On June 25th, 2009 local business leaders from the Pearson Eco-Business Zone boarded a bus and set out on an adventure to see first hand the green initiatives of their neighbours.  With stops at Woodbine Entertainment, Lange Transportation, the Greater Toronto Airports Authority, Bayer Inc. and Molson, attendees were treated to the whole gamut of environmental programs - ranging from an underground stormwater system and geo-thermal retrofit, to a green roof and Molson's recycling program.

A new study released by the Ontario Environment Industry Association (ONEIA) shows that Ontario environment firms are concerned the province may miss a crucial opportunity in the coming years if business and government cannot establish new ways of working together. The study, "Ready to Grow: Making Ontario's environment industry a world leader at home and abroad", was conducted by Deloitte for the Ontario Environment Industry Association (ONEIA). It found that environment companies are eager to capitalize on growing world demand but are concerned that an overcautious regulatory system, lack of proper pricing on environmental problems, unfocused regulation and lack of cooperation may be significant barriers to growth.

Molson Coors Brewing Company announced the release of its 2008 online corporate responsibility report, which provides a summary of the company’s 2008 and 2009 to-date performance and future priorities. In 2008 and the first half of 2009, Molson Coors has achieved important milestones with its corporate responsibility initiatives including signing the UN CEO Water Mandate, implementing an environmental assurance process, establishing a governance and reporting structure and improving environmental performance - including a 12 percent reduction in CO2 emissions and a four percent reduction in water use.

“Molson Coors’ performance against these targets has been driven by embedding responsibility into the business, making it a part of everything we do,” said Peter Swinburn, president and CEO of Molson Coors Brewing Company. “We do this because corporate responsibility is simply good business. We manage it and measure it as a business initiative – not an ancillary project that can be set aside when other priorities arise.”

A team of British researchers reckon they have hit on a way of cutting airline fuel bills by up to a fifth by harnessing the same principle that applies when you blow across the top of a bottle to make a sound.

Speaking to BusinessGreen.com, Dr Duncan Lockerby, from the University of Warwick, who is leading the project, explained that placing tens or even hundreds of thousands of tiny holes in the surface of a plane's wing should dramatically reduce mid-flight drag, cutting fuel bills and carbon emissions by up to 20 per cent in the process.