Eugene Ellmen
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Business and financial journalism for the climate, people and communities. https://muckrack.com/eugene-ellmen
The Hamilton Farmers Market is getting ready for thousands of new residents and visitors that will help to transform the city's downtown. Can it meet these opportunities and emerge as the champion of local food culture in Hamilton? #HamOnt #FarmersMarkets hamiltoncitymagazine.ca/marketing-a-...
Marketing a new vision - Hamilton City Magazine
Business is looking up for the two-century-old Hamilton Farmers’ Market, but it needs to evolve, say its vendors, to meet growing demands and new opportunities. It will soon be undertaking a more entr...
hamiltoncitymagazine.ca
October 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The Hamilton Farmers Market is getting ready for thousands of new residents and visitors that will help to transform the city's downtown. Can it meet these opportunities and emerge as the champion of local food culture in Hamilton? #HamOnt #FarmersMarkets hamiltoncitymagazine.ca/marketing-a-...
Great to see a major bank recognizing the opportunity of Indigenous lending. #ESG funds for sure will subscribe. It will be interesting to see if conventional funds follow suit.
BMO First North American Bank to Issue Labelled Indigenous Bond in Support of Indigenous-Owned Businesses and Indigenous Communities -
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BMO First North American Bank to Issue Labelled Indigenous Bond in Support of Indigenous-Owned Businesses and Indigenous Communities -
TORONTO, Oct. 23, 2025 /CNW/ - BMO today announced the offering of a CAD $200 million 4-year callable (4NC3) Fixed-to-Floating Rate Indigenous Bond and welcomed Cedar Leaf Capital Inc., Canada's first majority Indigenous-owned investment dealer, to the dealer syndicate. Proceeds...
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October 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Great to see a major bank recognizing the opportunity of Indigenous lending. #ESG funds for sure will subscribe. It will be interesting to see if conventional funds follow suit.
A mix of fun and serious resolve against Trump in yesterday's protests. Great to see. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
Scenes From a Day of Mass Protests
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October 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
A mix of fun and serious resolve against Trump in yesterday's protests. Great to see. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
By sharply reducing the number of companies reporting under Europe's sustainability disclosure rules and wiping out key supply chain information mandates, the EU is delivering a blow to progress on sustainable finance. New statement from Eurosif and 480 investors and businesses.
Omnibus: setback for sustainable finance rules, but damage control on transition plans - EUROSIF
Aleksandra Palinska, Executive Director of Eurosif, commented: “Reducing the number of in-scope companies by over 90% for sustainability reporting and by 70% for rules on transition plans and due dili...
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October 14, 2025 at 12:56 PM
By sharply reducing the number of companies reporting under Europe's sustainability disclosure rules and wiping out key supply chain information mandates, the EU is delivering a blow to progress on sustainable finance. New statement from Eurosif and 480 investors and businesses.
The collapse of the NZBA seems to point to a bleak period ahead for the climate transition. Yet the Rocky Mountain Institute and Europe-based Finance Watch are laying out optimistic new approaches to engagement and regulation on banks and global warming. My article in Corporate Knights.
Mark Carney's Net-Zero Banking Alliance is done. Now what?
The end of the global network could spell more bank financing of fossil fuels, or a more effective path for the energy transition
www.corporateknights.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The collapse of the NZBA seems to point to a bleak period ahead for the climate transition. Yet the Rocky Mountain Institute and Europe-based Finance Watch are laying out optimistic new approaches to engagement and regulation on banks and global warming. My article in Corporate Knights.
The demands for capital to finance solutions to the polycrisis of the Trump tariffs, climate change, international wars, and non-stop innovation will be enormous. Where will Canada get the money? Canada’s financial regulator believes Bay Street holds the key. My report in Corporate Knights.
Canada’s financial industry regulator is quietly laying the ground for the country’s banks, insurance companies and pension funds to vastly increase credit and investments targeted to the current economic crisis.
Canada’s finance regulator could unlock up to $1 trillion in lending
Reforms would allow Canadian banks, insurers and pension funds to vastly increase financing to address the economic crisis
www.corporateknights.com
September 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The demands for capital to finance solutions to the polycrisis of the Trump tariffs, climate change, international wars, and non-stop innovation will be enormous. Where will Canada get the money? Canada’s financial regulator believes Bay Street holds the key. My report in Corporate Knights.
The Net-Zero Banking Alliance is officially dead, with yesterday's announcement. Simultaneously, though, US banks have reduced their fossil lending. For Wall Street, the energy transition is "complicated." www.semafor.com/article/08/0...
Net Zero Banking Alliance Pauses Activities - ESG Today
The Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), a UN-backed banking sector coalition dedicated to advancing global net zero goals through their financing activities, announced that it has paused its activities ...
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August 28, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The Net-Zero Banking Alliance is officially dead, with yesterday's announcement. Simultaneously, though, US banks have reduced their fossil lending. For Wall Street, the energy transition is "complicated." www.semafor.com/article/08/0...
The energy transition is building momentum with banks, hedge funds, pension funds and equity investors. And this is happening as Donald Trump pushes fossil fuels and trashes renewable energy. My report in Corporate Knights. share.google/VerwWVOJshJP...
Defying Trump, banks and investors boost renewables as they recoil from fossil fuel stocks
Market forces appear to be pushing the financial sector away from fossil fuel investments
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August 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The energy transition is building momentum with banks, hedge funds, pension funds and equity investors. And this is happening as Donald Trump pushes fossil fuels and trashes renewable energy. My report in Corporate Knights. share.google/VerwWVOJshJP...
Responsible investors in Europe are warming up to defence stocks. But not all agree with the rush into arms companies. My report in Corporate Knights. share.google/0I4PvFjPSjwa...
August 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Responsible investors in Europe are warming up to defence stocks. But not all agree with the rush into arms companies. My report in Corporate Knights. share.google/0I4PvFjPSjwa...
Climate lawsuits are real. The regulators and lawmakers deciding on Canada’s national infrastructure projects need to take note. ccli.ubc.ca/landmark-leg...
Landmark legal opinion finds that Canadian directors risk lawsuits over climate and nature inaction
Canadian company directors who fail to address climate and nature risks, such as biodiversity loss, freshwater stress, or ecosystem degradation, could face legal action, according to a landmark legal ...
ccli.ubc.ca
July 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Climate lawsuits are real. The regulators and lawmakers deciding on Canada’s national infrastructure projects need to take note. ccli.ubc.ca/landmark-leg...
At over 3ºC, Canada ranks third-worst among G20 countries for its national implied global warming temperature rise. It's more than double the accepted level of 1.5ºC under the Paris Agreement. If 3ºC or more is really in the planet's future, it would be catastrophic. New data from MSCI.
Projected temperature alignment of G20 countries (Implied Temperature Rise in °C)
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July 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
At over 3ºC, Canada ranks third-worst among G20 countries for its national implied global warming temperature rise. It's more than double the accepted level of 1.5ºC under the Paris Agreement. If 3ºC or more is really in the planet's future, it would be catastrophic. New data from MSCI.
Ontario needs to assure ArcelorMittal Dofasco it can provide affordable, abundant and clean power for its green steel project. The future of Hamilton as a major steel producer is at stake. My take in today’s Hamilton Spectator.
Green steel projects have run into a problem
Green steel projects have run into a problem
Steel companies are cancelling their hydrogen initiatives. Will Dofasco's project meet the same fate?
www.thespec.com
July 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Ontario needs to assure ArcelorMittal Dofasco it can provide affordable, abundant and clean power for its green steel project. The future of Hamilton as a major steel producer is at stake. My take in today’s Hamilton Spectator.
I always find it frustrating when people pit renewables against nuclear. Wind, solar and battery power can meet our immediate needs for CO2-free generation. Nuclear provides a good option for the vast power needs of the future. Let’s build both. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Can we afford to be afraid of nuclear power?
Not only is nuclear essential if we want to reach net zero – it’s the key to tackling poverty, too
www.theguardian.com
July 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I always find it frustrating when people pit renewables against nuclear. Wind, solar and battery power can meet our immediate needs for CO2-free generation. Nuclear provides a good option for the vast power needs of the future. Let’s build both. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
This article is a romantic rumination on Canada's new nationalism. But in economic terms, here is the hard question: Can we preserve access to US markets in the short term while forging a more independent economy over the long-term. We should know in a few weeks. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Canada’s Terrible New Freedom
This Canada Day, Trump is fueling a very different kind of nationalism.
www.theatlantic.com
July 5, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This article is a romantic rumination on Canada's new nationalism. But in economic terms, here is the hard question: Can we preserve access to US markets in the short term while forging a more independent economy over the long-term. We should know in a few weeks. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Trump's domestic policy bill won't be as bad for the energy transition as originally feared. But it will slow down wind and solar energy and EV adootion. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/c...
How the G.O.P. Bill Will Reshape America’s Energy Landscape
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July 4, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Trump's domestic policy bill won't be as bad for the energy transition as originally feared. But it will slow down wind and solar energy and EV adootion. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/c...
The steps to transition to a clean-energy future can seem daunting. But the path is clear: ramp up investment in renewables, electric vehicles and green buildings. www.thestar.com/business/opi...
Is your firm a good corporate citizen? Top 50 report’s CEO analyzes what Canadian companies got right — and wrong
Corporations need to not only do better, but do what the science and the economics tell us is necessary, writes Corporate Knight's CEO Toby Heaps.
www.thestar.com
June 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The steps to transition to a clean-energy future can seem daunting. But the path is clear: ramp up investment in renewables, electric vehicles and green buildings. www.thestar.com/business/opi...
A new report shows global banks are sharply ramping up fossil fuel financing, flying in the face of what the world needs to avoid catastrophic global warming. My piece in Corporate Knights. ://www.corporateknights.com/category-finance/banks-reverse-course-pour-more-money-into-fossil-fuels/
Banks reverse course and pour more money into fossil fuels
Clean energy is poised to pull in double the financing as oil, gas and coal, but a new report shows that big banks, especially Canadian and U.S. entities, are still betting big on fossil fuels
www.corporateknights.com
June 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
A new report shows global banks are sharply ramping up fossil fuel financing, flying in the face of what the world needs to avoid catastrophic global warming. My piece in Corporate Knights. ://www.corporateknights.com/category-finance/banks-reverse-course-pour-more-money-into-fossil-fuels/
Looks like Trump's policies are starting to put the brakes on the global solar industry. This doesn't mean the industry is in permanent reversal, but a significant slowdown appears to be underway. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Gloom Gathers Over Solar Companies in the US and China
Today’s newsletter comes from our team in China, where solar manufacturers and investors are gathering at the world’s largest fair for their industry in Shanghai this week. You can read more about the...
www.bloomberg.com
June 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Looks like Trump's policies are starting to put the brakes on the global solar industry. This doesn't mean the industry is in permanent reversal, but a significant slowdown appears to be underway. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
With Mark Carney calling on Canada to become an energy superpower, there's an urgent need for corporate climate transition plans. Future growth can't come at the expense of higher emissions. Here's a plan from Business Future Pathways. www.corporateknights.com/category-fin...
A new plan to kick-start the energy transition at Canadian companies
Credible energy transition plans are vanishingly rare. Business Future Pathways has a strategy to change that.
www.corporateknights.com
June 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
With Mark Carney calling on Canada to become an energy superpower, there's an urgent need for corporate climate transition plans. Future growth can't come at the expense of higher emissions. Here's a plan from Business Future Pathways. www.corporateknights.com/category-fin...
This is an unusual idea, but I think it will get some traction. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Canada won’t become the 51st US state – but could it join the EU?
Donald Trump’s extraordinary threats have angered Canadians and Europeans, and the idea of a new kind of transatlantic alliance is gaining traction
www.theguardian.com
June 8, 2025 at 10:54 AM
This is an unusual idea, but I think it will get some traction. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
More than 70 prominent women in Canadian finance, business and civil society have issued an urgent call to securities regulators: get back to work on mandatory corporate climate disclosure. My piece in Corporate Knights. www.corporateknights.com/category-fin...
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June 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
More than 70 prominent women in Canadian finance, business and civil society have issued an urgent call to securities regulators: get back to work on mandatory corporate climate disclosure. My piece in Corporate Knights. www.corporateknights.com/category-fin...
The Hamilton Farmers Market is modernizing to enable it to play a key role in the new economy of downtown Hamilton. My take in the Spectator. #Hamont www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...
Hamilton Farmers’ Market needs rejuvenation to reflect a changing downtown
It’s crucial that the market swiftly reinvents itself for the coming wave of additional customers.
www.thespec.com
May 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The Hamilton Farmers Market is modernizing to enable it to play a key role in the new economy of downtown Hamilton. My take in the Spectator. #Hamont www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...
A new conception of Hamilton's economic future is emerging out of Donald Trump's destructive tariffs. Attention is turning from trade with the U.S. to east-west markets in Canada and Europe. Read all about this in my new feature in Hamilton City Magazine. hamiltoncitymagazine.ca/the-tariff-w...
The tariff war means a new normal for Hamilton businesses - Hamilton City Magazine
The wrecking ball that Donald Trump has taken to international trade has wounded relations between Hamilton businesses and their American suppliers and customers. Now they’re looking east and west to ...
hamiltoncitymagazine.ca
May 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
A new conception of Hamilton's economic future is emerging out of Donald Trump's destructive tariffs. Attention is turning from trade with the U.S. to east-west markets in Canada and Europe. Read all about this in my new feature in Hamilton City Magazine. hamiltoncitymagazine.ca/the-tariff-w...
1/2 RBC's decision to retreat on its climate goals has kicked off an interesting debate about Canada's anti-greenwashing legislation. Here's my take in Corporate Knights.
RBC says that Canada's anti-greenwashing rules are behind its decision to "retire" a goal to mobilize $500 billion in sustainable finance. The move elicited mixed responses among sustainable investors, and some welcomed the bank's rejection of greenwashing.
RBC’s climate retreat sparks debate over anti-greenwashing law
The Canadian bank says anti-greenwashing legislation forced it to curb its climate commitments. Sustainable investors aren’t convinced.
www.corporateknights.com
May 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
1/2 RBC's decision to retreat on its climate goals has kicked off an interesting debate about Canada's anti-greenwashing legislation. Here's my take in Corporate Knights.
Corporate Knights connects the dots, explaining how Donald Trump's tariff attacks are shaping the upcoming federal election alongside critical issues in the energy and climate transition. www.corporateknights.com/energy/clima...
What the two main parties have planned for Canada's energy future
Pierre Poilievre and Mark Carney have competing plans to get the country out of a tight spot, but it all comes down to energy infrastructure
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April 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Corporate Knights connects the dots, explaining how Donald Trump's tariff attacks are shaping the upcoming federal election alongside critical issues in the energy and climate transition. www.corporateknights.com/energy/clima...