sustainability

Maya Colombani believes nature and people are more beautiful together. As chief sustainability and human rights officer for L'Oréal Canada, the company has become one of the world leaders in sustainable development in the cosmetics industry.

Ulwiana Mehta-Malhotra keeps clothing out of landfills and helps students stay hopeful. This 18-year-old from North Vancouver inspires highschool students to trade fast fashion for thrift shops and clothes swaps, and provides a newsletter that spreads good news about climate solutions.

Sacha Shaw set out on his worldwide slow-travel experiment from his hometown of Melbourne in early 2023. His goal was to travel with a reduced carbon footprint and challenge the status quo that permits only a small privileged minority to fly.

Ben Liegey founded BetterTable to help the food service industry reduce waste and save money.

Smiely Khurana’s online platform, The Sustainable Act, showcases thoughtful storytelling about the climate crisis, and encourages us to appreciate each other and take action to protect what we love.

A new Canada-U.S. treaty to support salmon restoration and ecosystem health rings hollow without continued investment in salmon reintroduction by Canada and B.C.

On Nova Scotia's eastern shore, a community organization called the Deanery Project provides environmental education and teaches natural building techniques on the site of a former Anglican summer camp.

Over 65 per cent of Bali’s fresh water is funnelled to tourism, which is contributing to a water shortage exacerbated by growing urbanization, recent droughts and climate change.

A new labelling initiative is underway to help salmon aficionados indulge in their favourite fish without eating Canada's wild salmon into extinction. 

The Cold War shows that environmental sustainability, like peace, cannot be achieved solely by focusing on technology.

The identity of business must shift from resource exploitation to resource stewardship.

When it comes to flying, going green may cost you more. And it's going to take a while for the strategy to take off.

As a co-founder of Climate Legacy, Rieky Stuart supports seniors to use their time, money and voices to move Canada steadily towards sustainability.

Environmental and health groups are prodding the federal government to turn a competition law into a powerful tool to tackle climate change and greenwashing.

Alicia Richins is a sustainability and social impact consultant based in Toronto, and a fierce advocate of the United Nations' sustainable development goals, or SDGs.