How can we change people’s behaviour in a more sustainable direction? Claire Seaborn, Chief of Staff to Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, explains how strategies for climate carrots, climate sticks, and climate courage can be implemented. To fight…
Arman Mottaghi, MSc., CEO of Properate, explains an easy way for homeowners to monitor home energy through library tool lending programs. By monitoring home energy, homeowners can identify ways to make their homes more climate resilient. I am…
Dr. Ingrid Waldron, director of Environmental Noxiousness, Racial Inequities and Community Health Project (ENRICH), shares ideas for fostering the inclusion of Black communities in climate action. Background A common critique of white-led organizations in the environment and climate…
Teleworking appears to be good for emission reductions, due to less emissions from the workplace commute. However, Dr. Jean Andrey, Professor at the University of Waterloo, explains how this may not be the case. The transport sector is…
Elizabeth Alves, Clean16 Honouree and the “driving force” behind sustainability at Cogeco, outlines how Cogeco is utilising its Sustainability Steering Committee and exploring fleet electrification to meet ambitious science-based targets. Building upon a long standing tradition of social…
Sean Cleary, Chair of the Institute of Sustainable Finance and Clean50 Honouree, explains how improving the way Canadian corporations report climate-related material data is an important step in reaching 2050 Net Zero targets. Canada’s government has ambitious targets…
Canada Post President and CEO Doug Ettinger details the ambitious plan for a net-zero transformation that earned Canada Post Corporation a Clean16 Award. Slashing emissions starts with detailed planning. Climate targets need to align with climate science and…
Bell Canada’s sustainability leader Catherine Goyer explains Bell’s approach to the rapid decarbonization that resulted in Bell and Catherine winning the Resolute Forest Products Clean50 “GHG Reduction Champion” Award. At Bell, we are focused on industry-leading environmental, social…
Typical for a Clean50 Summit, October 6th in Toronto bloomed sunny, and at exactly the right temperature to take advantage of the Globe and Mail Conference Centre’s expansive outdoor terrace. But that would be later. First there was…
Coincident with the release of The 2023 list of Canada’s Clean50 Award recipients was announced last Thursday, October 6th, and the Clean50 Summit took place in Toronto the same day, at the Globe and Mail’s Conference Centre overlooking…
