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Generating Change with Your Dollar: Can B-Corporations be the Start to a More Sustainable Future?

May 22, 2019b-corporation, benefit corporation, climate change, Patagonia, profit maximization, sustainable, unipccjfisch

By: Alex Dumais On October 8, 2018, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its report on climate change. Among other things, the report warned the world was approaching a devastating and irreversible environmental “tipping point” in the battle against climate change. But while governments drag their feet, action is coming from an […]

COP24: What does the new Paris Agreement rulebook mean for Canada’s climate pledges?

April 18, 2019carbon emissions, climate change, cop24, environmental integrity, greenhouse gas, paris agreement, unipcc, united nationsjfisch

By: Isabel Dávila When the Paris Agreement was adopted during the COP21 in December 2015, news releases were filled with references to the landmark agreement. Statements from ENGOs,[6] celebrated what was seen as the most significant step forward in the international fight against climate change. On December 2018, the 24th Conference of the Parties to […]