Media Advisory - Creating Business Value with Integrated Sustainability

TORONTO , Oct. 27 /CNW Telbec/ - Business leaders discuss strategies for achieving a healthy balance between environmental sustainability and economic growth at Creating Business Value with Integrated Sustainability, hosted by The Conference Board of Canada .

    
    When:    October 29 - 30, 2009

    Who:     Six sustainability leaders will present 30 ideas in 30 minutes,
             at 1:30 p.m., Thursday
                -   Melissa Alvares, Manager, Sustainability Programs,
                    Softchoice Corporation
                -   Robert S. Campanelli, Vice-President, Industry
                    Sustainability, Real Property Association of Canada
                    (REALpac)
                -   Karen E. Clarke-Whistler, Chief Environment Officer,
                    TD Bank Financial Group
                -   Mike Morrice, Executive Director, Sustainable Waterloo
                -   Tom P. Rand, Lead, Cleantech Practice, MaRS Discovery
                    District
                -   Mark Romoff, President and Chief Executive Officer,
                    Ontario Centres of Excellence Inc.

             Panelists explore emerging trends in product sustainability,
             at 2:15 p.m., Thursday
                -   Kevin S. Brady, Partner and Director of Strategic
                    Sustainability Services, Five Winds International
                -   Normand Dumont, Executive Vice-President, Merchandising,
                    RONA Inc.
                -   Darryl Neates, Director, Sustainability, Oxford\
                    Properties Group Inc.

             Paul MacLean, President, ÉEM inc., and co-author of Good to
             Green: How to Manage Business Risks and Opportunities in the Age
             of Environmental Awareness, will discuss how to identify and
             integrate sustainability-based opportunities, at 8:45 a.m.,
             Friday.

    Where:   Hyatt Regency Toronto, 370 King Street West, Toronto

    For more information, visit:
    http://www.conferenceboard.ca/conf/09-0191/default.aspx
    

This event is sponsored by IBM, Cascades, Enbridge, Bullfrog Power, Zerofootprint, Network for Business Sustainability, ReNew Canada , and Sustainable Waterloo.

Media must register in advance.

For further information: or media accreditation, contact: Yvonne Squires, Media Relations, Tel.: [phone], ext. 221, E-mail: [email protected]