Category Archives: Junxion News
Asian Lessons in Sustainability
What do smart businesses need to know about Asia to be successful? Junxion's Peter ter Weeme has some pointers and insights. Your success depends of doing business differently.
June 5, 2010Also posted in Junxion Focus Tagged Asia, Asian Market, China, Environmental Development, Environmental Sustainability Consulting, India, Junxion TrustBrand, Laos, Peter ter Weeme, Social Sustainability Consulting, Sustainability Policy, Vietnam
That Dull Roar You Hear is the South Asian Tiger: Opportunities for Sustainable Brands
India is on track to eclipse China as the largest country in the world in terms head count. Its 31 distinct states share 1,600 languages, six major religious groups, and 6,400 castes all mashed up into one fiercely proud and doggedly democratic country.
June 2, 2010Also posted in Junxion Focus Tagged Asia, Asian Market, China, Environmental Development, Environmental Sustainability Consulting, India, Junxion TrustBrand, Laos, Peter ter Weeme, Social Sustainability Consulting, Sustainability Policy, Vietnam
Climate change heats up Asia
Growing population. Depleting water supply. Food insecurity. Resource competition. Asia has challenges resulting from climate change, caused mostly by behaviours and decisions on the other side of the earth. The challenges build.
June 1, 2010Also posted in Junxion Focus Tagged Asia, Asian Market, Environmental Development, Environmental Sustainability Consulting, India, Junxion TrustBrand, Peter ter Weeme, Social Sustainability Consulting, Sustainability Policy, Vietnam
Report from the Fraser Basin Council Conference
This past February, Junxion participated in the Fraser Basin Council (FBC) State of the Fraser Basin Conference: The Many Faces of Sustainability. The FBC advances sustainability in the Fraser River Basin and releases a biennial report, Sustainability Snapshot, which summarizes indicator data across 18 topics to help business, government and citizens better understand the social, [...]
Junxion Helps CaGBC Launch New LEED Certification for Homes
After working with the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) for the past 18 months, Junxion helped this organization launch its first green building rating system aimed at single family homes and multi-unit residential developments of three storeys or less.
LEED Canada for Homes is Canada’s only national third party green building certification, and is now [...]
June 24, 2009Junxion News Tagged architecture, CaGBC, Environmental Sustainability Consulting, LEED homes
Junxion Helps BC Housing Staff Live Greener
On the heels of delivering the successful Community Connections project, Junxion continues its relationship with BC Housing with the livegreen Employee Council.
The Junxion interactive and online marketing team is working with BC Housing to conceive, design and develop an employee website, intended to encourage and support BC Housing employees to become more sustainable at work, [...]
Bullfrog Power Makes a Big Splash in B.C.
At a packed event at a downtown Vancouver restaurant with more than 100 people in attendance, Bullfrog Power officially launched its operations in BC.
Bullfrog Power is an electricity provider offering low-impact, EcoLogo certified green electricity to residents and businesses across the province. By its official launch date, Bullfrog had signed on more than a dozen [...]
Peter ter Weeme Appointed to Sustainable Brands’ Advisory Board
After speaking at Sustainable Brands Conference 2008 (SB ‘08), Peter ter Weeme has been appointed to the board of Sustainable Brands 2009, an event that brings together mega-brands, innovative businesses and thought leaders from around the globe to share sustainability strategies and information.
Sustainable Brands examines the rapid rise of sustainability as a driver for revenue [...]
Mel Phadtare Joins Experts at Zero-waste Conference
An expert on waste reduction schemes, Mel Phadtare, Junxion’s Director of Integrated Sustainability, spoke at the Recycling Council of BC’s 35th Annual Zero Waste Conference this May in Whistler.
Focusing on greenwashing, Mel delivered an engaging presentation to business and institutional leaders in the waste management and reduction sector. After giving an overview of the [...]
June 23, 2009Junxion News Tagged Environmental Sustainability Consulting, Greenwashing, Mel Phadtare, RCBC Zero Waste Conference
Junxion Principals Return from Asian Study Tour