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global warming

What does ‘net zero emissions’ even mean for Canadian business? Without set standards, it’s hard to tell

The companies who’ve promised to lighten their carbon footprints have set aspirational targets and deadlines that are all over the map. Are they legitimate attempts to help the planet, or just green signaling?

Which Canadian companies have pledged net zero carbon emissions, and by when?

Getting greenhouse-gas emissions to ‘net zero’ is an increasingly common corporate goal, but there’s no agreed standard for what it means. Here’s how Corporate Canada’s promises compare

procurement

Ottawa falls short on 5-per-cent procurement promise for Indigenous-owned businesses

Procurement Canada said so far during the pandemic it awarded 32 contracts worth $120-million to 24 Indigenous companies to provide goods and services ranging from masks to air charter services

Canada must make inclusive and diverse procurement part of its COVID-19 recovery plan

For too long, businesses owned by women and members of minority groups have been subject to systemic disadvantages in Canada

Madeleine Féquière

technology

Experts sound the alarm on Canada’s outdated 9-1-1 system

Plans to modernize the country’s emergency communications system – which is based on 1970s technology – were stymied by the pandemic

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Featured

A complete list of tax deductions and credits for any scenario

Tim Cestnick April 8

Tim Cestnick

Investor Clinic

Why I’m reinvesting dividends in this Big Five bank

April 9 Updated

Boeing warns WestJet, 15 other airlines to ground some 737 Max aircraft after new problems surface

GM Canada strikes deal to offload $1.8-billion in employee pensions

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Aviva Canada’s CEO says pandemic insurance coverage is now a thing of the past

COVID-19 has been the ‘most challenging’event the insurance industry has ever seen, but Storah sees climate change presenting even greater risk to insurers

Montreal’s Ventus Therapeutics raises $100-million to pursue ‘Holy Grail’ disease targets

Montreal firm looking to develop new medications for ‘Holy Grail’ targets to develop treatments that have eluded other researchers

A clause in Rogers’ 128-page takeover offer has hedge funds eyeing big gains from Shaw’s preferred shares

The crowd is putting money into what amounts to a preview of the potentially lucrative, or disastrous, play

Vendasta Technologies IPO struggles to sell, sources say, as Canada’s tech craze substantially cools

Management must now consider pricing the company’s shares below their marketing range of $14 and $16 apiece or pull the transaction altogether

Transat’s largest shareholder rebuffs Pierre Karl Peladeau’s offer

Peter Letko says the bid would amount to ‘giving the company away’

Women Lead Here: Our annual survey on gender diversity in corporate Canada

As companies strive for better, this is what ‘good’ looks like for the moment

Just say ehhhhh: When it comes to the lucrative U.S. drug discovery market, Canadians are everywhere

After a slow vaccine rollout that highlighted the country’s meagre domestic manufacturing capability, we should ask why many of our best and brightest moved away, and what it will take to get them back

Latest Business news

After dire year, England’s shops hope for end-of-lockdown shopping spree

IP experts say Ottawa’s proposed regulations could harm their business and drive up patent costs for domestic innovators

April 11 Updated

Bitcoin rises above US$60,000 again on talk of reduced supply

April 11 Updated

Ottawa falls short on 5-per-cent procurement promise for Indigenous-owned businesses

Experts sound the alarm on Canada’s outdated 9-1-1 system

Canada must make inclusive and diverse procurement part of its COVID-19 recovery plan

Madeleine Féquière April 11

Global co-operation is back on the agenda

Kevin Lynch and Paul Deegan April 11

Uganda, Tanzania, oil firms sign accords to build $3.5-billion pipeline

April 11 Updated

Video

U.S. ousts AstraZeneca from vaccine factory, puts J&J in charge

The Biden administration has removed AstraZeneca from the Baltimore vaccine factory that botched 15 million doses, and placed rival Johnson and Johnson in sole leadership of the facility instead. It's the latest setback for the British pharmaceutical giant.

Tim Hortons customers mixed on digital Roll Up to Win

Tim Hortons customers in Halifax had mixed opinions on the company's new spring marketing campaign. The chain announced Tuesday that its annual spring prize contest is now simply Roll up to Win – rather than Roll Up The Rim To Win.

NASA shows Perseverance rover's first drive on Mars

NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover has performed its first drive on Mars. The space agency on Friday showed images of the rover's wheel tracks on the surface of the Red Planet.

Video: Drawing Conclusions: How much does it cost to break a mortgage?

Personal finance expert Preet Banerjee explains the two formulas you need to know: Three Months' Interest and Interest Rate Differential (IRD)

How scientists will use the Perseverance rover to gather rocks on Mars

Perseverance has a complex mission ahead of it to look for signs of ancient life on Mars by collecting and examining rocks. Chris Herd from the University of Alberta is on the team that will decide where the rover will take samples.

Can you light a match on the moon? The science of fire in space

Globe science reporter, Ivan Semeniuk, explains how fire works in space, and if you could really light a match on the moon.

Light work: How a roll of film is processed

In the lab at Toronto's Downtown Camera, the staff is busy fulfilling developing and scanning jobs for photographers who are shooting on film. Here's a peek at how they processed a roll of Portra 800 120mm for The Globe's story on the expansion of the store to meet the growth of film usage.

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Let the pandemic smoke clear, then see where the housing frenzy stands

David Parkinson

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International Business

India bans exports of anti-viral drug Remdesivir as COVID-19 cases surge

South Korean EV-battery makers bow to Biden pressure and agree to end damaging legal battle

China fines Alibaba $2.8-billion in landmark antitrust case

Hairstylists hit hard by COVID-19 are hoping their postpandemic future is freshly coiffed

‘It’s been a sprint’: A new wave of business creation is taking hold

Ontario budget renews small-business grants, announces $400-million for hard-hit sectors

Better management means better remote meetings

Why the quest for good soft skills can often be the same as looking for ‘whiteness’

Things to keep in mind if you want to be a good boss or colleague for a woman

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