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The City of Toronto  is developing a comprehensive directory of solar installation companies that service the GTA.  The Toronto Directory of Solar Installers  will be publicly available on the City’s website and will be promoted to homeowners and businesses in Toronto.  The deadline to submit company profiles is Friday, April 30, 2021.  You can complete … Continue reading Sign up for Listing in the Toronto Directory of Solar Installers

With the lack of trade shows and networking events it hard to learn about what firms are up to these days. I’ve organized a lunch and learn session featuring three firms from the Absolute Zero Team Toronto team to kick this series off.  This should be informative, interesting and hopefully fun. Hope you can join … Continue reading Lunch & Learn on Green Industry Firms

Toronto is a hub of the bike industry in Canada with 11 bike makers and 7 manufacturers of bike racks and a diverse supply chain including bike mechanic training programs, custom bike painting and cyclist clothing apparel firms. Across Canada the demand for bikes is booming.   Thanks to a surge in demand for more personal … Continue reading City of Toronto Releases Directory of Toronto Made Bicycles

The City of Toronto has released its 2019 estimates of the size of the green sectors in Toronto.   The sectors’ employment continues to grow twice as fast as the overall employment in Toronto (3.9% vs. 1.6% annually) and contributed an estimated $6.55 billion to the local GDP in 2018. The Sustainable Transportation sector continues to … Continue reading Over 60,000 Employed Now in Toronto’s Green Industries

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has just released its Global Renewables Outlook Report.  The report identifies that there are now over 10 million jobs globally in the clean energy sector and this could increase by 400% by 2050.  The energy efficiency sub-sector would lead the way with over 10 million jobs globally in 2050.   … Continue reading IRENA Forecasts 42 Million Jobs in Clean Energy by 2050

The World Bank has just released a Sustainability Checklist for Assessing Economic Recover which will help policy makers develop recovery programs which also provides additional societal benefits. Read More Here Work has started in many countries on designing initiatives that will speed recovery. This recovery phase can help build prosperity and resilience by implementing basic … Continue reading World Bank Economic Recovery Checklist

The City of Toronto and the Province of Ontario have established a Green Economic Advisory Panel of green sector trade organizations. The panel consists of green sector trade organizations represented by their executive directors and a private sector board member and the mandate of the panel is to provide advice to both levels of government … Continue reading Green Sector Economic Advisory Panel Established

On March 2, The Toronto’s Sector Development Office and the Environment & Energy Division hosted a meeting between Toronto’s battery cluster and a delegation from Finland. The Finnish delegation included the Finnish Ambassador to Canada and the Finish Minister of Economic Development. Finland is supporting the expansion of their battery industry.  Justin Rangooni, Executive Director … Continue reading Toronto Battery Cluster Meets with Finish Ambassador and Minister

Continuing a trend of closures of industry organizations that support the economic growth of green sectors in Canada, the last few months has seen more contractions of organisations. Biomass North shut down on January and CanSIA and CanWEA announced they would merge in December. WaterTAP and the Bloom Centre closed in 2019. A recent study, … Continue reading Biomass North Closes & CanSIA and CanWEA Merge

The Toronto Sector Development Office hosted a meeting with a delegation of Polish cleantech firms on February 13.  At the meeting, the 14 Polish companies learned about Toronto’s green industries, the City’s procurement processes and met with Toronto companies in CSI’s ClimateVentures program. The mission was organized by the Polish green technology accelerator program – … Continue reading Polish Cleantech Mission in Toronto