CBSR's 8th Annual Summit on CSR 

  
8th Annual Summit on CSR: Collaborating for Sustainable Change
October 21, 2010 – Le Meridian King Edward Hotel, Toronto

 

Over 230 business leaders convened on Thursday October 21, to discuss how businesses can address their corporate social responsibility challenges through collaboration with internal and external partners.

 

Speakers said:

 
"What's becoming clear is that collaboration is essential if we are going to solve the pressing environmental and social issues we are facing today."

 Adine Mees, President & CEO, CBSR

 

 

"We need to integrate sustainability as an essential condition of business strategy. But companies cannot move forward too fast alone. Because return on investment lags, we could lose good leaders if we don't address sustainability through collaboration."

Dr. Karl-Henrik Robèrt, Founder, The Natural Step

 

 

"If you don't take a collaborative approach, you may get a solution but it will not survive pressure."

Bob Elton, Executive Chairman, Powertech Labs Inc.

 

 

CBSR Collaboration Research

CBSR Collaboration Approach (Presentation)

CBSR Collaboration Assessment Tool

 

Session Notes

Opening Remarks: Defining the Day - Reaching out to solve complex challenges

Morning Keynote - Dr. Graham Baxter - Learning from global best practice

CEO Panel: Achieving Triple Bottom-Line Results - How collaboration makes the difference

Interactive Session: Getting Practical - Harnessing the power of collaboration

Luncheon Keynote - Dr. Karl-Henrik Robert - Finding common ground

Leading by Encouraging Critical Thinking and Creative Collaboration

Tapping into Grassroots Employee Energy: Create a space for bold ideas

Working with External Stakeholders - New models for success

Sustainability Game Changers: How social innovators are breaking boundaries, shaking up traditional business models and achieving results

 

Summit Presentations

Tapping into Grassroots Employee Energy: Create a space for bold ideas

Keynote Address - Finding Common Ground: How collaboration can bring profound and positive change

The Story of a Cross Sector Partnership in the Extractive Resource Industries - CIM

Pineridge Foods Collaboration with Quantis/CIRAIG

 

Additional Resources and Social Media

Follow the day on Twitter 

Check out photographs from the day 

3BL Media Presents: CBSR Summit Interview Series 

Video interviews will also be regularly featured on CBSR's homepage:

 

Adine Mees, President & CEO at CBSR

Dr. Karl-Henrik Robert, Founder at The Natural Step

Dr. Graham Baxter, Acting CEO at IBLF

Andrew Souvaliotis, Chief Impact Officer and GM at Air Miles for Social Change

Robert Dutton, President and CEO at RONA

Mike Pedersen, Corporate Operations at TD Bank Financial Group

Tania Carnegie, Executive Director and Community Leadership at KPMG

Tim Brown, President and CEO at Nestle Canada

Craig Stenhouse, Group Lead CSR Communications at Cenovus Energy

Kaz Flinn, Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility, Scotiabank

Heather Lang, Director, North American Research at Jantzi-Sustainalytics

Barbara Turley-McIntyre, Director Sustainability and Corporate Citizenship at The Co-operators Limited

Claude Ouimet, Senior V.P. and GM at InterfaceFLOR Canada and Latin America

Avrim Lazar, President and CEO at Forest Products Association of Canada

Kathy Abusow, President and CEO at Sustainable Forestry Initiative

Stephanie Bertels, Assistant Professor, Simon Fraser University

Nikos Koumettis, President at Coca-Cola Ltd.  

 

Read blogs discussing the Summit:

Kiwano Marketing  

Strategies and Direction - Business embraces sustainability

Realizing Your Worth

Ecokinesis - Foundations for Design Excellence 

Ecokinesis - The Value of a Common Language

 

The Summit is a Green Event

The Summit was Bullfrog-powered with renewable energy; Carbon offsets for the event and its attendees have been provided by Offsetters and a  carbon footprint has been calculated by Pinchin Environmental.