The corridor
Canadian roots. Global reach.
We follow the corridor: from projects on public, private and Indigenous lands in British Columbia, across Canada and into the North and the Arctic, along the rail, road, pipeline and port routes that carry their output, to buyers in the United States, Asia, Africa and beyond. With people on the ground across those regions, we see both ends of the corridor, and everything in between.
A dispute at a terminal or an incident at a remote site becomes a question for a lender in Toronto and a buyer in Chicago or Tokyo within days.
Now
BC Pacific gateways
Rail, port and energy projects on the BC coast, in the Interior and across Canada are moving faster under federal and provincial pressure to build. The risk: projects moving faster than Indigenous consent and benefit terms, reputational damage when development and cultural integrity are seen to collide, opposition to anchorages and industrial land use, and labour disruption. The opportunity: projects that get that balance right move faster and keep their licence to operate.
Next
Canadian North and Arctic
Federal fast-tracking of northern roads, ports and dual-use infrastructure. The risk: projects on Inuit and First Nations lands moving faster than trust, consultation and local capacity can keep up.
The market
The U.S., Asia, Africa and beyond
Canadian and U.S. manufacturers, utilities and farms, buyers across Asia and the Indo-Pacific, partners and markets in Africa, and resource frontiers from the Nordic Arctic to Australia and South America. The risk: buyers, investors and regulators want proof of responsible sourcing and genuine Indigenous partnership, and a problem at the source follows the product to market.
Standards we work to
Advice that holds up under scrutiny.
Our work is built on the frameworks lenders, buyers and regulators already use.
- Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights
- UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
- IFC Performance Standards and the Equator Principles
- OECD Due Diligence Guidance for responsible supply chains
- UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Canada’s UN Declaration Act
- Historic and modern treaties, constitutionally protected Aboriginal rights, and free, prior and informed consent
- Canada’s Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act
- UN system security risk management and duty-of-care practice
Connect with Corridor directly.
A first conversation is free and confidential. Email connect@corridorrisk.ca.