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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The Natural Step in Hawaii: opening minds in a closed system

Surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, and far from other land masses, the island of Hawaii is by design, a perfect living laboratory in which to practice the science of sustainability.  This system is disturbed by their heavy reliance on the importation of fuel and food, posing a unique sustainability challenge for the island community: what if the boat stops coming? Historically, the Island was self-sustaining, even with a population size exceeding that of present day. Many Hawaiians, including those working with the Kohola Centre and the Hawai’i Department of Research Development, see great opportunity for the Island to once again restore this state of wellness through the building of interest and motivation to take sustainably driven action. In June of 2009, advisors from The Natural Step visited the Island of Hawai’i to provide a series of public workshops and a two and a half day session with leaders from various Island businesses and organizations.

The Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada

The Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada is a non-profit group that provides support to 250,000-plus members to better run their cooperative housing units. The Natural Step Canada worked closely with CHF Canada and a national task-force of co-operative housing members to fulfill their mandate of becoming "environmentally aware, environmentally active".

Members of the task-force completed our award-winning Sustainability: Step by Natural Step eLearning course, and co-authored a Guidebook for Sustainability. The collaboration also resulted in a decision-making tool (for making capital-intensive decisions), a top 10 action list for CHF members, a hands-on sustainability workshop for members and the customization of our Sustainability at Home household toolkit.

Community Foundations of Canada

The Community Foundations of Canada (CFC) is a non-profit organization that provides support to grassroots non-profit groups throughout Canada.  It wanted to improve internal operations towards sustainability and provide leadership to their grantees around sustainability.

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