Happy Friday!

This week, YCCBC was honoured as one of Canada’s 2026 Clean50 Top Projects, a recognition celebrating the nation’s leaders in sustainability and climate innovation. 🌎

#clean50 #climatecorps #yccbc #climateleadership

🎉 Congratulations to @clean50.bsky.social 2026 Award Winners!
A special shout-out to two outstanding award winners: Climate Caucus Board Vice-Chair and North Vancouver Councillor Jessica McIlroy, and #ElbowsUpforClimate cabinet member, Mayor Richard Ireland of Jasper.

#Clean50 #ClimateLeadership

Our Executive Director Laurel Collins is in Toronto this week for #Clean50 Summit to highlight Child Honouring as a framework for systemic change. She was a 2024 Clean16 Award Winner and will be facilitating a session at this year’s @clean50.bsky.social

#EarthandChild #EarlyYears #Sustainability

Where are they now? Catching up with our past Clean50 Emerging Leaders (Part Three) | Clean50 Each year, Clean50 recognizes 20 Emerging Leaders across sectors who are pushing Canada’s sustainability transition forward. This week is our final installment of our “Where Are They Now” series…

Our final “Where Are They Now” feature is live!

This week’s Clean50 Emerging Leaders are pushing impact in ESG, clean finance, wellness, housing decarbonization, policy + climate-positive manufacturing.

Read more 👉 clean50.com/where-are-th...

#Clean50 #EmergingLeaders #Sustainability

Where are they now? Catching up with our past Clean50 Emerging Leaders (Part Two) | Clean50 Each year, Clean50 recognizes 20 Emerging Leaders across sectors who are moving Canada’s sustainability transition forward. This second installment of our new weekly series catches up with past…

🥬🌎 From Growcer’s 600+ farms worldwide to breakthroughs in clean energy, climate finance, EV policy & more—our #Clean50 Emerging Leaders are reshaping Canada’s sustainability future. 💡✨ Catch up with part two of our "Where they are now" Emerging Leaders series: clean50.com/where-are-th...

Where are they now? Catching up with our past Clean50 Emerging Leaders (Part One) | Clean50 Each year, Clean50 recognizes 20 Emerging Leaders across sectors who are moving Canada’s sustainability transition forward. This first installment of our new weekly series catches up with past…

We've begun our "Where Are They Now" article series, checking in on our past Emerging Leader award winners to see what they've been up to! Check out part one below:

clean50.com/where-are-th...

#sustainability #cleaneconomy #cleantech #sustainabilityleadership #clean50

Canada’s Second Worst Ever Forest Fire Season | Clean50 2025 is the second worst forest fire season in Canada, ever. 7.3 million hectares of forests – an area the size of New Brunswick – have been transformed from cool, shaded habitat…

Canada is having its second worst wildfire season on record. 7.3 million hectares of forests have burned so far. The effects these fires are having on our climate and our people are devastating. Read more below:

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#climatechange #forestfires #climatecrisis #clean50

At the Helm: Leading Sustainability Through Collective Action | Clean50 The Port of Prince Rupert is leading sustainability through collaboration, data sharing, and systems thinking. From renewable diesel initiatives to inclusive stakeholder engagement…

We often hear about collective action - but rarely see it in practice. The Port of Prince Rupert is a real-world example of what’s possible through collaboration, data sharing, and systems thinking. Jason Scherr shares how they made it work.

Read below:

#sustainability #collectiveaction #clean50

Trying to reduce your exposure to PFAS or eliminate PFAS from your supply chain? What does PFAS-free really mean and what can you do? | Clean50 Confused about PFAS-free labels? Learn what PFAS really are, why they’re harmful, and what to look for when eliminating them from your products or supply chain. Insights from Emily Hicks of FREDsense ...

Struggling to get PFAS out of your products or supply chain?
Clean50’s new article unpacks what PFAS-free really means, and what steps you can take to actually get there. Clear, practical, essential. Read below👇
🔗 clean50.com/trying-to-re...
#PFAS #Sustainability #Clean50 #CircularEconomy #GreenTech

Not Just a Bad Fire Season: A Personal Wake-Up Call for a Warming World | Clean50 When a wildfire came within a kilometer of the home of our Clean50 Director, Megan Aoki, in Shiningbank, Alberta, it reshaped her understanding of safety, resilience, and the realities of a changing…

Last year a wildfire came within 1 km of our Clean50 Director's home in Alberta. Her firsthand account reveals how real climate change has become—worsening, longer fire seasons. This isn’t a one-off, it's warning.
🧯🌍 Read: clean50.com/not-just-a-b...

#ClimateCrisis #Wildfires #AlbertaFires #Clean50

15 years ago, Clean50 almost ended in week 4. Part II of our origin story dives into: interns, chaos, near corporate takeovers & a lesson in not fighting human nature.

📘 Read how #Clean50, Canada’s top sustainability award, (barely) made it: clean50.com/reflections-...

#ClimateAction #OriginStory

Change sticks when it’s a no-brainer—like EVs or streaming. Sustainability is no different. Rachel Guthrie of
Export Development Canada shares lessons on making ESG meaningful, practical, and lasting.

Read it here:
👉 clean50.com/stories/maki...

#ESG #Sustainability #Clean50 #Clean50 #NetZero

Summerside, PEI didn’t wait for change — it built a clean energy future. From solar + storage to exploring green hydrogen, this small city is leading big on climate.

Mayor Dan Kutcher shares how. Read it here:
👉 clean50.com/from-net-zer...

#Clean50 #ClimateLeadership #NetZero #LowCarbonEconomy

The Roadmap in Action: Leadership Lessons in Sustainable Energy | Clean50 Three Canadian case studies show how leadership drives sustainability in energy, infrastructure, and decarbonization.

Good climate leaders are collaborative, adaptable, and act confidently. Lauretta Pearse unpacks 3 case studies to show us the importance of all of these qualities, take a look:

#sustainability #climateaction #clean50 #climatechange #sustainablefuture #climatecrisis
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Financing the Future: Turning Capital into Climate Solutions | Clean50 Maria Maisuradze explains how everyday financial choices can drive climate action by shifting capital toward sustainable solutions.

The shift from financial institutions backing climate-destroying industries to investing in our climate starts with everyday financial decisions YOU can make - Maria Maisuradze explains how.

Read the article below.

#sustainability #cleaneconomy #climateaction #clean50
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The Deep Retrofit Imperative: Can Canada Afford to Ignore Energy Efficiency? | Clean50 This article is also available en francais. When we discuss energy conservation, we often forget to bring up one of the most important efforts we can undertake – retrofitting and increasing energy…

Canada can't meet climate goals without retrofitting existing buildings. In “The Deep Retrofit Imperative,” Mostafa Saad shows why efficiency upgrades matter 🔋🏘️

Read it here (French version linked inside🇫🇷):

#EnergyEfficiency #Retrofits #ClimateAction #Clean50 #CleanEconomy #NetZero #CleanTech

BC Business 2025 Women of the Year Awards: Sarah Goodman Sarah Goodman, president and CEO of NorthX Climate tech, is a winner in the Community Builders category of the 2025 Women of the Year Awards.

Congrats to @sarahgoodman.bsky.social on being named a 2025 @bcbusiness.bsky.social #WomenOfTheYear! Her leadership continues to shine from climate strategy at the PMO to her impactful work at NorthX Climate Tech. We saw it back in 2022 with her #Clean50 award — and the future looks even brighter! 🌍

Incredible! @clean50 ignores @resolutefp logging w/o consent, suing #fsc auditor, 4 suspended FSC certificates #clean50 @IrinaGreenVoice

#Clean50 Everyone seems to support the idea of carbon pricing, but still many aren't willing to be seen as advocating for gov'ts to do it!

#Clean50 idea: maybe we need to draft a "charter of sustainability values and principles" that all federal political parties could endorse.

At the #Clean50 summit ... Lots of interesting talk about sustainability and what it means.

Incredible! @clean50 ignores @resolutefp logging w/o consent, suing #fsc auditor, 4 suspended FSC certificates #clean50 @IrinaGreenVoice

Incredible @clean50 failed to note @resolutefp logging w/o First Nations consent, suing #fsc auditor, 4 suspended FSC certificates #clean50