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Sustainability and the Role of the Human Resources Professional
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September 27th 2016, 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm N/A |
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| Chapter: | Webinar |
| Language: | English |
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Members - $97.75 Non Members - $132.25 (CDN, HST included) |
Presenters: |
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| Coro Strandberg, Bernie Mitchell & Chad Park | ||
| Coro Strandberg - is an influential sustainability strategist and thought leader. Coro is a Canadian trailblazer and visionary in marketplace innovation to advance social, environmental and financial progress and has contributed to the evolving field of CSR and sustainability for more than 25 years. She works with businesses, governments and industry associations to create strategies and pursue business models to address social and environmental risks and opportunities that propel society toward a sustainable future. Coro specializes in helping organizations become leaders in transformational sustainability. This includes advising on sustainability leadership and innovation strategies, social purpose business models and sustainability governance, management, implementation and integration. She is an expert in integrating sustainability in finance, human resources, risk management and procurement and developing social and inclusive sustainability strategies. She regularly publishes blogs, articles, research, tools and guides on sustainability and corporate social responsibility on her website at www.corostrandberg.com. Coro works and lives in her LEED Gold certified green home in Burnaby BC which she built with her partner. Bernie Mitchell - (Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Work Place Services) has been in her current role since 2000. She is a Certified chartered director as well as a CHRL. She is active in her community as board chair of Community Living Guelph and a board member of St. Joseph's Health Centre. Chad Park - is the executive director of The Natural Step Canada and is the Director of the Energy Futures Lab. He is founding member of the Natural Step Canada team and has been with The Natural Step since 2002. Chad regularly writes and delivers presentations on a wide range of sustainability and social innovation topics, including collaborating for systems change, sustainability- driven innovation, organizational change, and sustainability leadership. His work increasingly focuses on partnership-building and enabling collaboration, having led the development and launch of multi-stakeholder approach to tackling complex social and environmental challenges called the Sustainability Transition Lab. Chad is the Director of one such collaborative initiative, the Energy Futures Lab, and plays a key thought leadership role with other initiatives including the Future Fit Business Benchmark, Housing Action Lab and Natural Capital Lab. Chad holds a Master of Science in Environmental Management and Policy from the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics at Lund University in Sweden, where he was a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar. He also holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Alberta. He now resides with his family in Edmonton, Alberta. | ||
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| Program Summary: This webinar will define sustainability as social and environmental sustainability and provide an overview of sustainability trends and drivers and the business case for sustainability. It will summarize the role of the HR professional in embedding sustainability into the employee experience and life cycle from recruitment and onboarding to training and professional leadership and competency development and performance management, talent retention and succession planning. A detailed case study of the best practices in sustainable human resource management will be profiled. We will use polling and the webinar chat function to engage participants throughout our session and include a question and answer session. You Will Learn: • Sustainability trends and drivers and how they will impact organizational success • The business case and benefits of operating a sustainable organization • The significant and essential role HR professionals can play to embed sustainability into an organization • How one organization embedded sustainability in the employee experience and realized benefits Who Should Attend: This webinar will be of interest to: emerging, mid-level and senior level HR professionals | ||
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| Agenda: 1:15PM - 1:30PM: Login Time 1:30PM - 3:00PM: Presentation All login information will be sent to you via email the day prior to the session. Both registration and payment are required for every person attending this webinar. Questions about registration or receipt can be directed to info@hranb.org. NOTE: If you have not received your login access information the day prior to the webinar date, or for inquiries regarding online workshops, please email pdcoordinator@hrma.ca or call 604.694.6941. Early Bird pricing will apply to all registrants who register at least two weeks prior to this workshop. HR Competency: Strategy |