Canada’s Business & Sustainability Partnership
Since 1996 An Initiative of the Globe Foundation
Excellence in Corporate Environmental Leadership
EXCEL
A tumultuous global economy continues to send mixed signals to companies
Productivity and competitiveness remain an priority for Canada
Environmental and social risks continue to shape license to operate and consumer preferences at home and abroad
Sustainability intertwines all of these and thus: the EXCEL program is intended to equip members
with the perspective and tools to remain corporate leaders during these complex times.
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With the loyalty of existing members, plus the addition of a new one
from a different sector, EXCEL retains its position as the inner circle
for Canada’s corporate sustainability leaders, and the country’s
longest standing business and sustainability partnership.
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Shari Austin
Vice President, Corporate Citizenship, RBC
Barbara Reuter
Vice President, Environment, OPG
Doug Hietkamp
Director, Sustainable Development Programs, Teknion
David Parker
Vice President, Sustainability, Teck
Gordon Lambert
Vice President, Sustainable Development, Suncor Energy
John Foster
Sustainability Lead, DuPont Canada
Brian Messinger
Director, Environment, Health and Safety, Graymont
Dave Lye
Vice President, Encana
James Gray-Donald
Vice President, Sustainability, Bentall Kennedy
Teresa Ehman
Director, Environment, Air Canada
Dan Gagné
Director, Corporate Responsibility & Environment, Bell
Normand Pellerin
Assistant Vice President, Environment, CN
Luc Robitaille
Director, Environment, Holicm
Lori Nickifor
Senior Manager, Environment, Services, Capital Power
Don Wharton
Vice President, SD, TransAlta Corporation
Helene Gagnon
Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility, Bombardier
Paul Hunt
Director Sustainability, Enbridge
Kelly Kowalchuk
Vice President, EH&S and SR, Nexen
Jon Mitchell
Director, Environment, Cenovus
EXCEL Corporate Representatives
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Reaching higher to improve risk management, competitiveness, internal engagement, and value chain performance sustainability.
Business Competitiveness and Sustainability
2013-Program Delivery at a Glance
1. Two Roundtable Workshops 2. Quarterly in-depth EXCEL Spotlight Management Briefs 3. Sustainability Report Benchmarking – Sampling best
practices from EXCEL members 4. EXCEL On-Sight Advisory services offering 5. Tracking EXCEL Partner trending through the Annual
Survey 6. EXCEL Teleconference/Webinars 7. EXCEL Breakfast meetings (in between Roundtables)
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Timing: May
Host and Location:
Delphi – Ottawa/Wakefield Mill
Themes + Issues to Cover:
Canada and Sustainability – what can industry leaders be doing to ensure Canada outperforms on competitiveness and sustainability leadership.
Stakeholder & employee engagement: reaching out to improve performance on sustainability and business results.
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Timing: Fall 2012
Host and Location: Encana/
Cenovus – Calgary ‘The Bow’
Theme: Sustainability
Management: Best Practices
Issues to Cover:
Risk management & materiality +
Organizational Structures & Accountability
Practices for Sustainability Performance.
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New Approach – for 2013 Spotlight’s will become quarterly research briefs – with more depth, case studies, embedded user-tools plus interviews with EXCEL members.
Topics: Q1 Risk Management – Defining Materiality, Determining
Opportunities and Risks, Establishing Priorities and Assigning Values.
Q2 Internal Sustainability Management - Organizational Structures, Governance, Employee Engagement and Embedding Sustainability.
Q3 Sustainability & Corporate Competitiveness – Connecting the Dots with Technology and Productivity, plus Value Proposition Proof Points
Q4 Reporting Practices & Communication- Trends, Priority Setting Approaches and New Developments for Third Party Standards.
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Topics:
1. Sustainability reporting: EXCEL benchmarking, GRI Updates, and Member strategies
2. Supply Chain Sustainability
3. Setting Sustainability Budgets and Defining Priorities
4. Social Metrics and How they are Applied
5. Other topics to be added based on member requests
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Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Organizational Stakeholder through the Globe Foundation – Enabling EXCEL members to engage on development related to the new G4 standards.
Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) – Delphi is the only Canadian consultancy partner to the CDP helping us keep EXCEL members up to date on relevant developments.
Academic – Connecting EXCEL programming topics with the latest research from Universities.
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EXCEL Web Update:
1. Updated interactivity
2. Forum feature enabling members
to interact online,
discussion groups on various
topics (informed by survey results)
1. Content from Roundtables posted in members areas for ease of access
2. Improved branding value for members of EXCEL
Canada’s Business and Sustainability Partnership
www.excelpartnership.ca
EXCEL
Partnership Coordinator
Ted Ferguson Vice President
The Delphi Group
Phone: 613-562-2005
Email: [email protected]
Managing Partners
John Wiebe President and CEO The Globe
Foundation of Canada
Chris Henderson Chair,
The Delphi Group
An Initiative of the Globe Foundation
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