The next five years are likely to be a critical window for establishing the policy frameworks required across Canada to drive a shift to greener growth.

In anticipation of this opportunity, and with a view to helping inform these efforts, Smart Prosperity Institute (formerly Sustainable Prosperity) brought together a group of prominent environment and economy experts for a two-day conference at the University of Ottawa, devoted to Big Ideas for Sustainable Prosperity—Policy Innovation for Greening Growth.

October 4, 2016

2016 marks the 5th edition of the Climate Bonds Initiative’s State of the Market report, as well as the 5th edition of the Bonds and Climate Change Canada Report, produced in collaboration with Climate Bonds & HSBC. This year, we report on the Canadian market activity up to May 30 2016.

In the 2016 Canadian Report, we find that: 

June 21, 2016

There is a growing interest in developing a more robust clean innovation framework in Canada. The federal and provincial governments have committed to increasing investment in this area, and the March 2016 First Ministers meeting struck a working group on “clean technology, innovation, and jobs”.