INDUSTRY NEWS

Cascades’ Canadian Retail Tissue division has ranked first in the Household paper category in the 2022 Voice of Retailer feedback survey, done by the Advantage Group International.

Cascades ranked first in 16 out of the 28 competencies evaluated by retailers, and 96 per cent of the corporation’s competencies are considered “best in class” including capability and expertise; trust; customer service; collaborative planning; ESG & innovation. The corporation also ranked first in the top 125 manufacturer’s serving the Canadian market in retailer sentiment.

“Coming out of a pandemic that tested our entire industry and more, particularly our supply chains, we are very proud of this recognition,” said president and COO of Cascades Tissue Group, Jean-David Tardif.

The report benchmarked view of performance as rated by business on their business relationships’ strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities.

EcoVadis, a provider of business sustainability ratings, has acquired ecotrek, a sustainability data mining company. The company’s automated sustainability data collection, scanning, and analysis capabilities complement EcoVadis’ solutions by enhancing technical capabilities, improving customer experience, and expanding visibility with data about trading partners, the company said.

With over five million company profiles in its database, ecotrek’s sustainability data mining (SDM) capabilities make it possible to automate the gathering and integration of sustainability data into business processes.

This gives EcoVadis access to company-specific insights to understand environmental, social and ethical risk and opportunity, providing supply chain risk visibility.

Cadillac Fairview (CF) has won Zero Carbon Building (ZCB) – Performance standard certification for seven buildings in its Vancouver office portfolio.

The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) awarded the certification to four Pacific Centre Office locations: 777 Dunsmuir, 885 West Georgia, 609 Granville and 700 West Georgia, and three Waterfront Properties: 200 Granville, 200 Burrard and 250 Howe.

“CF is committed to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 for our Canadian portfolio and this recognition demonstrates our drive to meet our targets related to emissions, energy, climate resilience, sustainable transport, water and waste,” said Sal Iacono, executive VP of operations at Cadillac Fairview.

CF achieved the ZCB certifications through CO2 emission mitigation initiatives and capital projects. CF has incorporated advanced technologies and best practices to support CF’s journey to net zero, including the installation of the GeoExchange Plant at 777 Dunsmuir; installation of heat recovery chiller systems at multiple properties; and revitalizing 609 Granville by reglazing its exterior to provide optimal energy performance.

Several CF properties have also won the WELL-Health-SafetyRating, as well as LEED, BOMA BEST and Rick Hansen Foundation Accessibility Certifications.

To help secure long-term investment in Ontario, Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters president and CEO Dennis Darby has called on the province to reduce red tape by $700 million over the next four years as the province creates an advanced manufacturing strategy.

At a roundtable with Parm Gill, Minister of Red Tape Reduction, Darby praised the province’s commitment in its recent Fall Economic Statement to streamlining government requirements for businesses and the creation of new consultation groups.

“Unnecessary, duplicative processes and red tape can plague all critical elements of doing business in Ontario – from hiring, to building a new facility or exporting,” said Darby. “It has been refreshing to see the government of Ontario set a specific objective for regulatory burden reduction – $576 million over the last four years, and then meet that objective.”

CME members discussed three key themes during the discussion: labour and human resources; transportation and supply chain; and employment lands and real estate.

Supply chain solutions provider Nulogy has appointed Henry Canitz, Nulogy’s VP, industry strategy, to the board of directors of the Foundation for Supply Chain Solutions (F4SS).

F4SS is a national trade association focused on building and strengthening supply chain partnerships within the consumer goods industry.

In his three-year term, Canitz will leverage his over 30 years’ of experience to promote the F4SS mission of promoting partnerships between FMCG brands and their supply partners.

At Nulogy, Canitz champions collaboration to accelerate the efficiency and effectiveness of the supply ecosystems of FMCG companies, and is an expert on the multi-enterprise supply chain business networks (MESCBN) software category.

“It is an honour and an exciting opportunity to join the F4SS board to help grow collaboration in the consumer goods industry,” Canitz said. “I look forward to working with the other F4SS board members to generate new collaborative capabilities between FMCG companies and their strategic partners for years to come.”

Joining Canitz on the F4SS board are: Steve Schroder, president, creative werks llc; Chuck Woods, executive director - customer & commercial, MSI Express; and Annette Cutchens, VP, customer solutions, Coregistics.