Come to an Event
Come to learn and connect with sustainability enthusiasts. Leave inspired and motivated to create change!
Join us at our information-rich workshops featuring guest speakers who are experts in the field and individuals from organizations presenting real-world success stories. We also host networking events, forums and the occasional conference. Come out and meet others who are making a difference – and leave changed and inspired!
We host between 2-6 educational events annually plus our can’t-miss Green Leaders Awards to celebrate the hard work and accomplishments of our valuable members.
Green Economy London members enjoy many free tickets to our events. Non-member fees vary.
Upcoming Events
Webinar
Innovation for a Green Economy: A Masterclass
By TechAlliance
Friday, April 22nd, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST
Join TechAlliance and Green Economy London Coordinator, Kaitlin Creighton for a session on how to utilize business as a catalyzing force behind change for the greater good and dive into sustainability baseline settings, targets, lifecycle analysis, and carbon intensity. Hear the inspiring stories of local companies who are knocking it out of the park and expand your knowledge on how to scale your venture to build environmentally sustainable innovations that are good for business and the world.
Environmental Campaign
Butt Blitz in London
By A Greener Future and The London Environmental Network
April 1st – 30th, 2022
Cigarette butts account for 1 in 5 pieces of litter we find at our cleanups. The Butt Blitz is an action-oriented campaign focused on raising public awareness about cigarette litter, while simultaneously removing as much of it from the environment as possible. During the Butt Blitz, volunteers from across Canada pick up cigarette butts in their local communities, then send them to TerraCycle Canada for recycling. Get involved by joining individually or with a team of 10 people to pick up cigarette butt litter around London this April! As part of the Canada-wide event, our goal is to collect 1,000,000 butts from the environment to be sent for recycling.
Environmental Program
Depave Paradise 2022
By Green Communities Canada and The London Environmental Network
June 2022
The Depave Paradise program secures underutilized, paved sites of 100m2 or more, and rips out the asphalt to replace it with native, stormwater retentive plants and pollination gardens. The London Environmental Network is seeking volunteers for the next Depave Paradise events – to be held in June 2022 – in London and St. Thomas! Register below and the London Environmental Network will reach out to you with important event updates as we move into Spring.
If you’d like to support the Depave Paradise program, please consider making a donation by clicking here. Your donation will go towards the purchase of plants and soil to transform these sites into rain and pollinator gardens for everyone to enjoy!
Past Events and Recordings
Virtual Information Session
EV Chargers at the Workplace
By Green Economy London
Join Green Economy London to learn about the importance of incorporating electric vehicle (EV) chargers at your workplace, what EV charger options are available, and gain tips on how to evaluate what charger is right for your business. Plus hear from Plug’n Drive President and CEO Cara Clairman.
Watch the recording here.
Webinar
EV Charger Incentive Program: Get Plugged In
By Green Economy Canada
Learn how you can get 50% back on the cost of installing EV charging stations!
Green Economy Canada is excited to announce a new $3.9M EV Charger Incentive Program, funded by Natural Resources Canada. Through this program, organizations can get up to 50% back for installing EV charging stations in public places, on-street, multi-unit residential buildings, workplaces, and for light-duty vehicle fleets. Applicants can receive up to $100,000 in rebates.
This webinar will provide more details about the program and the application process to equip organizations to successfully apply. All legally registered or incorporated for-profit or non-profit organizations in Canada are eligible to participate. The program’s operations are also kindly being supported in part by TD Bank.
You can get more details on EV Charger Incentive Program here.
Webinar
How to Make Your Building Wildlife Friendly
This presentation focuses on the ecological aspects of managing sustainable buildings and properties in London. Our featured speaker is Brendon Samuels, a PhD candidate in the Department of Biology at Western University and the coordinator for the London Bird Team. In his presentation, Brendon gives an overview of the wildlife friendly buildings criteria he drafted for Green Economy London and describes common sources of conflict for wildlife in the built environment, risk factors for different types of buildings and examples of simple solutions for issues.
This webinar has passed, but you can watch the recording here.
Webinar
Get to know Volt Transportation – A New Zero Emission Delivery Service
Volt Transportation is a new local environmentally focused delivery service that is working with small businesses to meet their delivery needs while reducing their carbon footprint. Volt is using fully electric vehicles to offer affordable Business to Consumer (B2C) courier and delivery services in London Ontario.
Tune in to hear more about Volt’s mission, the need for EV’s to transform the delivery space, and how you can partner with Volt.
This webinar has passed, but you can watch the recording here.
Webinar
Power Your Business with the Sun: A Business Case for Solar Panels
Thinking about adding Solar Panels to your business? Not sure where to start, or who to talk to? Want to hear from a business that has undergone this process, the tips they learned, and the challenges faced along the way?
You will hear from Tepperman’s Sustainability Coordinator, Mike Apostol, on his first hand experience with building a business case for a Solar PV installation at Tepperman’s operations. This webinar explores some basics of solar PV, using solar PV in Ontario, financing for positive cash flow in year one, tips for your own quotes, and alternative financing models.
This event has passed but you can view the recording here.
Webinar
Green Job Fair
Are you looking to get started in the green economy? Join us to learn about possible jobs and the training you need in the sector such as energy advisors, energy managers, retrofit contractors, solar installers and many more!
Panelists for session #1 include:
- Brandon Doxtator, Environment & Consultation Coordinator (Oneida Nation of the Thames)
- Renu Tahlan, Director, Strategic Initiatives (Great Northern Insulation)
- Greg Nakonecznyj, Technical Sales & Conceptual Design Lead (CNTNR)
- Dennis L. German, President, German Solar Corporation
Panelists for session #2 include:
- Jolene McLaughlin, Senior Project Manager – Sustainable Building Solutions (EllisDon)
- James Riley, CEO and Founder (LightSpark)
- Nicola Lashley, Project Lead, Public Energy Initiatives (City of Toronto)
- Will Gonell, Principal, Gonell Homes Inc.
This event has passed. View recordings of Session 1 and Session 2
Webinar
Are Electric Vehicles (EVs) a Smart Investment for your Business?
In this webinar you will hear from Tepperman’s Sustainability Coordinator, Mike Apostol, on his experience doing an Electric Vehicle analysis for their company. Mike will share steps on the following:
Overview of Electric Vehicles (EVs)
- Current state of the technology
- Benefits of EVs
- Comparison against internal combustion engine vehicles
Financial analysis of two EV cases at Tepperman’s
- Shared company EV vs. reimbursing employees per km using their own vehicle for work travel
- Buying a new EV vs. buying a new gas vehicle for the service technician vehicles
This event has passed but you can watch the recording here.
Webinar
Can Sustainability and Improving Your Bottom Line Go Hand in Hand?
Surprisingly, many organizations are discovering that they can enhance their financial situation by performing better on their environmental and social goals. Based on Bob’s new free, open-source Sustainability ROI Workbook, this presentation shows how sustainability professionals can frame the business case for sustainability initiatives in the CFO’s familiar return on investment (ROI) and cost-benefit analysis language.
Bob uses business and leadership experience from his 34-year career at IBM Canada to help sustainability champions ensure that the direct and indirect measurable benefits for any category of sustainability initiative provide compelling justifications for taking action.
More information about Bob and his resources for sustainability champions can be found at www.sustainabilityadvantage.com.
This webinar was co-hosted by The Chamber of Commerce, The City of London and Green Economy London.
Webinar
Blue Roofs: Innovating the Future of Water Catchment and Flood Prevention
As climate change continues to increase precipitation in parts of the world, excessive storm water runoff threatens urban landscapes with an increased potential for flooding events. Blue Roofs are an inexpensive measure to address climate change derived flooding.
Learn about the benefits of Blue Roof technology, project designs, and how they can play an impactful role in water conservation and climate adaptation. Hear from Bruce Taylor (Enviro-Stewards) and Richard Hammond (Cornerstone Architecture) on their experience with blue roof implementation and practical designs.
This event has passed, but you can watch the recording here
Webinar
Energy Retrofit Incentives & Savings
Are you looking into upgrading your HVAC systems? Do your lights need to be updated? Wanting to save extra costs by reducing energy usage?
Green Economy London is excited to host this webinar, which will discuss current incentive programs available to help make your commercial energy saving retrofits more affordable! Learn about programs and available funding that can help you reduce energy usage, carbon emissions and costs.
This webinar has passed, stay tuned for similar upcoming events!
Webinar
Let’s Make Serving Reusable Takeout Containers as Easy As Serving Disposables!
A Friendlier Company is introducing a reusable takeout container program in London, so you can feel confident knowing that your takeout is not harming the planet.
This webinar has passed, but you can watch the recording here
Webinar
Measuring Business Impact
Hosted by Green Economy London and Project Neutral
Webinar
Bringing the UN SDGs to your Business
Hosted by rTraction
Join David Billson (rTraction) and Marianne Griffith, Green Economy London Hub Manager to learn about the Sustainable Development Goals and how they apply to the business sector. Find out how you can ensure your business is aligning with the goals to help build a better community. Includes a short presentation, followed by a Q&A and interactive breakout discussions.
This webinar has passed, but you can watch the recording here.
Webinar
Business Resilience Under COVID-19
Facilitated by Mark Lee, Executive Director of SustainAbility and Partner at ERM
In this webinar, Peter Bakker, President and CEO, WBCSD, Carine de Boissezon, Chief Sustainability Officer, EDF, Keith Tuffley, Global Co-Head, Sustainability & Corporate Transitions, Citi and Keryn James, CEO, ERM will examine how the private sector is adapting even as its role in society is being re-shaped.
The discussion will explore:
- Varying ways the crisis is playing out across different industries
- Examples of innovation in company responses
- How expectations of the public and private sectors are shifting
- What the pandemic is teaching about the value of scenarios planning and resilience.
May, 2020. This live webinar has passed, you can listen to the recording here.
