Thursday, July 3, 2025
Market Watch: Bridging the supply chain gap for electrification
General Market Commentary On May 4, Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem spoke to the Toronto Region Board of Trade about price and financial stability.…
environment
Feeling the heat? Strategic recommendations to combat climate change
As climate change unfolds before our eyes, we are starting to experience the impacts of extreme weather conditions. Unseasonably hot weather and dry conditions has…
WSP joins the Team Calgary corporate partnership program
Team Calgary is welcoming WSP as the newest partner to join Calgary Economic Development’s corporate partnership program at the highest investment level. Founded over 130…
Dillon Consulting Limited acquires Internat Energy Solutions Canada
Dillon Consulting Limited has acquired Internat Energy Solutions Canada (IESC), an engineering consulting firm committed to promoting a sustainable economy, government, and society. Founded in…
Funding available for clean energy projects in Nova Scotia
Applications are open for another round of clean energy funding through the Low Carbon Communities program. The Low Carbon Communities program is open to municipalities,…
City of Toronto announces the participants in its Deep Retrofit Challenge
Buildings are currently the largest source of GHG emissions in the City of Toronto, generating approximately 58 per cent of community-wide emissions, primarily from the…
B.C.’s Indigenous zero waste advisors embark on resource recovery partnership
The Indigenous Zero Waste Technical Advisory Group (IZWTAG), an Indigenous organization assisting First Nations in British Columbia with implementing zero waste programs, announced today that…
CIB commits to fund up to $100M in Ameresco building retrofits
The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) and Ameresco Canada Inc. have reached financial close on an agreement which sees the CIB committing to fund up to…
Quebec launches largest electric buses project in North America
On May 8, investments of over $780 million from the Government of Canada and over $1.1 billion from the Government of Quebec were announced to…
Landmark event for waste to resource industry provides latest thought leadership
The recent Waste to Resource Ontario’s (W2RO) 2023 Canadian Waste to Resource Conference (CWRC), held at the Blue Mountain Resort, marked a significant milestone in…
Disarming the Disinformation: Contemplating the lithium-ion battery powered solutions to the poly-crisis
Since the emergence of ancient civilizations like the Mesopotamians, people have drawn from nature to create, build and survive. For millennia we’ve depended on the…
New CSA Group report on Canada’s costliest climate impact – flooding
Developers and contractors across the country are increasingly aware of the critical need to design dwellings to address climate change and limit flood risk. Approximately…
Addressing brownfield challenges and future development at the CBN conference
On May 3, 2023, the Canadian Brownfields Network (CBN) brought together leading members of the brownfield development industry for the annual Canadian Brownfield Conference. The…
Examining the ABCs of ESG with the Delphi Group
More pressure than ever is being put on companies to prioritize their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) efforts, leaving decision-makers and stakeholders with many questions…
RemTech East event featuring technical talks on remediation and more
The Environmental Services Association of Alberta (ESAA) is presenting the Remediation Technologies Symposium (RemTech) East in conjunction with the Ontario Environment Industry Association (ONEIA) on…
NextGen Perspectives: Sustainable forestry or greenwashing?
One of the largest forest certification programs in North America is under investigation for greenwashing forest products. Ecojustice, an environmental law charity, first filed a…
BMO launches Greener Future Financing to support agricultural business
BMO Canadian Business Banking has announced the launch of Greener Future Financing – its first climate financing program – which has been developed to help agriculture…
Policy POV: Barriers to effectively resolving environmental risks
Politicians are not the only people who too often seem to believe that tough regulations can solve all of our environmental challenges. It is often…
Accelerating cleantech growth through support from government and industry associations
How do Canadians access the right resources to move the needle on accelerating cleantech solutions for the energy transition? This was the main theme of…
Canada Plastics Pact continues to add industry partners
The Canada Plastics Pact has added another five signatory partners so far in 2023, bringing its total to more than 90. The new signatory partners are…
Audit reveals lack of transparency on Canada’s logging emissions
Foundational flaws across key pillars of Canada’s forest and climate policy jeopardize its ability to meet its climate and nature commitments. That’s the key message…
Historic electric vehicle production investment for Volkswagen plant
Transportation accounts for about a quarter of our emissions in Canada. That’s why the Government Canada has an ambitious target of 100 per cent zero-emission…
How to make the most of your Earth Day 2023
This year marks the 53rd anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement, commemorated annually as Earth Day. Since 1970, billions of individuals from…
What is helping and hindering Canadians on the journey to net-zero?
QUEST Canada and Pollution Probe recently held their bi-monthly Low Carbon Energy Innovation Community of Practice (CoP) session. This was the second meeting, with the…