Canadian Business as a Global Citizen

 

CBSR’s 9th Annual Summit on CSR
Canadian Business as a Global Citizen
Social and Environmental Performance on the World Stage

 

On October 26th business leaders from across Canada and around the globe convened in Toronto for the 9th Annual CBSR Summit. Speakers explored the roles and responsibilities of Canadian businesses outside of Canada’s borders, as well as actions required to respond to the challenge of managing, mitigating and improving environmental and social impact for Canada to lead in the 21st century. Click to read full summary.

 

CBSR Summit: An Overview

 

Session Notes

 

To download PDF summaries of each panel discussion, please click on each title.

 

• Keynote Presenter: Stephen Lewis, Distinguished Visiting Professor, Ryerson University, Celebrated Humanitarian and Former UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa
• Panel 1: Corporate Canada’s Responsibilities in Developing Nations
• Panel 2: Canada on the World Stage: Leader or Laggard?

 

Additional Resources and Social Media

 

Follow the day on Twitter
Check out photographs from the day

Speakers Interviews

 

Each Summit speaker was interviewed by 3BL Media. To view speaker interviews, please click on individual speakers:

 

• Andrew Heintzman, President, Investeco Capital Corp.
• Ross Gallinger, Executive Director, Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC)
• Doug Miller, Chairman, GlobeScan (Panel Moderator)
• Janet Longmore, President & CEO, Digital Opportunity Trust
• Jean-François Gascon, Vice President, Capacity Building, SNC-Lavalin Group
• Jim Harris, Consultant and Author (Panel Moderator)
• Dr. Michael Schull, Chair, Dignitas International
• Mark Lee, Executive Director, SustainAbility
• Signi Schneider, Chief CSR Advisor, Environment and Corporate Responsibility, Export Development Canada
• Adine Mees, Co-founder and Advisor to the CEO and Rob Moore, Interim President and CEO, Canadian Business for Social Responsibility

 

(Please note: A portion of Stephen Lewis’s presentation will be available on the CBSR website next week)

 

Read blogs discussing the Summit

 

Canadian Business, “Banks, image problems, and the ethics of lobbying” by Chris MacDonald http://www.canadianbusiness.com/blog/business_ethics/53742
 

 

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