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David Gray has been talking. And talking. For many, it’s unseemly that the former Utilities Consumer Advocate should come out trash-talking the deregulated electrical and gas market he was supposed to oversee. Obviously the guy won’t be looking for another Alberta government appointment until, oh, Brian Mason becomes premier. (more…)
I recently scanned through a copy of Leonard Brody and David Raffa’s Everything I Needed to Know about Business I Learned from a Canadian, which came out in a second edition this year. Interesting concept for a book, and the publicist directed my attention to the two Albertans featured by the authors: Garret Camp and Joel Cohen. (more…)
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Protecting Alberta’s ecological integrity isn’t all about placards and protests. Most efforts aim at quietly improving communities in which we live and do business – stuff too subtle for the six o’clock news. That’s where the Alberta Emerald Foundation comes in, spotlighting overlooked contributions to a happier coexistence of environment and economy. In recognition of Alberta’s outstanding eco-achievers, meet the 2009 Emerald Award winners. (more…)
Almost everybody talks about making the switch to an environmentally sustainable economy. These Albertans are actually doing it (more…)
With ever-increasing consumer concern over environmental sustainability, companies aren’t just informing stakeholders of corporate decisions; they’re making them part of the process (more…)
By Marzena Czarnecka
Outside the energy and power industries, applying an environmental filter to corporate decision-making – and getting the associated marketing bang for your green buck – can be relatively easy. When First Calgary Savings & Credit Union formed an internal environmental advocacy team, for example, the financial institution wasn’t responding to any onerous regulatory or community pressures, or to negative publicity resulting from images of environmental havoc splashed across the pages of National Geographic. Nor was it losing any clients (member-owners, in credit union-speak) to greener competitors. (more…)
This month marks our annual Green Issue, something that doesn’t quite compute with people unfamiliar with Alberta’s diverse business environment. Whenever I’m ribbed by my West Coast or U.S.-dwelling relatives about what an eco-villain Alberta is, I ask them whether they have gone their entire careers, as I have (more than 20 years), without regularly commuting to work by car. (more…)
While other energy sectors fall prey to recession, wind power continues to attract billions of investment dollars and transform the landscape of southwestern Alberta. Just how big can the industry get? (more…)
For a growing number of Alberta municipalities, development is just another act of green (more…)
