Last Thursday, on October 3rd, 120 business, academic, and environmental leaders from across Canada, gathered in Toronto for the 9th annual Clean50 Summit, discussing a wide range of climate solutions. Climate Policy Discussions: About 20% of the Clean50…
It seems almost fantastical that there is a thing we know must be done in order to save the planet and we’re worried about it being a bit pricey, but that’s how things are. In recent year climate…
There is an old joke that goes “What happens when you put 10 economists in a room?” And the punchline, such as it is, is that “You’ll get 11 opinions.” The problem with the joke is that those…
It’s fair to say that Jean Luc Lavergne, the man behind the Lavergne Group, is both a force to be reckoned with, and a partner to recycle with. By devoting his knowledge, time and energy to proving that…
Like many great superhero origin stories, Montreal startup Carbicrete began with something of a happy lab accident. Mehrdad Mahoutian, then a PhD student (2011-2014) at McGill University, and some colleagues were working to to find a, literally, constructive…
At 25, Luna Yu, Founder and CEO of the Toronto-based biotech startup, Genecis, is something of a compostable plastics prodigy. Luna and her team have both a plan, and a business plan, to turn commercial food waste into compostable,…
“Firstly, I don’t know who nominated me or why they thought I was worthy; but I hope I’ve won a Clean50 award for being a creative procurement professional,” Soledad Reeve says, “Creativity is what I bring to my…
