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2012 Clean50 Announced

drichardson — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:26:58 +0000

Toronto, ON – The 2012 Clean50 honourees were announced today by Delta Management and Corporate Knights Magazine. The Clean50 is a list of fifty people in Canada whose career achievements focused on sustainability. The honourees are divided into 16 categories ranging from advocacy to R&D and consulting services. For a complete list of the 2012 honorees, [...]

The Clean 50 Nominations Link

Henry Vehovec — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 13:53:10 +0000

July 24, 2011 – The Clean50, sponsored by Corporate Knights and Delta Management, recognizes the 50 people in Canada who have made the greatest contribution to sustainable development and clean capitalism in Canada over the past two years.

To nominate someone for the Clean 50, click here.

CleanTech North Announces 3rd Annual Summit, November 16, 2011 @ MaRS

drichardson — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:26:16 +0000

Red flags on green energy

drichardson — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:32:40 +0000

February 17, 2011- Toronto, ON. This is an interesting article on the environmental effects of green energy by Dr. Jatin Nathwani from the University of Waterloo.

At this point, there should be no debate that a transition to a sustainable electricity system is a necessary development for Ontario. However, this is likely where any [...]

Canada picks up pace in patents

admin — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 21:59:10 +0000

Ottawa and Toronto — From Tuesday’s Globe and Mail
Published Monday, Jan. 17, 2011
BARRIE McKENNA, RICHARD BLACKWELL

Canada is winning patents at a record pace, as companies push to innovate despite sluggish research and development spending in the wake of the recession.

U.S. patent authorities issued a record 5,223 patents to Canadian [...]

Canada and the Cleantech 100

drichardson — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:10:26 +0000

Toronto, October 26, 2010 – Two weeks ago the Cleantech Group, an American research and investment company focused on clean technology, released its list of the 100 most promising clean technology companies in the world (cleantech.com/GlobalCleantech100.cfm). North America placed a whopping 57 countries on the list; however, only two of those 57 companies [...]

Get Ready for CleanTech North 2010: Taking Cleantech Global (the definitive cleantech event in Canada this fall)

admin — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 02:02:12 +0000

October 8, 2010 – Toronto, ON – CleanTech North’s (CTN) 2nd annual summit titled “Taking Cleantech Global” is shaping up to be central Canada’s definitive conference and gathering for cleantech enterpreneurs, investors, policy makers and users this fall. The event to be held on the morning of November 3 at MaRS will feature a keynote [...]

Profit Hot 50 GrowthCamp

admin — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 03:01:13 +0000

September 20, 2010 – Toronto, ON A definite benefit of achieving recognition as one of Profit Magazine’s Hot 50 is the invitation to attend their full day GrowthCamp conference. This year’s event featured keynote speaking sessions by innovation and sustainability management consultant Jim Harris, economist Brian Beaulieu, and Dragons’ [...]

2010 SDTC Cleantech Growth and Go-To-Market Report Launched at Globe2010

Henry Vehovec — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 04:39:49 +0000

Canada’s first comprehensive national report on the cleantech sector was released on March 25th at Globe2010 in Vancouver. Based on input from over 160 cleantech companies, the 2010 SDTC Cleantech Growth & Go-to-Market Report projects that the cleantech sector is on the cusp of being the green engine driving Canada’s economic growth.

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