Banff is now the first municipality in Canada to implement a feed-in tariff or what it's calling a solar PV production incentive. It is a simple, revolutionary piece of policy that ensures its residents and businesses get a fair rate of return for investing in clean energy production.
The global sustainable investment market has grown substantially in both absolute and relative terms, according to The Global Sustainable Investment Review 2014, a report released by the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance.
A remarkable new breed of business is volunteering to be held publicly or even legally accountable to a triple bottom line: prioritizing people and the planet, while also promoting profits.
The World Bank already values water privatization at $1 trillion and predicts that many of the wars of the 21st century will be fought over water.
New processes to turn waste products into renewable energy that can power cars, planes and turbines are rapidly being developed across the world.
Despite widespread adoption of CSR in business, little meaningful progress has been made across a range of metrics. Greenhouse gas emissions, for example, have grown twice as fast over the past decade as compared to the past 30 years.
One third of all food produced in the world ends up as waste, while the value of global consumer food waste is more than US$400 billion per year. As the global middle class expands over the course of the decade, the cost could rise to US$600 billion.
Communities in BC will require at least $13 Billion of additional investment to replace existing water and wastewater systems, according to a report released by the BC Water & Waste Association. This does not include First Nation communities.
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