As environmental protection becomes a greater topic of concern across all aspects of business, new initiatives and programs are being developed globally to institute measures guiding sustainable development.

Resource and Development Strategies for a Sustainable Future
As environmental protection becomes a greater topic of concern across all aspects of business, new initiatives and programs are being developed globally to institute measures guiding sustainable development.
Schnell Industries Inc.
Founded by Fred Dueck in 1994 in a rented 600-square-foot bay in Manitoba, Schnell Industries Inc., quickly found its footing in constructing and maintaining farm industry machinery.
Trojan Safety Services
Trojan Safety Services is an enduring family company that has provided occupational health, safety, and environmental services to companies in the oil and gas, mining, pulp and paper, forestry and construction industries in Western Canada for nearly 30 years.
Aeroseal
As energy prices continue rising worldwide, home and business owners are pushed to find more ways to reduce expenses while lowering their carbon footprints. Fortunately, one company is emerging to help solve a fundamental building problem.
The Hemp Industries Association
Serving as a powerful voice for almost 30 years, the Hemp Industries Association® (HIA®) continues to be a trusted source of information and expertise on this valuable and sometimes misunderstood commodity.
A Place for Coal in Today’s Energy Economy
He’s never been one to shy away from controversial comments. Yet billionaire Elon Musk’s recent statements on the resource sector are slightly surprising, considering he’s the co-founder of Tesla, a leading manufacturer of electric vehicles, solar panels, battery storage devices, and other clean energy products.
Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance (CAIA)
Canada’s vast coastlines should provide a significant competitive advantage in the race to provide the world with safe, secure and sustainable seafood through aquaculture.
Is Water the Answer to Renewable Power?
It’s pretty hard to miss how countries around the globe are making the environment a priority. From the latest Biden administration initiatives to put green power and renewable resources on the agenda to pledges by leading nations to meet new carbon-neutral goals by 2050, there’s one source that’s been achieving these targets for more than 100 years—hydroelectricity.
Elevation
Elevation was launched to combat the all too common problem of high energy bills. Co-founders Jerry Coleman and Brian Bair experienced this dilemma firsthand while investing in real estate. As their portfolio expanded, so too did their energy bills. In fact, energy expenses often came second only to the cost of the mortgages.
Greenwood Energy
Sustainable energy projects are on the rise worldwide, and Greenwood Energy is a leader in the development, financing, construction, and operation of these power generation projects. Committed to social purpose, Greenwood’s turnkey solutions include everything from handling legalities, to technical permitting and building, to maintenance.
Greenwood Sustainable Infrastructure
Growing for over a decade, Greenwood Sustainable Infrastructure (GSI) has emerged as one of the foremost independent developers, investors, and managers of assets in the renewable energy industry.
Rogue Energy Services
Rogue Energy Services has grown enormously since it was founded five years ago, and this is thanks to a combination of innovation and an old-school commitment to hard work and meeting deadlines. The firm’s areas of expertise include pipeline and oilfield construction, facility maintenance, and heavy hauling. Oil and gas companies make up its main client base.
Black Gold Pump & Supply
Black Gold Pump & Supply, Inc. provides parts, products, and services for companies in the oil and gas sector. The aim is to make oil and gas extraction more productive, efficient, and safe.
American Petroleum Institute
Responsible for the creation of more than 800 standards and recommended practices throughout the U.S. oil and natural gas industry, the American Petroleum Institute (API) is one of world’s most respected associations.
The Advantages of Aquaculture
“If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.” Where this famous proverb comes from is still unknown, but its meaning is clear: giving someone the means to do something, instead of doing it for them, is better in the long run.
Why Are Fossil Fuels So Hard To Quit?
From the cars we drive daily to natural gas for cooking to generating electricity to heat our homes, the dependence on fossil fuels goes back centuries. Yet it’s impossible to turn on the TV or read the news and not see a story that’s part of a swelling chorus about the urgent need to reduce, or even eliminate, our dependence on fossil fuels.
Fossil Fuels at a Fork in the Road
Peak oil theory is the concept that there is a point where the world’s production of oil will reach the maximum amount of production, after which the amount we can produce will start to decline. This comes from American geologist and geophysicist Marion King Hubbert, who theorized that oil production ultimately has a bell-shaped curve.
RegO Products
With a broad range of flow-control components and engineered-to-order applications, including a wide array of valves, pressure regulators, and safety devices for mission-critical applications using gases in liquid form, RegO Products offers peace of mind that equipment will perform optimally, safely, and reliably time and time again.
Catalyst Energy Services
Catalyst Energy Services is a new company with innovative technology that might shake up the hydraulic fracturing sector. Based in Midland, Texas, Catalyst designs and manufactures hydraulic fracturing equipment which it uses to support its hydraulic fracturing services. Hydraulic fracturing, also called fracking or fracing, involves injecting liquids into shale or sand formations to break them and release more oil and natural gas.
Terrapex
Terrapex has provided environmental, geotechnical and related services since its founding in 1995.
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The Atlantic Canada Fish Farmers Association
The Atlantic Canada Fish Farmers Association (ACFFA) has been keeping busy with advocacy, public education, and conferences, among other activities, since Resource in Focus last profiled the organization in May of 2022. The ACFFA, which represents Atlantic Canada’s salmon farming sector, has also been enjoying the transition “back to a normal work environment,” now that the worst of COVID is hopefully over, says Executive Director Susan Farquharson.
Alberta Aquaculture Association
The Alberta Aquaculture Association is dedicated to promoting aquaculture and its related practices in Western Canada. The association has been promoting environmentally friendly technologies, like aquaponics, to produce fish. Aquaponics is an integrated food production method that combines aquaculture (breeding and raising fish in a farm-like ecosystem) and hydroponics (cultivating plant life without soil, using water-based nutrients).
Aquaculture Association of Nova Scotia
From its base in Halifax, the Aquaculture Association of Nova Scotia (AANS) operates across the province “from Yarmouth to Cape North, Cape Breton, and all points in between,” according to association Executive Director Tom Smith. The not-for-profit, membership-based industry trade group was founded in 1977 by a volunteer group of sea farmers. Today, it represents over 95 percent of all aquaculture farming in Nova Scotia across three sectors: finfish such as salmon, trout, and striped bass; shellfish such as oysters, mussels, clams, quahogs, scallops; and sea plants such as sugar kelp.
AMGAS
AMGAS Services Inc. is a Rocky View, Alberta-based company with an international presence and several proprietary solutions for H2S management in oil and gas operations and other sectors. By removing contaminants such as hydrogen sulphide (H2S), benzene, toluene, and xylenes, its integrated solutions benefit both the environment and its clients’ bottom line. The company has continued to refine its offerings with a special emphasis on its ground-breaking CLEAR Technology.
Blue Flame Crew, LLC
Gas management systems provider Blue Flame Crew, LLC specializes in the design, installation, and service of systems across the United States. It serves as a division of Boos Resource & Technology Group, a conglomerate of companies providing a wide range of services including consulting, construction, maintenance, architectural design, and engineering for the environmental markets.