Investment Earth Day 2021: Canada’s latest budget falls dangerously short on climate action April 23, 2021 The 724-page federal budget made vital spending commitments to extend supports to Canadians as the pandemic shock waves continue. It also made critical social safety net improvements, most notably…
Circular Economy UBC to develop post-consumer carbon-based products January 19, 2021 The University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus (UBCO) has received $1.9 million in federal funding to research how industrial waste can be converted into new products. A new…
Business Operations GFL and Spruce Point trade barbs August 19, 2020 GFL Environmental Inc. fired back at Spruce Point Capital Management on August 18, 2020, after the New York-based investment management company issued a report claiming GFL…
Business Operations Metro Compactor Service joins MaRS Momentum August 18, 2020 TORONTO – Metro Compactor Service is one of 53 companies joining the MaRS Momentum Program. The program is designed to support high growth science and…
Alternative Fuel Vehicles Company wins patent to turn garbage into hydrogen April 2, 2020 BOCA RATON, Fla. – Standard Hydrogen Company, Inc., has patented a process to turn garbage into pure zero-emission hydrogen fuel. The technology began as an effort to improve the way…
Investment Three companies win plastics innovation funding February 25, 2020 VANCOUVER – Three Canadian small- and medium-sized businesses will receive $1 million each to develop prototypes of their new technologies designed to address plastic waste from food packaging…
Compost Peterborough, Ontario, to expand green bin program February 12, 2020 PETERBOROUGH, Ontario – The federal government is making up to $6 million available to the City of Peterborough to develop a centralized composting centre that will divert food…
Alternative Fuel Vehicles Municipalities funded for waste management trials and studies February 11, 2020 OTTAWA – Under new federal funding, several municipalities across the country will be able to improve their waste management game. The Municipality of Landrienne, in the Abitibi Region…
Investment Ontario’s Continuous Improvement Fund considering proposals for 2020 January 28, 2020 TORONTO – On August 15, 2019, Ontario’s Minister of Environment, Conservation and Parks directed the Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority (RPRA) and Stewardship Ontario (SO) to develop a windup…
Cleantech Fourteen cleantech startups receive federal funding January 24, 2020 RICHMOND, B.C. – Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) is investing $46.3 million in 14 start-up companies across Canada to support innovations that are tackling climate change, and helping build…
