¶ Published Thursday, October 29th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Environment ∞ No Comments »
Businesses continue to be discouraged in the absence of any concrete steps towards unifying Canada’s patchwork of requirements for environmental assessments (EA). Overlapping responsibilities between provincial, territorial and federal levels of government, not to mention competing agencies at all levels, have predictably produced unbearable delays in the regulatory process. Making matters worse [...]
¶ Published Wednesday, October 28th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Design & Features ∞ No Comments »
Some of our potential clients do not require detailed guidance text on legislation – they already understand the basics, they simply want updates on environmental legislation. They want to know what is changing, when, how and why. We have always offered updates as part of our various services, but now we are pleased to offer [...]
¶ Published Wednesday, October 28th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Environment ∞ No Comments »
A friend of ours, Shirley Segev, offers 1 day ISO 14001 crash courses in Toronto. You walk out of the workshop with a binder that helps you improve your environmental management without the cost or heavy paperwork required for a full ISO 14001 certification. Her workshop certifies you as a small business ISO 14001 company.
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¶ Published Wednesday, October 21st at %I:%M %p ∞ In Video ∞ No Comments »
About a month ago, Isaac Rudik, from Compliance Solutions Canada, and I spoke about environmental management systems, green plans and other items of interest. Here is the edited video, please let us know what you think.
¶ Published Thursday, October 15th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Environment ∞ No Comments »
Business is about making choices so successful business owners understand how to measure risks when required to decide between two options. Weighing $3,500 against $20,000 is a no brainer. By Isaac Rudik at Compliance Solutions Canada – A Nimonik Affiliate
For as long as there have been poorly-done cop shows on television, bad guys have been [...]
¶ Published Wednesday, October 14th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Environment, Legal Issues ∞ No Comments »
Too often, small or ugly animals receive less attention than their large or furry cousins. This phenomenon leads to the extinction of ugly ducklings and the over protection of baby seals. The EcoJustice lawyers have scored a major victory by proving the government was contravening its own laws by refusing to recognize the habitat of [...]
¶ Published Monday, October 12th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Environment ∞ No Comments »
The Ontario government is seeking comments on a draft Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Reporting regulation that would phase in requirements and support the implementation of a cap and trade program that can link to other GHG systems. This proposal has been posted for a 30 day public review and comment period starting October 07, 2009 [...]
¶ Published Monday, October 12th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Environment ∞ No Comments »
Friends of the Earth, a non-profit environmental advocacy group, just release an environmental report card for the various cruise lines. I once took a cruise vacation, and it is not something I would repeat. Cruise ships ram passengers and crew in like sardines, the vast majority of the staff are underpaid workers picked up in [...]
¶ Published Thursday, October 8th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Environment ∞ No Comments »
Doing something small for the environment, like turning off lights in unused rooms, also results in big savings for organisations. By Isaac Rudik at Compliance Solutions Canada – A Nimonik affiliate
A colleague recently replaced all of the incandescent bulbs throughout his small-to-midsized company with compact fluorescent lights, and removed one-quarter of the fluorescent tubes from [...]
¶ Published Tuesday, October 6th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Environment ∞ No Comments »
You might recall a recent Federal Court ruling (currently under appeal) that refused to force the government to enforce Canada’s Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act.
Interestingly, a U.S. court ( the Second Circuit of Appeals) ruled last month in Connecticut v. American Electric, that victims of climate change can sue coal-fired electric utilities in common [...]
