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Innovation Challenges
Innovation Challenges bring industry partners, Indigenous communities, and government leaders together with cleantech providers to address specific operational and environmental hurdles. Through targeted competitions, public and private sector buyers can find proven solutions for pressing needs, including energy efficiency, microgrids, and water stewardship.
Browse our latest articles, case studies, and program updates to see how these collaborations help move cleantech solutions from challenge to real-world adoption.
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![Industrial Energy Efficiency: Imperial Oil’s 10-Year Win]()
August 20, 2026 Article Industrial Energy Efficiency: Imperial Oil’s 10-Year Win Read how a Foresight Innovation Challenge drove full-scale cleantech adoption at Imperial Oil, turning a pilot into a high-performing industrial solution. View Article -
![Lighthouse Energy Wins Clean Energy Challenge, Partners with Fort Folly First Nation]()
June 10, 2025 Announcement Lighthouse Energy Wins Clean Energy Challenge, Partners with Fort Folly First Nation Lighthouse Energy will have the opportunity to pitch their technology to the Fort Folly First Nation community and help them reduce grid dependency, lower costs and emissions, and build long-term sustainability. View Announcement -
![Shaping Tomorrow’s Energy: Amlamgog First Nation Calls for Microgrid Solutions]()
March 13, 2025 Announcement Shaping Tomorrow’s Energy: Amlamgog First Nation Calls for Microgrid Solutions Foresight has partnered with Fort Folly First Nation to launch the Amlagog Community Microgrid Innovation Challenge, seeking scalable, renewable energy technologies that enhance community energy resilience, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and contribute to economic self-sufficiency. View Announcement -
![Bolder Climate Action - 3 Ideas to Pursue Now]()
November 25, 2021 Article Bolder Climate Action - 3 Ideas to Pursue Now If we’re talking about bolder climate action now, let’s get specific. Here are three things we must do today to ensure our precious planet’s tomorrow. View Article -
![Exporting Reimagined: How Foresight Can Help You Make International Deals Without the Carbon Cost]()
August 17, 2021 Article Exporting Reimagined: How Foresight Can Help You Make International Deals Without the Carbon Cost Alyssa Kelly shares her insights about the value of our Industry Challenge program in the aftermath of the pandemic. View Article -
![Celebrating Canada’s Top Sustainable Corporations]()
February 1, 2021 Article Celebrating Canada’s Top Sustainable Corporations An impressive 13 Canadian companies have been named to the list of the world’s most sustainable corporations, the Corporate Knights 2021 Global 100 index. View Article -
![Canada’s Next Big Opportunity: The Circular Economy]()
November 26, 2020 Article Canada’s Next Big Opportunity: The Circular Economy The circular economy is based on, unsurprisingly, the concept of circularity - re-circulating and repurposing ‘waste’ materials and keeping products and materials in use as a way of not only contributing to a zero-carbon future, but also regenerating natural systems and reducing pollution. View Article -
![Future Economy in Action: The Top 3 Ways Clusters Shorten Innovation Cycles]()
November 18, 2020 Article Future Economy in Action: The Top 3 Ways Clusters Shorten Innovation Cycles British Columbia is in a period of intense change and transition in cleantech. Not only are we reacting to an unprecedented modern pandemic in a time of climate crisis, but multiple economic trends are converging at once View Article
