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The Global Compact Network Canada, in collaboration with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Statistics Canada, TELUS, and eRevalue, is offering a full-day training to provide professionals with an opportunity to learn from industry leaders and experts on how to report on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 

This training session will help attendees learn how to:

• Benchmark and improve on their current reporting practices,

• share experiences and learn from the successes and failures of other companies,

In spite of a chaotic political arena, a majority of Americans share the view that The Good Life is defined by connections to people and planet more than by material wealth and consumption. Furthermore, Americans are looking to brands to take the lead in showing them how they can make a more fulfilling life according to a US study of 1,000 adults 18+ conducted in April 2017.

Back with a renewed focus on Impact, Scalability and Innovation, the 8^th Annual Ethical Corporation Responsible Business Awards aim to set the sustainable benchmark for 2017 and celebrate the world’s leading business initiatives.

To support this aim, we’re honoured to announce our judging panel for this year! Chosen on the basis of their knowledge and expertise to represent the global CSR community– the entries for 2017 are in capable hands.

Meet the 2017 judging panel

The submission deadline for the 8^th Annual Responsible Business Awards is drawing ever closer and we’re still on the hunt for the ground-breaking initiatives that have brought CSR to the fore over the past year.

This is your chance to be recognised, and what’s more, recognise colleagues, teams and partners who have worked tirelessly to forward the Responsible Business agenda.

Why enter the awards? 

1. Great profile on Ethical Corporation

 Sustainable Brands® kicks off its largest community gathering today with Sustainable Brands’17 Detroit at the Cobo Center in downtown Detroit.

 Sustainable Brands® recently unveiled the session schedule for the Activation Hub at SB’17 Detroit, running May 22-25th at the Cobo Center in downtown Detroit.

194 countries signed the Paris agreement in 2016 in a unified effort to limit global warming and adapt to climate change. However, with nearly 1 million hectares of coastal ecosystems lost last year, global temperatures rising and 11% of the world's population vulnerable to climate change impacts - the May edition of the EC magazine looks at the steps being taken now to reach climate change targets.

Key briefings featured in the May edition include:

City Profiling: 

In today’s age of CSR culpability, businesses are increasingly looking towards the circular economy as a societal as well as business step away from what the Ellen MacArthur Foundation call the ‘take, make and dispose’ extractive model of business.

Back for the 8th year running, the globally renowned Responsible Business Awards are setting the stall for 2017 to celebrate the individuals, teams and companies dedicated to driving forward the sustainable agenda.

This is your opportunity to be acknowledged as a leader in the world of responsible business.

The Awards will give you international recognition – a perfect reward for all your team's hard work and achievements. 

Key Dates for your diary:

• Submission Deadline: 29^th June 2017