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Coro is interviewed and quoted often in the news. Below you will find links to current news articles that feature Coro or that have been written by her.

How-to Case Study Embeds Sustainability into Business Decisions
Press Release June 15, 2010
It's one thing to commit to sustainability; it's another to integrate sustainability into every business decision. Triple-Bottom-Line and Structured Decision Making: A Case Study of BC Hydro demonstrates how Canada's third largest electric utility embedded sustainable thinking into its organizational decision making.

Corporate Social Responsibility: recession proof by Philippe Gohier
www2.macleans.ca June 14, 2010
Why didn’t companies scale back on social responsibility efforts during the downturn? Once companies lose their trustworthiness on social responsibility matters, it can be very hard to get it back, warns B.C.-based corporate sustainability consultant Coro Strandberg.

When things get messy by Jason Kirby
www2.macleans.ca June 14, 2010
Coro Strandberg is interviewed for this Maclean's article asking, "Can corporate social responsibility help clean up a PR disaster like the one caused by BP’s oil spill?"

Greener Horizons Summary: Sustainability in Action
www.bullfrogpower.com May, 2010
In May 2010, Bullfrog Power invited communications and sustainability executives from leading Canadian organizations, including Strandberg Consulting, Novex Couriers, Vancity Credit Union and the Vancouver Convention Centre, to participate in a panel discussion on how to ensure your sustainability plan brings about meaningful action within and beyond your organization. These are the key learnings from that session.

Going for gold with CSR by Coro Strandberg
www.hrreporter.com April 19, 2010
Coro writes about how the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) achieved a gold standard in sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) by forging an early link between human resource and sustainability goals.

Road map for corporate social responsibility by Coro Strandberg
www.hrreporter.com January 25, 2010
CSR is right up HR’s alley and it’s a great way to add strategic value.

Building a greener future by Jennifer Moreau
Burnaby Now, May 13, 2009
Coro Strandberg and her partner are building a green home near Deer Lake and hoping to get a golden stamp of approval from LEED Canada for Homes. If all goes according to plan, they will be the first home in Burnaby to land the LEED Canada for Homes gold level certification.

CSR: fact or fad? by Coro Strandberg
Op Ed, BC Business Magazine, October 9, 2008
Coro writes about Corporate social responsibility (CSR) being a fact or a fad.

Companies struggle with corporate social responsibilities by Bette Stallman Brown
The Ecological Society of America, Dispatches October, 2008
Strandberg Consulting and The Conference Board of Canada's recent report about the role of the board of directors in CSR is cited and Coro is interviewed for this article about the increasing pressure companies face from investors and other stakeholders to improve their social and environmental performance and disclosure.

Sustainability Purchasing by Coro Strandberg
GLOBE-Net.com, September 26, 2008
Offshoring - The Wal-Mart effect - Corporate Responsibility - These are some of the drivers behind the trend line towards more green and sustainable purchasing.

The Board's Role in Championing Sustainability by Coro Strandberg
Credit Union Central of Canada, Scan Fall 2008 edition
Sustainability is a governance issue.

The responsible company by Adam Piore
Corporate Secretary Magazine, September 2008
Coro and others are interviewed about CSR finally gaining a foothold in corporate Canada and the business case for corporate responsibility.

Big pharma and good corporate citizenship by Alan Cassels
Canadian Medical Association Journal, August 26, 2008
Coro is interviewed about her thoughts on a recently minted social responsibility index (http://atmindex.org/) that will track and measure the efforts of individual drug companies.

Getting on Board with Corporate Social Responsibility by Anne Moore Odell
SocialFunds.com, August 25, 2008
Coro is interviewed about corporate boards now needing to figure how to respond to investors' and other stakeholders' demands concerning social, environmental, and governance (ESG) issues.

Companies urged to get on board with CSR by Romana King
Business Edge, August 8, 2008
Coro is interviewed about her recent report: The Role of the Board of Directors in Corporate Social Responsibility, by the Conference Board of Canada.

Boards Should Make Social Responsibility a Key Issue by Coro Strandberg
Op Ed, Vancouver Sun, July 21, 2008
Coro writes about Corporate social responsibility (CSR) issues being driven into the boardroom as never before.

Greener pastures by Vanessa Richmond
BC Business July 1, 2008
Coro is interviewed about sutainability strategies becoming main-stream in corporate Canada.

CSR and Sustainability: Trends and Drivers
Published in the bi-monthly newsletter of the Burnaby Board of Trade May, 2008
Coro provides an overview of CSR Trends and Drivers.

 

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