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Meet the people, ideas, and hard-won successes pushing Canada and the world towards a low-carbon economy. From pivotal breakthroughs to the real impact of new policies and investments, explore what’s happening now in cleantech—and why it matters.
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October 22, 2021 Article Transforming Canada’s Economy to Embrace a Low-Carbon Future On Oct. 21, The Canadian Institute for Climate Choices (CICC) released Sink or Swim: Transforming Canada’s Economy for a Global Low-Carbon Future. The report assesses Canada’s readiness for the coming “global green wave,” and indicates how we can prepare. View Article -
October 13, 2021 Article Scaling Successfully: Foresight’s Grow Program Exceeds Expectations After focusing on early-stage startups for several years, we identified another need: helping cleantech companies scale. View Article -
October 13, 2021 Article Pioneering a Canadian Approach to Cluster Development Creating lasting advantage requires looking at what happens outside companies as much as what is happening inside them. This is a critical concept for Canadian leaders to understand. View Article -
October 1, 2021 Article A Career Gamble That Follows the Heart Foresight is proud to announce that our CEO Jeanette Jackson has been named to Canada’s Clean50 for 2022 honouring her contribution to clean capitalism. View Article -
September 28, 2021 Article New Project Greenlight Challenge: Help City of Vancouver Transition to Renewable Energy This Targeted Call, the latest from Project Greenlight, is focused on technologies that will help the City’s Neighbourhood Energy Utility (NEU) increase its renewable energy supply. View Article -
September 22, 2021 Article Alberta Cleantech Report 2021: Introduction Based on research conducted in 2020, the Alberta Cleantech Report 2021 is a revealing look at a sector that is growing in size, impact, and importance. View Article -
September 22, 2021 Article Alberta Cleantech Report 2021: The State of Cleantech in Alberta The Alberta Cleantech Report 2021, based on research conducted by Foresight Alberta and MaRS Data Catalyst in 2020, provides a snapshot of Alberta cleantech including employment, sectors, customer groups, and founders. View Article -
September 22, 2021 Article Alberta Cleantech Report 2021: Challenges & Risks While most Alberta cleantech ventures were able to access government funding during the Covid-19 pandemic, many also report a reduced ability to raise capital and decreased revenue. View Article -
September 22, 2021 Article Alberta Cleantech Report 2021: Funding & Growth The following summarizes venture funding outcomes reported for the 2019 calendar year, before COVID shifted the landscape. View Article -
September 22, 2021 Article Alberta Cleantech Report 2021: Seizing the Cleantech Opportunity The report reveals that Alberta cleantech ventures are well supported by a range of support from partners and programs spanning federal government, provincial government, non-profit, corporate, academia and investors. The top five sources of support identified in this study are: View Article -
September 16, 2021 Article Canada’s Cleantech Sector is Optimistic And Very Clear About Supports Needed Canada’s cleantech ventures are confident, actively seeking capital, and eager to tap international markets, according to a new national survey conducted by Foresight, Canada’s cleantech accelerator. View Article -
September 15, 2021 Article Foresight’s Theory of Change Guides Us Towards Our Goals We’ve adopted a Theory of Change, a methodology for planning, participation, and evaluation. By defining long-term goals and mapping backwards, we can devote our resources to the highest potential projects. View Article