Articles

December 9, 2022

Advice from a Venture Capitalist on Taking Outside Capital

Investment in sustainability innovations and climate tech is essential for Canada’s transition to a green economy. Mike Winterfield, founder of Active Impact Investments, Canada’s largest climate tech seed fund, shares his advice for founders seeking outside investment.  “Enter…

December 2, 2022

How Financial Intervention Can Drive the Low-Carbon Transition

Fossil fuel extraction and use must halt in order to achieve rapid emissions reductions. However, without addressing the largest fossil fuel firms and divesting from fossil fuel financing, countries will not meet the globally accepted 2-degree target. Truzaar…

November 25, 2022

Credible Net-Zero Pathways for Organizations

Nathan Renaud, Sustainability Impact Data Manager at Green Economy Canada, gives advice on how corporations can take credible actions towards net-zero through reductions, carbon credits, and targeting Scope 3. It seems like every day an organization announces its…

November 18, 2022

The City of Pickering’s Integrated Sustainable Design Standards (ISDS)

Marisa Carpino, Clean50 honouree, outlines the process behind Pickering’s development of Integrated Sustainable Design Standards, and how challenges throughout the process were identified and overcome. Pickering is expected to lead the province of Ontario in growth over the…

November 18, 2022

The Push and Pull of Green Development

Jeffrey Maxwell, Clean50 honouree for Building: Design, Development & Management, describes how MURB developers can implement CleanTech in new builds or retrofits with help from TRAK International Green Energy Resources. Multi-Unit Residential Building (MURB) developers in the condominium…