Hamilton Industrial Environmental Association
270 Sherman Avenue N. L8L 6N4 Hamilton, ON, Canada

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HIEA would like to welcome our new Communications Coordinator / Office Manager: Heidi Levitzky is an environmental professional who brings with her eight years of experience in the automotive industry as a Compliance and Sustainability Manager. In this previous role she ensured environmental regulatory compliance and conformance to site policies, maintained ISO 14001 registration, and executed corporate projects while building community partnerships. Passionate about environm...ental conservation and education, an important focus for her was leading and coordinating outreach programs, STEM education, and environmental awareness initiatives such as managing wildlife habitat conservation certification for the site. She is a graduate of the Environmental Management and Assessment (EMA) Post-Graduate program at Niagara College, where she is now an instructor teaching Hazardous Materials Management. Heidi has also sat on the Program Advisory Committee for this program since 2013. Heidi began her environmental career at the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority (NPCA) first as a Software Analyst Intern and then as an Assistant Technical Writer in Source Water Protection. Heidi is delighted to join HIEA and to assimilate into the Hamilton environmental community. An avid runner, Heidi has completed 14 half-marathons to date. When she is not running half-marathons she participates in many local trail races.

PART TIME PUBLIC RELATIONS COORDINATOR & OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR Currently budgeted at an average of 15 hours per week, this position this will require flexibility of time and will require working some evenings and possibly an occasional weekend....Continue reading

Our Future Hamilton - 2019 Annual Summit Preparing Today for the Jobs of Tomorrow Check out the information and sign up - we hope to see you there.

HIEA has been a proud sponsor of McQuesten Urban Farm since 2015. For more information about this interesting project check out the following link: https://www.cbc.ca//kids-lead-mcquesten-urban-farm-1.52574

Check out the great video the Hamilton Children's Water Festival organizers prepared: https://youtu.be/KnDi4wI-EO8. This is much better than a plaque to hang on the wall!

The Hamilton Industrial Environmental Association is very pleased to introduce it's newest member - Posner Metals Ltd. and its representative to the HIEA Board of Directors Aaron Posner. The company officially joined the organization on June 1, 2019. Aaron says: We were recyclers long before the idea of recycling began. In some ways, we can consider ourselves to be ‘pioneers’ in the area of environmentalism. Forty years or so ago, when we entered this business, the environme...nt was not a major social concern and the idea of ‘recycling’ was virtually unheard of. We got into the business because it seemed practical and profitable to collect and use scrap metal. Today, environmental concerns are among the major forces that drive our business. Landfill sites cannot accommodate the massive quantities of metal being consumed by our society. In addition, the savings in energy costs and environmental impact by reducing mining area are a substantial benefit of recycling metal. As it was 40 years ago, our solution is to gather metals and deliver it to organizations that can reuse it. Naturally, our approach to metal recycling operations has evolved to meet the highest environmental standards in all aspects of our operations. For four generations, from Hans Posner to the current management to the next generation, we have continued as a family-run business.

The HIEA 2018 Report to the Community with 2017 performance results is now available. You can review the report on the HIEA website - www.hiea.org. To request a hard copy of the report please contact us at [email protected].... HIEA's Annual General Meeting was held on April 17, 2019 in the Woodshed at the Hamilton Museum of Steam and Technology. Attendees were treated to an informative tour of the museum followed by light refreshments and 2 very interesting, water related, presentations. If you were not able to attend the meeting our speakers have graciously provided copies of their presentations which can be viewed on our website.

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SAVE THE DATE HIEA's Annual General Meeting Wednesday April 17th to be held at the Hamilton Museum of Steam and Technology. Details will be posted soon.

HIEA members met with Rod Phillips, Ontario Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks and Donna Skelly on Friday October 26 to discuss key issues and priorities for cleaner air for Hamilton area. Great example of dedicated industry members, community leaders and governments working together.

HIEA maintains an active role within the Hamilton community through membership and participation in several community based associations and groups. HIEA is represented on the Clean Air Hamilton Committee and has been involved in a number of its sub committees including the Upwind Downwind Conference organizing committee, Climate Change Steering group and business task group. HIEA is also a very active supporter of the Hamilton Harbour Remedial Action Plan (RAP) and participated not only in the Watershed Nutrient and Sediment Management Advisory Group and both the Sediment Control on Active Construction Sites Task Group and the Urban Runoff Task Group but is also a participant of the Randle Reef Community Liaison Committee.

We’re Working Together for a Better Hamilton Community HIEA’s member companies play a crucial role in the Hamilton community by generating revenue, paying property taxes, providing employment, and creating new business opportunities through innovation and technology. In 2016 the 12 member companies employed over 7,100 people. Besides the direct employment provided by these 12 companies there are many other individuals and industries operating their businesses in different sec...tors including transportation, consulting, construction, manufacturing, service provider, food industry, etc. as a result of their existence. Accounting for almost 11 percent of Canada's GDP, manufacturing is a high skill, high tech sector. In Hamilton, HIEA members directly provide 7,000 manufacturing jobsalmost all of them full time and well paying. These jobs support approximately 56,000 more jobs through indirect and induced effects playing a critical role in Hamilton’s economy Since its establishment in 1997, HIEA has been actively engaged in consultation with local communities, research organizations, academic institutions, governmental agencies and the public to find the issues, concerns and, suggestions from the wider stakeholders. HIEA has also played an important role in facilitating interaction among its member companies to develop a long-term strategy for pollution management and secondary material reduction. Through rigorous consultation, research and experience; industries jointly started to track and document the flow of material and energy and, their transformation into products, by-products, and wastes throughout their operational systems. HIEA member companies have developed a unique and complete ecosystemworking closely with one another to supply the raw materials needed to manufacture their products. This network allows them to meet customer requirements in a timely and economical manner. This in turn generates employment, fulfills environmental improvements, meets legislation, sustains businesses and, grows the overall local and regional economy.

The Board of Directors is pleased to announce that they have retained Ed Cocchiarella, P. Eng, to take on the new role of HIEA General Manager as of June 1. Ed will be working with the Board of Directors, our Technical Committee members and Karen Logan, our Communications Coordinator to help facilitate HIEA’s activities focusing on stakeholder relations, technical programs, advocacy and member support. With over 30 years of experience Ed has proven to be an engaging leader an...d advisor who has developed and implemented best-in-class environmental strategies in the mining, steel and electricity sectors. Ed is no stranger to the Hamilton Industrial Environmental Association and was a key player in the formation of the organization in 1996 where he also chaired the technical committee until 2007 while working at Dofasco. He was also instrumental in the development and leadership with the Hamilton Air Monitoring Network (HAMN) and chaired the Emission Reduction Working Group of Clean Air Hamilton from 1998 to 2007 representing both HIEA and Dofasco. He is recognized as a trusted, knowledgeable industry representative on a number of multi-stakeholder forums. Ed is also a passionate cyclist. Please join us in welcoming Ed to the HIEA team. Ed can be reached at [email protected]. John Lundrigan on behalf of the HIEA Board of Directors

One of our members has an official name change - please note they are now called Birla Carbon Canada Ltd.

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