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Organizations
Organizations interested in sustainability
A listing of organizations interested in sustainability
Burgess COMMENTARY
Peter Burgess
Enabling Collaboration for Systems Change
We are proud to currently partner with the following organizations on efforts to enable collaboration for systems change:
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The 3D Investment Foundation (3DIF) is a UK-based non-profit seeking to reorient the way our economic system works, by encouraging and empowering companies and investors to make better decisions in pursuit of a flourishing future. |
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Since 1992, Alberta Ecotrust has invested more than 6.5 million in the people and projects that are helping make Alberta a stronger, more sustainable place to live, work and play. |
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Alberta Real Estate Foundation The Alberta Real Estate Foundation supports and originates initiatives that enhance the real estate industry and benefit the people of Alberta. |
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Our mandate is to promote an understanding of “environment” in the broadest sense of the word, including social and political dimensions, and stimulate dialogue about environmental issues – as well as to provide critical and informed analysis and provide publishing opportunities for Canadians. |
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B Corps are certified by the nonprofit B Lab to meet rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. |
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Bloom Centre for Sustainability The Bloom Centre for Sustainability (BLOOM) is a leading authority in the area of applied sustainability. For nearly two decades we have developed a successful track record of bringing together public and private sector interests to drive change, and implement sustainability initiatives that deliver economic, environmental and social benefit. |
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Bullfrog Power, Canada's 100% green energy provider, offers homes and businesses clean, renewable energy solutions. By choosing Bullfrog Power's green energy, you can reduce your environmental impact, support the development of new renewable generation in Canada and help to create a cleaner world for today and tomorrow. |
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Delta Management Group is a twenty two year old boutique search firm with the leading practice in “green collar” search in Canada, including clean tech, corporate social responsibility and sustainability professionals. |
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Canadian Business for Social Responsibility (CBSR) Founded in 1995, Canadian Business for Social Responsibility (CBSR) is a non-profit, member-led organization that mobilizes Canadian companies to make powerful business decisions that improve performance and contribute to a better world. |
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Centre for Sustainability Whistler (WCS) At the Whistler Centre for Sustainability, our mission is to lead communities and tourism toward a sustainable future. |
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Centre for Urban Growth and Renewal The Centre for Urban Growth and Renewal (CUG+R) is a non-profit research organization founded in 2009 with the mission to engage in cross-disciplinary research initiatives fundamental to achieving livable and sustainable urban, suburban and rural environments. |
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Corporate Knights Magazine, the magazine for clean capitalism, is published 5 times per year by Corporate Knights Inc. As one of the world's largest circulation (135K+) magazines focused on the intersection of business and society, CK is the most prominent brand in the clean capitalism media space. |
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eMERGE Guelph imagines, creates, facilitates, collaborates and propagates solutions to problems around efficient resource use in energy, water, waste, food and transportation. |
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Evergreen CityWorks is taking steps to change how we plan and design our cities to transform the way we live, and reduce the environmental impact of urban areas on a large scale. |
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Green Living Enterprises is Canada's leading causes-marketing agency focused on social and environmental program development. |
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ICA Associates Inc. is a facilitation and training organization providing effective participatory skills to thousands of people. |
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Innoweave is an initiative of The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation, in collaboration with Social Innovation Generation (SiG), thought leaders, academics, and partners from the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors. Innoweave's objective is to provide community sector leaders with new tools and processes to effect large-scale change. |
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Institute on Municipal Finance & Government The IMFG focuses on the fiscal health and governance challenges facing large cities and city-regions. The Institute’s mandate is to conduct independent research, spark and inform public debate, and to engage the academic and policy communities around important issues of municipal finance and governance. |
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International Society of Sustainability Professionals ISSP is the world's leading professional association for sustainability professionals. Formed in 2007, ISSP boasts more than 700 members from every region in the world. Members share resources and best practices, and develop themselves professionally via coaching, job postings, and learning events hosted both on-line and live by ISSP. |
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We are an independent non-profit who work globally with business and government to inspire new thinking, build creative partnerships and develop practical solutions. We share what we’ve learned so that others can benefit – and act. |
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MaRS Centre for Impact Investing The Centre for Impact Investing is a social finance hub and project incubator that acts as a neutral collaboration space for all sectors – government, community and private—to strengthen our collective ability to mobilize private capital for public good. |
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The MaRS Solutions Lab is a public and social innovation lab. We help tackle complex social and economic challenges that require systems change. |
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The Mowat Centre seeks to inform and revitalize Canada’s public policy agenda from the Ontario perspective, given new Canadian and global realities. Our research focuses on the federal policy frameworks and strategies that will most strongly affect Ontario’s prosperity and quality of life in the next century. |
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Network for Business Sustainability (NBS) A Canadian non-profit established in 2005, the Network for Business Sustainability produces authoritative resources on important sustainability issues – with the goal of shaping management practice and research. |
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Fondé en 2006, Novae est le média de référence pour tous les |
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One Earth is a nonprofit ‘think and do’ tank based in Vancouver, Canada, whose mission is to transform production and consumption patterns locally, nationally and internationally to be sustainable, healthy and just within the limits of living systems. |
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Partnership Brokers Association The Partnership Brokers Association is the international professional body for those managing and developing collaboration processes. Our Vision is a more equitable and sustainable world through innovation, efficiency and excellence in multi-stakeholder collaboration. |
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The Pembina Institute advances clean energy solutions through research, education, consulting and advocacy. |
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QUEST is a collaborative network of stakeholders who are actively working to make Canada a leader in the design, development and implementation of smart energy communities. |
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Ramsay is one of Calgary’s older, diverse and dynamic communities within minutes of the downtown core. We are home to about 2000 residents and many small businesses.
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Reos Partners is a social innovation consultancy that addresses complex, high-stakes challenges around the world. We help teams of stakeholders work together on their toughest challenges. |
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The Mission of Retail Council of Canada is to be the Voice of Retail in Canada by providing advocacy, research, education and services that enhance opportunities for retail success, and increase awareness of retail's contribution to the communities and customers it serves. |
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Social Innovation Generation (SIG) Social Innovation Generation (SiG) is a group who believes that serious social problems can be solved. Our focus is on fostering social innovation to achieve impact, durability and scale by engaging the creativity and resources of all sectors. |
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Strongly Sustainable Business Model Group What We Think...Our world is full. Some of this is good but much is bad. Business is a big part of both. How can we use scientific knowledge to help business make things better? What We're Doing About It...We are designing and testing an easy to use tool and method to reliably create high quality business models that do good and do well for a long time into the future. |
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Sustainability Learning Centre (SLC) The Sustainability Learning Centre is a learning, networking, and technology transfer hub that promotes a new sustainability paradigm, new models of collaboration, Green Core Competencies ® and “whole” employee engagement in business and the manufacturing supply chain. |
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Sustainability Resources Ltd is dedicated to building the capacity of municipalities, industry, professionals, academics, and other organizations to participate in sustainability planning and implementation. |
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Bob Willard, speaker and author of resources for sustainability champions. |
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Toronto Sustainability Speakers Series (TSSS) The Toronto Sustainability Speaker Series (TSSS) was launched in 2008 to dispel the myth that sustainability is a cost to business and to share the experiences of companies that have found economic advantages by integrating sustainability into their corporate strategy. |
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As the largest private-sector supporter of social services in Toronto, we’re dedicated to creating the opportunities people need to improve their lives and build a better future. |
Building Sustainability Literacy
We are proud to currently partner with the following organizations on efforts to build sustainability literacy:
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Focused on providing a platform for youth leadership development, AIESEC offers young people the opportunity to be global citizens, to change the world, and to get experience and skills that matter today. |
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Bullfrog Power, Canada's 100% green energy provider, offers homes and businesses clean, renewable energy solutions. By choosing Bullfrog Power's green energy, you can reduce your environmental impact, support the development of new renewable generation in Canada and help to create a cleaner world for today and tomorrow. |
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Camino/La Siembra Workers Co-op Camino is a Canadian brand of fair trade and organic food products, owned by the Ottawa-based La Siembra Co-operative. Established in 1999, La Siembra Co-operative became the first registered importers of Fairtrade Certified cocoa and sugar in North America and today works directly with 18 producer co-ops, supporting more than 36,000 family farmers in 9 countries. |
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Canadian Environmental Network (RCEN) For more than thirty years, the Canadian Environmental Network (RCEN) has been facilitating networking between environmental organisations and others who share its mandate - To Protect the Earth and Promote Ecologically Sound Ways of Life. The Natural Step Canada is also proud to be partners with RCEN’s Provincial and Territorial Affiliate Networks. |
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Centre for Sustainability Whistler (WCS) At the Whistler Centre for Sustainability, our mission is to lead communities and tourism toward a sustainable future. |
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CityStudio Vancouver is an innovation hub inside City Hall where staff, university students and community members design and execute projects on the ground. |
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CMC-Canada fosters excellence and integrity in the management consulting profession as a whole. CMC-Canada administers, and its provincial Institutes confer, the Certified Management Consultant (CMC) designation in Canada. The CMC designation is the profession's only international certification mark, recognized in over 45 countries. It represents a commitment to the highest standards of consulting and adherence to the ethical canons of the profession. |
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We work with government, business and individuals to conserve our environment by providing science-based research, education and policy work, and acting as a catalyst for the change that today's situation demands. |
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Green Communities Canada (GCNews) Green Communities Canada is a national associated of community organizations that help people go green - at home, in the garden, on the road, at work, throughout the community, and beyond |
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NCM GOVEVENTS, in collaboration with GOVPAGES, is a newly founded division within NCM’s group of companies. Since 1990, NCM has been assisting the marketing needs of businesses and the public sector on reaching the appropriate decision makers in government for their products and services. |
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The HUB is about the power of innovation through collaboration. HUB Ottawa is a coworking community uniquely optimized for innovators, artists, professionals, and entrepreneurs collectively creating a positive impact. Over 200 individuals have become members since our launch in March 2012. |
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Innovation Guelph helps ideas start, grow, and thrive by cultivating entrepreneurs, developing powerful partnerships, and supporting innovative initiatives that transform the way we do things in business and in our community. |
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The Sierra Youth Coalition is an organization run by youth for youth, serving as the youth arm of Sierra Club Canada. Our mission is to empower young people to become active community leaders who contribute to making Canada a better society. |
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Social Delta offers consulting services to individuals and organizations wishing to conceive, design, launch or expand a social enterprise. Our goal is to help our clients build community value through business activities. |
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SoJo finds, prepares & connects people who want to use business to improve world. |
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Sustainability Learning Centre (SLC) The Sustainability Learning Centre is a learning, networking, and technology transfer hub that promotes a new sustainability paradigm, new models of collaboration, Green Core Competencies ® and “whole” employee engagement in business and the manufacturing supply chain. |
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Sustainable Prosperity focuses on market-based approaches to build a greener, more competitive economy. It brings together business, policy and academic leaders to help innovative ideas inform policy development. |
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The Centre for Innovation Social Enterprise Development The Centre for Innovative Social Enterprise Development (CISED) offers a continuum of supports for social enterprise in the city of Ottawa, including access to technical expertise, coaching, financing, learning communities, training, and cross-sector partnerships. |
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The Otesha Project is a youth led charitable organization that mobilizes and equips Canadians to create local and global change through individual and collective choices. |
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Toronto Greenhouse's mission is to foster the growth of the environmentally-friendly business community. Our signature event is a monthly networking session and speaker series. Monthly & partners events, along with our annual Green Business Strategy Summit, have over 3,000 event attendees and high profile speakers. We are the leading environmental business forum in Toronto. |
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Toronto Sustainability Speakers Series (TSSS) The Toronto Sustainability Speaker Series (TSSS) was launched in 2008 to dispel the myth that sustainability is a cost to business and to share the experiences of companies that have found economic advantages by integrating sustainability into their corporate strategy. |
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VRTUCAR Car Sharing was established in Ottawa in 2000, with one car and four members. Today, this thriving local business has grown into a reliable transportation network, serving over 2,300 members with over 100 fuel-efficient cars located in Ottawa, Gatineau and Kingston. |
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Young Environmental Professionals (YEP) The Young Environmental Professionals (YEP) of Canada is a national organization of local chapters dedicated to creating opportunities for young and emerging environmental and sustainability professionals. |