Business View-Oct 2023

112 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 10, ISSUE 10 carbon, and looking at novel ways to find solutions to decarbonize their operations.” A transformation in action. “We are going to need plastics. We are going to need oil, gas, metal, and steel to build roads, provide power, make consumer products, and so forth for the time being. Our directive has been helping those industries and elevating our presence concerning nuclear amongst other clean energy forms,” he elaborates. Pieres is adamant that nuclear must be part of a diversified portfolio of sustainable energy sources, that is combined with oil and gas, mining, and metals for a successful energy future. He points out that industry-wide, there is much interest in this combined approach and in making fossil fuels safer for continued use. “In the last eight years, we have upped our game in helping technologies advance,” says Pieries. Jolly also adds that Hatch is one of Canada’s Greenest Employers. “This is a major focus for our company,” he says. “Tackling climate change will require a major shift to less carbon-intensive forms of energy. This is a core focus, and at Hatch, it comes right from the top, straight from our CEO (John Bianchini) and our board of directors. To look at how we can provide greener energy solutions.” “This means our designs are more ESG (environmental, social, and governance)- friendly and sustainable. We incorporate new materials and technology, [including] space allocation and how we deal with logistics, how we transport materials to and from sites. Is there pre-fabrication? We know module yards or fabrication yards and package things up in a smart way. For us that’s just regular design work that we’re doing day to day,” he expands. Jolly says Hatch has signed on to the United Nations Sustainability Goals and are owners of actions on Canada’s As Pieres notes, one major adaptation relates to the reality that “the outlook has changed.” “We have a climate change challenge facing us today; and as citizens of this Earth we are making a lot of commitments to better the world for our children and the next generations to come.” As a direct result, Pieres highlights that Hatch’s current mandate has been “focused in the last eight years on helping those heavy industries that are emitting a lot of