Home / Life Cycle Approaches to Sustainable Development / January 26, 2012 – Life Cycle Approaches: Exploring Barriers and Policy Responses

January 26, 2012 – Life Cycle Approaches: Exploring Barriers and Policy Responses

Meeting Overview

The National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRT) is hosting a stakeholder session to support its research on how Life Cycle Approaches can be used and supported by the Government of Canada. The NRT’s focus is on how to better mitigate the risks and leverage the opportunities presented by Life Cycle Approaches to enhance economic competitiveness and environmental stewardship within Canada.

Meeting Objectives

The session will explore the potential responses and actions of the federal government in supporting the adoption of Life Cycle Approaches within Canada. The three main objectives of the session are:

1. To validate the framing of key issues associated with Life Cycle Approaches in Canada, as presented by the NRT;
2. To discuss the barriers currently impeding the uptake of Life Cycle Approaches in the public and the private sector;
3. To identify a suite of federal policy instruments / actions for recommendation to the Government of Canada.

Photos

Participants

Lise Beutel Senior Business Consultant terrachoice

Liza Campbell Research Associate National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy

Edouard Clément Vice-President, Operations Quantis

Hilary Davies Policy Advisor National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy

René Drolet Director, Policy and Research National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy

Denise Edwards Administrative Assistant National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy

Gerry Ertel Regulatory Affairs Manager and Climate Change Specialist Shell Canada Limited

Jesse Fleming Senior Policy Analyst, Integrated Decision Making Division Environment Canada

Pamela Hay Chief Coordinator Rio+20, United Nations and Commonwealth Affairs Division Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada

Jon Johnson Chairman of the Board, The Sustainability Consortium Professor of Sustainability University of Arkansas

Allen Langdon Vice-President, Sustainability Retail Council of Canada

David McLaughlin President and CEO National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy

Jennifer O’Connor Group Leader, Energy & Environment, Building Systems Program FPInnovations

Sandeep Pandher Policy Advisor National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy

Annie Prigge Trade and Policy Analyst, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada

Nada Sutic Director, Sustainability, National Real Estate Services Bentall Kennedy (Canada) LP

Wayne Trusty President Wayne B. Trusty & Associates Limited

Erik Veldman Climate Change Project Manager CSA Standards

Steven Young Professor, Enterprise and Development (SEED), Environment and Business Undergraduate Program School of Environment University of Waterloo