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SNC-Lavalin awarded Caltrans contract

SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. today announced it has been awarded a three-year contract with two one-year extensions to provide a Transportation Asset Management System for the California Department of Transportation.ÌýUnder the contract, SNC-Lavalin’s Data Transfer Solutions business will provide services which include implementing the TAMSÌýsystem, software licensing and maintenance, and optional post-implementation support.ÌýÌý

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Saskatchewan copper project will be carbon neutral

Foran Mining Corporation announced this morning that its McIlvenna Bay depositÌýin eastern SaskatchewanÌýwill become the world’s first carbon neutral copper development project.ÌýForanÌýhas partnered withÌýtwoÌýsustainability advisory firms,ÌýCarbonzeroÌýand Synergy Enterprises, to accurately record its emissions and purchase verified offsets for the carbon emitted from all exploration activities over the past 10 years at theÌýdeposit.ÌýThe project is in the feasibility stage.Ìý

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Enbridge fund contributes to tree planting program

Enbridge Gas will contribute $50,000 to Forests Ontario on behalf of its new employee-led initiative, the Local Environmental Action Fellowship program, and the company’s existing Corporate Citizenship program, it was announced today. This year, the contribution from the Enbridge LEAF program will support the planting of 6,250 tree seedlingsÌýcoveringÌýapproximately 14 acresÌýin four areas where the company has recently expanded its service: Fenelon Falls, Scugog Island, Saugeen First Nations and North Bay.Ìý

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Working from home reduces GHG emissions

A new study on working from home released today by Statistics Canada finds that if all Canadians who can work from home started teleworking instead of commuting, annual greenhouse gas emissions resulting from transportation could fall by about 8.6ÌýmegatonnesÌýof carbon dioxide equivalent. This representsÌýsixÌýper centÌýof the direct GHG emissions from Canadian households in 2015 and 11Ìýper centÌýof their emissions due to transportation that year.ÌýWorkers living in Toronto could save an average of 72 minutes per dayÌýon commutes, while VancouverÌýworkersÌý(60 minutes) could also experience higher-than-average time savings.ÌýÌý