"Titan Environmental Containment (Titan) is a leading supplier, fabricator, and installer of geosynthetics and specialty civil engineering construction products that help manage the environment and prolong the life of critical infrastructure. Titan offers a range of innovative; low-impact and cost-effective product solutions designed to protect soil, water, and air, reduce carbon footprint, and preserve natural resources.
 
Being involved in civil infrastructure projects in a range of sectors, our work, and the work of our customers is essential for the development and maintenance of the modern infrastructure that, we, as a society rely on every day. Our climate is changing; this brings challenges to the work we all do and the way we can do it.  Now, more than ever, we must collectively focus on looking after the future of our planet and working towards a shared goal of doing better.
 
We see BizforClimate as a conduit to educate and raise awareness about global climate change issues while acting as a valuable public resource. By supporting BizforClimate and its Climate Action Pledge, Titan is taking steps in encouraging climate change mitigation and adaptation in the civil construction industry.
 
On this note, I’m happy to share with you a link to the recording of a virtual roundtable event that we, Titan, hosted this February on the topic of ‘Sustainability & Climate Change Trends in Infrastructure Construction’.
 
Nearly 400 industry professionals signed up for this virtual event featuring industry experts who discussed the importance of integrating climate adaptation, resiliency, and mitigation into practice in the fields of civil, geotechnical, and water resourcing engineering. It provided interesting and diverse perspectives on a very real issues that resonate with BizforClimate’s goal of advancing climate solutions at scale."

Juice Lambert
President
Titan Environmental Containment
 
Click here for recording and enjoy!

Webinar Overview:

This event included discussion around how engineers are supporting net-zero initiatives throughout the full lifecycle of an infrastructure construction project. 

Featuring speakers:

• Derek Earl (Host) Chair, BizforClimate & Manager, Global Infrastructure Advisory, KPMG Canada 
• Catherine Mulligan (Panelist) Director, Institute of Water, Energy & Sustainable Systems, Concordia University
• Ryan Dobson (Panelist) Geotechnical Engineer, KGS Group
• Trevor Sparks (Panelist) Global Vice-President, Tailings, Water and Environmental Management, Mining and Metallurgy , SNC-Lavalin

What was covered:

• Why it's important for engineers to consider net-zero initiatives. 
• How engineers are designing for new sustainability frameworks and how to measure the full impact of a build. 
• How engineers are anticipating climate change and adapting designs to be more resilient for changing conditions. 
• New sustainable technology and processes that should be on your radar. 
• And much more! 

MB Chamber of Commerce Climate Action Forums

The Manitoba Chambers of Commerce 2023 Climate Action Forum Series is designed to help build awareness & capacity and share experiences among Manitoba’s small-and-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) for enhancing resilience to climate change and achieving carbon reductions through their home game (operations and facilities) and away game (products and services offered).

In collaboration with Novel Futures, the Manitoba Environmental Industries Association (MEIA), and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), there are opportunities to participate in-person and online to engage with SMEs, organizations, and local governments, where participants will learn new approaches and share what they are doing to assess climate risk & build resilience, reduce carbon emissions via the circular economy, and use nature-based solutions.

BizforClimate's Founder and Chair, Derek Earl, will be co-facilitating the in-person events. 

ECO Canada Project Management Online Course

UN Climate Report: Scientists release 'survival guide' to avert climate disaster

The report outlines the "survival guide" for climate change. Clean energy and technology can be exploited to avoid the growing climate disaster, the report says.

Climate scientists warned a key global temperature goal will likely be missed.

Their report lays out how rapid cuts to fossil fuels can avert the worst effects of climate change.

SPECIAL REPORT: ‘Defuse the Climate Time Bomb’ with Net-Zero by 2040, Guterres Urges G20

UN Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed a major, new climate science report as a “how-to guide to defuse the climate time bomb”, minutes after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a dire warning urging countries to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions before a 1.5°C future slips out of reach.

“Humanity is on thin ice, and that ice is melting fast,” Guterres told an IPCC news conference in a seven-minute recorded address. A 1.5°C future is still “achievable, but it will take a quantum leap in climate action,” he added.