Building a culture of sustainability: Leading tools and practices from the resource sector

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Pembina Corporate Consulting's first webinar! Learn how sustainability leaders in the resource sector are taking sustainable thinking from the executive suite and applying it to project design in the field.

Download a copy of the slideshow in PDF form here (33MB)

Watch the webinar

The one-hour webinar demonstrates how innovative companies are:

• Creating an organizational structure and working culture that supports and advances sustainable thinking across operations.

• Identifying the right decision support tools and business processes to deliver more sustainable operations in line with their financial and organizational constraints.

• Utilizing whole-systems thinking and Life-Cycle Value Assessment (LCVA) to embed triple-bottom-line thinking in capital project design and decision-making.

Panelists

Penelope Comette, Associate Director, Corporate Consulting, the Pembina Institute: Identifying the right decision support tools and business processes to deliver more sustainable operations.

Greg Rucks, Consultant, Rocky Mountain Institute: The principles of the "Factor 10" engineering model (10xe engineering) and whole system thinking as an alternative process for designing projects.

Riley Morris, LCVA Coordinator, Cameco Corporation: The history and results of the practical application of LCVA to advance systems and triple-bottom-line thinking into project design at Cameco Corporation.

Scott MacDougall, Process Engineer, Sustainable Development Group, Suncor: An overview of key sustainability tools and practices in use at Suncor including the "Pillars of Operational Excellence" model, sustainability goals and targets, innovation and technology. (Unable to attend).