Case Study: Handi Foods
Expanding and Diversifying Supply Chain, Storage and Packaging Handi Foods is a privately owned bakery in the Greater Toronto Area who embarked on their sustainability journey a few years ago,…
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Case Study: Greater Toronto Airports Authority
A “Small City” – Scale Stormwater Management and Energy Storage The Greater Toronto Airports Authority owns, operates and maintains the Toronto Pearson airport. Basically, a small city, the GTAA employs…
Case Study: Algood Caster Innovations
Fuel Switching for the Environment and Employee Well-Being Although a small business, Algood Caster Innovations is Canada’s largest caster manufacturer. Climate change issues like supply chain disruptions and carbon taxes…
Adaptation: Risk Evaluation and Prioritization
Once risks have been analyzed and quantified, they can then be evaluated and prioritized. This part of the risk assessment process involves evaluating the risks based on their magnitude and…
Adaptation: Monitoring and Review
The final stage of the climate change risk assessment process involves regularly monitoring and reviewing the climate change risks an organization faces as well as the effectiveness of their selected…
Adaptation: Implementation of Risk Interventions
After identifying priority risks, there are several strategies that can be implemented. This depends on how an organization views climate change and the associated risks for their business. There are…
Adaptation: Risk Analysis
Once the risk assessment boundaries have been determined and potential risks have been identified, risks may be quantified and analyzed further to determine how they may manifest for an organization….
Adaptation: Risk Identification
The identification and scoping of climate risks involves first defining the boundaries and criteria for the risk assessment. This determines which areas of an organization are included and excluded from…
Mitigation: Behaviour Change
A relatively low-cost/no-cost climate change mitigation strategy involves behaviour change. Human consumption patterns, particularly in developed nations, are highly GHG intensive. In 2019, the average per capita GHG emissions in…
Mitigation: Low Carbon Transportation
Transportation is a significant source of GHG emissions that presents different challenges and opportunities for mitigation strategies. In many communities, transportation is the most significant source of GHG emissions and…
Mitigation: Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration/Storage
Another climate change mitigation strategy involves physically capturing and removing CO2 from the atmosphere through carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration/ storage (CCUS). CCUS can also involve capturing CO2 from a…
Mitigation: Heat Recovery
For most buildings in Ontario, the production of heat, whether for space heating or process heating, is highly energy intensive and often one of the leading sources of GHG emissions[1]….