Harbour Air is the first Canadian company to sign the Amazon Climate Pledge, a commitment to net-zero carbon emissions by 2040.
The B.C. seaplane airline joins some high-profile firms as early signatories, including Unilever, Microsoft, Brooks, Neste, Canary Wharf Group and ITV.
Companies pledge to measure and report greenhouse gas emissions on a regular basis, implement “decarbonization strategies” in line with the Paris Agreement through business changes and innovations, and neutralize any remaining emissions.
Sustainability has been a key area of focus for Harbour Air, as the company prepares to mark the one-year anniversary of its ePlane flight — the world’s first flight of a fully electric commercial aircraft.
Harbour Air has been calculating and offsetting the airline’s carbon footprint for more than a decade. In 2007, the regional airline became the world’s first and only carbon-neutral airline. Since then, Harbour Air has offset all of its emissions associated with seaplane fuel use and corporate operations.
New board for Island’s Better Business Bureau
Marion Harding-Soare of Soare Contracting is the new chair of the Better Business Bureau of Vancouver Island, succeeding Vern Fischer of Fischer Financial Services.
The BBB supports an ethical marketplace on Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands, Powell River and Haida Gwaii.
Others in key executive postions include vice-chair Gary Eisenstein, Falcon-Software; treasurer Robyn Walle, Baker Tilly; secretary Richard Gordon, consultant; member-at-large Walter J. Donald, The Executive Network; and president and CEO Rosalind Scott.
The directors of 2021 include Gregg Meiklejohn, Enrollment Resources; Richard Michaels, Maccrim Solutions; Mark Breslauer, United Way of Greater Victoria; Colin Watson, deputy chief constable of the Victoria Police Department; and Brody Funk, The Super Plumber.
Victoria tourism group welcomes directors
Destination Greater Victoria has appointed several new directors for 2021: Madone Pelan (Oak Bay Beach Hotel); Theresa Ito (Blue Mountain Solutions); David Gudgel (Clipper Vacations); and Darlene Hollstein (The Bay Centre) Victoria Coun. Sharmarke Dubow has also been appointed to the board of directors.
National honour awarded to Parksville company
A Parksville-based company that manufactures and distributes woollen dryer balls that eliminate the use of disposable dryer sheets has won an award from the Canadian Museum of Nature.
ULAT, founded in 2011 by Jennifer LeBrun, earned the Nature Inspiration Award for small to medium businesses in Canada.
ULAT is the first wool dryer-ball brand in the world.
