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Working to Build a
Green Economy

The Green Economy Network (GEN) is a coalition of labour, environmental, and social justice organizations working to build a green economy in Canada.

Our Three Pillars for a Common Platform

Our pillars represent our focus for a Common Platform as we move towards a green economy.

Further investments need to be made in development of renewable energy sources and electricity transmission capacity between provinces to reach the government’s goal of a net-zero electricity system by 2035 as electrification increases.
Renewable Energy
The current level of investments made to decarbonize the sector are insufficient to ensure our homes and buildings are entirely net-zero by 2050. Moreover, the government’s current green homes grant program is inaccessible to millions of Canadians, particularly low-income ones. 
Green Buildings
As it currently stands, transit in Canada both between and within communities is underdeveloped. Incentivizing Canadians to use carbon intensive modes of travel less means making public, low-carbon alternatives accessible, reliable, and affordable.
Public Transit

Together, these initiatives would help protect our environment and each would help create hundreds of thousands of jobs.

We are leading a campaign to create one million climate jobs in our communities. Climate jobs are jobs that work to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions. We believe solutions exist that will help us resolve both the climate crisis and the unemployment crisis at the same time. 

GEN is moving forward in proposing real policy ideas. We know that good, green, climate jobs are the future for Canada.

Our Members

The Green Economy Network includes labour, environmental, faith, and social justice organizations. Member organizations have agreed to the GEN Vision Statement and have named one member to the GEN Steering Committee.

Members