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    The $426 Million Sector You’ve Never Heard of – Meet Vancouver’s Contech Ecosystem | Photo: GeoSimsCities
    The Contech Ecosystem in Metro Vancouver

    research / Green Economy, Entrepreneurship & Industry Support

    A snapshot of the emerging construction tech industry in Metro Vancouver, including active companies, their revenues and employees
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    VEC Economy Report July 2020

    research / Resilience

    A monthly roundup of the COVID-19-related impacts, mitigations, and recovery planning for the Vancouver economy.
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    From Waste to Wealth – Vancouver’s Deconstruction Economy Potential | Vancouver Economic Commission, Unbuilders and BCIT
    The Business Case for Deconstruction

    research / Green Economy, Entrepreneurship & Industry Support

    Economic and environmental impacts of a demolition-deconstruction shift in Metro Vancouver.
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    VEC Economy Report June 2020

    research / Resilience

    A monthly roundup of the COVID-19-related impacts, mitigations, and recovery planning for the Vancouver economy.
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    VEC’s Green Building Market Forecast (2019–2032) | Vancouver Economic Commission | Green Buildings
    Green Buildings Market Research

    research / Green Economy, High Impact Investment, Capital

    Our Green Buildings Market Forecast explains how local green building policies have impacted demand for six key following product categories.
  • Signature Report
    Today, one in 15 Vancouverites works in the green economy. In VEC’s State of Vancouver's Green Economy 2018 report, you can read about over 200 leading green businesses making great strides in innovation and the development of low-carbon solutions to traditional and contemporary problems in buildings, energy, mobility and resource management.
    State of Vancouver’s Green Economy 2018

    research / Green Economy, Entrepreneurship & Industry Support

    This report highlights over 200 leading green businesses – and the policies, innovation and culture – that have catalyzed our $31.5 billion brand.
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    INDUSTRIAL INSIGHTS Research Understanding Industrial Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities in Vancouver | Vancouver Economic Commission
    Industrial Insights Research

    research / Entrepreneurship & Industry Support

    Based on a citywide survey of industrial businesses, this reports uncovers the opportunities and risks faced by local industrial businesses.
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    Preview: Vancouver’s Green Economy

    research / Green Economy

    This preview of upcoming research highlights green economy data for two of the fastest growing green sectors – green buildings and cleantech.
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    Resilient Future Economy

    research / Entrepreneurship & Industry Support, Resilience

    Together with the City of Vancouver’s Resilience Team we convened a group of private sector stakeholders to develop ideas around a collective vision ...
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    Renewable Energy Challenge Outcomes Report

    research / Green Economy, Entrepreneurship & Industry Support

    This workshop summary report underscores the drive in local businesses for collective action to address climate change.
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    City of Vancouver Business Energy and Emissions Profile 2016

    research / Green Economy

    Prepared for the City of Vancouver and the Vancouver Economic Commission, this report by Climate Smart provides a high-level view of business sector e ...
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    TEXTILES CHALLENGE & SUSTAINABLE BRANDS | Vancouver-based entrepreneurs are grappling with the accumulation of used textiles in the region, developing new products, markets, and processes that take advantage of a resource that is treated as waste around the world. Join this interactive workshop to lend your knowledge in the emerging practices of reuse, repurposing, and recycling. | Vancouver Economic Commission
    Towards the Circular Economy

    research / From Our Peers

    This paper outlines the role Vancouver’s local and regional governments can play to help catalyze a circular economy in the fashion and textile sect ...
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    The False Creek Flats Economic Development Strategy and the Vancouver Economic Commission
    False Creek Flats: Business Emissions and Energy Profile

    research / Green Economy

    This report provides a unique view of the greenhouse gas emissions generated in the False Creek Flats.
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    The Vancouver Lifestyle - Gastown
    A Summary of the Liveability Ranking and Overview 2015

    research / From Our Peers

    The Economist Intelligence Unit's liveability rating across five broad categories of Stability, Healthcare, Culture and environment, Education and Inf ...
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    KPMG Tech ReportCard 2014
    KPMG British Columbia Technology Report Card 2014

    research / Tech, From Our Peers

    The KPMG Tech Report Card paints a detailed statistical portrait of the BC technology sector, comparing it to other industries in BC and to technology ...
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    The Smart Economy Reshaping Canada’s Workforce 2015

    research / Tech, From Our Peers

    ICTC’s labour market research captures critical economic and labour market indicators of the Canadian ICT workforce and aims to provide evidence and ...
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    Green and Local Food Jobs in the City of Vancouver 2015 - Saltworks team in front of Saltmaker
    Green and Local Food Jobs in the City of Vancouver 2015

    research / Green Economy

    This report includes data on local green job growth from 2010 to 2013, one of the ways we evaluate the size of Vancouver's green economy.
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    Economic and Biophysical Impacts of Oil Tanker Spills Relevant to Vancouver, Canada - Download the Literature Review - Photo: Unsplash
    Economic and Biophysical Impacts of Oil Tanker Spills Relevant to Vancouver, Canada 2015

    research / Green Economy

    A literature review of likely economic and biophysical impacts of oil spills, to provide an objective and scientifically sound platform to inform futu ...
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    Currency Internationalization and the Canadian Renminbi Hub - Chinese
    Currency Internationalisation and the Canadian Renminbi Hub 2015

    research / Asia Pacific

    This paper describes Canada's role in the the internationalization of the renminbi (RMB) currency with a focus on Vancouver. English version.
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    Currency Internationalization and the Canadian Renminbi Hub - Chinese
    Currency Internationalization and Canadian Renminbi Hub – Chinese 2015

    research / Asia Pacific

    This paper describes Canada's role in the the internationalization of the renminbi (RMB) currency with a focus on Vancouver. Chinese version.
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