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The culmination of the year! Our Evening of Recognition
April 23 by Lisa Chapman
As the Evening of Recognition quickly approaches, the excitement around the office is palpable! Our 2013 Report has gone to print and our Events Team is prepping both speakers and volunteers for the big night. Our largest event of the year, the Evening of Recognition is our way of recognizing the 2013 contributions that individuals […]
Posted in: Business Sustainability - In the Community, Events, RCI
A Big Thank You to our Volunteers
April 11 by Tova Davidson
This week has been National Volunteer Week, and we here at Sustainable Waterloo Region want to send out an extra special thank you to the amazing volunteer team that is the foundation of our organization. We recently did a volunteer satisfaction survey and were thrilled to see that 87% of our volunteers are very proud […]
Posted in: Team & Culture
Community Update: April 2014
April 10 by Sustainable Waterloo Region
Welcome to the April edition of the Community Update. What a month it has been here at Sustainable Waterloo Region. We are thrilled to announce that Canadian General-Tower is our latest member of the Regional Carbon Initiative! Warmest welcome to you! We are also so honoured to be able to share that we have been […]
Posted in: Community Updates
Sustainable Manufacturing is NOT an Oxymoron
April 9 by Tova Davidson
What do you think would happen if I told a member of our advanced manufacturing sector that they could be 3 times more profitable? That we have a local example of a company making internal changes and making more money? Would they believe me? How could that be possible? Since I joined Sustainable Waterloo Region […]
Posted in: Blog, Business Sustainability - News and Commentary, RCI
Community Update: March 2014
March 12 by Sustainable Waterloo Region
Welcome to the March edition of the Community Update. It has been an exciting month here at Sustainable Waterloo Region. We are seeing so many wonderful successes in our network and developments for the future of the organization. This past month we have welcomed new member Kitchener-Wilmot Hydro to the Regional Carbon Initiative. This newsletter […]
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Gaining Momentum: How Waterloo Region employees are starting to travel wiser
February 13 by Mat Thijssen
There’s an old saying that the definition of insanity is to do the same thing over and over again and expect a different result. As I poured over countless books, journal articles, and news releases on climate change while doing research for my MA in the summer of 2011, I could not help but feel […]
Posted in: Business Sustainability - In the Community, News & Updates
Community Update: February 2014
February 10 by Sustainable Waterloo Region
February is upon us and with the grip of the winter comes the exhilaration of so many things happening here at Sustainable Waterloo Region. The big news from January was the launch of Sustainability CoLab, the network created to share the Regional Carbon Initiative model, initially with communities across Ontario. For those businesses that manage […]
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Change is Good
February 6 by Tova Davidson
Evolutionary theory has taught us that it is not the strong that survive, rather it is those that can adapt best to their environment that survive and thrive! As a true lover of change, my faith in this tenet has been tested in the past few weeks, and has remained strong. I have now finished […]
Posted in: Blog, Team & Culture
Sustainability CoLab Launches!
January 23 by Mike Morrice
We finally did it. Three years in the making, we launched Sustainability CoLab at Artscape Wychwood Barns, announcing everything from: The funding: $385,000 of $500,000 required for a three year mandate, coming from a mix of public sector (the Ontario Trillium Foundation), private family foundation (Metcalf Foundation), and Corporate Partners (TD Bank Group and Sun Life Financial) […]
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Community Update: January 2014
January 14 by Sustainable Waterloo Region
I hope you had a restful and rejuvenating time with family and friends over the holiday season! This month I’m glad to announce not only three new Regional Carbon Initiative members, but also a newly converted Silver Pledging Partner: WalterFedy has set a 40% carbon reduction target, after having been a member of the RCI […]
Posted in: Community Updates