Welcome

Hello and welcome to Accelerate: Collaborating for Sustainability.

Accelerate took shape out of a growing recognition of the key role that collaboration must play in solving complex sustainability challenges and achieving systems-changing breakthroughs towards a sustainable society.

While working together is crucial, the barriers to effective collaboration are considerable. Exciting innovative approaches to solving our society’s sustainability challenges continue to emerge, but too often we become accustomed to addressing problems and issues at an organizational level, working separately on aspects of the same problems.

Accelerate is an opportunity to discuss the barriers to collaboration, and a chance for diverse groups and individuals to engage with each other, contributing to powerful multi-stakeholder change processes. It is an opportunity to learn about collaboration from experts and practitioners but also, importantly, to experience collaboration.

It is in this same spirit, the recognition that no single organization can chart the course to sustainability alone, that The Natural Step Canada has initiated the Sustainability Transition Lab and issued a Call to Collaborate. Whatever the challenge you may face in trying to bring about change towards sustainability, initiating a Sustainability Transition Lab could provide the path to a breakthrough by bringing together the key stakeholders. I invite you to discuss the Sustain-ability Transition Lab with me or another representative of The Natural Step Canada here at the conference.

I am extremely glad that so many of you are able to make it to Guelph and am honoured to be able to learn and work with all of you over the next few days.

Let’s accelerate change, together.

Chad ParkExecutive DirectorThe Natural Step Canada

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Agenda

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8:00-9:30 Registration and Facilitated Networking SessionFacilitator: • SaralynHodgkin,Director CollaborationPrograms TheNaturalStepCanada

Welcome and Conference Kickoff

Greetings from the City of Guelph and ourPresenting Sponsor. A word from TNS Canadaabout why a conference on collaboration isneeded.

Host: • ChadPark,ExecutiveDirector TheNaturalStepCanada

Speakers:• KarenFarbridge,MayorofGuelph• BarbaraTurley-McIntyre, SeniorDirectorofSustainabilityand Citizenship TheCo-operatorsGroupLtd.• TimBrodhead,Past-PresidentJ.W.McConnellFamilyFoundation

Date: Monday, June 10, 2013 Location: River Run Centre, Guelph, Ontario

10:00-11:30

Why Collaboration Matters: Exploring Collective Impact & Shared Value

Dynamic leaders from the business and not-for-profit worlds will share insights on whycollaborationwithlike-mindedgroupsand“strangebedfellows” can drive value and why it is key toovercoming systemic barriers to sustainability.

Moderator: • TimDraimin,ExecutiveDirector SocialInnovationGeneration

Speakers:• AvrimLazar,FormerCEO ForestProductsAssociationofCanada; championoftheCanadianBorealInitiative• DavidHughes,President&CEO PathwaystoEducation FormerCEOofHabitatforHumanity

11:30-12:30 Lunch

9:30-9:55

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11:30-12:30

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Catalyzing Change through Shared Purpose: the Human Dimension of Collaboration

Three internationally recognized sustainabilityleaders will share experiences and exploredifferent approaches to building shared intention,includingtheco-operativeandBenefitCorporation(B Corp) models, in the context of meetingfundamentalhumanneeds.

Moderator: • BobWillard,Author The New Sustainability Advantage

Speakers:• Dr.Karl-HenrikRobèrt,Founder TheNaturalStepandAshokaFellow• KathyBardswick,President&CEO TheCo-operatorsGroupLtd.• BartHoulahan,Co-founder BLab(curatoroftheBCorpMovement)

12:30-2:00

2:00-2:20 Networking Break

Collaboration Cafe

Conference participants will engage in a WorldCafé style dialogue about their motivations andcapacityforcollaboratingforsustainability.

2:20-3:20

Facilitators: • SaralynHodgkin,Director CollaborationPrograms TheNaturalStepCanada• TamaraConnell,Director SustainabilityLiteracyandCommunications TheNaturalStepCanada

Systems Change: How to get to breakthrough outcomes

Collaboration is key tosystemicchange,buthowdo systems actually change? Two internationalthought leaders share their experiences andinsights into the barriers and keys totransformationalcollaboration.

Moderator: • Dr.BryanSmith,Co-author The Necessary Revolution: How Individuals and Organizations are Working Together to Create a Sustainable World

Speakers:• CharmianLove,ChiefExecutive Volans• AdamKahane,Partner ReosPartners; Author,Transformative Scenario Planning: Working Together to Change the Future

3:30-5:00

5:00 Close

5:30-9:0041Quebec

StreetSuggested location for informal networking for conferenceparticipantsiseBar,ashortwalkfromtheRiverRun

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Date: Monday, June 10, 2013 Location: River Run Centre, Guelph, Ontario

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Networking Break2:00-2:20

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5:30-9:00

AgendaDate: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 Location: Delta Guelph Hotel & Conference Centre, Guelph, Ontario

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Registration & Morning Networking

8:30-10:00

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8:00-8:30

Moderator: • SarahBrooks,SeniorAssociate TheNaturalStepCanada

Panelists:• NadineGudz,Director SustainabilityStrategy,Interface• BruceLourie,President IveyFoundation• PaulUys,PastVP,Sustainability Loblaws

Breakout Panel AThink Big: How a Compelling Sustainability Vision Can Drive Innovation and Enable Collab-oration

A panel of experts will explore how settingbig goals based on a vision of sustainability(versus incremental improvements over anunsustainable past) can unlock real innovationbyattractingandmotivatingstakeholders.

Moderators: • KellyBaxter,Chair TheNaturalStepInternational• SaralynHodgkin, Director,CollaborationPrograms TheNaturalStepCanada

Panelists:• MonicaPohlmann, InnovationAnimator,LeadingBoldlyNetwork UnitedWayofCalgaryandArea• JoerivandenSteenhoven,Director MaRSSolutionsLab• VanessaTimmer,Co-founderandExecutive Director,OneEarth

Breakout Panel BSocial Innovation Labs: Lessons in Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration

A panel of experts will introduce and exploredifferent approaches to multi-stakeholdercollaboration including Change Labs, Futures,andtheSustainabilityTransitionLab.

Moderators: • BarbSteele,DirectorofPartnerships NetworkforBusinessSustainability

Panelists:• ElaineHanson,DirectorofSustainability SheridanCollege• BobMasterson,VicePresident, ResponsibleCare,ChemistryIndustry AssociationofCanada• RezaNasseri,FounderandCEO LandmarkGroupofBuilders• GuyMcGuffin,President,G.MConsulting PastVPSustainablePackaging,Walmart

Breakout Panel CCulture and Collaboration: The Importance of Embedding Sustainability into Organizational Culture

A panel of experts will explore the importanceof embedding sustainability into organizationalculture, associated challenges, and what it allmeans in the context of multi-stakeholdercollaboration.

Networking Break

MainBallroom(B-side)

JohnMcCreaRoom

FlandersRoom

Foyer10:00-10:30

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Facilitators: • BobWillard,Author The New Sustainability Advantage• PongLeung,SeniorAssociate TheNaturalStepCanada

Contributors:• BartHoulahan,Co-founder BLab• TobyHeaps,CEO CorporateKnights• LaurieSimmonds,PresidentandCEO GreenLivingEnterprises• JoyceSou,Manager BCorporationandSocialImpactMetrics MaRSCentreforImpactInvesting• AntonyUpward,SustainabilityBusiness ArchitectandPrincipal EdwardJamesConsultingLtd.

Participatory Breakout AA Gold Standard for Sustainable Business – What Would It Mean for Stakeholders?

Guided by leaders representing a variety ofstakeholder groups, participants will exploretogether what a Gold Standard for sustainabilitywouldmeanforinvestors,consumers,supplychainmanagers, community economic developmentstrategyandemployees.

Facilitators: • JohnPurkis,SeniorAssociate TheNaturalStepCanada

Contributors:• CheeyingHo,ExecutiveDirector WhistlerCentreforSustainability• AlexDumesle,Manager, Eco-BusinessPrograms, PartnersinProjectGreen TorontoandRegionConservationAuthority• MarkAnto,DirectorofStrategicDevelopment MontréalUrbanEcologyCentre• ArielMuller,PrincipalSustainabilityAdvisor ForumfortheFuture

Participatory Breakout BCommunity-scale Collaboration

Guided by experts in community sustainability,participants will explore together how to engagecitizens and organizations when implementingcommunity sustainability initiatives onneighbourhood, community and regional scales.

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Lunch

Date: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 Location: Delta Guelph Hotel & Conference Centre, Guelph, Ontario

Facilitator: • BrendanSeale,SustainabilityManager IKEACanada

Collaboration Open Space

Participants will be invited to choose the topicsof conversations in an Open Space format toexplorethetopicsandoutcomesthatareimportanttothemandtodevelopcollaborativeopportunities.

Host: • TimBrodhead,Past-President, J.W.McConnellFamilyFoundation

Speaker:• GöranCarstedt, SocialEntrepreneurandPh.D.

Closing Keynote: Transformation towards Sustainability The Leadership Challenge

The closing keynote address will put the lessonsof the Accelerate conference in the contextof global trends and challenge all participantstoenacttheleadershipqualitiesrequiredtofostertransformativecollaboration.

FlandersRoom

10:30-12:00

JohnMcCreaRoom

MainBallroom

12:00-1:00

1:00-3:50

4:00-5:00

Conference Close & Call to Action5:005:00

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Since 1999, Mark Anto has worked with non-profit organisations, governments, communities and the private sector to create innovative projects in the fields of environmental sustainability, international development and social financing. As Business Manager with Green Energy Benny Farm, he created opportunities for citizens and cooperative housing organisations to implement renewable energy and sustainability measures. He is looking to develop partnerships to create innovative community level projects.

Mark AntoDirector of Strategic Development, Montréal Urban Ecology Centre

Kathy Bardswick began her career with The Co-operators in 1978. Prior to her appointment as President and Chief Ex-ecutive Officer of The Co-operators Group on March 1, 2002, Kathy served as Chief Operating Officer of The Sover-eign General and L’Union Canadienne. From 1998-2002, she was in charge of operations for these companies and their subsidiaries under the umbrella of The Co-operators Group Limited. A graduate of McMaster University’s M.B.A. program, Kathy also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from the University of Manitoba. She is a member of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives and Chairperson of the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction. Equally active in the co-operative sector, Kathy served as Chair of the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF). She is currently a member of the ICMIF Executive. She is also a board member of the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA), as well as Addenda Capital Inc. She has provided leadership to The Conference Board of Canada as a member of the Executive from 2004 to 2011. She also served as Vice-Chair of the University of Guelph’s Board of Governors.

Kathy BardswickPresident & CEO, The Co-operators Group Ltd.

Tim Brodhead was President and Chief Executive Officer of The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation from 1995 to 2011. The mission of the Foundation is to create a more resilient society by enhancing inclusion, sustainability, and social innovation.Prior to this, Tim spent twenty-five years in the field of international development as a volunteer in West Africa and then as founding director of several non-governmental organizations, including ACORD (based in London, now Nairobi) and Inter Pares (Ottawa). He co-authored Bridges of Hope?: Canadian voluntary agencies and the Third World, and for five years was Executive Director of the Canadian Council for International Cooperation, a national body representing Canadian NGOs working in international development. He has served on many boards including the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and the Calmeadow Foundation. He is a past chair of Philanthropic Foundations Canada, the national organization of Canadian independent foundations, and currently chairs the ETC Group, which addresses the social impact of new technologies. He is involved in the work of Social Innovation Generation (SiG), and is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Waterloo. In 2001, Tim was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 2002, he was awarded an honourary Doctor of Laws degree by Carleton University, in 2005 by Dalhousie University, and in 2011 by the University of New Brunswick.

Tim BrodheadPast-President, J.W. McConnell Family Foundation

As a Senior Associate, Sarah supports businesses and other organizations with integrated sustainability visioning, strategy and implementation as well as organizational learning. Previously the lead of The Natural Step’s Advisory Services Team (and a member of TNS since 2007), Sarah has worked with a wide range of partners to share her expertise on sustainability and strategy development, including a sustainability strategy and visioning program for Pratt & Whitney Canada; a comprehensive sustainability training, strategy, visioning and implementation program for The Landmark Group of Builders; and a strategic positioning and organizational change program with ISL Engineering and Land Services. Other clients include multi-national chemical company Rohm and Haas (now Dow Advanced Materials); SMART Technologies; BC Hydro; Accommodation and Real Estate Services of British Columbia; the City of Ottawa, the County of Hawaii; and many others. Sarah also provides training with international Natural Step offices and is currently leading the development of a global strategy for Natural Step advisory services. Prior to her work with The Natural Step, Sarah was a natural building instructor, working to enable communities to create structure from locally available, minimally processed materials. She has worked with people from over 22 countries in this capacity. Sarah holds a Master’s degree in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability (MSLS) from the Blekinge Institute of Technology in Sweden and an undergraduate degree in Geography from Mount Allison University.

Sarah BrooksSenior Associate, The Natural Step Canada

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Göran Carstedt has served as the Chairman of The Natural Step International and as Senior Director for the Clinton Climate Initiative in recent years. He is also engaged in the formation of the SOL Global Network; SOL - The Society for Organizational Learning. Göran is also a consultant and coach to various European and US organizations and serves as chairman and board member in several corporations. He is the former head of IKEA Retail Europe and member of the IKEA Group Management Board 1990-1997. He served from 1990-1995 as President of IKEA North America in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. Before joining IKEA, Göran served for many years in different executive positions with Volvo. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Umeå in 1974, and an honorary doctorate at Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Karlskrona, 2007.

Göran CarstedtSocial Entrepreneur and Ph.D.

Tamara Connell has been working with The Natural Step Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development since 2005. She worked with the Vancity Group to enhance their sustainability performance and leadership before join-ing the teaching team at the Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH), eventually holding the role of MSLS Programme Director for several years. She has stewarded about 250 talented graduates through their studies in Sweden, and has taught around the world, including in Canada, USA, France, China, and on the Peace Boat’s 74th global voyage. Tamara’s background is diverse, but for her, nothing compares to teaching, coaching, and mentoring within educational settings. Through facilitated trainings, games, simulations, and workshops, she helps people to see the interconnectedness of the world and our underlying mental models. She enjoys subtly (and not so subtly) pulling leaders out of their comfort zones to see what they can really become. Tamara holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Planning from UNBC, and a Master’s in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability from BTH. She now lives in Vancouver, BC.

Tamara ConnellDirector of Sustainability Literacy and Communications, The Natural Step Canada

Tim Draimin is the Executive Director of Social Innovation Generation (SiG): a partnership of The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation, Toronto’s MaRS Discovery District, University of Waterloo’s Waterloo Institute on Social Innovation and Resilience (WISIR), and Vancouver’s SiG West. SiG’s role is to help enable Canadians’ ability to innovate to overcome large-scale complex social and environmental challenges using emerging social innovation tools, labs and cross-sectoral partnerships. A leader in the non-profit sector, Tim was the founding CEO of Tides Canada Foundation. He guided the Foundation’s expansion, established Canada’s first national support system for social entrepreneurs –Tides Canada Initiatives– and supported a world-renowned model of integrated conservation: BC’s Great Bear Rainforest initiative. Tim is the author of Canada’s first national study of social entrepreneurship and a frequent advisor to government, non-profit associations and business. He has worked or consulted in Canada and abroad. Tim is a senior advisor to the new MaRS Centre for Impact Investing (CII), a hub created to increase the awareness and effectiveness of social finance by catalyzing new capital, talent, and collaborative initiatives to deliver innovative solutions to Canada’s social and environmental challenges.

Tim DraiminExecutive Director, Social Innovation Generation (SiG) National

Alex Dumesle currently serves as Manager of Partners in Project Green. Alex has over ten years of experience in engineering, project management and business strategy; experience that he has acquired as lead systems engineer and account manager for Bombardier as well as senior strategy analyst at both Bombardier and SNC-Lavalin. Throughout his career, Alex has successfully managed large system design projects, managed high-profile customer accounts, and deployed effective corporate strategies. Passionate about social and environmental issues, Alex completed an MBA from the John Molson School of Business (Concordia University) where he specialized in sustainable business strategy and subsequently managed a solar energy start-up for over two and half years. Alex is very eager to be working with the Partners in Project Green community to further accelerate the success and innovation that it has realized thus far.

Alex DumesleManager of Partners in Project Green at Toronto and Region Conservation Authority

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Karen Farbridge was re-elected as Mayor of the City of Guelph in 2010. She was first elected to Council in 1994 and previously served as Mayor in 2000-2003 and 2006-2010. During her tenure in municipal politics, Karen has championed sustainable approaches to community growth and development with a strong commitment to citizen engagement. A resident of Guelph since 1979, Karen has an MSc and PhD in biology from the University of Guelph. In 2009, she attained the Chartered Director (C.Dir) designation from the Directors College, a joint venture of McMaster University and the Conference Board of Canada. In addition to serving on all Standing Committees of Council, Karen is a member of the Guelph Police Services Board. Karen also serves as Honorary Co-Chair of the Guelph Citizenship Committee, Honorary Chair of Pollination Guelph, Co-Chair of Municipal Leaders for the Greenbelt and serves on the national co-ordinating committee for QUEST (Quality Urban Energy Systems of Tomorrow). Karen has served as an Associate Professor at the University of Guelph, teaching courses in political science and environmental policy, and for ten years was the Director of the Ontario Public Interest Research Group. In 2005, Karen was the recipient of the prestigious Women of Distinction Award from the YMCA-YWCA of Guelph in the business and professions category.

Karen FarbridgeMayor of Guelph

As Director, Sustainability Strategy at Interface Canada Inc., Nadine Gudz is responsible for leveraging and expanding Interface’s sustainability leadership through education and community engagement. She also leads Interface’s global organizational learning team. Before joining Interface, Nadine taught in the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University and served as a research fellow with the Institute for Research and Innovation in Sustainability. She speaks extensively on topics such as going beyond the business case for sustainability, organizational change and learning, materials stewardship, and ecological design. Based in Toronto, she serves on the National Advisory Panel of the Chemistry Industry Association of Canada and the Board of Rethink Sustainability Initiatives. Nadine is a LEED Accredited Professional and moonlights as a Doctoral candidate, researching the links between ecological resilience, organizational learning and stakeholder theory to accelerate sustainable business.

Nadine GudzDirector, Sustainability Strategy at Interface Inc.

Elaine Hanson is a seasoned sustainability executive with a strong record of accomplishment managing and developing sustainability & efficiency solutions. She is a former President of 3Com Corporation Canada with substantial product development expertise in silicon valley, (hired by Dr. Robert Metcalfe, Ethernet inventor, 2003 US National Medal of Technology) and is now leading a comprehensive sustainability initiative focused on deep energy and waste reduction, climate adaptation, curricular & a multi-disciplinary research Center around sustainability, design and visualization at Sheridan College. She has a strong understanding of the emerging science, systems thinking and relationships with energy reduction, innovation, technology, cleantech, social media and government policy. She was founder and President of a national non-profit, is on the national steering committee, Canadian University and College Sustainability Practitioners and the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE).

Elaine HansonDirector, Office for Sustainability, Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning

Kelly Hawke Baxter is a founding Board Member of The Natural Step Canada, former Chair of the Board, and is currently Chair of The Natural Step International. Her vision and passion for sustainability guided the Canadian organization through tremendous change and growth from a start up to an established non-profit organization. Kelly led a team in Canada that has trained 25,000 sustainability practitioners and worked with 250 organizations, supporting hundreds of senior executives and community leaders to become sustainability role models and ambassadors at large. Their work has led to sustainability awards, green building codes, sustainability filters for capital investments, sustainable purchasing practices, sustainable product design, zero-waste policies, carbon neutral strategies, and thousands of other concrete steps toward sustainability—large and small—from coast to coast. A journalist and editor by training, Kelly’s excellent communications skills make her an engaging speaker, facilitator, and leader. Kelly holds masters degrees in Development Studies and International Journalism. She is a member of the International Centre for Sustainable Cities, the Green Living Advisory Board, and the Distinguished Advisory Council of the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs. She lives in Montreal with her husband and two sons.

Kelly Hawke BaxterChair, The Natural Step International

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Toby Heaps is the president and co-founder of Corporate Knights. He is a current board member of Friends of the Earth Canada and chairman of E3 Canadian Roundtables, a series of roundtables to define a Canadian energy strategy that will catalyze the country’s clean energy superpower potential. He spearheaded the first global ranking of the world’s 100 most sustainable corporations in 2005. The rankings are now an annual staple of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and have also been published by Newsweek, BusinessWeek and Forbes. In 2008, Toby served as press secretary to Ralph Nader. He is a regular contributor to public debates in Canada and beyond about public policy and business responsibility, particularly related to environmental and developmental challenges. He authored a policy manifesto on how Canada could meet its Kyoto obligations and founded Option 13, a campaign for just global climate policies in the post-2012 era. He holds a BA from McGill University in economics, and spent 1997-98 in the Belgrade Field Program (LLB in Management Studies) at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He has been published in the Globe and Mail, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times and Toronto Star, and is a regular guest speaker on CBC.

Toby HeapsCEO, Corporate Knights

Cheeying Ho is the Executive Director of the Whistler Centre for Sustainability, a mission-based enterprising non-profit organization. Cheeying is responsible for business planning and development and organizational development, and works as part of the Centre’s team on sustainability planning projects in British Columbia, Alberta and the Yukon. She speaks frequently on community planning, sustainability and smart growth. Before taking on this position, Cheeying was the Executive Director of Smart Growth BC, the leading province-wide non-governmental organization advancing sustainable land use and development, for eight years. Prior to that, she headed up BEST - a sustainable transportation policy and education organization. She is a former high school and college teacher of science and mathematics. Former assignments include: a member of the Prime Minister’s External Advisory Committee on Cities and Communities; a term on the Board of Vancity Credit Union and Vancity Enterprises; a member of the City of Vancouver’s Greenest City Action Team.

Cheeying HoFounding Executive Director, Whistler Centre for Sustainability

As Director of Collaboration Programs and Evaluation, Saralyn Hodgkin works on The Natural Step (TNS) Canada’s Sustainability Transition Labs as well as leads their efforts on Developmental Evaluation. Her international experience includes developing a sustainable tourism plan for a small commune in Vietnam as well as documenting community social and environmental initiatives in Thailand. Saralyn was also an Instructional Designer and Project Coordinator for a United Nations Global Compact project, where she developed a series of environmental e-learning modules for small and medium-sized enterprises in developing countries. She has volunteered her time in various initiatives including leading a World Talk session on global issues in Japan, co-hosting an Entrepreneurial Development Forum in Toronto, and representing youth on the federal Hub Pilot Advisory Team for the Climate Change Action Fund, Public and Outreach initiative. Saralyn holds a Masters in Environmental Design from the University of Calgary and completed her undergraduate work at Mount Allison University.

Saralyn HodgkinDirector of Collaboration Programs and Evaluation, The Natural Step Canada

Bart Houlahan, along with his partners Jay Coen Gilbert and Andrew Kassoy, co-founded B Lab in 2006. B Lab is a non-profit organization dedicated to using the power of business to solve social and environmental problems. B Lab drives systemic change through three interrelated initiatives: 1) Certified B Corporations: a corporate certification for sustainable businesses and social enterprises that meet higher standards of social and environmental performance and legal accountability; 2) GIIRS Ratings and Analytics: a ratings platform (analogous to Morningstar and Capital IQ) that drives capital to impact investments by assessing the social and environmental performance of companies and funds; and 3) Benefit Corporations: a new, legally-recognized corporate form that changes corporate fiduciary duty, permitting companies to create shareholder value and social value. Prior to B Lab, Bart was President of AND 1, a $250 MM basketball footwear and apparel company. Bart is a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute and an Advisory Board Member of the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at the Fuqua School of Business.

Bart HoulahanCo-founder, B Lab (curator of the B Corporation movement)

Speakers

David Hughes has been providing leadership to organizations serving the needs of our most vulnerable children, youth and families – both here in Canada and abroad – for over 25 years. This includes 10 years working in the senior ranks of the SOS Children’s Villages supporting orphaned and abandoned children through postings in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and at the United Nations. This was followed by 7 years providing homes for low-income families as President & CEO of Habitat for Humanity Canada during a time of significant innovation and growth. In 2009 David was hired as President & CEO of Pathways to Education Canada to lead the organization’s expansion throughout Canada. Under his leadership the organization has become a strong advocate for making Canada a ‘Graduation Nation’ and has launched new programs in Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and Manitoba and is now expanding to additional provinces. He holds an economics degree from the University of Western Ontario and a postgraduate degree from the London School of Economics (LSE) in social policy, public administration and non-profit management.

David HughesCEO, Pathways to Education; Former CEO, Habitat for Humanity

Avrim Lazar is currently an Independent Consultant and was President & CEO of the Forest Products Association of Canada, 2002 until 2012. He was chair of the Advisory Committee on Paper and Wood Products (ACPWP) to the United Nations. Mr. Lazar has held senior policy positions in the government of Canada in the Ministries of Justice, Agriculture, Environment and Human Resource Development. During this period he was responsible for national policy in areas as diverse as climate change, biodiversity, child poverty, employment insurance and labor force training. Mr. Lazar was Chair of the Committee of the Whole of the Second UN Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in 1995. He also chaired the National Business Association Roundtable and is the Past-President of the International Council of Forest and Paper Associations (ICFPA). Over the years, Mr. Lazar has given many courses in the graduate studies programs at the University of Ottawa and Carleton University. Mr. Lazar holds degrees in science and education, including a B.Sc (1968) from McGill University, a B.Ed (1970) and a PhEd in Ed (1976) from the University of Ottawa.

Avrim LazarFormer CEO, Forest Products Association of Canada; champion of the Canadian Boreal Initiative

Adam Kahane is a partner in the Cambridge, Massachusetts office of Reos Partners and an Associate Fellow at the Saïd Business School of the University of Oxford. He is a leading organizer, designer and facilitator of processes through which business, government, and civil society leaders can work together to address their toughest challenges. He has worked in more than fifty countries, in every part of the world, with executives and politicians, generals and guerrillas, civil servants and trade unionists, community activists and United Nations officials, clergy and artists. Adam is the author of Power and Love: A Theory and Practice of Social Change; Transformative Scenario Planning: Working Together to Change the Future; and Solving Tough Problems: An Open Way of Talking, Listening, and Creating New Realities. During the early 1990s, Adam was head of Social, Political, Economic and Technological Scenarios for Royal Dutch Shell in London. Previously he held strategy and research positions with Pacific Gas and Electric Company (San Francisco), the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (Paris), the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Vienna), the Institute for Energy Economics (Tokyo), and the Universities of Toronto, British Columbia, California, and the Western Cape. He is a member of Global Business Network, the International Futures Forum, and the World Academy of Art and Science.

Adam KahanePartner, Reos Partners;Author, Transformative Scenario Planning: Working Together to Change the Future

Pong Leung is a founding member of The Natural Step Canada. As a Senior Associate, Pong delivers programs and services to support role model organizations in their pursuit of sustainability. He has worked with a wide range of clients to share his expertise on sustainability, governance and organizational learning including a strategic positioning and organizational change program with ISL Engineering and Land Services, a comprehensive training and visioning program for the Landmark Group of Builders, and an award-winning broad-based community visioning and planning initiative with the City of Williams Lake. Some current and past clients include the City of Edmonton, the Federal Office of Greening Government Operations, Sheridan Institute of Advanced Design and Technology, the City of Calgary, B.C Housing, and Morguard Investments amongst many others. Before rejoining TNS in 2008, Pong was Program Director of the Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability graduate program at the Blekinge Institute of Technology in Sweden. In addition to this role, Pong also led a successful year-long educational engagement for change agents in the European chemical industry. Pong holds a Masters of Science in Environmental Management and Policy from the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics at Lund University in Sweden and his Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Alberta.

Pong LeungSenior Associate, The Natural Step Canada

Speakers

Bruce Lourie is one of Canada’s leading environmental thinkers and co-author of the best selling book Slow Death by Rubber Duck: How the Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Life Affects Our Health. He is President of Ivey Foundation, a private charitable foundation in Canada, a Director of the Ontario Power Authority and a Director of the San Francisco-based Consultative Group on Biological Diversity. He is an honorary director of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment and a member of World Wildlife Fund’s Climate Advisory Committee. Bruce is a founder of a number of for profit and non-profit organizations including Summerhill Group, a prominent consulting company in Toronto; the Sustainability Network, a highly regarded capacity building organization; and the Canadian Environmental Grantmakers’ Network. He has acted on numerous international, federal, provincial and municipal bodies advising on environmental and energy policy issues. Bruce has degrees in Geology, Environmental Studies and a near-complete doctorate.

Bruce LouriePresident, Ivey Foundation; Co-author, Slow Death by Rubber Duck

Charmian Love is Chief Executive of Volans. She works with leadership teams in corporations and country-based stakeholder groups to design and implement innovation strategies. In addition to her client work, Charmian also works on Volans’ research projects. Her recent report is The Future Quotient, launched in October 2011 in partnership with JWT, which focuses on the need for future-focused leadership and intergenerational innovation. Prior to joining Volans, Charmian was a consultant with The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) as well as an Appraiser and Fine Art Specialist with Chubb Insurance. She co-founded the United Way’s GenNext Cabinet in Canada and is the Past Chair of The Flavelle Foundation. Currently, Charmian sits on The RSA’s Fellowship Council and the RSA’s Catalyst Selection Panel, and is an Advisory Board member of the Queen’s University Centre for Responsible Leadership. She graduated with a degree in Art History from Queen’s University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

Charmian LoveChief Executive, Volans

Bob Masterson is Vice President, Responsible Care with the Chemistry Industry Association of Canada. Developed in Canada in 1985, at a time when the chemistry industry’s social license to operate was in serious question, Responsible Care is now practiced in 62 countries around the world; a true Canadian success story. Bob is honoured to be leading the Association’s Responsible Care efforts, being just the third person entrusted to this important role in the 27 years since the initiative was launched. He holds an Engineering Degree from Queen’s University, and completed a Masters in Public Policy at Carleton University. He has worked in Ontario’s nuclear power sector, and spent 15 years as a consultant on environment and sustainability issues within many industrial sectors, including forest products, electricity generation, cement, mining and energy.

Bob MastersonVice President, Responsible Care®; Chemistry Industry Association of Canada

Guy McGuffin is the founder and president of G.M. Consulting, a retail consulting firm focusing on packaging and sustainability, supply chain, merchandising. A seasoned leader, Guy possesses extensive experience within the retail sector with a track record of successfully establishing new divisions, strategic initiatives and business processes. A strategic thinker, he has developed and successfully implemented solutions aligned with business objectives and pulled together cross-industry groups to achieve a common goal. During his tenure as VP Sustainable Packaging at Walmart Canada, Guy collaborated with industry to facilitate the recycling of rigid plastic packaging, hosted several Sustainable Packaging Conferences, and launched the Sustainable Packaging Scorecard in Canada, helping Walmart Canada reduce GhG’s by 16% using a 2009 baseline. He collaborated with the Toy Industry Association in Canada and US to develop industry standards for packaging sustainability, and as a member of the Consumer Goods Forum, Global Packaging Project steering committee, developed the Global Protocol on Packaging Sustainability that was published September 2011.

Guy McGuffinFounder and President, G.M. Consulting and Past VP Sustainable Packaging, Walmart

Speakers

Reza Nasseri is the founder and CEO of Landmark Group of Builders, establishing the company in 1977. Since then he has grown the organization to be one of Alberta’s largest home building companies often being at the forefront of the industry’s most significant innovations. Along the way Reza became a leading proponent of reducing the environmental impact of the home building industry and encouraging the creation of energy efficient homes. A respected leader and a strong advocate of giving back to the community, Reza has made significant and lasting contributions to charitable and community initiatives, with a particular focus on post-secondary education, health care, the arts and programs and supports for immigrants. His contributions to the building industry and to the community have been recognized with numerous honours, including the Peter Lougheed Award of Achievement for Advancement of Health Services, the Alberta Centennial Medal, the Alberta Order of Excellence, the Exceptional Service Award from the Edmonton Home Builders Association, and most recently, was named one of Canada’s Clean 16. Leading Landmark with a humbleness admired by many and a legitimate open door policy he guides the organization towards an unprecedented vision to improve the quality of life of the people in our communities and our global home.

Reza NasseriFounder and CEO of Landmark Group of Builders

Chad Park is the Executive Director and a founding member of The Natural Step (TNS) Canada. He has provided coaching advice for dozens of businesses and communities in Canada and internationally, including The Co-operators, Nike, Rio Tinto Alcan, SaskFlax, the Resort Municipality of Whistler, the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association, and the Halifax Regional Municipality. He has served as lead author or subject matter expert on a number of TNS’s core learning materials, including its series of award-winning eLearning courses and its Guide for Community Sustainability Planning. Chad was honoured by Delta Management and Corporate Knights Magazine as one of Canada’s Clean16: the 16 individuals in Canada who have done the most to advance the cause of sustainability and clean capitalism, as well as one of the AIESEC Alumni 40 under 40. Prior to joining TNS Canada in 2002, Chad worked on sustainability and corporate social responsibility initiatives with Mountain Equipment Co-op, Vancity Credit Union, the Canadian Eco-Industrial Network, the Sustainability Asset Management Group, the Zero Emissions Research, and the Initiatives Foundation in Geneva, Switzerland. He holds a Master of Science in Environmental Management and Policy from the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics at Lund University in Sweden, and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Alberta.

Chad ParkExecutive Director, The Natural Step Canada

Monica Pohlmann believes that collaborative innovative intelligence is a key tool for accelerating community and organizational resilience. After 20 years of focus on urban planning and environmental policy, her work has shifted to approaches that build the capacity to collectively gain insights into complex challenges and discover new solutions that can be co-implemented. She helps clients harness the power of networks through the principles of the constellation model. She is also currently guiding a major initiative on collaborative social innovation — innovation that is both good for society and enhances society’s capacity to act — which is focused on making progress on complex social issues through approaches such as Change Lab.

Monica PohlmannPrincipal, Monica K Pohlmann & Associates; Board Chair, The Natural Step Canada

John Purkis is a sustainability expert, facilitator and systems change specialist. He works with municipal governments and other organizations to generate and implement bold visions for a sustainable future. He has worked with clients such as the Ramsay Community Association, the British Virgin Islands, the Town of Whitby, the Region of Peel, the City of Edmonton, the City of Ottawa, the Abu Dhabi Department of Municipal Affairs, the Halifax Shambhala Centre and many more. John collaborates with others to develop beneficial tools, resources and reports. Most recently he was the lead author of Bridging the Gap in Community Sustainability Planning and Implementation, and he co-authored Embedding Sustainability into the Culture of Municipal Government, Re-Imagining Our Neighbourhoods. He is currently working on a new resource entitled Amazing Neighbourhoods: Engagement and Sustainability Planning Guide. Prior to joining The Natural Step Canada (TNS), John worked with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), where he helped lay the foundation for the Green Municipal Fund and the Capacity Building Program. He also worked as the Development Manager, overseeing a portfolio of innovative municipal infrastructure projects. During his time with FCM, John co-developed the Municipal Building Retrofit Guide and helped finance hundreds of plans, feasibility studies and infrastructure projects. John holds a BSc in Environmental Science from Brock University and a graduate degree in business from Concordia University.

John PurkisSenior Associate, The Natural Step Canada

Speakers

As Sustainability Manager for IKEA Canada, Brendan Seale is responsible for integrating business sustainability into the Canadian retail organization’s strategy, operations, products & services, culture, governance, and brand. IKEA’s “People & Planet Positive” strategy aims to inspire and enable millions of people to live a more sustainable life at home, to strive for resource and energy independence, and to take the lead in creating a better life for people and communities affected by its business. Prior to joining IKEA, Brendan was a Sustainability Advisor with The Natural Step Canada providing strategic counsel to clients in sectors including insurance & financial services, construction, aerospace, education, and municipal & federal government. He regularly delivered many TNS training programs including its Level 1 course and the MBA Sustainability Leadership Bootcamp. Brendan has also worked in corporate communications at Barrick Gold Corporation and is an experienced group process facilitator. Brendan holds an MSc in Strategic Leader-ship towards Sustainability from Blekinge Institute of Technology in Sweden, and a BA in Communication Studies from McMaster University.

Brendan SealeSustainability Manager, IKEA Canada

Laurie Simmonds is a leading strategist and marketing, communications and events expert in the specialized fields of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the environment. She has successfully expanded the scope of Green Living’s business offerings to include corporate consulting, marketing, custom publishing, online content development and event management. In 2007, Laurie launched The Green Living Show, which has grown to become the largest environmental consumer show globally. Under her leadership, Green Living also produces the Green Toronto Awards, the Environmental Media Awards, the Scotiabank EcoLiving Awards and the Excellence in Corporate Responsibility Awards. She is responsible for rebranding and publishing Green Living magazine, launching Scotiabank’s EcoLiving magazine and The Home Depot’s Eco Options magazine. In 2009, she created and introduced the Green Living Business Forum, a high-level information exchange and networking opportunity for green business specialists and Canadian business leaders. She sits on the boards of the Clean Water Foundation, Environmental Defence and One Prosper Foundation and on the advisory boards of P&G and the Yves Rocher Women of the Earth Awards. In 2011, Laurie received Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 award from the Women’s Executive Network (WXN).

Laurie SimmondsPresident and CEO, Green Living Enterprises

Dr. Smith is an internationally recognized author, speaker and consultant to business executives on creating shared vision, alignment and competitive advantage within the context of global sustainability. Prior to founding Broad Reach Innovations, Bryan was a Senior Partner for eighteen years at Innovation Associates, a firm that pioneered the field of Organizational Learning. With Peter Senge, he is co-author of four groundbreaking bestsellers: The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook (1994); The Dance of Change (1999); Schools that Learn (2000, 2012) and The Necessary Revolution (2008). Bryan has been a central contributor to the development of the field of Organizational Learning, and the creation of innovative tools and strategies for building inspired learning organizations. He has successfully facilitated many challenging strategic dialogue sessions, including four meetings of Ambassadors/Chief Negotiators on Climate Change from 15 developing countries and 7 OECD countries in Glion, Switzerland. Bryan played a key role in bringing together member companies for the global Sustainable Cement Industry initiative to create alignment, focus and common vision for their work together. He has worked in depth with leaders from business, government and NGO’s on six continents. Bryan was a founding member of the core faculty for the Sustainable Enterprise Academy at York University.

Bryan SmithCo-Author, The Necessary Revolution; President, Broad Reach Innovations

Professor Karl-Henrik Robèrt, MD, PhD is one of Sweden’s foremost cancer scientists and the founder of The Natural Step. He is a frequent speaker and author on sustainability and provides ongoing guidance and direction for the organization. In recent years, Karl-Henrik has been scaling-up the Real Change program to the Research Alliance for Strategic Sustainable Development www.alliance-ssd.org, an international initiative linking university research specializations with real world application using The Natural Step Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development. In 1999, he won the Green Cross Award for International Leadership, and in 2000 he won the Blue Planet Prize, the ‘Nobel prize’ for ecological sustainability, sponsored by the Asahi Glass Foundation. In 2005, he was awarded The Social Responsibility Laureate Medal by the Global Center for Leadership Business Ethics, and in 2006, he was included in the publication 100 Visionaries of the 20th Century. Karl-Henrik holds a PhD in medicine from Karolinska Institute and has served on the faculties of many of Sweden’s most prestigious hospitals and universities. He is an Ashoka Fel-low, and a Fellow of World Business Academy, Advisory Board Member at Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, and Doctor of Public Service – Honorus Causa at the University of Portland, USA.

Dr. Karl-Henrik RobèrtFounder, The Natural Step; Ashoka Fellow

Speakers

Joyce Sou is the manager of B Corps and social impact metrics at the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing. She spent over seven years at KPMG and worked as a manager of assurance services in the Consumer Markets Group. In her role, she focused on leading audits of manufacturing and retail clients throughout North America and also worked as a recruiting manager for campus talent attraction. She has also spent time in South Africa on secondment, auditing oil and gas companies and chasing elephants on safari. Joyce is a partner at Social Venture Partners Toronto and serves on the Investment Committee as well as on the Advisory Team to selected investees. She holds an undergraduate degree in commerce from Queen’s University and is a chartered accountant. Joyce is an avid traveler and recently visited over 15 countries around the world.

Joyce SouManager of B Corporations and Social Impact Metrics at the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing

Barb Steele works as Director of Strategic Partnerships with the Network for Business Sustainability (NBS) team to support their mission of enabling business sustainability by fostering collaboration between research and industry. In her current role she is working to improve the access and applicability of NBS research and tools for business leaders. Her hope is for management decision making to become more sustainable and believes that NBS plays a critical role in creating this shift. Barb’s work experience includes senior leadership roles in marketing, consulting and account services with both for profit and non-profit organizations.Barb holds an Honours Business Administration degree from the Richard Ivey School of Business, and a Masters of Science in Organizational Development and Change from Pepperdine University.

Barb SteeleDirector of Strategic Partnerships, Network for Business Sustainability

Joeri van den Steenhoven is the Director of the MaRS Solutions Lab, a social innovation lab that aims to improve the lives of citizens and strengthen the resilience of communities in Canada. Together with the government, business, academia and the greater community, the MaRS Solutions Lab works on tackling complex social challenges, providing new perspectives on these challenges, as well as designing and testing new approaches to solve them and build communities of change around them. The MaRS Solutions Lab is part of MaRS Discovery District and was made possible through a generous gift in honour of MaRS founder Dr. John Evans. Before joining MaRS, Joeri van den Steenhoven was co-founder and CEO of Knowledgeland, one of the leading change labs in the Netherlands and Europe. He has also worked as a director at the Young Foundation in the UK. A social entrepreneur, he has designed and realized numerous successful interventions for social innovation, while developing methods and networks for creating system change throughout society. Currently, he is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Lisbon Council, one of Europe’s leading think-tanks on innovation and growth. He holds a master’s degree in political science from the University of Amsterdam and has successfully completed the Harvard Business School’s Program for Leadership Development.

Joeri van den SteenhovenDirector, MaRS Solutions Lab

Vanessa Timmer is a co-founder and Executive Director of One Earth, a Vancouver-based nonprofit focused on advancing sustainable consumption and production patterns from local to North American to global scales. She weaves together sustainability with systems thinking, and believes that envisioning sustainable futures is a powerful draw for social change. One Earth works with local to global partners to highlight the links between who we are, what we buy, where we live, what we make, what we trade, and how we live together. One Earth is working towards North American leadership in this area on systemic change, with partners including The Story of Stuff Project and The Sustainability Funders, and, on the policy front, with the Canadian and US Government, the United Nations, private sector, media, academia, and civil society. Locally, she advises the City and Metro Vancouver and promotes eco-industrial networking regionally. Vanessa is also an Associate with the Sustainability Science Program at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government focused on innovation and global public goods and supports two sustainable consumption and production research-practice networks. She writes, speaks and teaches on social change, leadership, systems thinking and sustainability, including at Simon Fraser University, Metro Vancouver, the University of British Columbia, and the International Institute for Sustainable Development. With her sister, Dagmar, Vanessa co-hosts the Metro Vancouver television show, The Sustainable Region and is part of a global campaign to create positive and compelling visions of life in sustainable futures.

Vanessa TimmerCo-founder and Executive Director, One Earth

Speakers

Paul’s professional experience spans 40 years in retail. He was born and educated in South Africa, where he started his career with Woolworths (South Africa), a retailer with close affiliations to Marks & Spencer’s. In 1987 he was recruited by Loblaw Companies Limited, to head the fledgling product development department responsible for the company’s emerging Control Labels: No Name and President’s Choice. Later as Vice President - Innovation, Paul was responsible for many highly successful branding initiatives, most notably the launch of President’s Choice Organics, PC Blue Menu & the PC “Free From” line-up. During his last 4 years, he was tasked for the creation & management of the Loblaw Sustainable Seafood Commitment, where he oversaw the implementation of their ground breaking sustainable initiative. He is also a key architect in the creation of the Loblaw responsible sourcing position “Food for the Future”. In 2002, the American publication “PL Buyer” selected Paul as North America’s Private Label Executive of the Year. In 2012, he was presented The President’s Choice Life Time Achievement Award, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Loblaw Companies. Paul has been a member of HRH Prince Charles’ advisory group, the International Sustainable Unit. Paul retired from Loblaw Companies in March, 2013.

Paul UysFMG Consulting Inc.Consulting specialist in responsible product development & sourcing.

Bob Willard is a leading expert on quantifying and selling the business value of corporate sustainability strategies and has given hundreds of keynote presentations to corporate, government, university, and NGO audiences. His four books, two DVDs, business case simulator Dashboard and Worksheets, and extensive master slide set provide capacity-building resources for sustainability champions. He worked 34 years with IBM Canada, “retiring” in 2000. He serves on the advisory boards of The Natural Step (TNS) Canada and Forum for the Future US, is on ad-hoc advisory committees for sustainable business certificate programs at three Ontario colleges and universities, and is a citizen member of the Durham Region Round Table on Climate Change. He was inducted into the International Society of Sustainability Professionals’ Hall of Fame in 2011. He has a PhD in sustainability from the University of Toronto, and is an award-winning Certified B Corp.

Bob WillardAuthor, The New Sustainability Advantage, The Next Sustainability Wave, The Sustain-ability Champions Guidebook, and The Sustainability Advantage

Antony Upward is a Certified Management Consultant with more than twenty-four years of professional experience designing business solutions in France, US and Canada, and 10 years teaching as a part-time faculty member of the Ted Rogers School of Business at Ryerson University in Toronto. His early career was focused on the process and technology design of management information systems for companies such as Apple, KPMG and Bell Mobility. He became SSADM certified and gained experience project managing the start-up of KPMG’s US ISO9000 certification business. From 1998-2010 he was the Business Architect for the SAP practice of Canada’s largest IT services company, CGI, as well as doing business design for clients such as AT&T US, Cirque du Soleil and Canadian courier Purolator. Antony’s current research is focused on tools to design strongly sustainable business models. He is excited to be one of the co-founders of the Strongly Sustainable Business Model Group (SSBMG) in OCAD U’s Strategic Innovation Lab (sLab) which is seeking to drive and research the adoption of strongly sustainable business models in small and medium enterprises; and also on the advisory board of the recently relaunched Green Enterprise Toronto (GET) and their GETSmart speakers series for Small and Medium Business.

Antony UpwardSustainability Business Architect, Edward James Consulting Ltd.

Barbara Turley-McIntyre has been in the insurance industry for 32 years, starting her insurance career as an independent broker in Montreal in 1980. In 1997 she joined The Co-operators Group Limited, a $35 billion Canadian-owned, multi-product insurance company, where she has managed underwriting teams in property and casualty. She has also been responsible for community and shareholder relations. Barbara leads the development and implementation of the Sustainability Vision, Policy and Strategy with responsibility for producing the annual Sustainability Report and carbon management programs. She also has responsibility for The Co-operators community programs, including The Co-operators Foundation. Barbara holds a Chartered Insurance Professional designation and is presently enrolled in the Masters in Environment and Business at the University of Waterloo. She volunteers with organizations that advance sustainable development and is a Director with The Natural Step Canada, a board member of the Sustainability Environment Committee of the Canadian Co-operative Association and the Centre for the Study of Co-operators at the University of Saskatchewan. She also sits on the United Nations Environment Program, Financial Institution – Insurance Commission, the Global Steering Committee and is the Co-Chair of its North American Task Force.

Barbara Turley-McIntyreSenior Director, Sustainability and Citizenship, The Co-operators Group Ltd.

Speakers

Conference Sustainability

The Natural Step Canada is committed to walking the talk when it comes to sustainability. Here are a few things that we’ve done to reduce our impacts, both ecologically and socially.

Emissions reduction/compensation

We strongly encourage all conference attendees to offset their travel-related carbon emissions with Offsetters or a similar service.

As a carbon neutral organization, we offset all travel related GHG emissions for trips that we’re responsible for, including Staff, Associate, and some speaker travel.

Wherever possible, TNS Canada Staff and Associates are travelling in groups by ground transport.

The energy for the entire event is Bullfrog powered. This means that the electricity injected into the grid on behalf of the conference comes from 100% clean, renewable energy.

Food and Accommodations impact reduction

The Delta Guelph Hotel & Conference Centre is a Green Key Eco Rated by the Hotel Association of Canada and is Meetings Certified.

The River Run Centre demonstrates commitment to environmental responsibility through participation in programs such as The Blue W and City of Guelph Garbage and Recycling, and with equipment such as solar-powered hot water and reusable or compostable glassware.

The University of Guelph’s Hospitality Services is a leader in green catering.

All meals at the Accelerate Conference will be vegetarian, which reduces the total ecological impacts compared to non-vegetarian meals.

All conference materials are printed using environmentally friendly paper (100% recycled paper where available).

We have printed as little as possible, which includes the decision to provide an electronic registration package.

Supplies are reused and/or recycled after the event.

Supplies-related impact reductions

Accessibility barrier reduction

We have attempted to reduce financial barriers to participation as much as possible, by exchanging volunteer time for conference fees.

All events are wheelchair accessible.

Participant Information

Venue AddressesDay 1: River Run Centre35 Woolwich Street

Day 2: Delta Guelph 50 Stone Road West

Conference Timeline

The front section of the Fifty West Restaurant & Bar on the main floor of the Delta Guelph is reserved for optional, self-organized networking. This is an opportunity for conference attendees to meet one another prior to the official conference sessions.

Date/Time Location/NotesEvent

Pre-conference networking

Sunday, June 97:30-9:30pm

Registration beings at the River Run Centre at 8:00am. Conference official welcome session begins at 9:30am. The agenda runs until 5:00pm.

Monday, June 108:00am

Conference

Conference attendees are invited to gather for informal networking at eBar, a short walk from the River Run (41 Quebec Street).

Monday, June 105:00pm

Networking

Registration opens at 8:00am. Attendees will meet in the main Ball-room of the Delta Guelph at 8:15am for welcome and instructions. Main agenda sessions begin at 8:30am and runs until 5:00pm.

Tuesday, June 118:00am Conference

Participant InformationTransportation

The Red Car Service offers a round-trip special directly to the Delta Guelph from the Toronto Pearson International Airport. To book, please make your reservations online at least 3 days before your travel date.

GO Transit offers intercity bus and train connections to Guelph from select locations in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton areas. GO Transit and Greyhound Canada arrive at Guelph Central Station.

Guelph Transit provides local transportation around the city. Bus #16 between the Delta Guelph and the River Run Centre takes approximately 20 minutes, and will require a short walk from Guelph Central Station. An adult bus fare is $3.00 cash.

Red Top Taxi (519) 821-1700 or Canadian Cab (519) 824-3110

Food

Coffee, tea, muffins, and fruit will be available each morning. A full lunch buffet will be served both days and a light afternoon snack will be provided.

Accommodation

Rooms are still available for Accelerate Conference participants at the Delta Guelph. Please call them directly (1-866-520-4552) and request to make a booking under “The Natural Step’s Open Block”. For those who have reservations, check in time is 3:00 pm and check out is 11:00 am. There is space at the Delta to hold baggage throughout the day on June 11. Also to note, guests of the Delta Guelph have access to the 24-hour Athletic Club facility located across the parking lot from the hotel.

Parking

June 10, River Run Centre -- There is no onsite parking at the River Run Centre. Please familiarize yourself with the nearby parking lot locations and plan accordingly.

June 11, Delta Guelph -- Parking is available onsite at the Delta Guelph. Users will need to register and pay at the reception desk.

Wireless Internet

Wi-fi service is available at both venues. There will be no password required at the River Run Centre. At the Delta, please obtain login and password at the conference registration desk.

Guelph: “The Royal City”

The Guelph Visitor Map provides information on local dining, recreational activities, entertainment, while transportation resources are provided at Guelph Tourism. For further information, refer to the City of Guelph website.

LogisticsInvitation

We are opening a session of the conference for people to experience Accelerate. Please extend an invitation to your friends and colleagues to join us for the Catalyzing Change through Shared Purpose: Human Dimension of Collaboration session on Monday, June 10 at 12:30-2:00 pm at the River Run Centre.

Share this link for more information and to register: http://catalyzingchangeinvite.eventbrite.com/

Participant Information

Community Table

A Community Resource table will be set up for you to leave promotional materials (brochures, business cards, marketing materials, etc.) that you would like to share with others. Please bring your own reusable bag to collect material you may want to keep.

Materials

Conference Materials

A limited number of agendas will be printed and available at the registration table. Please consider viewing the agenda on your mobile device. As well, speaker biographies are available online. Please also bring your own pen and paper with you if you plan to take notes.

Communications

Social Media

Follow The Natural Step Canada (@TNS_Canada) and our Executive Director, Chad Park on Twitter (@ChadParkTNS) and join the conversation about the Accelerate Conference - #AccelerateCFS2013

Newsletters

Read up on conference highlights in two special editions of The Natural Step Newsletter: 1.http://www.naturalstep.ca/newsletter/2013/may/mailout.html 2.http://www.naturalstep.ca/newsletter/2013/mayconference/mailout.html

Data Protection

The personal information provided by you will be used by The Natural Step Canada to send conference-related materials and important updates from time to time. If you do not wish your details to be used for this purpose please contact conference@naturalstep.ca.

Media

By registering for this conference you grant The Natural Step Canada the use any video footage, photographs, quotes and or other media captured of you at the conference. Images and content may be used on The Natural Step Canada’s website, YouTube channel, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook or Flickr accounts and/or newsletter.

If you have any further questions, please contact

Danielle HiscockConference Coordinatordhiscock@naturalstep.ca(613) 748-3001 ext 241

Upcoming Courses

Toronto, ON

Sustainability has the potential to drive innovation and value creation for businesses and communities around the world. The Natural Step Canada’s Level 2 Sustainability Course: Deep Dive into Application and Practice is designed for sustainability professionals and those looking to enable sustainability-related change processes.

You will practice using tools and processes to:

• Assess the value of sustainability for your organization• Address objections and build buy-in among your colleagues• Integrate sustainability into your organizational culture• Evaluate and integrate feedback on your organization’s sustainability efforts• Expand your network of peers in the sustainabilityfield

Level 2 Sustainability Course: Deep Dive into Application and Practice

Those who have responsibility for change processes in their business, community, or organization and want to expand their capacity to lead this, as well as people who would like to take a leadership role in sustainable change within their organization.

Pre-requisite: TNS Level 1 Sustainability Course, or equivalent knowledge.

Date & Time Location

Wednesday, July 10 – 12, 2013 8:30am – 5:00pm daily

Who should apply?

Ottawa, ON

Date & Time LocationWednesday, October 9, 2013

8:30am - 5:00pm

Thursday, October 17, 2013 8:30am - 4:30pm

Wednesday, October 30, 2013 8:30am - 4:30pm

The Natural Step Canada’s Level 1 Sustainability Course: Foundations in Strategy is an opportunity to apply the core concepts of sustainability. In this compelling 1-day workshop you will work through a hands-on case study using The Natural Step Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development, giving you the knowledge and tools to better understand “strategy” and take a systemic approach to planning and managing sustainability initiatives. After this workshop, you will be better equipped to take a sustainability leadership role in your organization to capture value, enable innovation, and drive strategy.

This course is taught by engaging facilitators who have worked with businesses and communities—large and small—across Canada and around the world. It draws upon The Natural Step’s 20 years of practical sustainability experience researching, developing, and refining our approach with countlessglobal clients and partners.

Level 1 Sustainability Course: A Transformative Approach to Innovation, Strategy, and Results

Visit naturalstep.ca/events for more information, including registration.

The Level 1 Sustainability Course: Foundations in Strategy is designed for any professional whose goal is to lead or influence sustainability-related change processes,whether in a sustainability role or not. The only pre-requisite is an appetite for the skills and tools to more effectively communicate, plan, influence, andmanage sustainability initiatives.

Who should apply?

Vancouver, BC

Edmonton, AB

Upcoming CoursesAre you ready to join an incredible group of students and recent graduates in creating and implementing sustain-ability solutions? If so, join us in Toronto, ON to explore complex issues, create innovative solutions, and develop sustainability leadership skills.

The Purpose of this course is to train, empower, and cre-ate a network of 30 MBA students and recent graduates who can help accelerate change towards sustainability.

MBA Sustainability Leadership Bootcamp

• MBA students* or recent graduates who are interested in learning more about sustainability and becoming sustainability change agents.• Early to mid-career professionals who want to develop their skills, gain practical experience communicating sustainability concepts, and become sustainability leaders to effect change throughout Canada.

*In some cases, students in related studies may be accepted if space allows.

Who should apply?

Young people care deeply about the fate of the planet, its people, and their future. Given the opportunity, youth have great power to influence positive change in theircommunities. The IMPACT! Sustainability Champions Training program is a call to passionate, motivated youth who are looking for an opportunity to make a difference.

The Co-operators and The Natural Step Canada are partnering to offer the IMPACT! Sustainability Champions Training in Ottawa and Guelph.

IMPACT! Sustainability Champions Training Program for Emerging Leaders

All students between the ages of 19-25 in the region are invited to apply.

Who should apply?

Toronto, ON

Date & Time LocationAugust 26 - 29, 2013

8:30am - 5:00pm daily

November 8 - 11, 2013 8:30am - 4:30pm *TBC Calgary, AB

Ottawa, ON

Date & Time LocationFriday, September 27 – 28, 2013

9:00am – 5:00pm daily

Friday, November 15 – 16, 2013 9:00am – 5:00pm daily Guelph, ON

WebinarsTowards a Gold Standard for Sustainable Business

Date & Time

Wednesday, July 3, 2013 - 11:30pm to 1:30pm (EDT)

Strategic Sustainable Development for Business

During this interactive webinar we will share an overview enterprise sustainability: why businesses are turning to sustainability to drive innovation, what results they achieve by embedding sustainability into their business strategy and how we work with them to do this. Concrete examples and lessons learned will be explored, as will emerging service streams designed to further accelerate the transition to sustainable business.

Date & Time

Thursday, September 5, 2013 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm (EDT)

Strategic Sustainable Developmentfor Higher Education

During this interactive webinar we will share examples of how The Natural Step has worked with higher education institutions to establish leadership on sustainability. We will focus on practical tools applied to enable innovation in this space.

Date & Time

Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm (EDT)

Développement durable stratégique pour les entreprises (French)

Pendant ce wébinaire intéractif, nous partagerons un aperçu de ce qu’un mode de développement durablesignifiepouruneentrepriseen2013:pourquoilesentreprises utilisent le développement durable pour générer de l’innovation, quels résultats elles obtiennent en intégrant le développement durable dans leur stratégie d’entreprise et comment nous les aidons à mettre cela en oeuvre. Nous étudierons des exemples concrets et partagerons les enseignements que nous avons tiré de nos engagements avec des entreprises qui ont pris un rôle de leader en développement durable. Nous explorerons les offres de services qui permettront d’accélérer le changement vers des entreprises durables.

Date & Time

Thursday, September 17, 2013 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm (EDT)

Would you know a sustainable business if you saw one? Please join us online to share your views and expertise to help shape a benchmark for truly sustainable business performance.

This webinar is part of the Towards a Gold Standard for Sustainable Business project, a collaborative initiative which aims to help consumers, businesses, investors, and employers support truly sustainable business practices through the decisions they make.

The webinar will feature Bob Willard, Speaker and Author, The NEW Sustainability Advantage and Chad Park, Executive Director for The Natural Step Canada who co-wrote the recent GreenBiz article titled “A gold standard for a truly sustainable enterprises.” Hear the latest thoughts and updates from the numerous consultations that have been conducted in this project and of course, contribute your ideas to where this project is headed.