CAE Roundtable: Sustainability in Canada: Evolving Risks & Opportunities - 21JUN22ONLINE
Join us for a compelling roundtable discussion where we will look at the Canadian Government’s response to global expectations for more stringent measures to address climate-related priorities and how businesses need to respond in addressing both risks and opportunities brought through public policy as well as other stakeholder expectations.
Our panel of experts will discuss, among many things, the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) general and climate-related exposure drafts and why the ISSB aims to establish a global consensus for sustainability disclosures including how it will help to standardise non-financial reporting.
Learn from our panel of experts as they discuss the fast-evolving landscape and share how business leaders can best understand and address ESG performance in a way that will drive value. Internal Auditors can better align their activities through understanding these economic and public policy driven changes.
June 21 at 1:00pm - 2:15pm EST
Sponsored by: MNP
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CAE Roundtable Panelists
Edward Olson – moderator
Edward is a Regional Leader with MNP’s Enterprise Risk Services (ERS) practice and Leader of the Firm’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practice in Kelowna, B.C. With more than two decades of Canadian and international experience in both public practice and industry, Edward delivers practical and meaningful business advice to clients in the private and public sectors alike.
Sara Alvarado – panelist
Sara joined the Institute for Sustainable Finance (ISF) as Executive Director in April 2021. The ISF, hosted by the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University, brings together academia, the private sector and government to shape Canada’s innovations in sustainable finance. She is former Head of Risk & CAMLO at the Canada Infrastructure Bank in Toronto, where she built the inaugural enterprise risk management function. Prior to joining the CIB, she worked as Senior Officer, Infrastructure New Products & Special Transactions at the European Investment Bank (EIB) based in Luxembourg, with a focus on catalysing private sector investments into green infrastructure in policy priority sectors with support from the EU. Before moving to the EU, Sara spent 25 years in the investment industry in Canada, including combined 15 years in Private Placements and Infrastructure as Managing Director at Manulife Financial and Director at Sun Life, plus 10 years at Scotia Capital in Equity Research and Finance Regulatory Reporting.
Chantale Despres – panelist
Chantale is the Assistant Vice-President Sustainability at Canadian National Railway (CN). She is an experienced sustainability practitioner with over twenty-five years of progressive leadership positioning CN as a global leading sustainable rail company. Chantale was appointed AVP Sustainability in 2021 after more than a decade of managing teams and portfolios to develop CN’s sustainability strategy, reporting program and creating stakeholder collaborations to advance shared goals in the transition to the low-carbon economy. Her current responsibilities include leading the development of CN’s climate change, decarbonization and sustainability strategies, oversight of the Company’s sustainable culture program, developing sustainability communications, and overseeing CN’s sustainability disclosures. She is also responsible for the Company’s stakeholder collaborations to advance joint sustainability goals. Chantale is a founding board member of the Climate Reality Project Canada whose goal is to tackle climate change through education and grassroots action. She is a two-time recipient of awards for her sustainability achievements from Canada’s Clean50.
