(Full Report) Canadian Voices on the Role of Business in Society

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Rola Dagher

Rola Dagher is the Global Channel Chief at Dell Technologies and the former President and CEO of Cisco Canada. Ms. Dagher has more than two decades of experience in the technology sector and is a highly respected leader. A passionate believer in giving back to communities and connecting the unconnected, she sits on a number of boards including the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Foundation and Kids Help Phone. In 2019, Ms. Dagher was named Woman of the Year by Women in Communications and Technology and one of Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 by WXN.

Scott Banda

Scott Banda is the CEO of Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL), the largest non-financial cooperative in Canada. Under Mr. Banda’s leadership, FCL was recognized as Saskatchewan’s 2015 Business of the Year.

Sean Drygas

Sean Drygas is the Global Lead, ESG & Impact at Colliers International and the former President of Bullfrog Power and former Executive Vice President of Sustainability Solutions at Spark Power. During his time at Bullfrog Power, Mr. Drygas had helped build new lines of business, including green fuels and solar programs.

Shawn Smith

Shawn Smith the co-founder and Executive Director of RADIUS, a social innovation hub at Simon Fraser University. In addition, Mr. Smith is an Adjunct Professor at the Beedie School of Business and a Business in Vancouver top 40 under 40 recipient.

Shayna Rector Bleeker

Shayna Rector Bleeker is a strategic and insightful communications professional with deep experience in climate, energy and partnerships for systems change. After a decade as an intrapreneur, she became an independent consultant focused on network weaving, capacity building and eco-system development, and is now mobilizing investment in low carbon transitions as co-founder of and Partnerships Manager for 7 Generation Capital Corp.

Sophie Brochu

Sophie Brochu is the President and CEO of Hydro Québec. In addition to her role at Hydro Québec, Ms. Brochu sits on the board of directors at the Bank of Montreal. She was inducted into the Order of Canada in 2015.

Suzanne Bergeron

Suzanne Bergeron is the President of Sodexo Canada. In her role, she works with the Canadian Leadership team and devoted employees to improve the quality of life for millions of Canadians.

Tamara Vrooman

Tamara Vrooman is the President and CEO of the Vancouver International Airport Authority, the Chairperson of the Canada Infrastructure Bank, and the Chancellor at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia. Mrs. Vrooman is the former President and CEO of Vancity, Canada’s largest community credit union.

Tariq Fancy

Tariq Fancy is the former Chief Investment Officer of Sustainable Investing at BlackRock. Mr. Fancy now serves as the CEO of Rumie, an education technology non-profit that lowers the barrier to learning for underserved communities globally.

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APPENDIX 5: REFERENCES AND FOOTNOTES

8min
pages 79-84

UNITED NATIONS SDGS

2min
page 78

APPENDIX 3: SOCIETY AND BUSINESS INITIATIVES AROUND THE GLOBE

4min
pages 76-77

APPENDIX 2: METHODOLOGY & BUSINESS INTERVIEW GUIDE

3min
pages 74-75

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

1min
page 67

APPENDIX 1: SURVEY PARTICIPANTS’ BIOGRAPHIES

14min
pages 68-73

6) Leading on the Big Issues

15min
pages 58-63

CONCLUSION: THE IMPERATIVE TO ACT

2min
page 64

5) Creating and Measuring Societal Value: The Role of the Sustainable Development Goals

8min
pages 54-57

4) Sharing Value Created

2min
page 53

3) Longer-Term Thinking

5min
pages 51-52

2) Increasing Focus on All Stakeholders

2min
page 50

2) The Evolution of the Purpose of the Corporation

5min
pages 44-45

3) The Purpose of the Canadian Corporation

2min
page 46

4) Stakeholder Approach in Theory, Shareholder Primacy in Practice

5min
pages 47-48

3) Future Prepping

2min
page 39

iv) Investors

2min
page 37

iii) Customers

4min
pages 35-36

ii) Employees

4min
pages 33-34

i) Communities and Civil Society

3min
page 32

3) Impact on Their Business

5min
pages 27-28

2) Growing Criticisms of Capitalism

6min
pages 25-26

2) Business is Critical to Solving Today’s Toughest Challenges

9min
pages 21-23

4) Personal Legacy

2min
page 29

2) Creating and Sharing Value with Stakeholders

2min
page 31

iii) Lack of Trust and Social Cohesion

2min
page 19

i) Climate Change

1min
page 17

ii) Inequality and Inequity

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page 18

LEADERSHIP PROFILES

2min
pages 13-14

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

9min
pages 8-12

Who Is This For?

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AND BUSINESS MATTERS

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page 15

INTRODUCTION

4min
pages 5-6

1) The Status Quo is Not Sustainable

1min
page 16
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