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Watch the full recording of our roundtable on #BuildingBackBetter by Greening Industry featuring Mark Rowlinson of Blue Green Power Canada, Kent Stuehmer of Lehigh Hanson Canada, Jo-Anne St. Godard of Recycling Council of Ontario, Nick Xenos of Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Chris Bataille of IPCC and Denis Leclerc of Écotech Québec. Expert Commentators include Terri Lynn Morrison of Indigenous Clean Energy, Ralph Torrie of Sustainability Solutions Group and Dave Sawyer of Canadian Institute for Climate Choices! #GreenRecovery
To read the analysis presented today on how $5 billion in premiums for low carbon steel and cement over the next decade could help to catalyse $37 billion of decarbonisation investment, 240,000 person years of employment, and lead to 8 million tonnes of reduced GHG emissions, head to Ralph Torrie and Toby Heaps' white paper here: corporateknights.com/channels/supply-chain/building-back-better-greening-industry-15893679
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Thanks to the Metcalf Foundation, Torrie Smith Associates, Trottier Family Foundation, and the Ivey Foundation for making this series possible!
Watch the full recording of our roundtable on #BuildingBackBetter by Greening Industry featuring Mark Rowlinson of Blue Green Power Canada, Kent Stuehmer of Lehigh Hanson Canada, Jo-Anne St. Godard of Recycling Council of Ontario, Nick Xenos of Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Chris Bataille of IPCC and Denis Leclerc of Écotech Québec. Expert Commentators include Terri Lynn Morrison of Indigenous Clean Energy, Ralph Torrie of Sustainability Solutions Group and Dave Sawyer of Canadian Institute for Climate Choices! #GreenRecovery
To read the analysis presented today on how $5 billion in premiums for low carbon steel and cement over the next decade could help to catalyse $37 billion of decarbonisation investment, 240,000 person years of employment, and lead to 8 million tonnes of reduced GHG emissions, head to Ralph Torrie and Toby Heaps' white paper here: corporateknights.com/channels/supply-chain/building-back-better-greening-industry-15893679
Subscribe to our weekly newsletter
To get green recovery and sustainable business news, subscribe to Corporate Knights Weekly Roundup here: corporateknights.com/subscribe
Looking for our Green Recovery home page?
You can find all our analysis, event info and videos on Planning for a Green Recovery in one convenient place: corporateknights.com/green-recovery
Register for next week's roundtable event
Please join us again next Wednesday for the fifth of seven events in this series: Building Back Better with Forests.
Thanks to the Metcalf Foundation, Torrie Smith Associates, Trottier Family Foundation, and the Ivey Foundation for making this series possible!







![Fast Food Ranking: How do the worlds largest food chains stack up on animal welfare? [New Research]
Animal Welfare is a growing trend for socially responsible investing. As of July, 30 the Global Investor Collaboration on Farm Animal Welfare had 30 participants representing £2.3 trillion in assets under management. However, some financial institutions lag in this area; at least six top global pension funds have holdings in potentially cruel companies.
For a clear picture of the current landscape in the food industry, Corporate Knights has analyzed the worlds largest fast food companies animal welfare performance. In collaboration with Humane Society International Canada and a panel of finance, advocacy, and industry experts (including representation from Shake Shack), we discuss our research and how corporations and investors can serve in improving food industry animal welfare.
In this roundtable, we discuss:
-Key takeaways from the first Global Fast Food Company Animal Welfare Ranking
-The role of finance in raising the bar for animal welfare in supply chains
-Why animal welfare is an important ESG issue
-How food companies can lead by making meaningful, specific, time-bound commitments (with accountability/progress mechanisms)
Co-Hosts:
Toby Heaps, CEO & Editor-in-Chief, Corporate Knights
Adria Vasil, Managing Editor, Corporate Knights
Contributors:
Jeffrey Amoscato, Senior VP Supply Chain & Menu Innovation, Shake Shack
Riana Topan, Campaign Manager, HSI Canada
Bas Ruter, Director of Sustainability, Rabobank
Leslie Samuelrich, President, Green Century Funds Fast Food Ranking: How do the worlds largest food chains stack up on animal welfare? [New Research]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/i_gMUwY9XpA/mqdefault.jpg)


