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Fall 2024Supply Chain
Can Quebec turn its green battery dreams into a reality?

The province wants to build the “world’s cleanest batteries” and corner North America’s EV supply chain. Will it work?

Decarbonization
Green steel may be a climate game-changer. Which carmakers are making the shift?

The auto sector needs low-carbon steel to meet its own emissions targets, but carmakers have been slow to adopt the burgeoning technology

Finance
Four key lessons from the world’s top responsible investors

Should investors divest or engage? Can you responsibly invest in AI? The latest learnings and key obstacles for the responsible investment community

Transportation
This Ontario farmer is leading a movement to stop a highway

Max Hansgen is one of the key figures in the struggle to halt development of Highway 413 in Ontario’s Greenbelt

Fall 2024Natural Capital
Great Bear Sea’s blueprint for doing business with nature

On British Columbia’s north coast, First Nations are harnessing conservation finance to build a new economy

Climate
Canadian cities are taking steps to restrict fossil fuel ads on public transit

Montreal and Toronto are moving to prevent Big Oil from making false claims on municipal buses, trains, and bike-share programs

Climate
Canada caught between climate obligations and dissent at home

As Ottawa weighs how to increase its climate targets, Alberta and Ontario fight to lower ambitions

Energy
Doubts hang over ‘miracle’ coal-plant conversion in West Virginia

When Omnis Energy pitched a plan to produce graphite at Pleasants Power Station, they were treated as saviours. Now some are wondering if the project is too good to be true

Food
Activist investors convince fast food chains to adopt climate targets

Shareholder activists have successfully pressured the fast food chains Jack in the Box and Wingstop to set their first measurable climate targets

Finance
Death of ESG is greatly exaggerated, say pension managers

While asset managers cast doubt on the effectiveness of ESG investing, asset owners are doubling down

Climate
Uncertainty hobbles industry in race to net-zero

To make the necessary investments in decarbonization, Canada’s heavy industries say they need stable climate policies

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Finance
Canada’s new sustainable finance rules don’t go far enough

OPINION | Despite the welcome arrival of long-awaited green taxonomy, Canada is still losing the race to decarbonize if we leave the door open to gas

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