Cleantech

Produces lithium ion batteries for industrial applications such as tugboats, airport vehicles, 18-wheelers and in car-carrying passenger ferries. Since Corvus first brought its industrial lithium ion batteries to market in 2010, revenues have grown each year, as have the uses for the product. The company has won several awards including a 2015 BC Export Award, BC Business Innovator of the Year Award and a 2016 OSJ Environmental Award. The company has been named among the Technology Fast 50 by Deloitte and Corvus has opened an office in Bergen, Norway, in order to serve its European customers.

The company is comprehensive geothermal heating and cooling contractor, designing, installing, and servicing heating and cooling systems that are more efficient and environmentally friendly. It has completed geothermal projects ranging in size from small residential projects to large commercial and institutional systems, including the City of Richmond’s district energy system and the VanDusen Gardens Visitor’s Centre, which is among the first buildings in Canada to attempt the Living Building Challenge.

Urban Impact Recycling is headquartered in Richmond, where it has 100 employees and one of its 2 recycling plants. The company provides multi-material recycling, document shredding and green business consulting services to commercial businesses at 5000 locations in the Lower Mainland and Calgary markets.

Ecowaste Industries Ltd., headquartered in Richmond, owns and operates the Richmond Landfill and recycles a number of waste streams, including construction materials and yard waste which is composted on site. It also has facilities for the short term storage and treatment (through bioremediation) of contaminated soil, which are operated in partnership with Tervita.

Tervita is a leading North American environmental and energy services company. It operates the Richmond Bioremediation Facility (RBF), which is designated to treat metals and hydrocarbon contaminated soils. Since opening in 1998, more than 2,000,000 tonnes of soil has been managed at the RBF.

The Richmond-based company was the first courier in Canada to be carbon neutral by offsetting the emissions from its operations with investment in alternative energy projects. Novex has also invested in making hybrid, natural gas and biodiesel vehicles a significant part of its fleet. It is the only same-day courier in Canada with an environmental management system registered to ISO 14001. Novex added to its hybrid, natural gas and biodiesel-powered fleet in 2010 with Canada’s 1st 100% electric delivery trucks. Its entire fleet consists of over 100 vehicles making over 2000 deliveries per day.

In 2013 Auto West BMW was named the Most Sustainable BMW Dealership in the World for the environmental projects and initiatives built into their Richmond dealership. The company has installed a wind turbine, rooftop solar panels, geothermal heating and cooling, and public electric vehicle charging stations. Auto West Group employs over 180 staff at 4 locations, and the company was also awarded as one of Canada’s Top Green 30 Companies for 2013 by Maclean’s magazine.

In operation for over 26 years, this company provides microbiological analysis, general chemical analysis and contaminated site testing of soil vapour, drinking water, watewater, water, vegetation, tissue, soil and sediments. CARO is accredited by the Canadian Association for Laboratory Accreditation to ISO 17025:2005. Clients are diverse and range from health authorities, public utilities, government ministries, consultants, industry, businesses and private individuals.

Established in Richmond in January 2008, the company provides a collection and recycling service for film and rigid plastics from Canadian industry. The plastic is processed into a bale or regrind form readied for shipping to a remanufacturer in either the North American or Overseas market. West Coast Plastic Recycling is BBB accredited and won the 2011-2017 Consumer Choice Award Winners for “Best Recycling Centers and Services” in the Metro Vancouver area.

Nature’s Path Organic Foods, headquartered in Richmond and with facilities in Delta (BC), and Blaine (WA), and Sussex (WI), is a leading organic cereal manufacturer with products sold in 40 countries around the world. Nature’s Path is the first and only cereal company in North America to become Zero Waste certified by the U.S. Zero Waste Business Council, recognized for its environmental initiatives including achieving 95% waste diversion.

Richmond Steel Recycling Ltd., a joint venture between Sims Metal Management and Nucor Corporation, operates metal recycling sites in Richmond and 3 other locations in BC, where it takes unwanted metals and transforms them into raw materials for manufacturing operations worldwide.

Kemetco Research is an integrated science, technology and innovation company. It performs chemical processes including fuel cell development and evaluation. Kemetco has also undertaken an e-waste metals recovery research project – extracting copper and precious metals from electronic waste. In 2015 it moved into a larger, 18,000 sf facility with custom laboratories and a pilot area.

CESL, a subsidiary of Vancouver-based mining and metals company Teck, has 140 people based at its Richmond facility where it conducts tests for industry clients. It has developed a closed-loop process for the copper and nickel mining industry that produces virtually no liquid effluents or gaseous emissions, eliminating the large amounts of sulphur dioxide that are produced by the traditional smelting process.

Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc was named British Columbia’s Exporter of the Year in 2013. The company is the longest established pellet producer in Western Canada, operating six pellet plants across B.C. with a production capacity well over one million tons annually. The raw materials used to produce pellets were once considered waste and are now used to produce a critical renewable source of energy for some of the largest electrical generating facilities in the UK, Japan, Italy and other countries for both commercial and residential consumers.

CSA International is a global provider of product testing and certification services. Richmond is home to one of 8 labs around the world, where CSA has opened a new 40,000 square foot laboratory that employs 85 people and is dedicated to testing and certifying solar photovoltaic panels and related components to serve the growing solar photovoltaic market worldwide. CSA International has the testing and certification experience needed to help manufacturers bring qualified existing and new “green” alternative energy technologies to market.

Greener Print Solutions is Metro Vancouver’s one-stop shop for sustainably-driven printing and design solutions. This includes using recycled and recyclable materials, renewable and sustainable produced materials, local products whenever possible, and minimizing waste throughout each project – and they have achieved carbon neutrality in their operations

Saltworks Technologies is a world leading advanced technology water treatment company that treats the most challenging waters from industry: oil & gas, mining, power plants, landfills, agribusiness and manufacturing. The company, headquartered in Richmond with 70 employees, has been named a Global Cleantech 100 company and a top 50 Water Company by the Artemis Project.

Founded in 2008, Recycle Smart is redefining waste and recycling management by introducing IoT technology to more effectively monitor waste, optimize pickup frequency and increase waste diversion. The company operates the largest system of remote waste container sensors in Canada

From its modern manufacturing facility in Richmond, Canadyne designs and builds equipment such as containment booms, oil skimmers, silt curtains and others that are used in oil spill response applications. The company has a team of 15 highly skilled employees.

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• Clean Tech Exchange
• Recycling Council of BC
• Canadian Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association
• Clean Energy BC
• BC CleanTech CEOs
• BC Tech Association
• BC Innovation Council (BCIC)
• AceTech

• Geoexchange BC
• BC Bioenergy Network
• BC Environment Industry Association
• BC Sustainable Energy Association
• Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC (APEGBC)
• Applied Science Technologists and Technicians of BC
• HR Tech Group