Council for Clean Capitalism

Corporate Canada is moving a step closer to standardized sustainability reporting this week as an industry group charged with adapting international disclosure guidelines to the domestic economy ...

https://cleancapitalism.com/2024/02/05/canada-is-moving-closer-to-making-sustainability-disclosure-for-companies-mandatory/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=canada-is-moving-closer-to-making-sustainability-disclosure-for-companies-mandatory

With the economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic all but complete, greenhouse gas emissions have rebounded. Not even one of the G20 economies that account for 75% of the world’s emissions ...

https://cleancapitalism.com/2024/02/02/climate-dollars-a-roadmap-to-a-post-fossil-fuel-future/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=climate-dollars-a-roadmap-to-a-post-fossil-fuel-future

MONCTON, NB, Oct. 30, 2023 /CNW/ – Smart grids — electrical grids that make better use of existing generation, transmission and distribution assets to provide a higher quality of service to...

https://cleancapitalism.com/2023/10/30/new-federal-call-for-proposals-for-smart-grid-projects-natural-resources-canada/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-federal-call-for-proposals-for-smart-grid-projects-natural-resources-canada

City Council on October 11 and 12, 2023, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the City Manager, in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, and the Executive Director...

https://cleancapitalism.com/2023/10/11/update-on-the-net-zero-buildings-strategy-and-implementation-of-mandatory-emissions-performance-standards-city-of-toronto/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=update-on-the-net-zero-buildings-strategy-and-implementation-of-mandatory-emissions-performance-standards-city-of-toronto

In a survey released last fall, Savills, a British real estate services firm, warned that Europe could soon see a glut of fallow office buildings, many of them rendered undesirable by investors...

https://cleancapitalism.com/2023/06/15/lighting-a-fire-under-europes-green-buildings-policies-john-lorinc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lighting-a-fire-under-europes-green-buildings-policies-john-lorinc

Life is full of mysteries, and the federal budget for 2023 is one of them.   Contrary to what people might think, the federal budget tells us precious little about what the government is actual...

https://cleancapitalism.com/2023/03/30/budget-2023s-clean-investments-dont-add-up/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=budget-2023s-clean-investments-dont-add-up

An array of new tax credits for clean energy development and a pledge to secure Canada’s place in a global green economy are at the centre of this year’s federal budget, released Tuesday afte...

https://cleancapitalism.com/2023/03/29/mostly-a-win-for-clean-energy-budget-2023-fails-to-end-fossil-fuel-subsidies-mitchel-beer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mostly-a-win-for-clean-energy-budget-2023-fails-to-end-fossil-fuel-subsidies-mitchel-beer

OTTAWA ─ March 7, 2023 ─ Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Climate change and the global response to the threats it poses have the potential to significantly impact the s...

https://cleancapitalism.com/2023/03/07/osfi-issues-new-guideline-on-climate-risk-management/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=osfi-issues-new-guideline-on-climate-risk-management

February 28, 2023 – Toronto, Ontario – Government of Canada The Government of Canada is committed to greening its operations and supporting Canada’s transition to a cleaner economy. Today, ...

https://cleancapitalism.com/2023/02/28/government-of-canada-champions-sustainable-procurement-through-new-green-standards-for-major-contracts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=government-of-canada-champions-sustainable-procurement-through-new-green-standards-for-major-contracts

A new analysis from Corporate Knights shows that members of the G20 are falling short of their stated commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Technology, however, is not the primary imped...

https://cleancapitalism.com/2022/04/20/earth-index-reveals-which-g20-countries-and-sectors-are-leading-and-lagging-in-the-race-to-net-zero/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=earth-index-reveals-which-g20-countries-and-sectors-are-leading-and-lagging-in-the-race-to-net-zero