2008 Partners

The CSRS would like to offer a special thanks to the 2008 Conference Sponsors, Speakers, and Workshop Conductors:

Title Sponsor

Being one of the largest independently owned gas and oil companies in the world, EnCana Corporation is renowned for its exceeding success and its socially responsible constitution that sets out a base of morals. EnCana was formed in 2002 with the merger of PanCanadian Energy and Alberta Energy. Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, EnCana thrives on making challenges into opportunities.

The company implements a foundation of values, stemming from their Corporate Constitution, in all areas of business. These values act as an inner compass that keeps EnCana on the right track and aid the company to make sustainable choices and become a successful corporation. Over the year, 2007, EnCana has been the proud recipient of various awards. These include being honoured by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for excellent efforts to measure, report and reduce methane emissions with its Natural Gas STAR award. In March 2007, the company was placed fifth in the Mining and Crude Oil Production sector, and rated at the top of the list among Canadian companies in Fortune Magazine’s survey of “The World’s Most Admired Companies.” EnCana has also been recognized through the “Community Relations Award,” “COGCC Pipeline Award,” “Emerald Award,” “Aboriginal Relations Award of Distinction” and many more honourable acknowledgements.   

Table Sponsors

The Certified General Accountants of Ontario is a self-governing body, which grants the exclusive right to the CGA designation and controls the professional standards, conduct and discipline of its members and students in the province of Ontario.

The Certified General Accountants Association controls its program of professional studies and certification model 100 per cent. Course materials and examinations are developed by CGA Canada, with the support of more than 100 leading academics and professionals. The CGA program’s contents are continually refined, to ensure it meets current market needs.

CGA Ontario delivers the program through a state-of-the-art online learning environment. The rigorous development process, fundamental to the CGA program, provides students with the most up-to-date, relevant and functional learning resources. Attainment of the certified general accountant designation translates to a professional who is a highly respected, masterfully trained leader, situated to meet all needs in today’s complex and continually evolving business and financial environments.

Broadly and deeply competent, CGAs are committed to meeting the needs of businesses and organizations with accounting and financial expertise, strategic insight, leadership and know-how.

Suncor Energy is proud to once again sponsor York University's Schulich CORE Conference. We share a strong commitment to social responsibility through strengthening communities and providing opportunities through the advancement of education.

Certified Management Accountants (CMAs) are strategic and financial management professionals who combine accounting expertise with professional management skills to provide leadership, innovation, and an integrating perspective to organizational decision-making. CMAs apply advanced management practices in a wide array of business functions, including strategic planning, sales and marketing, information technology, human resources, finance, and operations.

Their well-rounded abilities and knowledge jump-start CMAs to the enviable position of employment viability encompassing a vast range of business opportunities. This versatility allows CMAs to engage in a variety of fields ranging from health care services to construction and manufacturing.

CMA has successfully implemented a Code of Ethics which stipulates all CMAs to the highest level of care, duty and responsibility. This behavior is bound to all their employees and clients, to the public and to their fellow experts. By encouraging the company’s ethics to all individuals in the field, CMA truly is a responsible care company. With over 20,000 certified and student members, CMA is a key fraction of a profession that strongly carries 47,000 members across Canada and around the entire world. CMA’s management accounting guidelines are being recognized and rewarded internationally and their standards are second to none.

Great-West Life, together with its subsidiaries, London Life and Canada Life, serves the financial security needs of more than 12 million people across Canada.

The companies take their reputation as leaders in the financial services industry seriously by maintaining high standards of conduct, working hard to meet the expectations of their clients, and by acting as a caring member of the community. Their corporate giving philosophy, Stronger Communities Together™, focuses the companies' philanthropic efforts on the development of interactions that build lasting relationships with – and between – community organizations at the national, regional and local levels.

The operational framework behind this philosophy is the Key to Giving™ – the national corporate citizenship program of Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life. Through the Key to Giving, the companies contribute to non-profit, charitable and community organizations across the country to address health and wellness, education, social services, arts and culture and civic initiatives. The Key to Giving program also supports the volunteer involvement of staff and financial security advisors in their efforts to meet the needs of the communities in which they live and work.
As a member of Imagine Canada, the companies donate a minimum of one per cent of average domestic pre-tax profits to charitable and non-profit organizations each year.

Internally, the companies are committed to continuous improvement and ongoing professional development. On the environmental front, ongoing recycling and conservation programs are in place and the companies have embarked on a number of innovative initiatives aimed at reducing their environmental footprint.

Shiseido is a global skin care and cosmetics company based in Japan. The name “Shiseido” incorporates a commitment to creating value and playing a useful role in society.  In every activity we undertake, we do our best to behave in a socially responsible manner and consider the impact on our customers, business partners, shareholders, employees, and society in general. We practice the philosophy that lies behind “This moment. This life. Beautifully.”

Shiseido promotes environmentally friendly technologies and procedures. For example, this year at the Shiseido plant in New Jersey, the company installed 69,00 square feet of solar panels and installed energy efficient light bulbs. This is expected to save 600 tons of carbon dioxide a year from being released into the environment (equivalent to planting 85 acres of trees!) Shiseido also supports several social issues and contributes to causes such as disaster relief and child welfare. The employee sponsored Camellia Fund donates to organizations such as the United Nations Development Fund for Women, The World Wildlife Federation, and the Women’s Shelter Network in Japan. Shiseido is also a leader in research for alternatives to animal testing and a supporter of local artists. Our Canadian office in Markham, Ontario, has also taken several initiatives to be socially responsible right here in Canada.

STAPLES Business Depot is Canada's largest supplier of office supplies, business machines, office furniture and business services to small business and home office customers. The company is an everyday low price retailer and operates in every Canadian province under the banner STAPLES Business Depot and BUREAU EN GROS. The company's more than 11,500 employees are committed to making it easy to buy office products in more than 240 stores, by catalogue or online.

STAPLES, Inc. invented the office superstore concept in 1986 and today is the world's largest office products retailer. With 60,000 talented associates, the company is committed to making it easy to buy a wide range of office products, including supplies, technology, furniture, and business services. With 2003 sales of $13 billion, STAPLES serves consumers and businesses ranging from home-based businesses to Fortune 500 companies in 19 countries throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Headquartered outside of Boston, STAPLES operates approximately 1,600 office superstores and also serves its customers through mail order catalog, e-commerce and contract businesses.

Their vision is to improve the quality of life in Canadian communities by continuously investing in sustainability and being socially responsible in every aspect of their business.  Among their more notable achievements in the CSR field was their participation in the “Lights Out” event held from June to August of 2007. Their various products and service are also in accord to their ethical and environmentally friendly vision. For example, Staples Business Depot makes it easy for their customers to make good choices by carrying a wide variety of environmentally friendly products like their Staples brand 100% recycled paper.
 

Telus is the second largest telecommunications company in the country, leading the way in our Western region, and generating over $8 billion dollars in revenues in 2005. TELUS realizes the importance of focusing on all aspects of business by making a commitment to its stakeholders to be a leader economically, environmentally and socially. CSR is an integral part of the business. The company prides itself in making a positive difference by supporting and working with local communities, aiming to become Canada's premier corporate citizen. TELUS believes that in order to do well in business we must do good in the communities in which we work and serve.

TerraChoice Environmental Marketing, North America’s premiere environmental marketing agency, has been helping to grow the world’s most sustainable companies for over 15 years.

A science-based marketing firm, TerraChoice helps clients convert their genuine environmental leadership positions into winning strategy, communications and positioning.

Our products and services include:

• Validation products such as the EcoLogoM program, a global leader in third-party environmental certification.
• Consulting in environmental marketing strategy and communication as well as in policy, purchasing and program delivery.
• Market research focused on ‘green’ purchasers in B2B, B2G and B2C commerce.