MANITOBA ENVIRONMENTAL INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION
Keeping it green BY SHERRY KANIUGA
Jack Winram, executive director of the Manitoba Environmental Industries Association
I t’s the time of year when most of Manitoba is typically covered in white stuff. But forget the snow: the colour that’s top of mind for many Manitoba businesses year-round is actually green. Manitoba’s green advantage is key to attracting business to and within the province, with low electricity rates thanks to reliable, local, clean renewable resources, plus incentives and programs that help companies reduce greenhouse gases and their carbon footprint, not to mention new
opportunities through a number of environmentally friendly emerging sectors. Incorporating green strategies into every aspect of business — and ensuring customers, staff and everyone else understands the benefits of doing so — is a challenge many are embracing. “In Manitoba we have about 22,000 workers that have some sort of task that has to do with the environment. There are over 250 different job titles related to the environment, and it
just keeps growing,” says Jack Winram, executive director of the Manitoba Environmental Industries Association (MEIA), the non-profit, member-based industry association that works to advance environmental and clean technology opportunities through networking, education and member support. As a provincial sector council, MEIA also offers learning sessions, training programs, conferences, special events, project partnerships and more to help members find solutions to environmental challenges.
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