Earlier this week the government delivered Canada’s Fall Economic Statement. While the overarching themes of the Deputy Prime Minister’s address were affordability and inflation, the Fall Economic Statement reiterates that climate action is core to economic prosperity and Canada is committed to investing in shifting our economy to net zero. The Statement provides a much-anticipated […]

In response to the rapidly accelerating climate crisis, organizations are prioritizing climate-related risks and opportunities and building them into their business strategies.  This journey often starts with quantifying the original greenhouse gases (GHGs) of corporate inventories: scope 1, which are direct emissions that result from sources that are owned or controlled by an organization, like […]

By Melissa Harris, Senior Director at Delphi    Amid record-breaking temperatures and one of the worst forest-fire seasons to date, leaders from government, industry and civil society gathered in New York for Climate Week this month with the hope of increasing ambition and limiting warming to 1.5 degrees.   Experts from GLOBE Series and Delphi participated […]

The impacts of climate change are everywhere – we’re all sick of reading the headlines about the wildfires and seeing communities lose their homes and businesses. The good news is that you can build a climate-smart business and not only set up your organization for success but be part of the solution to climate change. […]

By Delphi’s Adam Schwarz, Senior Consultant, Sustainability and ESG Reporting, and Dave Photiadis, Senior Director For the past 20 years, the world of sustainability reporting and ESG disclosure has been a wild west. There are hundreds of reporting standards, a litany of methodologies, and a distinct lack of regulation. At the same time, stakeholder interest […]

By Elizabeth Arif, Senior Analyst, Hayley MacVicar, Consultant, and Adam Schwarz, Senior Consultant, Sustainability and ESG Reporting Materiality is a hot topic across all industries right now. No matter where you are in your sustainability journey, a materiality assessment will help you prioritize the sustainability issues and opportunities that are most important to your stakeholders […]

By: The Delphi Group’s Kristine O’Rielly, Director, Innovation and Cleantech, and Sarah Todgham, Policy Consultant, Climate Change    Prior to this week’s federal budget announcement, Canada had been under increasing pressure to invest in the clean economy. For example, the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), announced last August, signalled $369 billion in climate spending. Other jurisdictions, […]

By The Delphi Group’s Sarah Todgham, Policy Consultant, Climate Change, and Matt Beck, Senior Director, Carbon Management & Sustainability We’re over a month into 2023 and the clock is ticking when it comes to achieving Canada’s net-zero emissions target by 2050. Moving from commitment to action is hard but necessary to secure a competitive edge […]

Now that we’re almost a month in to 2023, we asked the leaders of our organizations – Biboye Aganaba, Executive Director of Leading Change; Dr. Carol-Ann Brown, President of Delphi; Ted Ferguson, Chief Sustainability Officer of our group and Managing Director of CBSR; Elizabeth Shirt, President of GLOBE Series; and Mike Gerbis, CEO of our […]