 2024
to Nov 29 2024
Shaw Centre, Ottawa
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