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AN ERFP FOR PRIMARY SUPPLIERS
By industry, for industry. Canada-wide. No government influence on project selection. CFIF is the only ERFP structuring capital to make Canadian clean fuel and emissions reduction projects bankable to institutional lenders. Your compliance dollars. Real Canadian capacity.
Multiply the impact of your compliance.
Price Certainty
CFIF locks in a fixed contribution rate for the compliance year, eliminating the price volatility that makes open-market credit procurement unpredictable. Open market credit prices have risen substantially since the CFR took effect.
What is CFIF?
CFIF gives Primary Suppliers a practical, market-aligned way to redirect up to 10% of their annual reduction requirement into an independent, not-for-profit fund that deploys non-repayable grants to Canadian emission-reducing projects.
Instead of navigating complex project development or bilateral credit markets individually, participating fuel suppliers contribute into a professionally managed fund governed entirely by industry.
BY INDUSTRY, FOR INDUSTRY.
How It Works
Step 1
Contributions
Direct up to 10% of your annual CFR reduction requirement into CFIF
Step 2
Direction
Choose the broader fund or direct to specific projects via the CPP
Step 3
Evaluation
Independent technical and regulatory project screening
Step 4
Deployment
Non-repayable grants to verified emissions-reduction projects
Step 5
Reporting
Transparent ESG and compliance reporting to contributors
The CFIF Difference
The biggest barrier to building Canadian clean fuel projects is not a lack of grant capital. It is that banks will not lend. Regulatory uncertainty, stroke of pen risk, stops institutional lenders from participating in project finance. Otherwise sound, commercially viable projects die in development.
CFIF is the only ERFP structuring its capital to absorb this risk, directly unlocking institutional project finance alongside grant deployment. Compliance dollars become the catalyst for a far larger pool of private investment.
CFIF is actively exploring this approach in collaboration with major Canadian financial institutions.
Contributor Priority Program
Primary suppliers can now direct their CFIF contributions to specific projects that meet ERFP requirements, while maintaining full CFR compliance.
HOW IT WORKSFunds are committed on a directed basis to projects that meet CFIF and ERFP requirements, prioritized by you, the contributor.
Industry partner and CFIF collaborate on deployment of funds to qualified projects, ensuring regulatory compliance at every step.
Per CFIF requirements, if no qualifying directed projects are approved, funds flow to the broader CFIF pool, ensuring full CFR compliance is maintained.
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Contributor Priority Program
Direct your compliance dollars to the projects that matter most to your supply chain, while maintaining full CFR compliance.
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Industry Priority Forum
A curated forum of leading industry participants engaged on technical, policy, and market issues of mutual importance, modelled after similar forums in the renewable electricity sector.
FORUM STRUCTURERegular touchpoints on issues identified by industry players, including the cap on ERFP usage, strategic infrastructure needs, and implications of provincial and US programs.
Structured after successful forums in the renewable electricity space, bringing the same collaborative rigour to Canada's clean fuels market.
An independent legal advisor participates as an organizing sponsor to ensure all anti-trust standards are strictly adhered to.
IPF
Industry Priority Forum
A curated forum of leading industry participants on issues that shape Canada's clean fuels market. No government influence on the agenda.
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Who Participates?
CFR-obligated parties seeking a cost-effective, approved compliance pathway. Direct up to 10% of your annual reduction requirement at a fixed rate, with full market visibility before you commit. Annual decision. No long-term lock-in..
Explore Contribution Options →Clean fuel projects looking for catalytic grant support to unlock private capital. CFIF deploys 100% of contributed funds as non-repayable grants, and structures capital to make your project bankable to institutional lenders.
Submit Your Project →Financial and advisory partners seeking curated exposure to Canadian clean fuels. Engage with industry through the Industry Priority Forum (IPF) and access a professionally evaluated, independently screened project pipeline.
Explore Partnership →FAQ
We'll walk you through the full mechanics. Every Primary Supplier that engages now helps define what Canadian clean fuel capacity looks like at scale. One call. No commitment. Your industry. Your call.
"15 minutes. No commitment. We'll walk you through the mechanics."
