LocationsRecent Articles
GRESB, IWBI join forces to accelerate social sustainability
GRESB, IWBI join forces to accelerate social sustainability
Two of the world's leading organizations involved in promoting social sustainability, GRESB and the International WELL Building Institute, have joined forces to accelerate the transition toward a healthier built environment.
IKO, Northstar ink 5-year shingle reprocessing agreement
Asphalt shingle maker IKO Industries Ltd. has signed a five-year agreement to supply manufacturing waste for reprocessing at Northstar Clean Technologies Inc.’s planned facility in Calgary. Northstar breaks down asphalt shingles into liquid asphalt, fibre and aggregates.
Café William revives age of sail to ship coffee beans
Using a sailboat to move goods sounds utterly ancient today, but Sherbrooke, Que.-based coffee roaster Café William hopes its first load of cargo reviving an old shipping method will help build a sustainable coffee supply chain.
Are the days of multibillion-dollar govt. auto subsidies over?
That question lingers as Honda holds talks with federal officials this week on a potential $18.4-billion auto assembly and electric vehicle (EV) battery factory at its complex in Alliston, Ont., which now makes piston-powered Civics and CR-Vs.
RecycLiCo completes successful lithium carbonate test
B.C.-based lithium-ion battery recycler RecycLiCo Battery Materials Inc. (AMY-X) says its recycled lithium carbonate, which comes from lithium-ion battery waste, has passed a comprehensive suite of tests conducted by a battery materials company in Asia.
DevvStream, Green Energy Tech ink carbon credit deal
Vancouver carbon credit company DevvStream Holdings (DESG-NE) and Green Energy Technology (GET), an installer of EV charging stations, have announced an agreement to leverage GET’s network of EV charging stations in the New York City area for carbon credit generation.
CarbiCrete, Canal Block to bring cement-free concrete to Ont.
Montreal-based climate tech company CarbiCrete has announced that NGen will provide funding for the integration of CarbiCrete's cement-free concrete technology into a masonry plant in Port Colborne, Ont. that is owned and operated by project partner Canal Block.
Stantec to acquire env. services firm Morrison Hershfield
Sustainable design and engineering firm Stantec (STN-T) will acquire Morrison Hershfield, a 1,150-person engineering and management firm headquartered in Markham, Ont. Morrison Hershfield is the engineer of record for Canada’s first lithium-ion EV battery manufacturing facility.
Burnaby implements new emissions standards
On Jan. 1, Burnaby, B.C. introduced new standards for emissions reductions which will keep the construction industry on track to meet the city’s long-term climate action goals. Buildings and construction account for nearly half of Burnaby’s total emissions.
Van. seeks to charge big buildings for excess carbon pollution
Metro Vancouver staff has launched a proposal seeking to charge buildings that produce greenhouse gas emissions through the burning of natural gas: $350 for every tonne of carbon pollution a building produces above its emissions limit.
Sustainable investments had secretly great year
Given the chorus of opposition against anything viewed as “woke,” it’s easy to get lost in the narrative that the shine has worn off sustainable investing. But the negative sentiment doesn’t match the tremendous progress that is being made.
ESG campaigns falling out of favour with activist investors
Activist investors are expected to carry out fewer environmental and social campaigns this year after the strategy proved less lucrative than other shareholder agendas, according to business consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal Inc.
EV maker VinFast aims to raise free float to 10-20%
Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) maker VinFast (VFS-Q) aims to increase its free float, or shares available to the public for trading, to 10 to 20 per cent by the end of this year from roughly two per cent currently.
Cities pushing to make accessible EV chargers the norm
As EV ownership becomes widespread, the lack of accessible charging infrastructure is emerging as a critical gap in station planning and design. Now, at least two Canadian municipalities say it’s time to make it right.
Tesla is no longer the top electric vehicle maker
OPINION: In Q4 2023, China’s BYD, backed by Warren Buffett, dethroned Tesla (TSLA-Q) as the world’s No. 1 EV maker. It delivered 526,000 electric passenger cars; Tesla’s tally was 484,000. BYD’s next job is to dominate the export market.
Hydrogen back in the vehicle conversation at CES 2024
While electric vehicles are gaining the lion’s share of the attention for carbon-neutral technology at CES 2024, hydrogen energy has snuck its way back into the conversation thanks to Hyundai and automotive supplier Bosch Mobility.
Sustainable Cdn. homecare brand targets retail partnerships
Guests on Earth, a Canadian sustainable homecare brand, is actively looking to increase retail partnerships with a goal of going into 50 stores. It also has plans of entering the U.S. market, and will be venturing into hospitality.
A huge battery has replaced Hawaii’s last coal plant
Hawaii shut down its last coal plant on Sept. 1, 2022, eliminating 180 megawatts of fossil-fueled baseload power from the grid on Oahu. The replacement? A gigantic battery, unlike the gigantic batteries that have been built before.
U.S. greenhouse gas emissions fell in 2023
U.S. greenhouse gas emissions declined 1.9 per cent last year compared to the year before — the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic that emissions dropped while the nation’s economy grew, according to an analysis by the Rhodium Group.
The benefits, and weakness, of small-scale solar
A new study shows size matters in solar energy. The first ever life-cycle analysis comparing big and small solar photovoltaic systems has concluded that small-scale solar systems are in fact better for the environment than even the largest solar farm.
Industry Events
-
ESG Summit Canada
Oct 30 2024
Arcadian Court, Toronto
-
Greenbuild 2024: Built to Scale
Nov 12 2024
to Nov 15 2024
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA
-
Sustainable Finance Forum 2024
Nov 28 2024
to Nov 29 2024
Shaw Centre, Ottawa
Follow us on Social Media
Follow SBIZ on your favorite social media platform for news delivered to your feed.
Locations
