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[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”About the Project” _builder_version=”4.22.0″ text_font_size=”18px” text_line_height=”1.8em” header_2_font=”MyriadPro Regular|700|||||||” header_2_text_color=”#00A9A6″ header_2_font_size=”35px” header_2_letter_spacing=”1px” header_3_font=”MyriadPro Regular||||||||” header_3_text_color=”#00a9a6″ header_3_font_size=”30px” header_3_line_height=”2em” max_width=”800px” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”6px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]Communities in Canada are increasingly developing local, low-carbon energy projects, but many face road-blocks with regards to financing. Simultaneously, Canadian investors are seeking low-carbon investments, but are challenged to find local opportunities at scale for investment. The Enabling Low Carbon Energy Projects for Investment (ELCEPI) research project aims to offer recommendations and solutions to close these financing gaps, while connecting the barriers and enablers for investment to larger socio-economic issues.\u00a0<\/span> [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider show_divider=”off” _builder_version=”4.20.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ module_id=”objectives” _builder_version=”4.22.0″ custom_margin=”0px||-1px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||2px||false|false” link_option_url=”#objectives” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.19.4″ custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Project Objectives & Outcomes” _builder_version=”4.22.0″ text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”2em” header_2_font=”MyriadPro Regular|700|||||||” header_2_text_color=”#00A9A6″ header_2_font_size=”35px” header_2_letter_spacing=”1px” header_2_line_height=”2em” header_3_font=”MyriadPro Regular||||||||” header_3_text_color=”#00a9a6″ header_3_font_size=”30px” header_3_line_height=”2em” max_width=”800px” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”6px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Project Objectives & Outcomes” _builder_version=”4.22.0″ text_font_size=”18px” text_line_height=”1.8em” header_2_font=”MyriadPro Regular|700|||||||” header_2_text_color=”#00A9A6″ header_2_font_size=”35px” header_2_letter_spacing=”1px” header_3_font=”MyriadPro Regular||||||||” header_3_text_color=”#00a9a6″ header_3_font_size=”30px” header_3_line_height=”2em” max_width=”800px” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”6px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The Enabling Low Carbon Energy Projects for Investment (ELCEPI) project aims to add resolution to the capitalization challenges relating to community low-carbon energy projects and link discovered barriers and enablers to more significant social movements as a means to synergize and advance both low-carbon energy deployment and other social activities in parallel to one another.<\/span><\/p>\n Given the dynamic nature of this research project and the importance of staying abreast of emerging insights, the ELCEPI research objectives underwent multiple iterations. Through this process, research findings have discovered that many communities face significant barriers in the early stages of project conception with limited awareness and understanding of aggregation. As a result, we expanded the scope of our research to investigate barriers throughout a project’s life cycle. <\/span><\/p>\n Our early findings indicated that lower-income communities, particularly those with a history of marginalization and diversity, face unique challenges in project development. Moreover, we identified a disconnect between Indigenous and non-Indigenous projects. Based on our interviews and research, we settled on four final objectives, which appear disparate but are rooted in the interconnected and holistic goal of overcoming barriers to the low-carbon energy transition.<\/span><\/p>\n Initial Objective: To resolve community barriers to aggregate low-carbon energy initiatives to unlock capital from investors.<\/span><\/p>\n Final Objectives:<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_blurb use_icon=”on” font_icon=”R||divi||400″ icon_placement=”left” image_icon_width=”28px” _builder_version=”4.22.0″ _module_preset=”default” body_font_size=”18px” global_colors_info=”{}”]Identify barriers preventing communities from capitalizing low-carbon energy projects.<\/span> [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb use_icon=”on” font_icon=”R||divi||400″ icon_placement=”left” image_icon_width=”28px” _builder_version=”4.22.0″ _module_preset=”default” body_font_size=”18px” global_colors_info=”{}”]Make recommendations to policymakers on creating policy, and financing architects to create supportive investment structures.<\/span> [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb use_icon=”on” font_icon=”R||divi||400″ icon_placement=”left” image_icon_width=”28px” _builder_version=”4.22.0″ _module_preset=”default” body_font_size=”18px” global_colors_info=”{}”]Acknowledge Indigenous communities’ resilience in the face of systemic oppression and ongoing harm caused by colonization. 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A better tomorrow \u2013 where their customers, employees and communities all thrive \u2013 benefits everyone, including the Bank. Their approach to managing environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues focuses on areas where Scotiabank can make the biggest impact \u2013 enabling stakeholders to reach their fullest potential, mobilizing finance to address important social and environmental challenges and building trust by acting with integrity in everything they do.<\/span> [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_margin=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_divider color=”#FFCC00″ _builder_version=”4.20.0″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Recent Blogs” _builder_version=”4.19.4″ background_image=”https:\/\/questcanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/QUEST-Swish-Full2.png” background_size=”contain” background_position=”center_right” custom_margin=”-4px|||||” custom_padding=”11px|0px|11px|0px|true|false” saved_tabs=”all” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.19.4″ module_alignment=”center” custom_padding=”49px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.22.0″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#333333″ text_font_size=”17px” text_line_height=”2em” link_font=”||||||||” ul_font=”||||||||” ol_font=”||||||||” quote_font=”||||||||” header_font=”||||||||” header_2_font=”|700||on|||||” header_2_text_color=”#00a9a6″ header_2_font_size=”44px” header_2_line_height=”1.5em” text_orientation=”center” max_width=”800px” module_alignment=”center” header_2_font_size_tablet=”” header_2_font_size_phone=”34px” header_2_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n QUEST Canada develops and implements programs and projects with the aim to nurture strategic partnerships, facilitate connections, empower community champions, and influence decisions makers, supporting communities across Canada on their pathway to net-zero. 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Resources<\/h2>\n
Heldagardis Renyaan, QUEST Canada<\/p>\n
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Heldagardis Renyaan, QUEST Canada<\/p>\n
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Empowering Canadian Communities<\/b><\/h2>\n