MONTREAL, QC — SNC-Lavalin announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for SaskPower's Boundary Dam Integrated Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) Demonstration Project. The project involves transforming an aging unit at the coal-fired Boundary Dam Power Station near Estevan, Saskatchewan, into a ...

News | Newswire | Mar 8, 2010

Waterloo Region, ON – Sustainable Waterloo, a not-for-profit that guides organizations in Waterloo Region towards a more environmentally sustainable future, announced on Monday that five prominent insurance companies with core operations in Waterloo Region are now members of the Regional Carbon Initiative. The new members are: The Economical ...

News | Newswire | Mar 3, 2010

REGINA, SK — Hitachi Canada has been selected to supply the steam turbine for the SaskPower Boundary Dam Integrated Carbon Capture and Sequestration Demonstration Project. The Boundary Dam project is one of the world's first and largest. It will determine the technical, economic and environmental performance of new technology. "SaskPower's relationship ...

News | Newswire | Feb 17, 2010

SASKATOON, SK — SaskPower and Hitachi are combining forces to combat carbon. During a recent Government of Saskatchewan mission to Japan, the two companies signed an agreement to collaborate on low carbon energy projects — an agreement that will help SaskPower advance plans for a Saskatchewan demonstration facility (also known ...

News | Newswire | Feb 17, 2010

TORONTO, ON — The Delta Chelsea Hotel in downtown Toronto, has offset 109% of its annual carbon footprint as recognized by the LivClean Eco-Stay Program that provides Canadian hotels with leadership positioning in environmental action, accountability and responsibility. With all of the environmental initiatives implemented by the hotel since 2005, the ...

News | Newswire | Feb 5, 2010

LONDON — Suppliers are now expected by some of their global customers to demonstrate greenhouse gas emissions management, awareness and action, in order to maintain business relationships, a Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) report shows. The second annual CDP Supply Chain Report, produced by A.T. Kearney, summarizes climate change information from 710 ...

News | Newswire | Feb 2, 2010

With prospective climate change legislation and policy discussions in the United States and Canada, intensive international negotiations culminating later this year, and ongoing stakeholder interest, companies are scrambling to develop or boost their climate change strategies. For heavy manufacturers, it is now clear that climate change regulation would have a ...

Features | Julie Matthews | Dec 1, 2009

In March 2009 on the Green Business website, we posed the question, “Is carbon disclosure still relevant in a volatile economy?” The answer was a firm “yes.” At the time, environmental concerns may have been muted by more pressing issues, but legislators were continuing to push for regulations to reduce ...

Features | Valerie Chort and Skip Willis | Oct 15, 2009

TORONTO, ON — Canada's largest publicly traded companies are preparing for anticipated climate change policies by increasing their carbon management efforts each year, according to the Carbon Disclosure Project 2009: Canada 200 Report. The Canadian findings of the global Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) initiative were released yesterday at Conference Board ...

Features | Newswire | Oct 9, 2009

Over the last few months there have been numerous milestones in the carbon legislation market. Many organizations are asking, “What does this mean for my organization?” For organizations that consume energy, goods, and raw materials, using energy  is going to cost more with a market-based carbon surcharge . The critical ...

Features | Julie Matthews | Sep 8, 2009

All research conducted with respect to climate change acknowledges the fact that adaptation will be a key response to reducing vulnerability to its effects. The big question is how will companies and governments manage that adaptation process? The reality is that the Earth has already warmed by 0.7°C since around ...

Features | Dr. Mir F. Ali | Aug 6, 2009

If you’re reading a website called Green Business, chances are good you already have a professional interest in sustainability and the challenges of climate change. But does your organization truly ’walk the talk’ or are its so-called sustainability activities mere lip-service? Are you measuring the success (or failure) or y...

Features | Michel Girard | Jun 16, 2009