Environmental Stewardship & Sustainability

Caring for Place, Growing What Lasts

We often think of sustainability as a technical issue—about emissions, energy, and conservation targets. But for us, it begins with something more personal: care.

Care for the land and waters that hold us. Care for communities navigating uncertain economic and environmental futures. Care for the generations that will live with the consequences of the choices we make today.

We see environmental stewardship as deeply relational. It’s about how people connect to place—and to each other. It’s about building economies that sustain both livelihoods and ecosystems. And it’s about designing a future where wellbeing isn’t measured only by output, but by belonging, beauty, and balance.

Across the regions we serve, we support environmental initiatives that are locally rooted and broadly relevant—from youth-led climate action and land-based learning, to food literacy programs, regenerative agriculture, and Indigenous ecological leadership.

Some of this work happens in collaboration with organizations like Plenty Canada, where environmental action is grounded in Indigenous knowledge systems. Other times, it emerges from community members creating new relationships with the land—through reforestation efforts, shoreline care, outdoor classrooms, or farm-to-school programs that nourish both bodies and communities.

We also see the environment as an essential part of human wellbeing. Time in nature isn’t a luxury—it’s a protective factor. A source of grounding, health, and connection. When young people spend time outdoors, or help plant a community garden, or learn how food systems work, they’re not just learning science. They’re reconnecting to something that helps them feel whole.

For us, sustainability means more than environmental protection. It’s about strengthening the systems—ecological, social, and economic—that support life over the long term.

We’re especially interested in approaches that blend environmental action with economic opportunity. That’s why we’re beginning to explore impact investing strategies—ways of putting capital to work in service of regenerative local economies. This could mean investing in clean energy, green jobs, sustainable agriculture, or community-owned assets that generate both environmental and financial returns.

We believe the shift to a more sustainable world needs to be just, inclusive, and locally grounded. That means supporting communities—not just to adapt—but to lead. To build models of resilience that others can learn from.

The future we imagine is one where environmental sustainability isn’t a sector—it’s a shared commitment. It shows up in how we build homes, teach children, feed our neighbours, and design economies that honour the limits and gifts of the land.