Powering Forward–
Accelerating Clean Energy Transition in the Great Lakes Region:Summary Jan 27 Event
CGLR hosted a virtual dialogue on clean energy Jan . 27, 2021 featuring OPG and CGLR Report for Accelerating Clean Energy in the Great Lakes Region
Valuing Nature & Ecosystem Services: Lessons Learned from Dow & The Nature Conservancy
What is the value of nature? Nature provides services that enable our very lives, but these services have rarely been valued in terms that allow us to include that value in key decisions—especially when it comes to business. Without visibility, they are often traded away inappropriately. Sustainable development requires that we be able to describe […]
Shifting to a Circular Economy: Lessons from Great Lakes Leaders O-I Glass & Clarios
For more information on the commitment to the circular economy in the Great Lakes, see our Circular Great Lakes Initiative. For the latest in responsible batteries and EVs, see ‘Electrifying Mobility in the Great Lakes Region.’ The Circular Economy is getting a lot of attention these days, but it’s nothing new to Clarios, the world’s […]
Oct. 27-29 Reuters Events
Responsible Business USA
Council of the Great Lakes Region is an event partner with Reuters Events for Responsible Business USA.
Leading the Sustainability Transformation: Covestro’s THINC30 Virtual Conference focuses on Sustainable Development in Pittsburgh–and Beyond
Laura Asiala, Council of the Great Lakes Region, gives talk at Covestro’s 2020 THINC30 Conference.
CGLR Launches Ontario Materials Marketplace with Pollution Probe and US Business Council for Sustainable Development
This summer, CGLR joined with Pollution Probe and the US Business Council for Sustainable Development to launch the Ontario Materials Marketplace. Made possible with funding from Environment and Climate Change Canada, the Ontario Materials Marketplace connects businesses and institutions to develop and scale new reuse and recycling market opportunities. During Wednesday’s event, Mark Fisher, President […]
International Joint Commission Boards’ Webinar on High Water Levels in Great Lakes
July 17, 2020 The International Lake Superior Board of Control, the International Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Board and the International Niagara Board of Control co-hosted a webinar on the historically high water levels in the Great Lakes, Friday, July 17, 2020. The webinar provided an overview of why the Great Lakes are at their current […]
CGLR Hosts Virtual Event for Education, Innovation & Entrepreneurship; Releases Great Lakes, Great Minds Report
When the global pandemic interrupted the 6th annual Great Lakes Economic Forum, the Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR) pivoted on the spot, and developed a virtual approach, which included bringing thought leaders from across the region and across sectors together and releasing their latest report ‘Great Lakes, Great Minds: Setting the Stage for […]
2019 e.Builders Forum in Niagara Falls Focuses on Strengthening Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
The International Business Innovation Association (InBIA) partners with the Niagara Global Tourism Institute (NGTI) and the Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR) shared contemporary ecosystem building practices, particularly under the lens of multi-jurisdictional clusters and collaboration, diversity, and inclusion. The International Business Innovation Association (InBIA), a global network for entrepreneurship centers hosted their 2019 […]
Great Lakes Economic Forum 2019: Cleveland
The Great Lakes Region, which is shared by the United States and Canada and comprised of eight states and the Canadian provinces on Ontario and Quebec, is the economic engine of the North America. In fact, with economic output worth US$6.0 trillion in 2017, the Region would represent the third largest economy in the world […]