Council of the Great Lakes Region Releases Bi-National Circular Great Lakes Strategy and Action Plan for Plastic Packaging Waste and Litter
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JUNE 28TH, 2022 CHICAGO, IL / June 28, 2022 – Today, the Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR), as part of its Circular Great Lakes initiative, released an innovative five-year circular economy strategy and action plan for plastics. The organization worked in collaboration with a number of corporate stakeholders in the […]
The Road to Net Zero: How Manufacturers Can Prepare For a Zero-Carbon Future
Consensus can often be difficult to reach. Whether around public policy or business actions, there are usually differing views, priorities and objectives that need to be aligned to reach agreement. As we look towards the future of manufacturing, there is one area where all stakeholders in the sector are united: the critical importance of decarbonizing […]
Systems Change is Harder Than it Looks: Systems Shift May be the Answer
All systems are perfectly designed to produce their results — even when their results are far from perfect. W. Edwards Deming observed that decades ago. Don’t like the results? Change the system. Potential systems change exists on a continuum, from wholesale system destruction and reconstruction to incremental system shifts. The former is often due to […]
An Untapped Resource
For over 200 years the people of Canada and the United States have peacefully shared and benefited from our wonderful communal resource, the Great Lakes. Though we have a mutual commitment to open societies based on democracy, human rights and personal economic freedom, we do have differences in political structures, taxation, regulation and appropriate levels […]
Water Circularity Put to Practice in a Water-Intensive Industry
The Great Lakes are an invaluable freshwater resource, holding eighty-four percent of North America’s fresh surface water, providing drinking water to more than 40 million people, and acting as the lifeblood that fuels much of the region’s economic activity. Green Bay Packaging (GBP), headquartered along an arm of Lake Michigan in Green Bay, Wisconsin and […]
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 […]
Who Wins With Clean Energy? The Benefits Go Beyond Better Health
No smog days. That’s the simple mantra usually invoked by people praising Ontario’s historic energy shift a decade ago, when the last coal-fired electricity plants were shuttered and replaced—almost fully—by clean energy sources. You can literally see and inhale the benefits of the clean electricity grid in the clearer skies and better air to breathe. […]
How The Great Lakes Region Can Lead The EV Revolution
Authors: Suzanne Goldberg, Director of Public Policy – Canada, ChargePoint Kevin Miller, Director of Public Policy, ChargePoint Home to over 107 million people, the Great Lakes Region is bustling, with tens of millions of cars, trucks, and buses crossing state, provincial, and national borders every year. Today, gasoline and diesel power most of the region’s […]
2022 Political Wish List: Don’t miss out on a Great Solution for Supply Chain Disruption
Author: Bruce R. Burrows, President and CEO, Chamber of Marine Commerce Supply chain disruption has been the business buzz phrase of 2021 and now 2022 – and for good reason. Whether it’s from climate-related weather events, labour issues or more recently protests related to the pandemic – supply chain disruptions result in serious economic consequences […]