YOU BELONG HERE 176 Larch St. - Project Site CMS Web Solutions Hia Media Quartek Group 360 Energy CN Power HiGarden Quiet Nature 3rd Line Studios Cober Evolving Solutions Home Hardware REEP Green Solutions YOU BELONG HERE A2S Associates Combined Metal Industries Homestead Land Holdings REfficient Accelerated Systems Community Car Share House of Friendship Regional Municipality of Durham AET Group Conestoga College Hydro Ottawa Regional Municipality of Waterloo Table of Contents Ajax Pickering Board of Trade Conestoga Mall (Ivanhoe Cambridge) JED Management/Gateway Niagara Regional Municipality of York Alectra Utilities Copper Cliff United Church John C. Munro Hamilton Rimikon Angela’s Bed & Breakfast The Cora Group International Airport RLB LLP Arborus Consulting The Corporation of the City of Kingston Kabuki Spa Rock-Tech ArcelorMittal Dofasco The Cotton Factory Kindred Credit Union Rogers & Trainor Commercial Realty Aryzta/Oakrun Farm Bakery Crawford & Company (Canada) Kingston & Frontenac Housing Royal Botanical Gardens Corporation Athena Software CSV Architects S. Jerome’s University YOU BELONG IN THE WHAT WE DO BUILDING THE Kitchener and Waterloo Avocado Co-op David Johnston Research + Community Foundation S.G. Cunningham Technology Park NEW ECONOMY SUSTAINABLE Banfield Agency Kitchener-Wilmot Hydro s2e Technologies Sustainability Deer Creek Golf & Banquet Facility Beatties Basics Kuntz Electroplating Second Wedge Brewery Letter from CoLab ECONOMY IN Delphi Group CoLab and the Benefect Lake Simcoe Region Seedworks Durham College Conservation Authority 4 6 COMMUNITIES 8 Black Gold Coffee Seven Shores CoLab Network Blazing Star Environmental Durham Condominium Corp 120 The Landings Golf Course SmarterShift ACROSS CANADA Borealis - Grill & Bar Durham Corporate Centre Laughing Buddha and SmartNet Developments Inc (SNDI) Towne House Tavern Bread & Butter Bakery Ecolife Home Improvements SRS Consulting Engineers Our Theory of Change Lightenco Brick Brewery Economical Insurance St. Lawrence College Limestone Property Management Brock University EcoSynthetix St. Mary’s Cement LURA Consulting Brock University Students’ Union Energy+ St. Paul’s University College Manulife Financial (Waterloo Region) Bryson Insurance Enviro-Digital Printing St. Stephens on the Hill United Church Marsland Centre Limited Canada Rubber Group Enviro-Stewards Stantec (Waterloo Region) mcCallum Sather Canadian General Tower EV Fern Stratos McMaster Innovation Park BUILDING DRIVING REAL SUSTAINABILITY Canadian Museum of Nature EY (Waterloo Region) Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations Medical Pharmacies Group Cantin Insurance Services - Fairview Park Mall (Cadillac Fairview) Sudbury Theatre Centre MOMENTUM PROGRESS FOR SEVEN Mennonite Central Committee The Co-operators Fallsview Casino Resort Sun Life Financial (Waterloo Region) Carrothers and Associates Inc. Farm Mutual Reinsurance Plan Mennonite Economic AND INFLUENCE ACROSS GENERATIONS Development Associates Sustainable Societies Consulting Group Catalyst Mind Fire Monitoring of Canada Midfield Swan Dust Control 10 ONTARIO 12 14 CEM Engineering Focus 21 CoLab Network Story: Wahnapitae Monarch Kitchen and Bath The Tea Room Centre for International General Motors of Canada Company Tech Wreckers Highlights CoLab Network First Nation Governance Innovation Mount Everest Indian Restaurant Gordon’s Estate Services TekPak Solutions The Church of St. John the Evangelist Native Plants Impact Gore Mutual Insurance Company Terra Designs City of Cambridge Nature Harmony Institute Gowling WLG (Waterloo Region) Toast & Jam Café City of Kitchener Niagara College Canada Greater Kitchener Waterloo Town Homes Kingston City of Ottawa Chamber of Commerce Niagara Health System Town of Ajax City of Pickering Grosche International Niagara Ina Grafton Gage Village TownePlace Suites City of St. Catharines GSP Group Niagara Peninsula Energy The Township of North Dumfries City of Vaughan Hamilton Water Niagara Region The Township of Wilmot SUSTAINABILITY A SUSTAINABILITY City of Waterloo Healing Path Centre for N-VIRO by Walker Environmental Group Toyota Boshoku Canada Clarington Board of Trade Natural Medicine Ontario Sustainable Energy Association AND RESPONSIBILITY LEADERS Oshawa Centre (Ivanhoe Cambridge) Tradeforce Tech Oshawa Curling Club Trailhead Kingston PROFITABILITY TO DO MORE Voices on the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce Trinity United Church 16 18 20 Ottawa-Carleton District School Board United Way Kitchener Waterloo & Area CoLab Network Story: Joel Ground in the PACS Energy Solutions University of Ontario Institute of Technology Case Studies Lalonde and CoLab Network Performance Court Building (150 Elgin St.) University of Waterloo Your Credit Union Posterity Group U-Pak ProMark Window Film & Blinds Uxbridge Chamber of Commerce Quarry Integrated Communications Veridian Connections VeriForm Vigor Clean Tech Violin Power Solutions THE COLAB THANK YOU YOU Wahnapitae First Nation Walker Emulsions TEAM Funder, Sponsor, WalterFedy Water Superstore Board Members, and Partner Waterloo Catholic District School Board 22 23 Waterloo North Hydro Staff, and Recognition Waterloo Regional District School Board Volunteers Whitby Chamber of Commerce Whitby Curling Club BELONG Whiting Design Wilfrid Laurier University Wonderfloat WSP (Waterloo Region) Your Credit Union YWCA Hamilton HERE 3 YOU BELONG IN THE NEW ECONOMY Letter from CoLab We live in uncertain times. A time when many are making the choice to divide instead of unite. A time when the President of the United States has disappointingly withdrawn from a global agreement to set voluntary carbon targets. In spite of this – or perhaps, in response to this – we can and should join together: a chorus of people, organizations, and governments around the world showing we will do just the opposite. Because we know that while climate change continues to have significant consequences globally and locally, the opportunity to shift to a thriving low-carbon economy is greater than ever. “NEVER DOUBT THAT The CoLab Network is seizing this opportunity. From an airport in Hamilton, to a brewery in Durham, to a credit union in Ottawa, to a manufacturer in Waterloo Region, organizations of all sizes and sectors are stepping up in their communities and stepping into local A SMALL GROUP OF networks knowing they are stronger together – networks that manifest their ambition, their impatience, and most of all, their interest in taking action. THOUGHTFUL, COMMITTED Together, these 200+ organizations are part of a broader movement right across Ontario and beyond, actively building a more sustainable economy. Their actions – GHG reductions of CITIZENS CAN CHANGE over 44,000 tCO2e equivalent to taking over 9,000 cars off the road, and commitments for even more – not only reverberate locally, but inspire others across the country and around the world. THE WORLD; INDEED, IT’S And while they have diverse missions, structures, and people, they all have one thing in common: they all belong in this movement. THE ONLY THING THAT No doubt, you do too – You Belong Here. Please read on for stories of people and organizations that have made the decision to EVER HAS.” choose hope, to choose unity – to choose a future with a healthy environment and a prosperous economy. Maybe they know, as do we, that Margaret Mead really was right all along: it will always - MARGARET MEAD be small groups of people that accomplish great things. Even greater still, when working together. On we go, Mike Morrice Priyanka Lloyd Matt Hoffmann Executive Director Managing Director Board Chair 4 5 WHAT WE DO ENGAGING BUSINESSES Sustainability CoLab Target-Based Sustainability Programs Sustainability CoLab supports a network of non-profits (CoLab Network Members) to launch and grow target- Sustainability is in businesses’ best interest. Businesses set targets on everything that matters — so why not based sustainability programs for businesses in their communities. These programs help businesses measure on sustainability too? their environmental impacts, set reduction targets, and publicly report on progress made. Target-based sustainability programs help businesses of all sizes and sectors set and achieve sustainability targets, providing the support, direction, and accountability businesses need to be successful while publicly WE BUILD CAPACITY WE LEVERAGE celebrating progress made. Businesses pay fees to participate, allowing these programs to become financially in local non-profits to deliver impactful the collective value of the network self-sustainable over time. sustainability programs for businesses by to mobilize funding, engage in policy providing tools, resources, peer support, discussions and consultations, and share While each program is designed and adapted to the needs of local communities, all organizations participating connections, and access to partnerships. stories of success to demonstrate that a in target-based sustainability programs are supported through this general process: more sustainable economy is possible. Over the past year, across the CoLab Since 2014, we have helped secure $3M+ 1. 2. 3. 4. Network 3 target-based sustainability for the CoLab Network. This includes GET MEASURE DEVELOP SET TARGET programs launched (in Greater Sudbury, a landmark $1M investment from the ENGAGED & REPORT ACTION & REDUCE Kingston, Hamilton-Burlington), Ministry of Environment and Climate IMPACT PLAN IMPACT 93 businesses joined programs, 31 GHG Change through the Green Investment inventories were completed, and 5 carbon Fund in