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B Corp Certified Company Strengthens Commitment to ESG by Delivering Innovative Solution and New Accountability for Sustainability Impacts
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Local concert series reinforces larger mission to “Plan Better. Live Better. Change the World”
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Strategic hire will help manufacturers navigate increasing compliance and sustainability requirements
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Results show a lack of maturity in supply chain sustainability programs, despite growing regulatory pressures.
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Battelle this week funded STEM classroom grants that will impact more than 65,000 Ohio students. This is the second school year for the awards, which are directed through the Ohio STEM Learning Network Classroom Grant Program. Battelle funded 223 projects in 163 public schools across the state. In total, $1,030,000 will reach students in one of every seven school districts (124) across 60 Ohio counties. “Every Ohio community should have access to the kind of quality STEM education that drives op
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Ottawa is creating two new federal tax credits for clean technology and low-emitting hydrogen production
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“We have approximately 65 people who attend our ‘day habilitation/vocational habilitation’ facility every day,” she says. “Out of those, about 50 do work in sub-assembly for Whirlpool Ottawa.”
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The Ontario Bioscience Innovation Organization (OBIO®), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing health technology innovation and commercialization, is excited to announce the expansion of Canada’s Early Adopter Health Network (EAHN™) and the launch of its new Women in Health Initiative (WiHI) to train women to further ensure their participation and career success in the health science industry. Both initiatives are supported by the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern On
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Supply chain sustainability leader demonstrates its commitment to ESG and transparency by meeting rigorous standards for social and environmental performance
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Whirlpool Corporation has announced details of a project that will expand its Ottawa facility.
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All you need to participate, is a phone.
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Appointments available in Holland, Grand Rapids, Grand Haven, Allendale, and Wyoming areas
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Ten local businesses receive grants through the Toronto Region Board of Trade’s Recovery Activation Program
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The Net Zero Company Ltd. (“NZC”), a specialized emissions reduction and offsetting company, is pleased to announce that it has rebranded as Invert Inc., while welcoming an expanded leadership team of seasoned entrepreneurs. Invert will continue to work with corporate clients to help them reduce their carbon footprint via comprehensive emissions reduction strategies, while facilitating the offset of hard-to-abate emissions through the purchase of high quality carbon offset credits. Additionally,
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The Ohio STEM Learning Network (OSLN) will reach 51,000 Ohio students this year with awards, funded by Battelle, to 151 Ohio classrooms. The grants will create sustainable, STEM learning projects in public and private K-12 schools across 55 Ohio counties. “The schools and educators awarded today will create powerful new experiences to amaze and inspire students,” said Kelly Gaier Evans, Director of the Ohio STEM Learning Network. “We invest in these programs to foster the next generation of Ohio
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Today, global pleasure product brand Womanizer announces a five-year, €250,000 (nearly $300,000 USD) investment into their newly minted "Pleasure Fund," committed to championing women’s health, sexual well-being and sexual pleasure research. Womanizer originally revolutionized the global sexual wellness industry with its patented Pleasure Air technology in 2014. Since its inception, the brand has always strived to create pleasurable experiences for all and is continuously dedicated to investing
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Whirlpool announced it is investing more than $65 million into its factory in Ottawa, Ohio as part of the company’s ongoing efforts to position the plant as the Premium Refrigeration Factory in its North American Region (NAR) and create jobs.
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Renewable Delivery challenges industry to be more aggressive in combating climate change
The company is launching a combo of EVs and carbon offsets along with smart packaging for cleaner, city-friendly last mile services
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Engineering, construction leader sees path to decarbonization and sustainability emerge from Canada’s history of innovation in power, oil gas, water and telecom SOURCE: Black Veatch DESCRIPTION:TORONTO, July 26, 2021 /3BL Media/ - As Black Veatch celebrates its 60th year of innovative operations in Canada, the company recognizes the more than 1,500 completed projects that span power and energy market segments, essential water management solutions, and telecommunications advancements across the co
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Ross Video is an Ottawa-based technology company with fifteen global office locations and an employee headcount fast approaching one thousand. A leading provider of solutions and services to the live production industry, Ross also prides itself on being a leading employer in Ontario and is therefore pleased to announce its official designation as a Canadian Compassionate Company (CCC) from the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA). The CHPCA is Canada’s national voice for hospice
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This press release contains forward-looking information that is based upon assumptions and is subject to risks and uncertainties as indicated in the cautionary note contained within this press release.
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Facedrive Inc. (“Facedrive” or the “Company”) (TSX-V: FD), a Canadian “people-and-planet first” tech ecosystem, today announced its year end fiscal 2020 (“Fiscal 2020”) operational and financial results. All financial results are reported in Canadian dollars, unless otherwise stated. Facedrive is a multi-faceted “people-and-planet first” tech ecosystem offering socially-responsible services to local communities with a strong commitment to doing business fairly, equitably and sustainably. As part
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Facedrive Inc. (“Facedrive” or the “Company”) (TSXV:FD) (OTCQX:FDVRF), a Canadian “people-and-planet first” tech ecosystem, is pleased to announce that its food delivery vertical Facedrive Foods is steadily growing with total customer delivery orders exceeding 5,000 per day during mid-April 2021, demonstrating a 5% month-over-month growth since February 2021. Restaurant partners are now nearing 5,000, with over 6,800 drivers and 280,000 active users registered on a platform that is operational i
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Facedrive Inc. (“Facedrive” or the “Company”) (TSXV:FD) (OTCQX:FDVRF), a Canadian “people-and-planet first” tech ecosystem is pleased to provide this general corporate update and growth report as at the completion of the first fiscal quarter of 2021. Facedrive is a multi-faceted “people-and-planet first” tech ecosystem offering socially-responsible services to local communities with a strong commitment to doing business fairly, equitably and sustainably. As part of this commitment, Facedrive’s v
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Executive Director of The BlackNorth Initiative, Dahabo Ahmed-Omer is one of the inaugural recipients of the Globe and Mail’s Report on Business Changemakers for 2021. The Changemakers award is a new editorial award that identifies and raises the profile of the most innovative emerging leaders in Canada—people whose work is transforming the way business is done and celebrating 50 emerging leaders transforming business today. “Dahabo has the rare ability to eloquently and disarmingly address what
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Facedrive Inc. (“Facedrive”) (TSXV: FD) (OTCQX: FDVRF), a Canadian “people-and-planet first” tech ecosystem, is pleased to announce that its food delivery vertical Facedrive Foods continues to experience substantial growth, with total orders exceeding 4,500 meal deliveries per day. Restaurant partners are now nearing 4,650, with over 260,000 active users registered on a platform that is now operational in 19 cities across Canada – including Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Kingston, London,
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Facedrive Inc. (“Facedrive”) (TSXV: FD) (OTCQX: FDVRF), a Canadian “people-and-planet first” tech ecosystem, is pleased to announce that its food delivery vertical, Facedrive Foods, has launched operations in the region of Scarborough, ON, in response to burgeoning customer demand. Moreover, Facedrive Foods continues to experience substantial growth, with orders exceeding 4,100 (on average) meal deliveries per day. Restaurant partners are now nearing 4,425 with over 250,000 active users register
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Facedrive Inc. (“Facedrive”) (TSXV: FD), a Canadian “people-and-planet first” tech ecosystem, is pleased to announce that its food delivery vertical Facedrive Foods is expanding into the ethnic foods segment while also implementing new health and safety upgrades in response to burgeoning customer demand. Facedrive Foods continues to experience substantial growth, with orders exceeding 3,700 meal deliveries per day. Restaurant partners are now nearing 4,000 with over 220,000 active users register
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Facedrive Inc. (“Facedrive”) (TSXV:FD), Canada’s “people-and-planet first” technology ecosystem, is pleased to announce that after initial positive results and user feedback in a pilot, will be deploying more TraceSCAN wearable devices to Air Canada to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19, expanding the scope of the pilot arrangement into 2021. “Keeping Canadians safe during this challenging time continues to be priority number one,” said Sayan Navaratnam, CEO of Facedrive Inc. Adding, “Air Cana
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Mattamy Homes Chooses theturnlab as Media AOR Wed, 11/11/2020 - 08:25 Type of Content Press Release Layout Standard Format Body TORONTO, November 11, 2020 /3BL Media/ – Mattamy Homes Canada has selected theturnlab as its Media Agency of Record to handle all paid media in Canada for multiple divisions. This new engagement comes hot on the heels of Mattamy’s “outsourced in-house agency” partnership, launched October 1, 2020. It also represents a turning point for the Canadian arm of North America’
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Facedrive Inc. (“Facedrive”) (TSXV: FD), a Canadian “people-and-planet first” tech ecosystem, is pleased to announce that the Facedrive Foods Mobile App, integrating the recently acquired FoodHwy and Foodora assets, is now available for download on iOS and Android to offer contactless food delivery services and better connect users and local restaurant partners during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/n
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Facedrive Inc. (“Facedrive”) (TSXV:FD), Canada’s “people-and-planet first” technology ecosystem, is pleased to announce that TraceSCAN, its contact tracing platform offering hardware and software solutions, has started a pilot project with Air Canada to provide an additional layer of protection against the spread of COVID-19. Air Canada announced today about the pilot project in a press release titled “Air Canada to Pilot Application of TraceSCAN Technology for COVID-19 Contact Tracing in the Wo
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Facedrive Inc. (“Facedrive”) (TSXV: FD), Canada’s “people-and-planet first” business and leading tech developer, is pleased to announce that its contact tracing solution, TraceSCAN (http://www.tracescan.ca/), has received media coverage in support of innovative use of wearable technologies for managing COVID-19 at construction sites in Ontario. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200827005271/en/(Photo: Business Wire) Trace
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Facedrive Inc. (“Facedrive”) (TSXV: FD), a Canadian “people-and-planet first” tech ecosystem, is excited to announce that its food delivery vertical Facedrive Foods will be rolling out services in Scarborough and downtown Toronto over the next several days pursuant to Facedrive’s completion of a transaction announced on July 10, 2020. Facedrive Foods has made a strategic decision to start the roll out of its eco-friendly food delivery services in Scarborough, a popular area for Facedrive’s rides
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Facedrive Inc. (“Facedrive”) (TSXV: FD), Canada’s “people-and-planet first” business and leading tech developer, is pleased to announce that BLE Connect, a data transfer app using Bluetooth, is now available on Apple Store and Google Play Store to pair with TraceSCAN Wearables, contact tracing wearable technologies for COVID-19 containment efforts. BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) Connect is an app available on both iOS and Android which allows users to connect and upload data from their TraceSCAN wea
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Facedrive Inc. (“Facedrive”) (TSXV: FD), Canada’s “people-and-planet first” business and leading tech developer, is pleased to announce that its contact tracing solution, TraceSCAN (http://www.tracescan.ca/), has received media coverage for the innovative use of wearable technologies for COVID-19 containment efforts on Labourers’ International Union of North America’s (LiUNA’s) construction sites in Ontario. TraceSCAN was recently featured on Globe and Mail in the article titled “Ottawa agrees t
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Facedrive Inc. (“Facedrive”) (TSXV: FD), a Canadian “people-and-planet-first” tech ecosystem, is pleased to announce that its contact tracing solution TraceSCAN (http://www.tracescan.ca/) has received media coverage in connection with its pandemic containment efforts at labour sites in Ontario, and the innovative use of wearable technologies in settings where the use of mobile phones is not permitted. The article (https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-ontarios-construction-industry-push
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Facedrive Inc. (“Facedrive”) (TSXV: FD), Canada’s “people-and-planet first” business and leading tech developer, is pleased to announce that TraceSCAN Wearables, Facedrive Health’s COVID-19 contact tracing wearable solution, is launching a pilot project with the partner of TraceSCAN, Labourers’ International Union of North America (LiUNA) in early August. The pilot project will take place at a work site in Hamilton, ON, where every employee is assigned a dedicated wearable device for COVID-19 co
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Facedrive Inc. (“Facedrive”) (TSXV: FD), a Canadian “people-and-planet-first” tech ecosystem, is thrilled to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary, HiRide Share Ltd. (“HiRide”), a socially-responsible business offering innovative transportation and communication solutions, has achieved over 500,000 downloads of its HiQ Social App within just one month of its release. HiQ (the “App”) is a mobile application aimed at promoting meaningful interest-based interactions during these difficult times
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Facedrive Inc. (“Facedrive”) (TSXV: FD) a “people-and-planet first” business is pleased to announce that the company has applied to trade on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (“FWB”) Deutsche Börse AG and the OTCQX® Best Market operated by the OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM). The Frankfurt Stock Exchange is the 10th largest stock exchange in the world and the 3rd largest stock exchange in Europe by market capitalization (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stock_exchanges). Facedrive has appli
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Facedrive Inc. (“Facedrive”) (TSXV: FD), Canada’s “people-and-planet first” business and leading tech developer, is pleased to announce that TraceSCAN Wearables, Facedrive Health’s COVID-19 contact tracing wearable solution announced ready for market on July 7, 2020, is now available on Microsoft App Store. Facedrive’s TraceSCAN Wearables is a windows application that features Bluetooth wearable technology integration to enable contact tracing at workplaces across Ontario, such as sporting venue
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Facedrive Inc. (“Facedrive”) (TSXV: FD), a Canadian “people-and-planet-first” tech business ecosystem, is pleased to announce that HiQ, a recently social app developed by HiRide Share Ltd. (“HiRide”), Facedrive’s wholly owned subsidiary achieved over 250,000 user downloads within 2 weeks of launch. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200714005346/en/ HiQ (the “App”) is a socialization and gaming mobile application that enco
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Facedrive Inc. (“Facedrive” or the “Corporation”) (TSX-V: FD), a Canadian “people-and-planet-first” tech business ecosystem, today announced its financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2020 (“Q1 2020”). All financial results are reported in Canadian dollars unless otherwise stated. First Quarter 2020 Highlights Revenue for Q1 2020 was $387,901, up from $36,027 in the first quarter of 2019 (“Q1 2019”). The Corporation’s gross fees from riders was $852,180, net revenue from riders
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Facedrive Inc. (“Facedrive”) (TSXV: FD), the first Canadian peer-to-peer, eco-friendly and socially responsible ridesharing network, is pleased to announce that on July 9th, 2020, the company closed the transaction (the “Acquisition Transaction”) to acquire certain assets of foodora Inc. (“foodora Canada”). Facedrive had initially disclosed the Acquisition Transaction on May 14, 2020, by announcing that it had entered into a binding term sheet with foodora Canada within the context of the propos
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Facedrive Inc. (“Facedrive”) (TSXV: FD), the first Canadian peer-to-peer, eco-friendly and socially responsible ridesharing network, is pleased to announce that it has received approval from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) of its asset acquisition transaction (“Transaction”) with Foodora Inc. (“Foodora Canada”) on July 8th, 2020. Facedrive initially disclosed the Transaction on May 14, 2020, by announcing that it had entered into a binding term sheet with Foodora Canada i
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Facedrive Inc. (“Facedrive”) (TSXV: FD), Canada’s first sustainable ridesharing and delivery company and a leading tech developer on the forefront of the COVID-19 pandemic, is pleased to announce that the Government of Ontario has endorsed and supports the deployment of Facedrive’s newly launched COVID-19 contact tracing app, TraceSCAN. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200702005229/en/ TraceSCAN COVID-19 Contact Tracing