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The B Corp Handbook, 2nd edition
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 the effects of its...
WILL in the news
Original text by Maxime Bilodeau Translation: WILL Solutions Full text (in French) on unpointcintcinq WILL Solutions sells carbon credits from hundreds of Quebec organizations that have successfully reduced their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Portrait of a company...
Community Social Innovation and SDG #9
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 co-benefits, which can have...
Industrial Carbon Neutrality: The GNL Case
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 Research Chair) to...
Sustainable Community and the 17 SDGs of the United Nations
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 “Environment-Society-Economy”,...
Sustainable Community and the 17 SCGs of the United Nations
Since the adoption of this UN programme, WILL’s Sustainable Community effort has aimed to integrate as many of these goals as possible in our mission and throughout our activities.
WILL’s Social Innovation 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. Our Offer responds to...
Carbon Credit Chronicles #4: Double counting in the climate equation
Double Counting : Climate Definition 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 involved in the GHG...
Carbon Credit Chronicles #3: Having an impact on demand
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 text promoting the idea...