In collaboration with leaders and experts from industry, government and civil society our teams are working on ‘Five Big Bets’ that have enormous potential to contribute to a clean and prosperous economy, as we collectively develop effective and scalable solutions to climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution.

We live in a time of great uncertainty, complexity, and unprecedented systemic challenges. Addressing complex sustainability challenges requires unprecedented collaboration and new ways of working across sectors and across scales.

The Canada Plastics Pact (CPP) is creating a circular economy in Canada in which plastic waste is kept in the economy and out of the environment. Canada Plastics Pact Partners are united, working together on achieving clear, actionable targets by the year 2025. 

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Amazing Neighbourhoods: Engagement and Sustainability Planning Guide (National Version)

This updated guide is meant for anyone seeking to engage and collaborate with their neighbours and neighbourhood stakeholders to make their neighbourhood an amazing place to live, work, and play. The National guide includes new tools and resources and an Amazing Neighbourhoods network where you can hear how people are using this and other resources. Amazing neighbourhoods create conditions for people to meet their needs, to enjoy fulfilling, decent and respectful lives while enhancing the ecological, social and economic conditions of the neighbourhood.

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The Power of Issue-centred Collaboration - a message from the Executive Director

Put the issue in the centre.

A year and a half ago, former Habitat for Humanity and Pathways to Education CEO David Hughes addressed The Natural Step Canada’s board and staff. Amidst all the wise counsel he shared about scaling up the impact of “for-impact” organizations like ours, that simple message - put the issue in the middle - was the one that resonated most strongly.

It’s no secret in the sustainability/social innovation/environmental/social justice communities that the problems posed by global sustainability challenges are too great and too complex to be addressed by any individual organization.

Amazing Possibilities for a Gold-standard Benchmark for Sustainable Business

Every so often in life you take part in a unique and transformational experience. On September 11th in Toronto, an inspiring group of individuals representing a who´s who of organizations working to help business achieve breakthrough sustainability performance came together to create such an experience.

They were invited to explore an issue of importance to all of us there, but that we knew could not be solved by any of us alone. It would require collaboration. Here is the issue in a nutshell: 

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