Asia, Middle East and Africa 

Japan 

• Japanese Government offer a lifeline to Environmental Social and Governance investing amid backlash overseas (The Japan Times, August 19, 2024)

• Asahi Kasei (Japan) announces Port Colborne, Ontario as the location of a future lithium-ion battery separator plant (Business Wire, May 15, 2024)

• Sumitomo Corporation invests in massive Carbon Capture Project in Alberta (Nikkei Asia, May 25, 2024)

• Hitachi Energy invests $140M to upgrade transformer production facility in Quebec (Sustainable Biz Canada, May 16, 2024

• JAPEX and Invest Alberta Signed MOU to Foster Growth and Collaboration in Alberta Energy Market (JAPEX, March 4, 2024)

• Mitsubishi Corporation (Japan) form Joint Venture with Frontier Lithium to establish a new lithium processing facility in Ontario (CISION Newswire, March 4, 2024)

• Panasonic Energy (Japan) signs 7 years off-take agreement with Nouveau Monde Graphite (Quebec) for EV battery material, (CISION Newswire, February 15, 2024)

• Honda, Nissan to collaborate on EV software as they chase rivals (Asahi Shimbun, August 2, 2024)

• Mitsui to build ammonia plant in UAE starting production in 2027 (Reuters, June 25, 2024)

• Japanese economy is shrinking, although slightly less than previously thought (AP News, June 9, 2024)

China 

As the world’s largest hydrogen producer and consumer, China has incorporated hydrogen-based decarbonization solutions into its latest national development strategy. The approach stems mainly from the fact that less than 0.1% of the hydrogen China produces comes from renewable sources of energy.  Hydrogen is being applied to hard-to-electrify sectors and China presents significant opportunities in the green hydrogen space.  (Green Hydrogen in China: A Roadmap for Progress, published by World Economic Forum in collaboration with Accenture and China Hydrogen Alliance). 

South Korea 

• SK Group and Export Development Canada (EDC) sign MOU partnership to grow trade opportunities for clean tech and battery sectors in Korea (CISION Newswire, July 3 2024)
  
  
• Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP), ARC Clean Technology, and New Brunswick Power sign MOU to build Small Nuclear Reactors (Power Technology News, May 3, 2024)
  
  
• POSCO Future M (South Korea) and Honda to build EV battery plant in Ontario (Korea Economic Daily, April 26, 2024)
  
  
• Samsung SDI invests in Canada Nickel’s Crawford Nickel in Ontario for EV battery material (Korea Economic Daily, January 15, 2024)

Europe

Ontario companies gain greater access to Horizon Europe, the world's largest research and innovation funding program involving countries around the globe, which covers clean tech innovations (Horizon Europe, July 3, 2024)

Italy and Spain

Global Affairs Canada Bioeconomy November Mission to Italy and Spain (Italy, November 2024)

Spain

Global Affairs Canada and Smart Grid Innovation Network Canada (SGIN) mission to Smart City Expo World Congress (Spain, November 2024)

United States

US Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office $9 Billion Deal to Supercharge US Cleantech (Energy.Gov, June 22, 2023)

Creation of the Clean Investment Monitor to transform the landscape of clean technologies (ESG News)