Tyler Elm

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Is The World Ready For Your Innovation?
Our current retail system is set up to sell new products, which are used and then disposed of – very much a linear (and inefficient) process. The Closed Loop system implies that once products are used they can be reconditioned and brought back into the sales loop
Europe`s future depends on cities resilient to climate change
Around three quarters of Europeans live in cities. Most of Europe's wealth is generated in cities, and urban areas are particularly at risk due to climate change.
Microsoft Taxes Itself - Will it be enough to drive change?
This week, Microsoft is announcing an unusual initiative that it hopes will change how the company operates. Microsoft is charging every division and data center for the carbon emissions they generate. Will it be enough to drive change?
Life Cycle Approaches Key to Canada's Competitivenes
The National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy today released a new report that identifies the need for Life Cycle Approaches in environmental and economic decision-making by companies and government.
Clean mining association launched
A new industry association has been launched aimed at supporting and advocating technological advancements to make the mining industry cleaner and more environmentally responsible.

Tyler Elm

Vice President of Business Sustainability, Corporate Strategy & Business Development, Canadian Tire Corp., Canada

A leader in his field, Tyler specializes in employing business sustainability as a strategic framework for innovation, growth and organizational enhancement in profit-seeking organizations. In addition to his role with Canadian Tire, Tyler is a Member of the Retail Council of Canada's Sustainability Task Force; a member of the Energy and Environment Committee of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce; a member of the Sustainability Committee of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce; a member of the Expert Advisory Committee at the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy; and Co-founder of the Global Business Sustainability Network, a private environmental for-profit serving more than 20 member corporations with a cumulative annual revenue of $1.5 trillion.

Tyler was recently named one of Canada's "Clean50" - one of 50 individuals in Canada who have done the most to advance the cause of sustainability and clean capitalism - and was recognized for Excellence in Corporate Responsibility - an award honouring corporate Canadians who are transforming business practices and creating social and environmental change. Tyler has an unprecedented wealth of first-hand knowledge, experience and success at incorporating sustainability into business operations and culture of industry and government. In addition to his experience and accomplishments with Canadian Tire, Tyler was one of the principal architects of the business sustainability strategies at two global retailers, a Principal Strategy Consultant with PriceWaterhouseCoopers and IBM Consulting, and a Registered Professional Biologist whose applied research and work in conservation biology focused on conserving biodiversity in industrial forest environments.