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FINDING SUSTAINABLE PATHWAYS

OUR PROCESS

Our process helps Canada achieve sustainable development solutions that integrate environmental and economic considerations to ensure the lasting prosperity and well-being of our nation.

RESEARCH

We rigorously research and conduct high quality analysis on issues of sustainable development. Our thinking is original and thought provoking.

CONVENE

We convene opinion leaders and experts from across Canada around our table to share their knowledge and diverse perspectives. We stimulate debate and integrate polarities. We create a context for possibilities to emerge.

ADVISE

We generate ideas and provide realistic solutions to advise governments, Parliament and Canadians. We proceed with resolve and optimism to bring Canada’s economy and environment closer together.

Acknowledgements

Canada’s Opportunity: Adopting Life Cycle Approaches for Sustainable Development

 

The National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRT) would like to thank the many experts, stakeholders, consultants and government officials that informed the research and convening that helped shape this report.

We would like to thank the members of the Expert Advisory Committee for their support and guidance throughout the project. Their advice on the scope of the research and report focus was invaluable.

As part of our convening, we heard from more than 100 stakeholders from the Government of Canada, private sector, NGOs and academia in seven sessions. Many thanks to the people who took the time to participate in these sessions, whose insight were instrumental in shaping our research findings.

We would like to thank the consultants who helped the NRT conduct this research. In particular, thanks go to Demeter Consulting, ICF Marbek and Stratos Inc. for their assistance with some of the stakeholder sessions and for their contributions to the research findings. Special thanks to Stefanie Bowles (Policy Horizons Canada), Kevin Brady (Demeter Consulting), Edouard Clément (Quantis) and David Smith (Sobeys Inc.) for reviewing a draft version of this report.

The NRT would like to acknowledge the efforts of the secretariat staff in the research and convening that made this report possible. Many thanks go to Denise Edwards, administrative assistant, for the organization of many stakeholder and expert sessions. The communications team – Marie-Josée Lapointe, Tony Bégin, Edwin Smith, Richard Pilon and Nadra Meigag – provided support to the project and managed the design and production of the report. Finally, thank you to Hilary Davies, Sandeep Pandher, Liza Campbell and René Drolet for their significant contributions to the research, analysis and writing of the report.