The circular economy offers a new model for how to sustain human well-being within planetary boundaries, with opportunities to improve competitiveness and economic resilience. It takes inspiration from the natural world, where materials cycle infinitely in one form or other in the ecosystem, and there is no such thing as ‘waste’. It looks to deliver deep business value by retaining these resources in the economy.

October 8, 2020

A Smart Prosperity Institute report summarizes the benefit of a Made-In-Ontario carbon pricing system and offers to the province the freedom to decide how revenues should be returned to households. There are a range of options to offset the increases in carbon costs households will bear, including offering tax cuts or increasing tax credits. This balancing of climate action and affordability will become even more important in a post-COVID-19 Canada still striving for net-zero emissions.

August 25, 2020

Canada’s private sector needs reliable and consistent data and information to play its critical role in addressing climate risks and harnessing clean and resilient growth opportunities. The existing transparency gap is distorting market risk assessment, slowing progress on the low-carbon transition, and leaving Canada’s economy vulnerable to impacts.

May 19, 2020

A resilient economic recovery from COVID-19 is one that creates jobs and economic benefits in the near term while also investing in the jobs, infrastructure and growth that will keep Canada competitive in the clean economy of the 21^st century. After COVID, our focus should not be simply on returning to growth, but on growing smarter and cleaner to support a stronger Canada.