Watch Climate Change Eat This Canadian Island

Watch Climate Change Eat This Canadian Island

From Climate Shift, a Flipboard magazine by Anton Prodanovic, Ph.D.

The waterbound Pacific nation of Kiribati isn't the only island that's being swallowed by the ocean. A new video by National Geographic shows the rising…

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Article: Alberta introduces economy-wide carbon tax

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Alberta introduces economy-wide carbon tax

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Alberta's NDP government is imposing new curbs on emissions from the oil sands and establishing an economy-wide carbon tax in a sweeping new plan…

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Canada Needs an Energy Strategy, But Not One Focused on Pipelines | Jeffrey Rubin

Canada Needs an Energy Strategy, But Not One Focused on Pipelines | Jeffrey Rubin

Alberta oil sands VS Environmental issues? part 2-2

Alberta oil sands VS Environmental issues? part 1-2

Worthwhile Canadian Initiative: Who Produces CO2 equiv Emissions in Canada

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Fireside Chat: Canadian Corporate Leaders to share culture building strategies in the green economy

When: March 7, 2012 | 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Where: Toronto, Ontario, Canada and LIVE Webcast

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A strong business plan is vital, but it is only when you capture the hearts and minds of your employees and customers that you unleash a whole new world of opportunity. Join us for a fireside chat with two highly respected Canadian entrepreneurs who have seized upon a special mix of culture and entrepreneurship to propel their companies forward in the green economy.

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Climate change 'could hit Canada GDP' - report

Negative effects of climate change could cost Canada the equivalent of 1% of its GDP by 2050 and 2.5% by 2075, a government-backed report has said.

Damage could reach C$41bn ($20bn; £27bn), estimates say, depending on global emissions, the economy and population growth.

Higher temperatures could kill forests, flood low-lying coastal areas and spread disease, the report said.

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Regulatory short circuit

Ontario is almost certainly paying too much for solar power, thanks to an unstable regulatory regime that forces the province to pay a substantial risk premium to investors.

In a recent study, Guy Holburn of the Richard Ivey School of Business and Charles Morand of Inflection Point Capital Management examined the solar power market in Ontario. They surveyed 12 “developers, utilities and independent power producers” of solar power in Canada, and asked the group about the importance of 17 different factors in determining if they would invest in a particular jurisdiction, and asked how Ontario measures up on each factor.

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It’s not easy being green, man

Since their first appearance at a Canucks game a year and a half ago, the lime-green bodysuit team of Sully and Force has become Vancouver’s answer to the super fan. Their penalty-box antics have earned the duo celebrity status, along with appearances on major Canadian and American television networks.

But nowhere is their influence more visible than on the streets of Vancouver, where even a reporter out for a stroll in a Green Man costume can earn an endless stream of photo requests, high-fives and shouts of “I love you!”

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Canadian companies among world's most ethical

The Ethisphere Institute, a New York City think tank, has just announced its fifth annual list of the World's Most Ethical Companies. The selection, open to every company in every industry around the globe, gives its winners an opportunity to trumpet their do-gooding ways. It is not a ranking, so they are all equally winners.

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Most employers in Canada without a strategy for developing women leaders, new Mercer survey shows

Despite efforts among Canadian public and private sector organizations to achieve a diverse workforce, the overwhelming majority of them – 82 per cent – do not have a clear strategy or philosophy for the development of women into leadership roles, according to the Women’s Leadership Development Survey conducted by Mercer in conjunction with Talent Management and Diversity Executive magazines.

The survey, conducted in December 2010, includes responses from 290 human resources, talent management and diversity leaders at organizations across Canada. The survey included a broad cross-section of industries, with health care, for-profit services, public sector, financial and technology organizations representing the largest segments. Asia Pacific, U.S., Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) were also surveyed.

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CSA publish IFRS-related update and amendments

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) have published an update to CSA Staff Notice 52-306 Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Additional GAAP Measures to reflect the changeover to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Specifically, the notice has been amended to include specific guidance to issuers regarding additional GAAP measures required by IFRS.

The CSA also published IFRS-related amendments to National Policy 41-201 Income Trusts and Other Indirect Offerings to reflect the changes to NP 52-306.

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Worthwhile Canadian Initiative: Do women promote women?

It's tenure and promotion time. In universities across the country, assistant professors are preparing their files, bundling together every article they have ever published. The files are sent out to external reviewers, experts in the candidate's field, whose carefully worded letters can make or break young academics' careers.

Every year I am asked to do one or two of these reviews. I would like to think of this as a recognition of my national - or even international - scholarly reputation. But since almost every one of the reviews is for a female candidate, I suspect I am asked in part because I am a woman - and having a woman involved in the promotion process is seen as a way of ensuring that young female academics are fairly evaluated.

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A new tool for CSR governance

Our friends to the north, Canadian Business for Social Responsibility, in partnership with Strandberg Consulting, have recently released a very practical set of guidelines for corporate social responsibility governance. Recognizing the important role that boards of directors play in institutionalizing CSR in a company, CBSR worked with local board members to create the CSR Governance Guidelines. It includes a checklist assessment tool based on current best practice in CSR governance.

Corporate citizenship practitioners and board members can use these resources to assess their current board practices, and follow a step-by-step action plan for enhancing board engagement. In many ways, the assessment tool resembles the Boston College Center’s own Corporate Citizenship Management Framework, although it goes far deeper into the role and activities of the governing board specifically.

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Show me the green

Saving the environment always takes a back seat to saving money during economic downturns despite any lip service to the contrary. Indeed, 77% of Canadians who are willing to pay more for environmentally friendly homes say that energy cost savings is a main motivation, according to a TD Canada Trust poll in March, compared to 65% in 2008. Even the government has shut off the green money tap, cutting off new bookings for its EcoEnergy Retrofit – Homes program as of Mar. 31.

That doesn't mean, however, that homebuyers can't get some green if they want to upgrade their new or existing homes in an enviro-friendly way.

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Climate friendly technologies payoff in jobs and the bottom line

In addition to helping to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, climate-friendly technology investments can contribute to both economic and employment growth over the next five years, according to a Conference Board of Canada report.

"Canada will require significant investment from both the private and public sectors to meet the aggressive GHG reduction targets being set out by governments," said Len Coad, Director, Energy, Environment and Technology Policy. "Innovation will play a key role in achieving climate change goals."

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Innovative approach for transportation related carbon offsets announced

CN has pioneered a modal shift protocol that will create new carbon offset project opportunities for British Columbia's transportation sector, CN President and Chief Executive Officer Claude Mongeau announced today.

Pacific Carbon Trust (PCT), a Crown corporation and leading provider of offsets in British Columbia (B.C.), has agreed to recognize the protocol for modal shift offset projects in B.C.

The modal shift protocol allows companies to generate carbon offsets by shifting freight shipments to rail from truck.

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Guest Insights: Corporate social responsiblity with sprinkles on top

What would you do if everything you worked to build over four decades was destroyed in less than four hours? On September 4, 2009, David and Penny Chapman watched nearly half a century's worth of effort burn to the ground.

Since purchasing a creamery in Markdale, Ontario in 1973, David and Penny Chapman have guided Chapman's Ice Cream to rank as Canada's largest independent ice cream manufacturer.

While they started with four employees and two trucks, the Chapman's commitment to community and product integrity has resulted in steady growth. The company grew to more than 350 employees and a fleet of 60 trucks, which made the devastation on September 4 all the more painful.

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