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This section contains resources and information related to all aspects of the environment including eco-efficiency, sustainable development and corporate social responsibility.
- Canadian Environmental Solutions
- Directory of export-oriented Canadian environmental companies.
- Clean, Lean and Green
- Reduce costs and increase profits through improved environmental performance.
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Information about integrating social, environmental and economic considerations into business decision making.
- Eco-efficiency
- Information on the benefits of eco-efficiency for Canadian businesses and how Industry Canada is promoting productivity through eco-efficiency.
- Environmental Industries
- Information on the Canadian environment industry and highlights of the efforts to promote the growth and increased competitiveness of the Canadian environment industry.
- Funding Technologies for the Environment
- An inventory of funding and incentive programs to help develop, demonstrate and deploy environmental technologies.
- High Performance Manufacturing
- Information on Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma and other high-performance manufacturing techniques to help Canadian manufacturers improve their performance.
- Industrial Sustainability
- Two guides are available: The Application of Biotechnology to Industrial Sustainability and Industrial Sustainability Through Biotechnology.
- Manufacturing 20/20
- Provides Canadian manufacturers with an overview of Government of Canada programs and activities that exist to help them remain innovative and competitive in the global marketplace.
- Renewable Energy
- Information on Canada’s renewable energy industries and the technologies they use, as well as on Canadian company capabilities, and manufacturing and investment opportunities.
- SMEs — Improve Your Environmental Performance!
- Programs that help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) improve their environmental performance through financial and technical assistance, education and information resources, demonstration projects and workforce training.
- Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)
- SEA is a systematic, comprehensive and iterative process for assessing the environmental effects of a proposed policy, plan or program and its alternatives.
- Sustainability Reporting Toolkit
- Information to help companies prepare sustainability reports, assess the need to report and produce effective reports.
- Sustainable Development
- Industry Canada's SD strategies, progress reports on their implementation, as well as background material and links on SD.
Other Resources
- Environmental Supply Chain Management Pilot Project
- Five-year pilot program to encourage small and medium-sized enterprises to track, manage and reduce greenhouse gas emissions through changes in business/production processes and the use of new technologies.