ESG in North American small businesses: How to Start Strong
With the planned adoption of ESG reporting for SMEs in Europe, it is only a matter of time before these requirements are encouraged in the USA. Large corporations often dominate ESG discussions. However, ESG in North American small businesses is gaining more attention. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in North America stand a lot to […]
Canada Oil in the Era of Uncertainty
How the places that supply oil to Cascadia are reacting to the pandemic Oil markets went wild this spring. When the economic distress of coronavirus lockdowns hit, oil futures jumped well into negative pricing territory and oil company stock prices fell radically. The situation was so grim that pipeline operators were actually telling oil companies to stop […]
Canada may have Oil Sands woes but it also has a promising Clean-tech future
Canada was featured prominently in the news recently for its environmental record – but not for the right reasons. Across the country members and supporters of the First Nations Wet’suwet’en are protesting a newly approved natural gas pipeline that would run through their territory in British Columbia. Recently, Black Rock, the world’s largest asset […]
Community collaboration on sustainable solutions in Miami
Engineering and business professors met with officials from the City of North Bay Village and Miami-Dade County, both looking for strategies to adapt to sea level rise. North Bay Village, like many other areas across Florida, is beginning to notice the effects of rising sea levels. The community of three islands sits squarely in the […]