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Loblaw expands Flashfood app program to reduce store waste
Loblaw expands Flashfood program to reduce waste
Loblaw Companies is expanding its relationship with food sales app Flashfood to further reduce store-generated food waste, while saving customers money. The Flashfood app allows customers to find and purchase food items which are nearing their expiration dates.
Humber earns first zero-carbon certification for retrofit
• Canada Green Building Council
Humber College’s retrofitted NX building has been awarded the Zero Carbon Building – Design Certification by the CaGBC, the first retrofit in Canada to achieve design certification. A zero-carbon building offsets its carbon emissions using clean renewable energy and high-efficiency systems.
Arbutus strives to build solar-powered Saskatoon community
A Vancouver developer continues to show it’s serious about building a solar-powered community in Saskatoon. Jeff Drexel, president of Arbutus Properties, pledged to a city committee his company will cover the cost of changes to accommodate the unique Solair neighbourhood.
Co-operators CEO challenges business on climate change
Once a year, Canada’s top corporate citizens gather for the Corporate Knights gala in Toronto. Last week, the CEO of The Co-operators rose to receive 2019’s Best Corporate Citizen award and challenged the attendees to tackle the climate crisis.
Michael Bloomberg launches Beyond Carbon campaign
Michael R. Bloomberg has launched Beyond Carbon, the largest coordinated campaign to tackle climate change ever undertaken in the United States. With a $500-million investment, Beyond Carbon will push the U.S. toward a 100-per-cent clean energy economy.
Meet Lindsay Baker, WeWork’s global sustainability leader
WeWork’s global footprint has grown to nearly 690 locations across 120 cities globally, and now includes WeLive and WeGrow, aka the We Company. Thus, as the category leader in shared working spaces, the company’s stance on sustainability is interesting to examine.
Fairmont Hotels welcomes over two million honeybees
To celebrate Pollinator Month, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, a pioneer of responsible tourism and sound environmental practices, has announced the next evolution of its Bee Sustainable programming with the launch of a new interactive digital hub, fairmontbeesustainable.com.
Target goes for 100% renewable electricity by 2030
Target Corporation committed to sourcing 100 per cent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030, the retailer said. The company expects this domestic operations goal to help it more sustainably power stores, distribution centres and offices.
BREEAM USA In-Use standard to be released this fall
The BREEAM USA In-Use standard for multifamily and residential buildings, including individual homes, will be released in the U.S. this fall. This update will be released in conjunction with the update of BREEAM In-Use around the world.
Greening the concrete jungle
The production of steel, cement and aluminum accounts for about 15 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions and demand is rising. A handful of pilots are underway to develop zero- or nearly-zero-carbon versions of these carbon-heavy materials.
Cities consider data as key to ditching solo cars
On the final, brisk morning of the Michelin-hosted summit on transportation in Montreal, attendees — including some of the first-session mainstage speakers — queued up curbside for shuttles, heeding organizers’ calls to travel together for the cause of sustainable urban mobility.
Toronto sewer project to protect homes, Lake Ontario
The City of Toronto and federal government will spend $207M for the largest basement flooding project the city has undertaken. It will protect 4,300 homes and include 13.6 kilometres of sewers to slow the rate water enters the storm sewage system.
Ottawa moves to ban single-use plastics
Canada is taking steps to ban a range of everyday plastics as part of a sweeping strategy to push provinces and manufacturers to overhaul recycling and waste-reduction efforts.
Greenhouse gases: Canada will miss 2030 targets
Unless we double the carbon tax by 2030, Canada will miss its GHG reduction targets under the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. The Parliamentary Budget Officer estimates the federal carbon tax of $50 per tonne in 2022 should be raised to $102/tonne by 2030.
ICC releases Natural Disaster Preparedness Guide
The International Code Council released a Natural Disaster Preparedness Guide to help communities plan for hurricane season. “Advance preparation, including adopting and enforcing up-to-date building codes, is one of the best ways to protect our (buildings),” said CEO Dominic Sims.
Arctic island coast collapsing up to a metre a day
• CTV • Globe and Mail
The frozen coastline of a Canadian Arctic island is eroding at up to a metre a day due to a warming climate. Researchers say the rate of collapse is six times faster than the average for the previous 65 years.
P.E.I. is losing ground to climate change
“Everything is going against us,” says Adam Fenech, the climate scientist of Prince Edward Island. Bit by bit, Prince Edward Island, made of sandstone and sand, is slowly washing into the sea and “everybody knows it,” Fenech says.
Climate change palpable at historic golf links
• Globe and Mail (Subscription required)
One might mistake Royal West Norfolk Golf Club for just another seaside golf links, until the tide comes in. Then, the surrounding salt marsh fills and effectively turns the course and its protective dunes into an island.
Warming oceans may reduce sea life by 17%
• CBC
The world’s oceans will likely lose about one-sixth of their marine life by 2100 if climate change continues its current path. For every degree the oceans warm, the total mass of sea animals is projected to drop five per cent.
Scientists link climate change, more severe forest fires
• Globe and Mail • Globe and Mail • Global News
In May, 2016, a wildfire near Fort McMurray forced more than 80,000 people to flee the northern Alberta city, destroyed 2,400 buildings and burned nearly 6,000 square kilometres of forest.
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Greenbuild 2024: Built to Scale
Nov 12 2024
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Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA
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Nov 28 2024
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Shaw Centre, Ottawa
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