Jeanette Southwood

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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.

Jeanette Southwood

Global Sustainable Cities Leader/Principal, Golder Associates Ltd., Canada

An award-winning engineer, Jeanette Southwood is a Principal at Golder Associates, a global, employee-owned firm of more than 7,500 around the world. Golder provides consulting, design, and construction services in the specialist areas of earth, environment, and the related areas of energy.

At Golder, Jeanette leads the Global and Canadian Sustainable Cities teams across many sectors including Real Estate, Land Development, Transportation, Energy & Power, Finance, Insurance and Legal, Manufacturing, and Infrastructure. One area of focus for her multi-disciplinary global and national teams is the strategic integration of cutting-edge international innovation and knowledge into economical and effective local solutions for public and private clients. For more than 20 years, she has directed and participated in numerous projects related to urban intensification and the sustainable revitalization of communities for a wide variety of private and public clients. A dedicated volunteer on several Boards over the years, Jeanette was recently made a Fellow of Engineers Canada.