That’s a wrap! 🎉 We’ve kicked off Phase II of the Low Carbon Business Action (LCBA) program, linking EU innovators with Canadian partners. 👇
Phase I has concluded, successfully resulting in:
🤝 12 deals signed (5 more pending in the next 3 months)
♻️ 1M tons of waste avoided
⚡ 574 MWh of energy saved
🌍 112k tons of CO2e emission reduction
💧 58k m³ of water saved
🚀 53 projects accelerated
Congratulations to all the awarded projects!
BeFC Bioenzymatic Fuel Cells (FR) & ReFeed (Canada)
Finrenes Oy (FI), Ekstera (Canada) & Cheslatta Carrier Nation (Canada)
The event highlighted innovative circular economy solutions, from transforming telecom cables, glass, and plastic waste into asphalt, to paper batteries, and salvaging flooded forest wood for a sustainable economy in remote Indigenous communities.
Special thanks to James Rakochy, Cheslatta Nation, and Derek M. Bruno, SevGen Consulting Inc., for championing Indigenous energy sovereignty.
🇪🇺🇨🇦 We also enjoyed an excellent panel discussion exploring the importance of the EU-Canada relationship with:
Chad Rickaby, MPP, (Our own CEO at ClimateDoor 🙏)
Todd Allmendinger, Cleantech Group
Jeanette Jackson 🍁, Foresight Canada
Paul Austin, Fort Capital Partners
Sarah Applebaum, Pangaea Ventures
Moderated by Jae Mather, CIO and LCBA Senior Consultant
Thank you to everyone who made this launch event possible between Brussels, Vancouver, and online. It was amazing to see so much heart, care, and innovation linking Canada and the EU.
Stay tuned for updates as Phase II gets underway.
Many more events and opportunities are coming to help drive decarbonization and innovation across the Atlantic!
Special thanks to the team Nick Findler, Kaelin Hickford, MSc, Glena De Guzman Jiwani, Jose C. Ailton Schoemberger and Jamie Moran, and our guests, including: Melanie Mark, Tasha Nathanson, Hiroki Kudo, Nicolas Baudouin, George Patrick Richard Benson, Sneha Soni, Iain Begg, Kenneth Ip, Ana C and our talented photographer Vitantonio Spinelli.