Standards play a crucial role in guaranteeing the health and safety of Canadians. The impacts of a changing climate on our communities are increasing exponentially around the world, and concrete solutions are needed. New standards are being deployed to build climate-resilient and low carbon communities. Join us to learn how forward-looking, climate-informed standards can help your organization plan, design, and enable sustainable, climate-resilient communities in Canada and globally.
On the first day of Forum, GLOBE partners are hosting off-site events: Pathways to Parity: Leveraging DEI as a Sustainability Solution with UNGNC; BCIT Capacity Building Workshops: Valuing Carbon, Cultivating an Action-Focused Mindset, Designing for Resilience; a Visit of the Ocean Wise Plastics Lab; and Growing the Purpose Economy with the Canadian Purpose Economy Project.
Learn more about these events and about how to participate below.
Host: UN Global Compact Network Canada
Location: LGM Financial Services Inc
Date & Time: Tuesday, Feb. 13 | 9:00 AM -12:00 PM
The UN Global Compact Network Canada, together with its Hosting Sponsor LGM Financial Services, is proud to present an exclusive, official side event of GLOBE Forum 2024 titled “Pathways to Parity: Leveraging DEI as a Sustainability Solution.” This gathering is an unparalleled opportunity for sustainability pioneers and leaders to exchange ideas, and insights, and foster impactful change. Attendees will have the opportunity to deeply engage with the vital role of DEI in shaping sustainable business practices for the future.
Click here to register.
Host: British Columbia Institute of Technology
Location: BCIT Downtown Campus – Tech Collider
Date & Time: Tuesday, Feb. 13 | 10:00 AM -4:30 PM
GLOBE attendees are invited to join BCIT faculty for a day of interactive capacity-building workshops. Choose to attend one or all three of BCIT’s applied-skills training sessions and get a glimpse into a selection of BCIT’s sustainability and regeneration-focused microcredentials, designed for business leaders and sustainability practitioners. Connect with fellow GLOBE attendees before the main Forum, and discuss how to get to net zero by leveraging the time value of carbon (Session #1); identify opportunities to close the sustainability intention-action gap for organizations (Session #2); and/or explore what’s needed to design and build resilient communities(Session #3).
To register for one or all three of these free sessions (with an optional lunch), click here.
Host: Ocean Wise
Location: Pacific Science Enterprise Centre (PSEC)
Date & Time: Tuesday, Feb. 13 | 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Join Ocean Wise for a tour of the Pacific Science Enterprise Centre, home to the Ocean Wise Plastics Lab and Kelp Nursery. The Ocean Wise Plastics Lab delivers world-class technical expertise on microplastic pollution, and the Kelp Nursery conducts essential research for advancing the scaling of seaforestation, a promising Blue Carbon Solution. Take part in this session to dive deeper into innovative solutions for plastic pollution and climate change.
The tour will depart from the Vancouver Convention Centre at 12:30 PM and return at 3:30 PM. Snacks and refreshments, as well as transportation to and from the Vancouver Convention Centre will be provided by Ocean Wise.
There is limited capacity for this session – to register, click here.
Host: Canadian Purpose Economy Project
Location: The Aviso Café, Aviso Wealth Vancouver, 1111 West Georgia Street, Vancouver
Date & Time: Tuesday, Feb. 13 | 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM
During GLOBE Forum 2020, an Advance session on social purpose business catalyzed a series of conversations that have evolved to become the Canadian Purpose Economy Project. Join us for an insightful introduction and update on the Project’s work and impact—and to learn how you can help grow the purpose economy in 2024 and beyond.
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This informal 90-minute session will include plenty of time for networking with fellow GLOBE delegates and other leaders of social purpose businesses and the social purpose community.
Snacks and refreshments will be served.
There is limited capacity for this session – to register, click here.
Representing 51.9% of the Canadian gross domestic product (GDP), small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have a key role to play in the transition to a net-zero economy.
Financial institutions (including investment managers, banks, and insurers) often see a large portion of their carbon footprint represented by scope 3 financed emissions that are associated with lending to or investing in SMEs. This session will bring together both sides of the financer/provider equation to identify collaborative decarbonizing pathways that will benefit all parties.
We’ve all heard “teamwork makes the dream work” and achieving net zero is no exception, especially when it comes to scope 3 emissions – emissions that result from assets not owned or controlled by the reporting organization, but that the organization indirectly affects in its value chain. Join the 2024 cohort of CBSR Sustainable Procurement Fellows and program alumni to learn how industry collaborations can slash GHG emissions in your supply chain. Participants in this session will explore how to sync your organization’s goals, resources and standards with industry peers, as well as how a unified approach can better influence suppliers to make the net-zero switch.
By the end of 2024 we will be halfway to 2030 and halfway through the Decade of Action necessary to meet net–zero emissions and other key sustainability goals by 2050. We need to take decisive and bold steps today to reach our targets that simultaneously deliver positive results on the pathway to net-zero. Join us for this interactive workshop where we will explore how to drive tangible results at pace, by setting, prioritizing, and meeting effective interim plans that will help your organization reach destination net zero, and beyond.
A healthy and diverse natural ecosystem is required to support a regenerative future. Rapid biodiversity loss and the degradation of ecosystems are major drivers of climate change, which in turn further exacerbates these issues and ultimately threatens the sustainability of human society. In this interactive and outcomes-focused workshop, you’ll share the key learnings and actions needed for restoring and protecting nature.
Reaching net zero will be a crucial step towards achieving a more regenerative future. But the journey there often feels daunting and obscure. Net zero will require the transformation of all sectors including our energy, transport, industry, agriculture, and land use systems, in tandem with unprecedented levels of cooperation and innovation. In this interactive and outcomes-focused workshop, you’ll share the key learnings and actions needed to reach Destination Net Zero.
As the foundation of all life, ensuring healthy and secure water systems (both fresh and salt, domestic and international) is essential to creating a regenerative future. Achieving this goal will require a cross-sector and cross-industry approach to water management, protection, and governance. In this interactive and outcomes-focused workshop, you’ll share the key learnings and actions needed for ensuring water security.
Canada’s National Adaptation Strategy (NAS) serves as the foundation for supporting our communities as they increase resilience to the impacts of climate change. In this interactive and outcomes-focused workshop, you’ll share the key learnings and actions needed for building resilient communities. Using the NAS, we will determine the priorities of different stakeholder groups, the roles required to implement targets, and will provide direction on what we need to start doing now.
