Tag: sustainability initiatives
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Does it Pay to be Sustainable?
This article explores some of the reasons why companies avoid implementing sustainable initiatives, and provides direction for those on the fence. The first question that comes to mind when a business is deciding whether or not to implement sustainable initiatives is: what will this cost us? Many unsustainable businesses believe that if they implement such…
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Business & Sustainable Development: Businesses Role in Society
This article explores why it is so crucial for businesses to invest in sustainable development and address sustainability changes. Sustainable development is a crucial step toward progress for businesses to make. In 2005, an article was published in the journal Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, in which an encapsulating definition of sustainable development…
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Sustainable Finance: How Does Sustainability & Finance Intersect?
This article was written by University of Waterloo student Erin Murray on sustainable finance & the Sustainable Finance Cycle. Sustainable finance has been a recent buzzword running through the sustainability community in the last decade but what does it really mean? To fully grasp what sustainable finance is, we must first understand a few key…
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The Intersection of Sustainability & Finance
This article was written by University of Waterloo student Erin Murray on sustainable finance & the Sustainable Finance Cycle. Sustainable finance has been a recent buzzword running through the sustainability community in the last decade but what does it really mean? To fully grasp what sustainable finance is, we must first understand a few key…
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Six Clean Beauty Businesses to Support in Toronto
The City of Toronto is home to a range of beauty businesses with sustainable processes or operations; this list consists of 6 clean beauty businesses doing their part to make a difference. Pretty Clean Shop Pretty Clean Shop was founded by Miriam Juarez in Toronto’s Junction neighbourhood in 2019. The idea formed after Juarez watched…
The Sustainable Switch 