Meijer Donates $1M to the Council of the Great Lakes Region to Clean Up Midwest Lakeshores
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: APRIL 20, 2022 Retailer’s participation in Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup Program to focus on beach cleanup, pollution awareness and education. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Meijer announced today a $1 million donation to the charitable arm of the Council of the Great Lakes Region in the United States – the CGLR Foundation – […]
Council of the Great Lakes Region Partners With TVO to Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: APRIL 14, 2022 The Council of the Great Lakes Region is pleased to partner with TVO to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Canada-United States Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement and the vital role that the lakes play in supporting Canada’s economy, people, and natural spaces, with a focus on Ontario. Taken […]
Council of the Great Lakes Region (Canada) Announces New Board of Directors
OTTAWA, ON and CLEVELAND, OH / January 12, 2022 – The Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR), a Canadian not-for-profit forum of business, government, academic, and non-profit leaders committed to working across sectors and the Canada-United States border to strengthen the bi-national Great Lakes region’s long-term competitiveness and sustainability, is pleased to announce that […]
Sustainable Great Lakes: A Regional Assessment of Sustainability in the Binational Great Lakes Megaregion
For over fifty years, governments around the world, including in Canada, have discussed the importance of sustainability or sustainable development. One of the more prominent undertakings was the Rio Summit in Brazil in 1992, which led to the creation of Agenda 21. Subsequently, the Millennium Development Goals were adopted by the United Nations in 2000, […]
For Immediate Release: Great Lakes Carbon Collaborative
United States Business Council for Sustainable Development and the Council of the Great Lakes Region Announce Strategic Decarbonization Partnership TORONTO, Ontario and HOUSTON, Texas, September 29, 2021 – The United States Business Council for Sustainable Development (US BCSD), a leading business and sustainability association, today announced a strategic partnership with the bi-national Council of the […]
Great Lakes Carbon Collaborative
The bi-national Great Lakes region is home to 107 million people and has a combined GDP of US$6.0 trillion, making it an ideal place for American and Canada businesses, governments, academia, and the non-profit sector to come together as one to discuss shared decarbonization interests and solutions. The Council of the Great Lakes Region is […]
Circular Great Lakes Launches to Combat Plastic Waste and Pollution
Announcing Circular Great Lakes by CGLR.
For Immediate Release:
Circular Great Lakes Launches to Combat Plastic Waste and Pollution
Press Release March 31, 2021: Circular Great Lakes Launches to Combat Plastic Waste & Pollution
Great Lakes CEOs Lead Global Commitment for Responsible Water Use
4 CEOs from Great Lakes Region among the 16 leaders to sign global commitment for water.
CGLR CEO Highlights Opportunities for US-Canada Cooperation for Great Lakes Region
Great Lakes Now highlights new opportunities for U.S.-Canadian cooperation, including the perspective of Council of the Great Lakes Region CEO Mark Fisher. Despite blustery rhetoric about zeroing the GLRI budget, restoration work continued without disruption, Council of the Great Lakes Region president Mark Fisher told Great Lakes Now. “We’ve seen an even stronger commitment to […]