Discarded electronic equipment is one of the fastest growing categories of waste worldwide. Ensuring environmentally-sound management of it at the end of its life-cycle is an important issue, the difficulty of which is compounded by the transboundary movement of used equipment, notably from developed to developing countries. This project aims to characterize and/or quantify used […]
This project aims to gain further knowledge and policy insights on the link between environmental sustainability and North American competitiveness to promote policies and actions that will result in improvements to both environmental and economic performance. Building on the ongoing examination of this work, in 2009, it is expected that an integrated report on Environmental […]
This project has two components: First, to support the environmental performance of North American Trade Corridors, and to foster the transportation sector’s compliance with trade-related environmental regulations. Second, to support the North American auto sector in promoting policies and actions that provide mutual benefits for the environment, trade and the economy with the establishment of […]
In the auto sector partnership, the CEC proposes serving as a catalyst for collaboration between related initiatives in the three countries. Given the high degree of economic integration of auto supply chains among NAFTA members, it is clear that an integrated approach to greening the supply chains makes sense in an effort to improve the […]
Canada, Mexico and the United States are committed to enhancing development of clean and sustainable energy. The objective of this activity is to promote policies and actions that provide benefits for the environment, trade and the economy, and encourage sustainable consumption, production and trade of Renewable Energy in North America.
