Strategies to Sustainability
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News
Stratos work with Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business profiled in the National Post
February 1, 2012
Find out how Stratos is working with the CCAB here.
Is Corporate Canada Ready for the Green Economy?
January 30, 2012
Matt Loose, Stratos expert in corporate governance and reporting, will be speaking at the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants event in Toronto in March. For more information, please click here.
Session on Catalyzing Change: Leading Practices in Municipal Sustainability Planning
January 29, 2012
Join Chris Lindberg, Stratos’ municipal sector lead, for a lunchtime networking session from 12-1pm on Feb 8, 2012 at the FCM’s 2012 Sustainable Communities Conference in Ottawa. Chris is one of several sustainability experts invited to host networking sessions on municipal sustainability.
This informal, interactive session will focus on leading practices and lessons learned in the development of municipal sustainability plans. Stratos will share its recent reports on effective sustainability planning and facilitate a conversation on integrating sustainability into municipal decision-making processes and practices. Engaging and interactive, this session will present tools and frameworks to help municipalities to bridge the gap between sustainability planning and action. Whether you already have a plan or are looking to develop one, come and share your experiences and explore new ideas with a group of your peers.
To download the free reports please visit: http://www.stratos-sts.com/sectors/municipalities.html
To register for FCM Sustainable Communities Conference please visit: http://www.fcm.ca/home/events/2012-sustainable-communities-conference-and-trade-show.htm
Hope to see you there!
Centre for Excellence in CSR launches videos on implementing CSR
January 12, 2012
Stratos was pleased to collaborate with Liverpool Court Studios to produce a set of video reports for the Centre for Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The videos bring to life different perspectives on implementing CSR in the early stages of mineral exploration. Featured participants represent stakeholders from government, industry, and non-governmental organizations, who came together at a 2011 workshop organized by the Centre. Stratos also facilitated the workshop, and advised on workshop design.
The Centre for Excellence in CSR is part of the Government of Canada’s strategy to improve CSR in the extractive sector (which includes oil and gas, and mining companies). It aims to: be a hub of CSR knowledge and tools; support Canadian extractive companies across the world; and raise the bar for excellent CSR practices.
Stratos reports on climate change risks in the mining industry
December 12, 2011
Climate change poses a number of risks to Canada’s natural resource sectors, including the mining industry. Extreme weather events, changes in precipitation patterns, permafrost degradation, and drought could all have impacts on mining operations. One of the largest environmental liabilities facing the industry is acid rock drainage (ARD), which can lead to the release of contaminated water from active and abandoned mines. Understanding how climate change will impact ARD is important to mining companies and policy makers for making informed decisions on the economic and environmental sustainability of future mine development. Stratos worked with Brodie Consulting Ltd. to conduct a high-level risk assessment of the impacts of climate change on ARD at Canadian mines. This assessment builds on previous work by looking more closely at the vulnerability of ARD-related infrastructure and activities and determining which impacts are most likely and significant. The analysis included the cost implications of reactively adapting to climate change instead of taking steps in the planning and design phase of the mine. This work was conducted on behalf of the Mine Environment Neutral Drainage (MEND) program, and was funded by MEND and the Mining Association of Canada. You can read the full report here.
December 1 Municipal Sustainability Planning Webinar PowerPoint now available online
December 5, 2011
The PowerPoint presentation from our second free Webinar on municipal sustainability planning is now available. Click on the image on the right to download it.
December 1, 2011
The Stratos Impact Report 2011 is our second sustainability report. This report highlights some of the work that we are doing to make a real difference in our communities and informs our stakeholders on our operational and sustainability performance related to economic, environmental, employee and community issues. View the report here!
Launching the Aboriginal Relations Check Up
November 9, 2011
We’re pleased to announce the launch of a unique service offering to support organizations in adopting Progressive Aboriginal Relations (PAR) practices. Stratos collaborated with the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB) this past year to make major enhancements to its PAR program. Using this leading framework for assessing Aboriginal relations practices, Stratos has developed a simple Aboriginal Relations Check Up service, designed specifically to help companies quickly evaluate the status of their Aboriginal relations programs and take targeted action to improve performance – even perhaps reaching the ‘gold’ level of the PAR certification program.
The Stratos Aboriginal Relations Check Up includes 3 key services:
1. An Aboriginal Relations Assessment and Scorecard
2. A Workshop to discuss Assessment Findings
3. An Action Report
For more information on this great new service offering, visit our Aboriginal Relations page and contact Matt Loose at mloose@stratos-sts.com or Julie Pezzack at jpezzack@stratos-sts.com for more information.
