Coro speaks with knowledge, experience and passion on a host of subjects. Is she the right speaker or facilitator for you?

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March 14, 2010
Can Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) deliver for women? The promise and the reality.
Assistant Deputy Speaker & MP Denise SaSavoie’s Annual Celebration of International Women's Day
Coro, Principal of Strandberg Consulting and a leading Canadian CSR expert, helped develop the Victoria Values-Based Business Network. As the keynote speaker, Coro will share her reflections on whether and how CSR can help advance a women’s agenda.
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March 24 - 26, 2010
Wiring Supply Chains for Environmental Value
GLOBE 2010
Greening the supply chain is a strategic, bottom line issue. How can companies monitor environmental information, find ways to evaluate products and services they procure, and work proactively with suppliers in an efficient and cost effective manner?
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May 6, 2010
Leveraging Corporate Social Responsibility to Create Value for Your Organization
BC HRMA Conference 2010 - New World...New Ideas
The session will provide an overview of the strategic role HR plays in ensuring organizations ready themselves for the business trend toward sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR).
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This list of publications below is updated regularly with new resources. It is sorted alphabetically by main topic with the most recent items added to the top of each list.

Climate Change

• Reducing Supply Chain Carbon: A Backgrounder
• How To Go Carbon Neutral: A Carbon Neutral Primer
• CSR and Climate Change: The Credit Union Perspective
• The Climate Change Guide

Community Investment

• Community Investing for Pension Funds
• Scan of the Community Investment Sector in Canada: Capital Markets and Sustainability Program
• The Emergence of Community Investment as a Strategy for Investing in Your Community
• Global Profit and Global Justice: Using Your Money to Change the World

Corporate Social Responsibility

• Sustainability Strategy Roadmap
• Institutionalizing Sustainability: A BC Hydro Case Study
• Drivers of the New Economy
• Small- and Medium-Sized Business Environmental Road Map
• Institutionalizing Sustainability: A UBC Case Study
• CSR HR Checklist
• CSR and Human Resource Management: An Issue Brief and Roadmap
• Report on Corporate Responsibility in BC: A Business Council of BC Member Survey - Advisory Role
• Roadmap for CSR Governance
• The Role of the Board of Directors in Corporate Social Responsibility
• The Business Case for Sustainability, overview
• The Business Case for Sustainability, Power Point Presentation July 2008
• Industry Associations & Sustainability
• Mining Association of Canada Benchmark Study
• The CSR Continuum
• Credit Union Central of Ontario CSR Publication - Excellence Exchange May 2006
• CSR: The New Bottom Line, Globe and Mail Information Supplement
• The Future of Corporate Social Responsibility
• CSR newsletters 2002 - 2005 (Canadian Co-operative Association quarterly newsletters)
• CSR: The Way Ahead
• Crisis of Confidence: Corporate scandals prompt a search for alternatives
• How To Guide for Establishing Values-Based Business Networks

Corporate Sustainability Governance

• Roadmap for CSR Governance
  
• Boards Should Make Social Responsibility a Key Issue - Op Ed, Vancouver Sun
• The Role of the Board of Directors in Corporate Social Responsibility
• Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Governance Thought Leader Study
• Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Governance Study of Director Perspectives
• Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Governance Literature Review
• Draft 6-Step Framework for CSR Governance
• The Convergence of Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility - Thought Leaders Study

Industry Associations and Sustainability

• CSAE Members Lead the Way: Integrating Sustainability into their Organizations
• Sustainability / CSR Roadmap for Associations
• Industry Associations & Sustainability
• Mining Association of Canada Benchmark Study

Social Capital Marketplace

• Community Investing for Pension Funds
• Social Finance Forum - October 15, 2007
• The Social Purpose Capital Marketplace
• Scaling up the Canadian Social Finance Sector National Strategy Session
• 21st Century Financing: Exploring New Sources of Investment for Social Transformation
• Over The Horizon: The Future of Canada's Capital Market for Social and Environmental Innovation

Socially Responsible Investment

• ESG Screens
• Education and Training on Responsible Investing for Canadian Foundations and Endowments
• Responsible Investing - a Community Foundations of Canada National Program
• Sustainable Investing for Mission-Based Organizations
• SRI Components - Working Draft (available in English & French)
• Responsible Investment Primer - PowerPoint Presentation
• Green Building and Infrastructure Fund Study - Advisory Role
• Draft SRI Continuum: From Limited Social Change to High Social Change Impact
• The Future of SRI - Opinion Article
• The Future of Socially Responsible Investment - Thought Leader Study

Strandberg Consulting Newsletters

Please note, time sensitive links in archived newsletters have been disabled.

• October 2008
• September 2007
• January 2007
• March 2006
• August 2005
• January 2005

Sustainable Finance

• Future of Sustainable Insurance:  Thought Leaders Study
• Best Practices in Sustainable Finance
• Future of Sustainability Finance - Thought Leaders Study
• Credit Union Report: Sustainability Finance Study - A Study of Best Practices, Standards and Trends in Corporate Social Responsibility

Sustainable Labour Market

• Sustainability Labour Market Trends: A Student Perspective
• Sustainability Labour Market Trends: A Canadian and International Perspective
• Sustainability Labour Market Trends: An Employer, Industry and Thought Leader Perspective

Sustainable Purchasing

• Top 10 Shopping List for Sustainable Purchasing
• 10 Ways to Start or Enhance your Sustainability Purchasing Strategy
• HBC Ethical Sourcing Case Study
• Catalyst Paper Sustainable Supply Chains Case Study
• Reducing Supply Chain Carbon - DRAFT
• Sustainability Purchasing Trends and Drivers
• Guide to the Business Case for Sustainable Purchasing
• Sustainable Purchasing Survey
• Sustainability Purchasing Initiative - A Study Assessing Interest in a Sustainability Purchasing Network to Grow Sustainability Purchasing in the Greater Vancouver Regional District

Tools

• Sustainability / CSR Roadmap for Associations
• CSR HR Checklist
• CSR and Human Resource Management: An Issue Brief and Roadmap
• Roadmap for CSR Governance
  
• The Business Case for Sustainability, overview
• The Business Case for Sustainability, Power Point Presentation July 2008
• Developing A Sustainability Vision and Management System
• Conducting a Materiality Analysis
• Stakeholder Engagement Guidance Document
• Top 10 Shopping List for Sustainable Purchasing
• 10 Ways to Start or Enhance your Sustainability Purchasing Strategy
• Draft SRI Continuum: From Limited Social Change to High Social Change Impact
• Draft 6-Step Framework for CSR Governance
• The CSR Continuum

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