Pembina Corporate Consulting

Published: Jul 21, 2010

By: Dave Lovekin, Ngaio Hotte

Geoexchange systems, also known as low-temperature or shallow geothermal systems, utilize the constant temperature just below the earth's surface to heat and cool buildings. These types of systems use mature, proven technologies and have been successfully used around the world for years. They are extremely efficient, providing three to four units of free energy for every one unit of energy consumed. Geoexchange systems can be used in residential, commercial and industrial buildings and have many technical, environmental and economic benefits.

Publication Type: Briefing Notes, Summaries & Fact Sheets

Topic Area: Corporate Consulting

Published: May 31, 2010

By: Jeremy Moorhouse, Marc Huot, Matthew McCulloch

Pembina completed a preliminary review of the environmental risks and benefits of underground coal gasification (UCG). What is UCG? Instead of removing coal from the ground and transporting it to a power plant to be combusted and turned into electricity, UCG operators hope to convert the coal locked underground into a gas, known as synthesis gas or syngas, that can be extracted at the site without mining. The report concludes that a pilot project in Alberta seems like a necessary next step to understand how mitigate the risks of the technology and determine if the considerable benefits can be realized. The pilot would have be developed with the support of the local community.

Publication Type: Reports, Backgrounders & Position Papers

Topic Area: Corporate Consulting

Published: Jul 16, 2009

By: David Suzuki Foundation, Pembina Institute, Rich Wong

Purchasing Carbon Offsets: A Guide for Canadian Consumers, Businesses, and Organizations is a guide for Canadians seeking to offset climate-altering emissions from air travel or other activities. The guide provides general information on offsets, as well as a comparative ranking of 20 offset vendors from Canada and around the world. The ranking is based on criteria established by staff from the Pembina Institute and the David Suzuki Foundation, and is a joint publication.

Publication Type: Reports, Backgrounders & Position Papers

Topic Area: Corporate Consulting

Published: Jul 18, 2008

By: Ed Whittingham

The U.S. Climate Action Partnership (USCAP) is a coalition of transnational companies and major environmental groups that advocates for strong federal U.S. legislation on climate change. Using insider perspectives this report explores USCAP's successes and challenges to date, and offers lessons to those interested in cross-sector partnerships for influencing regulation and policy.

Publication Type: Reports, Backgrounders & Position Papers

Topic Area: Corporate Consulting

Published: Jan 17, 2008

By: Pembina Institute et al.

By: Kyla Fisher, Erin Bishop, Glynn Davis, Ed Whittingham

This report explores corporate perspectives on Corporate Environmental Responsibility (CER) within the Canadian unconventional gas industry. In it, executives, senior managers, engineers and others comment on their definitions of corporate environmental responsibility, their views on the role of environmental NGOs in promoting CER, and their experiences with collaborating with the ENGO community.

Publication Type: Reports, Backgrounders & Position Papers

Topic Area: Corporate Consulting

Published: Nov 28, 2007

By: Ed Whittingham, Jessica Mankowski, Katie Laufenberg

This compendium is a collection of six case studies showing how cross-sector partnerships can be used as vehicles for sustainable development in Canada.

Publication Type: Reports, Backgrounders & Position Papers

Topic Area: Corporate Consulting

Published: Oct 30, 2007

By: Mike Kennedy, Amy Taylor, Jaisel Vadgama

This document summarizes the proceedings from the Pembina Institute's Carbon Pricing for a Sustainable Economy conference, held in Calgary in October 2007.

The conference brought together a wide range of experts and practitioners for an intensive workshop with the goals of (a) highlighting and sharing cutting-edge thinking on carbon pricing tools, and (b) vetting and refining concrete design proposals that could form the basis for future policy.

About one hundred participants from a broad range of industry, government, ENGO, media and academic sectors took part, bringing their expertise as professionals, interests as stakeholders and problem-solving skills to the table.

The Delegates Package, including pre-conference readings, is also available.

Publication Type: Reports, Backgrounders & Position Papers

Topic Area: Corporate Consulting

Published: Feb 23, 2007

By: Katie Laufenberg, Ed Whittingham

A summary of the key proceedings and discussions arising from the Institute's "Thought Leader Forum on Environmental NGO-Industry Collaboration", held November 14, 2006, in Kananaskis Country, Alberta.

Publication Type: Reports, Backgrounders & Position Papers

Topic Area: Corporate Consulting

Published: Nov 28, 2006

By: Jeremy Moorhouse, Matthew McCulloch

Publication Type: Briefing Notes, Summaries & Fact Sheets

Topic Area: Corporate Consulting

Published: Oct 1, 2005

By: Alison Cretney, Erik Veldman, Marlo Raynolds, Peggy Holroyd

This report is a comprehensive view of the environmental community's expectations of companies that claim to be environmentally responsible. In the report, more than 50 environmental non-governmental organizations (NGOs) define corporate environmental responsibility and describe their vision of an environmentally responsible company.

Publication Type: Reports, Backgrounders & Position Papers

Topic Area: Corporate Consulting

Published: Oct 1, 2005

By: Jesse Row, Derek Neabel

A Life-Cycle Value Assessment of the Integrated Manure Utililization System, an emerging technology to convert cattle manure into electricity, heat, biofertilizer and reusable water, demonstrates the significant potential for this technology to improve the triple-bottom-line performance of intensive livestock operations.

Publication Type: Reports, Backgrounders & Position Papers

Topic Area: Corporate Consulting