While at TRCA, Chris partnered with Coca-Cola to support the company’s global water neutrality goals through local ecosystem restoration. Working closely with Coca-Cola’s sustainability team, he helped identify and evaluate restoration opportunities that could deliver measurable water savings in the Greater Toronto Area.
Chris applied Coca-Cola’s water neutrality framework to TRCA-led projects and worked with technical staff to quantify impacts and align outcomes with corporate sustainability targets. His efforts culminated in a successful proposal that led Coca-Cola to invest $500,000 in the creation of a nine-hectare coastal wetland at Tommy Thompson Park—an initiative that advanced ecological restoration, improved water quality, and demonstrated the potential of public-private environmental collaboration.