Sunday, March 23, 2025
Policy POV: Prohibition affecting environmental claims
By Colin Isaacs Industry compliance seems to be slow getting off the ground with a simple but important piece of environmental law affecting environmental claims…
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What businesses need to know about Canada’s first sustainability standards
Canada’s first-ever sustainability disclosure standards offer a clear framework for reporting new types of risk, and CPA Canada’s expertise and guidance is focused on helping…
Policy POV: New legislation lacks clear environmental leadership
By Colin Isaacs It seems that the federal government really does not like to see businesses providing environmental leadership. At least that is the conclusion…
Policy POV: How to validate your environmental claims and avoid greenwashing
The terms “greenwash” and “greenwashing” were reportedly first used by American ecologist Jay Westerveld in the mid-1980s to describe the practice of making invalid or…
Net Zero Now: Four steps to improve climate policies in the workplace
Last year, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed new rules that would require publicly traded companies to disclose their climate-related risks. According to…
New collective to reduce environmental impact of marketing industry launches in Montreal
The Association pour la Santé Publique du Québec (ASPQ) and the Quebec Marketing Association recently joined Quebec’s key industry leaders in marketing and communications to…
Fridays for the Future youth climate strikes underway today
Today the Fridays for Future organization is holding climate strikes around the world to help raise awareness about climate reparations and climate justice. The organization…
Good Intentions or Greenwashing? Corporate climate responsibility versus environmental claims
As efforts to address climate change ramp up it is likely that efforts to scrutinize and criticize such efforts will also ramp up. The generic,…