Steve MacDonald

The Natural Step (Canada), Inc. offers a strategic tool called the abcd method for backcasting from sustainability principles. The method involves gaining awareness of the ecological and social systems an organization operates within, creating a vision of what the organization would look like if it operated within sustainability principles, and undertaking a baseline assessment of the current reality. The Canadian company also offers the future-fit business benchmark, which provides a set of performance criteria for a company that is fit for the future and adds to the wellbeing of society. The non-profit company is co-leading a collaborative, open-source initiative with the 3D Investment Foundation to develop quantifiable criteria, tools, and frameworks for climate-smart investment decision-making. The company advocates for future-fit hydrocarbon industries as a critical economic path forward that responds to the pressures shaping energy investment.

AltaLink LP engages in provision of electricity transmission services. Its transmission systems are the essential links that connects homes, farms, businesses, and industries to the electricity generated across Alberta. It provides technical and financial solutions to enable Alberta's growing electricity market. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Climate Change & Emissions Management Corp. develops and deploys technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It also participates in funding for initiatives that reduce emissions of greenhouse gases or improve Alberta?s ability to adapt to climate change. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Sherwood Park, Canada.