Business leaders urge action on climate change, support a price on carbon
TORONTO, April 1, 2015 /CNW/ - Over twenty business leaders from a diverse range of sectors today offered their support for the Wynne Government's plan to put a price on carbon.
In a letter to Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, the CEOs noted "climate change poses one of the greatest global challenges and threatens to roll back decades of development and prosperity."
In response to this threat to prosperity, the leaders from industries including mining, forestry, energy, cement, manufacturing, finance, healthcare, technology and real estate urged Premier Wynne to take measures to address climate change "by establishing a transparent economy-wide price on carbon."
The letter was initiated by business leaders associated with the Council for Clean Capitalism. "Most businesses today realize that the status quo is not an option when it comes to climate change," said Council spokesperson Toby Heaps. "Putting a price on carbon sends a strong signal Ontario is open for business in the fast-growing low-carbon global economy."
Letter Signatories include:
| *Gord Hicks |
CEO |
Brookfield Global Integrated Solutions |
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| James Lopez |
CEO |
Tembec Inc. |
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| *Marcia Smith |
SVP |
Teck Resources |
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| *Kathy Bardswick |
CEO |
The Co-operators Group |
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| Michael White |
CEO |
Addenda Capital |
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| *Monique Leroux |
CEO |
Desjardins Group |
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| Sasha Jacob |
CEO |
Jacob Securities |
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| Andrew Heintzman |
President |
Investeco Capital |
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| *Tamara Vrooman |
CEO |
Vancity |
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| *David Labistour |
CEO |
Mountain Equipment Co-op |
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| Michael McSweeney |
CEO |
Cement Association of Canada |
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| John Fisher |
CEO |
Walker Industries |
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| *Claude Ouimet |
General Manager |
Interface Inc. |
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| *Joe Nemeth |
CEO |
Catalyst Paper |
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| Michael Gentile |
General Manager |
Philips Lighting Canada |
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| Daryl Wilson |
CEO |
Hydrogenics |
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| John Gorman |
CEO |
Canadian Solar Industries Association |
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| Robert Hornung |
CEO |
Canadian Wind Energy Association |
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| *Lloyd Bryant |
Managing Director |
Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Co. |
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| George Butterfield |
Chairman |
Butterfield & Robinson |
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| Vince Lamanna |
President |
Novo Nordisk Canada Inc. |
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| Ian Morton |
CEO |
Summerhill Group |
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| *Members of the Council for Clean Capitalism |
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Full letter with signatories can be downloaded at www.cleancapitalism.com
SOURCE Corporate Knights Inc.
Toby Heaps, 416-274-1432, [email protected], www.cleancapitalism.com
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