Climate-Ready Small Business Guides
Our Climate-Ready Small Business Guides aim to help local businesses save resources and money through low-cost solutions and awareness among staff and customers, increasing the resilience of small businesses in a changing climate.
- Download our Spring/Summer Climate-Ready Small Business Guide (PDF, 2.0 MB)
- Download our Fall/Winter Climate-Ready Small Business Guide (COMING SOON)
Spring/Summer Climate-Ready Small Business Guide
Download our Spring/Summer Climate-Ready Small Business Guide (PDF, 2.0 MB)
Additional Resources
Local Food and Food Access
- EarthCare Sudbury’s local food webpage: “Greater Sudbury’s Food System”
- Sudbury Shared Harvest Team Building
- Greater Sudbury's Food Access Map
Energy-Efficient Upgrades
- Information from Natural Resources Canada on “Standby power and “smart devices””
- Greater Sudbury Community Improvement Plans and Incentive Programs
- Greater Sudbury Community Improvement Plan Schedules A, B and C
- Greater Sudbury Hydro, “Save Energy For Small Businesses”
- Enbridge Gas, “Incentives & Conservation Programs”
- SAVE ON ENERGY, “For your Small Business"
- Enbridge Gas, “Air Curtains & Dock Door Seals”
Circular Economy
- Greater Sudbury's list of Take it Back Programs
- Government of Canada Inventory of Recycling Programs
- Canada Plastics Recyclers Directory
- Environmental Services List of Places to “Buy, Donate or Sell It"
- Habitat for Humanity Ontario Gateway North
- Business Development Canada, “Build a sustainable supply chain”
- Consumers willing to pay 9.7% sustainability premium, even as cost-of-living and inflationary concerns weigh: PwC 2024 Voice of the Consumer Survey
Active Transportation
- Smart Commute Sudbury
- GOVA Routes and Schedules
- City of Greater Sudbury Bike Month
Water Stewardship
- EarthCare Sudbury Green Gardening and Lawn Care
- Flood-Resilience for ICI Properties
- Watersheds Canada Business Supporter Program
- Ways that your small business can help conserve and protect Canada’s freshwater (Watersheds Canada)
Community Involvement
- Sudbury.com Charity and Not For Profit Directory
- United Way Centraide North East Ontario Volunteer Resource Centre
- EarthCare Sudbury Environmental Events Calendar
- Commuter Challenge
- City of Greater Sudbury Litter Clean Up Programs
Climate-Ready Business Strategy
- The Power of Sustainability for Small Businesses (Small Business Enterprise Centre)
- City of Greater Sudbury Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
- Open for Business: A Disaster Protection and Recovery Planning Toolkit for the Small to Mid-Sized Business (Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction)
- Building a Climate Resilient Business Resource Kit (Partners in Project Green)
- Canadian Red Cross' Emergency Preparedness Checklist for Small Businesses
- How Canada’s small and medium-sized businesses can better prepare for fires, floods and heatwaves: BDC study
- Greater Sudbury’s Community Climate Change Adaptation Plan
- Greater Sudbury’s Community Energy and Emissions Plan
- Climate Change and Health in Northern Ontario (The Northern Ontario Climate Change and Health (NOCCH)
- Primer: Climate Change is a Business Risk (Partners in Project Green)
- Climate Change in Sudbury and Districts: Assessing Health Risks and Planning Adaptations Together (Public Health Sudbury & Districts)
- Free Climate Action Resources for SMEs (SME Climate Hub)
Fall/Winter Climate-Ready Small Business Guide
Download our Fall/Winter Climate-Ready Small Business Guide (COMING SOON)
Additional Resources
Responsible Winter Maintenance
- Smart About Salt Council
- Information on “Commercial and Home Salt Use” from the City of Greater Sudbury
Energy-Efficient Upgrades
- Information from Natural Resources Canada on “Standby power and “smart devices””
- Greater Sudbury Community Improvement Plans and Incentive Programs
- Greater Sudbury Community Improvement Plan Schedules A, B and C
- Greater Sudbury Hydro, “Save Energy For Small Businesses”
- Enbridge Gas, “Incentives & Conservation Programs”
- SAVE ON ENERGY, “For your Small Business"
- Information on ENERGY STAR Certified Light Fixtures
- Information from Natural Resources Canada on “Everything LED”
Waste Reduction
- Waste Wise App
- Greater Sudbury Non-Residential Recycling programs
- Greater Sudbury Yellow Box Recycling Program Application Form
- Greater Sudbury Non-Residential Composting Program
- Greater Sudbury Yellow Cart Organics Program Application Form
- Downtown Sudbury Waste Collection
- Information on IC&I sector waste stream from the Ministry of Environment, Conservation, and Parks
Vehicle Emissions Reductions
- Smart Commute Greater Sudbury
- SmartDriver training series
- ecoDriving training series
- AutoSmart driver training
- Information on fuel-efficient vehicles and driving behaviours from Natural Resources Canada
- Electric Vehicle Affordability Program (EVAP)
- EarthCare Sudbury Carpooling Parking Pass
- Incentivizing Public Transportation
- GOVA Routes and Schedules
- GOVA Ride the Bus for a Loonie Program
- GOVA Charter Services
- Greater Sudbury Service Level Increase for Conventional Transit Services
Local Food and Limiting Food Waste
- EarthCare Sudbury’s local food webpage: “Greater Sudbury’s Food System”
- Second Harvest
- Too Good to Go
- Flashfood
Water Conservation
-
Check for Leaks (Environmental Protection Agency)
- WaterSense
- Water and Wastewater Services Division - Backflow Prevention
- Water Consumption in Commercial Buildings
Community Involvement
- Sudbury.com Charity and Not For Profit Directory
- United Way Centraide North East Ontario Volunteer Resource Centre
Climate-Ready Business Strategy
- Business Development Canada's Step-by-Step Guide for Reducing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions
- Green Economy Canada
- Green Economy North
- Green Economy Canada Climate Action Bootcamp
- Environmental and Energy Study Institute: “Data Centers and Water Consumption”
- Information on Artificial Intelligence (AI) from the United Nations Environment Program
- Business Development Canada: “The Benefits for SMEs of Taking Climate Actions"
- Greater Sudbury’s Community Climate Change Adaptation Plan
- Greater Sudbury’s Community Energy and Emissions Plan
- Climate Change and Health in Northern Ontario (The Northern Ontario Climate Change and Health (NOCCH)
- Primer: Climate Change is a Business Risk (Partners in Project Green)
- Climate Change in Sudbury and Districts: Assessing Health Risks and Planning Adaptations Together (Public Health Sudbury & Districts)
- Free Climate Action Resources for SMEs (SME Climate Hub)