econext is a not-for-profit association of businesses that accelerates clean growth in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Newfoundland and Labrador is a province with immense clean growth potential. Its vast untapped clean energy resources provide for substantial renewable energy, hydrogen, and clean fuels opportunities. It is an innovator in creating value from waste streams, and is home to a world-leading cluster of expertise in the sensing, characterization, and monitoring of the environment. Its current strengths in its natural resource sectors, from offshore oil and gas to mining, are helping to pave the way for the energy transition.
econext works on behalf of over 200 members to foster environmentally sustainable economic development. To achieve this, econext focuses its activities and initiatives in six (6) areas by providing:
Can you benefit from becoming part of a business community that balances economic opportunity with environmental performance? Would you like to support our work to accelerate clean growth in Newfoundland and Labrador? Join us!
econext was first created as the Newfoundland and Labrador Environmental Industry Association (NEIA), the founding executive of which held its first official meeting in 1992. Previous to this, a number of the subsectors got together and formed an unofficial group whose purpose was to be a voice for the industry.
Since the early 90’s NEIA has continued to work on behalf of its members. It has focused on creating business opportunities as a means of solving environmental problems that not only create economic growth, but also protect the environment at the same time. It has held major conferences on such topics as oil spill preparedness and response, waste management and the green economy. It has worked on behalf of its membership to increase public awareness of and a call to action on environmental issues, such as climate change, waste management, and air and water pollution. Through its efforts it has heightened awareness of the need for greater environmental stewardship at the provincial, regional and municipal levels.
1992 | Bevin LeDrew – LeDrew Environmental Management Ltd.
1993 | Paul Antle – Island Waste Management
1994 | Guy Moores – Crosbie Industrial Services Limited
1994 | Dave Robbins – Environmental Design Consultants (of BFL Consultants Limited)
1995 | Bevin LeDrew – LeDrew Environmental Management Ltd.
1996 | Guy Moores – Pardy’s Waste Management Ltd.
1997 | Padraic O’Flaherty – Lotek Wireless Inc.
1998 | Paul Clay – Seacom International Inc.
1999 | Guy Moores – Pardy’s Waste Management Ltd.
2000 | John Fleming – Resource Concepts Inc.
2001 | Colleen O’Toole – Connections Research
2002 | Bassem Eid – BAE Newplan Group Ltd.
2003 | Al Ducey – Construction Management Technologies Inc.
2004 | Dave Robbins – AMEC
2005 | Bill Melendy – ADI Nolan Davis Ltd.
2006 | Bill Butler – Hi-Point Industries (1991) Ltd.
2007 | Chris Palmer – Connections Research
2008 | Deborah Hutchings – McInnes Cooper
2009 | Bill Scott – Fracflow Consultants Inc.
2010 | Terry Dollard – Universal Environmental
2011 | Susan Sherk – AMEC Environment & Infrastructure
2012 | Frank Ricketts – Nalcor Energy
2014 | Perry Trimper – Stantec
2014 | Deidre Puddister – Pennecon
2016 | Dan Brake – EMSAT Corporation
2016 | Lyndsay Haynes – NSB Energy
2017 | Alex Templeton – McInnes Cooper
2019 | Erin Stapleton – Stapleton Environmental Inc.
2019 | Brian Taite – NSB Energy
2020 | Ashley Noseworthy – EDGEWISE Environmental
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