About Us

Sustane’s leadership team, with a passion for a better future, extensive experience, and unwavering determination, is backed by a seasoned Board of Directors.

Executive Leadership Team

Peter Vinall

Co-Founder
President and CEO

Robert Richardson, FCPA, FCA

Co-Founder
Chief Financial Officer

James Lawley

Board Member
President, Halkirk Properties Inc.

Kevin Cameron

Senior Vice-President,
Business Development

Fraser Gray, CPA, CA

Senior Vice-President,

Finance and Strategy

Keith Van Scotter

Senior Vice-President,
Engineering

Our Team

At full production, Sustane Chester will employ 25 team members in a wide range of occupations, including as operating technicians, engineers, quality control technicians, and heavy equipment operators.

Our Journey

In less than 10 years, Sustane has taken a revolutionary idea and turned it into an operational reality. Now we are ready to scale up and bring our proven carbon negative technology to communities worldwide.

2014

Co-founders Peter Vinall, Robert Richardson, and Javier De La Fuente Muñoz launch Sustane Technologies.

2014 – 2016

Extensive research and development to identify the system components, scale and refine the process design, and establish a competitive economic model.

2016

Sustane and the Municipality of the District of Chester enter into an agreement to construct a waste transformation facility in the Kaizer Meadow Industrial Park.

2017

Sustane breaks ground on its first-of-a-kind 40,000 square-foot commercial demonstration facility, Sustane Chester. The facility which is designed to process 70,000 tonnes of household waste per year takes two years to complete.

2019 – 2023

Sustane receives environmental approval
from the Province of Nova Scotia.

Equipment testing, commissioning,
and process optimization.

Relationship building with municipalities
across North America.

2023

Sustane’s organic GroBoost Fertilizer receives Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) approval, paving the way for commercial agricultural partnerships. Produced with lower carbon intensity than traditional chemical fertilizers, GroBoost improves soil health, sequesters carbon, and significantly mitigates chemical fertilizer run-off in fields.

NS-based Payless Fuels partners with Sustane to provide up to 30,000 litres per week of sustainable alternative fuels to commercial customers to reduce their carbon footprint.

2024

Sustane enters into a partnership agreement with the Washington State Department of Natural Resources to explore sites for future waste transformation facilities. 

Sustane is exploring other U.S. locations for expansion.

Today

With a growing pipeline of potential projects across North America, Sustane is preparing to scale up operations and play a key role in reaching governments and industries’ net-zero emissions targets by 2050.

Our Journey

In less than 10 years, Sustane has taken a revolutionary idea and turned it into an operational reality. Now we are ready to scale up and bring our proven carbon negative technology to communities worldwide.

2014

Co-founders Peter Vinall, Robert Richardson, and
Javier De La Fuente Muñoz launch Sustane Technologies.

2014 – 2016

Extensive research and development to identify the system components, scale and refine the process design, and establish a competitive economic model.

2016

Sustane and the Municipality of the District of Chester enter into an agreement to construct a waste transformation facility in the Kaizer Meadow Industrial Park.

2017

Sustane breaks ground on its first-of-a-kind 40,000 square-foot commercial demonstration facility, Sustane Chester. The facility which is designed to process 70,000 tonnes of household waste
per year takes two years to complete.

2019 – 2023

Sustane receives environmental approval
from the Province of Nova Scotia.

Equipment testing, commissioning,
and process optimization.

Relationship building with municipalities
across North America.

2023

Sustane’s organic GroBoost Fertilizer receives Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) approval, paving the way for commercial agricultural partnerships. Produced with lower carbon intensity than traditional chemical fertilizers, GroBoost improves soil health, sequesters carbon, and significantly mitigates chemical fertilizer run-off in fields.

NS-based Payless Fuels partners with Sustane to provide
up to 30,000 litres per week of sustainable alternative fuels to commercial customers to reduce their carbon footprint.

2024

Sustane enters into a partnership agreement with the Washington State Department of Natural Resources to explore sites for future waste transformation facilities. 

Sustane is exploring other U.S. locations for expansion.

Today

With a growing pipeline of potential projects across North America,
Sustane is preparing to scale up operations and play a key role in reaching governments and industries’ net-zero emissions targets by 2050.

Awards and Recognition

We are honoured to be an award-winning, cleantech company:

2022 Innovator of the Year
Mobius Awards of Environmental Excellence
Divert NS

2016 I-3 Technology Start-Up Competition Provincial Winner
Innovacorp