Category: What We Do

Greening Business in Newfoundland and Labrador

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Stay tuned for more information on this program.

Climate Change Mitigation

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Since 2020 econext has worked with municipalities across Newfoundland and Labrador to help them understand their impacts on the environment and develop strategies – which align with their economic development objectives – to achieve net by the year 2050.

Current and Past Initiatives

Creating and Delivering Upskilling Programs

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Based on research and industry engagement, econext works with its post-secondary partners and subject matters experts in the development and delivery of targeted upskilling programs to help prepare Newfoundland and Labrador’s workforce for the greening economy.

Current and Past Initiatives

Connecting Employers with Talent

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With strong connectivity with both those seeking careers within Newfoundland and Labrador’s green economy – and those who can provide those opportunities – econext works to make matches between the two. We also work directly with job seekers to help fine tune their CVs, interview skills, and networking activities to help prepare them to enter the workforce.

Current and Past Initiatives

Facilitating Work Integrated Learning (WIL) Opportunities

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Work-integrated learning (or WIL) is a form of experiential education that allows individuals to gain real-world work experiences. econext helps provide WIL through internships, ideathons, and more.

Internships

No experience is better than becoming part of a team and learning on the job. econext facilitates internships for job seekers with its membership through its own projects and by leveraging existing funding and programming.

Ideathons

econext‘s Ideathons provide an opportunity for students to gain real-world experience by tackling challenges and opportunities hand-picked by industry leaders that are present in Newfoundland and Labrador’s green economy.

Creating Awareness of Green Economy Opportunities

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econext leads marketing and communications campaigns to create a greater awareness of the current and anticipated job opportunities within Newfoundland and Labrador’s green economy.

Current and Past Campaigns

Industry Conferences, Seminars, and Workshops

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econext organizes industry-focused conference, seminars, and workshops to create awareness of and built networks to pursue Newfoundland and Labrador’s green economy opportunities.

Past Conference, Seminars, and Workshops

econext to launch Circular Economy Incubator

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econext is excited to launch a Circular Economy Incubator in 2025.

Stay tuned for more information!

Innovation Challenges

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econext works with industry and funding partners to design innovation challenges that help address real world challenges and opportunities.

Are you interested in working with econext on an innovation challenge? Contact us!

Past Initiatives

Zero Emissions Vehicle (ZEV) Workshop

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Did you know that ‘transportation’ is the single largest source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Newfoundland and Labrador? In 2022 transportation was responsible for 43% of the entire province’s emissions. Much of this is attributed to on-road transportation.

January 30, 2025 econext is hosting a workshop to provide an update on the latest initiatives and research relating to the decarbonization of transportation in Newfoundland and Labrador through the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and other zero-emissions vehicles (ZEVs) such as those that use clean fuels like hydrogen.

The agenda will include:

  • 9:00 – Overview of ZEV Adoption in NL
  • 9:10 – Research Findings: Medium to Heavy Duty EV (MHDEV) adoption in NL + sharing NL Hydro’s experience of their own fleet electrification – from St. John’s to Churchill Falls
  • 9:40 – Municipal Pilot Programs – Ongoing Light and Medium Duty EV Adoption Projects
  • 10:10 – Break
  • 10:30 – The Electrification of St. John’s Public Transit
  • 11:00 – Research Findings: Potential for Clean Fuels Use in Road Transportation in NL

Event Details

Date: January 30, 2025
Time: 9:00am – 11:30am
Location: Holiday Inn, St. John’s NL

Note that this event is also be available for participation online via webcast.

Registration Details

Member: $12 + HST
Non-Member: $20 + HST
Member Online: $12 + HST
Non-Member Online: $20 + HST

Registration includes coffee and light snacks.

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