In the previous post of this series, I provided an overview of the book Green to Gold by Daniel C. Esty and Andrew S. Winston, and suggested that it may be one of the best books available if you are looking for practical advice on environmental strategy for your business. In this installment, I will share with you the first and probably most practical and useful takeaway I got from this book. I will introduce [Read more…]
Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage is a book full of insights and real life lessons on what businesses can do to lower costs, increase revenue, reduce risks, and pursue opportunities in the areas related to climate change. I finished this book (available from Amazon.ca) with four ‘golden’ takeaways that are applicable to Canadian businesses and I will share them with you in this [Read more…]
Your business may decide to prepare a greenhouse gas emissions inventory and report for reasons such as regulatory compliance, reporting to stakeholders, preparing your corporate annual report, or understanding your climate change related risks. Whatever the reasons, you will need competent people to conduct the work. How do you find such people? As mentioned in my earlier post, if your Canadian business has internal staff with good greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory experience and they have [Read more…]
MaRS posted a video titled What does the Green Energy Act mean for Ontario? in which three people from MaRS discuss their perspectives on the new legislation that passed in 2009. For those not familiar with MaRS, it is a non-profit innovation centre in Toronto, Canada that connects science, technology and social entrepreneurs with business skills, networks and capital. Climate change is one of their areas of focus. Charles Plant is a Managing Director at [Read more…]
The new Ontario Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting regulation took effect on January 1, 2010. This means any Ontario facility that emits 25,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) or more per year must file an annual report on their emissions. For the purpose of calculating your emission against the threshold, up to 15,000 tonnes of biomass emissions may be excluded. In a recent gathering at the Ontario Investment and Trade Centre, Mr. Eric Loi of the [Read more…]