Since spring 2019, we have witnessed a 4th wave of demand for carbon credits[1]. Meaning additional GHG reductions have been qualified, quantified and verified by a third party, allowing their conversion into carbon credits. Various initiatives...
Claudie Eustache In recent years, more and more companies have become interested not only in their social responsibility (generally called CSR), but also in the notion of impact. With impact assessment, an organization will take the time to measure...
Claudie Eustache When it comes to climate contribution, GHG reduction projects – converted into carbon credits – that create additional benefits, other than simply reducing GHG emissions, are increasingly sought after. These projects, named...
Claudie Eustache As part of discussions surrounding the construction of a natural gas liquefaction facility in the city of Saguenay, Énergie Saguenay has mandated the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi’s (UQAC) Chaire en éco-conseil ( Eco-counsel...
When businesses seek to create a sustainable development plan or implement a corporate social responsibility strategy, it can be a challenge to prioritize actions and objectives. Some will use the standard Sustainable Development model...
Our Sustainable Community is a social innovation by its clustering of expertise, especially in the context of labour scarcity, and its grouping of (through alglorithms and automisation) of all the costs of certifying a thousand GHG microprojects....
Martin Clermont, CEO Friday, May 3rd 2019 Double counting is a basic accounting notion in climate circles. In order for GHG accounting and sequestration to be reliable and just there needs to be some accountability. In an ideal world, all those...
Martin Clermont, CEO April 25th, 2019 From its beginnings, the Sustainable Community project had as its goal to stimulate demand for carbon credits rather than just expanding the offer side of the equation. Two years ago, I published a...
By Claudie Eustache In our last article concerning the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations, we discussed on to integrate these in a plan or a Corporate Social Responsibility report. As with our own company WILL Solutions,...
Martin Clermont, CEO April 15th, 2019 The consensus obtained at the signing of the Paris Protocol in 2015 is slowly but surely eroding. The signing states are simply unable to put into action the national policies needed to face climate change...
