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Published 2012

Sustainability / CSR Roadmap for Associations

Initiatives an Association can pursue to advance sustainability and CSR amongst its members.

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Published 2012

Credit Union Social Responsibility Reporting

Coro has created a guide for credit unions to practice corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting – a process for publicly disclosing an organization’s economic, environmental and social performance.

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Published 2011

Diversity Management Leading Practice Scan

This is a summary of diversity management practices of 17 leading CSR companies from around the world based on 2009 CSR reports and websites.

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Published 2011

Governance and Management for Credit Union Social Responsibility

Coro has authored a guide to integrating social and environmental factors into governance and management for credit union social responsibility.

View at Canadian Credit Union Social Responsibility

Published 2011

Global Scan of Sustainable Purchasing Practices

Summary of global scan of leading sustainable purchasing practices.

Read PDF at BuySmartBC.com

Published 2011

Sustainable Purchasing Metrics and Targets

An overview of sustainable purchasing metrics and targets in use by eleven organizations around the world, surveyed by Coro Strandberg. This tool can help organizations in the development of metrics and targets to guide and monitor their sustainable purchasing programs

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Published 2011

Responsible Purchasing Guide

Coro created this guide as a tool to help credit unions understand and master this new business process as a component of their corporate social responsibility (CSR) or sustainability mission. It was written for credit unions and relevant for most organizations.

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Published 2011

Burnaby Social Sustainability Strategy

Coro collaborated with Solstice Sustainability Works (lead) in advising Burnaby on its Social Sustainability Strategy.

View at City of Burnaby website (4.6MB PDF)

Published 2011

Critical Success Factors For Sustainable Purchasing

Coro has pulled together a list of critical success factors for a sustainable purchasing program.

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Published 2011

Guide to Sustainable Meetings

Coro was a principal researcher and contributing author to The Co-operators Guide to Sustainable Meetings, designed to help organizations reduce the environmental impact of their meetings and events.

Download from The Co-operators (1.1MB PDF)

Published 2011

A Road Map for the Development of a Sustainability Strategy

Credit Union Central of Canada publishes a how to guide for the development of a sustainability strategy for Canadian credit unions authored by Coro Strandberg.

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Published 2010

UBC Campus Sustainability Office Case Study Series – Planning for Climate Action

The UBC Campus Sustainability Office with Coro Strandberg as lead author, produced the Case Study / Planning for Climate Action.

Download the Case Study / Planning for Climate Action (5.43 MB PDF)

Published 2010

Developing the Business Case for Credit Union Social Responsibility

Comprehensive overview of the business case for sustainability and CSR. While prepared for credit unions, the business case has general relevance to all organizations.

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Published 2010

What’s the best way for a company to protect itself against the next recession?

CorporateKnights.ca
Issue 33: 2010 Health Issue – Web Exclusive

As companies emerge from the recession, shifting away from frantic short-termism to long-term strategic thinking will separate the survivors from the thrivers.

Read at CorporateKnights.ca

Published 2010

The Co-operators Sustainable Purchasing Policy and Program

Coro helped The Co-operators develop their sustainable purchasing policy and program.

Download The Co-operators Sustainable Purchasing Policy and Program (460 KB PDF)

Published 2010

Sustainability Diagrams

A tool to help organizations determine their CSR or sustainability philosophy.

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Published 2010

International Scan of Sustainability Practices of Insurance and Non-Insurance Companies

A global study of best practice in sustainability leadership of 17 companies, most of which are insurance companies.

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Published 2010

CSR Governance Guidelines

Canadian Business for Social Responsibility and Strandberg Consulting release CSR Governance Guidelines, a tool for boards to integrate sustainability into their governance mandate.

View at Canadian Business for Social Responsibility

Published 2010

Sustainability Toolkit: Environmental Sustainability Governance and Leadership

CCA commissioned Coro Strandberg to develop a how-to guide for co-operatives on integrating environmental sustainability into their governance and management frameworks. This tool can help co-operatives become environmental leaders in their communities and their sectors.

View at Canadian Co-operative Association

Published 2010

Small Business Environmental Roadmap

Based on the Industry Canada small business roadmap Coro produced with Amy Robinson, this is a how to guide for small businesses seeking to reduce their environmental footprint.

View at Burnaby Board of Trade

Published 2010

Governance for Sustainability

Industry Canada commissioned CBSR and Strandberg Consulting to produce Sustainability / CSR Governance Guidelines for boards of directors.  Industry Canada’s CSR website profiles the guidelines:

Governance for Sustainability can be accessed here

Published 2010

Sustainability Spheres of Influence

This is a diagram showing an organization’s spheres of influence.  CSR leaders use the influence they have in their value chains to catalyze sustainability.

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Published 2010

The Role of Human Resources in Building a High-Performance Sustainability Organization

Conference Board of Canada
Corporate Social Responsibility Review, Spring 2010
Firms interested in advancing their corporate social responsibility (CSR)/sustainability performance face the challenge of operationalizing their strategy and objectives through their workforce. Coro writes on the role of the HR manager to embed CSR into the firm.

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Published 2010

Credit Union Social Responsibility: A Sustainability Road Map

How can credit unions tap into social responsibility? In Credit Union Social Responsibility: A Sustainability Road Map, author Coro Strandberg uses dozens of compelling examples and financial institution case studies to explain the myriad forms a credit union’s social responsibility can take.

View at Filene Research Institute

Published 2010

Green: Tools and Ideas to Connect Credit Union Members to the Green Movement

Co-authored report on connecting Credit Union members to the green movement.

View at Filene Research Institute

Published 2010

Sustainability Strategy Roadmap

A process developed by Coro Strandberg for the design, implementation and renewal of a sustainability / corporate social responsibility strategy to be tailored to the organization and its context.

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Credit Union Version Download (1.6 MB PDF)

Published 2010

2010 Olympic Winter Games Sustainable Purchasing Case Study

Coro was the lead author of VANOC’s Sustainable Purchasing Case Study, as well as a lead consultant in developing and implementing the 2010 Olympic’s ground breaking "Buy Smart" program.

Download the 2010 Olympic Winter Games Sustainable Purchasing Case Study (532 kb PDF)

Published 2010

Two Reports: Sustainable Purchasing Trends and Drivers; and A Guide to the Business Case and Benefits of Sustainable Purchasing

UN Global Compact Sustainable Supply Chains website features two reports co-authored by Strandberg on Sustainable Purchasing Trends and Drivers; and A Guide to the Business Case and Benefits of Sustainable Purchasing.

View at the UN Global Compact Sustainable Supply Chains website

Published 2010

Responsible Investment Questions for Fund Managers

The Guide is divided into two sections for ease of use. The first section is designed to help foundations who are new to RI and would like to engage their current fund managers in a discussion about the possibility of implementing an RI approach. The second section is for foundations who seek to go to the market to assess the different RI offerings provided by Canadian fund managers.

Download Responsible Investment Questions for Fund Managers (424 kb PDF)

Published 2010

The State of Community / Mission Investment of Canadian Foundations

Community Foundations of Canada and Philanthropic Foundations Canada have collaborated in sponsoring research into the status of community/mission investing on the part of Canadian foundations. This paper addresses the “community/mission investment” (C/MI) component of responsible investing – a process whereby foundations directly invest some of their assets in community, or social/environmental enterprises consistent with their mission.

Download the report (1.3 MB PDF)

Published 2010

Going for gold with CSR

Canadian HR Reporter April 19, 2010
Coro writes about how the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) achieved a gold standard in sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) by forging an early link between human resource and sustainability goals.

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Published 2010

Road map for corporate social responsibility

Canadian HR Reporter January 25, 2010
CSR is right up HR’s alley and it’s a great way to add strategic value.

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Published 2009

Triple-Bottom-Line and Structured Decision Making: a Case Study of BC Hydro

A co-authored case study on how BC Hydro is integrating sustainability into its decision-making.

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Published 2009

Drivers of the New Economy

Visual model of how to create a sustainability tipping-point in the market economy.

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Published 2009

Small- and Medium-Sized Business Environmental Road Map

Industry Canada sponsored the development of this environmental roadmap for small- and mediium-sized businesses.

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SME Sustainability Roadmap Online (Industry Canada – Corporate Social Responsibility)

Published 2009

Institutionalizing Sustainability: A UBC Case Study

A co-authored paper on how the University of BC instituitonalizes sustainability.

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Published 2009

CSR HR Checklist

Strandberg Consulting has prepared a checklist for human resource managers to guide them in sustainable human resource management.

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Published 2009

CSR and Human Resource Management: An Issue Brief and Roadmap

The Role of Human Resource Management in Corporate Social Responsibility, an Issue Brief and Roadmap authored by Coro Strandberg.

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Published 2009

The Business Case for Sustainability, overview

A high level overview of key elements of the Business Case for Sustainability.

Download the overview (99 kb PDF)

Published 2009

Draft SRI Continuum: From Limited Social Change to High Social Change Impact

There is an emerging continuum from SRI “lite” to SRI deep, as chronicled in the study, “Future of SRI”. A further evolution is that SRI firms are expected to model the kinds of practices they require of their investee companies. This model is an initial attempt to scope out this continuum, from the perspective that firms with a more robust SRI value proposition will be able to compete more effectively in a crowded SRI market. This project is funded by Ethical Funds Inc.

Download the draft SRI Continuum (2.1 MB PDF)

Published 2009

The Business Case for Sustainability Overview

A high level overview of key elements of the Business Case for Sustainability.

Download the overview (99 kb PDF)

Published 2009

CSR and Human Resource Management: An Issue Brief and Roadmap

The Role of Human Resource Management in Corporate Social Responsibility, an Issue Brief and Roadmap authored by Coro Strandberg.

Download (1.32 MB PDF)

Published 2009

CSR HR Checklist

Strandberg Consulting has prepared a checklist for human resource managers to guide them in sustainable human resource management.

Download (760 kb PDF)

Published 2009

Sustainability / CSR Roadmap for Associations

Initiatives an Association can pursue to advance sustainability and CSR amongst their members.

Download this roadmap (2.3 MB PDF)

Published 2009

UBC – Sustainable Labour Market Highlights Summary Report

This Highlights Report summarizes sustainability labour market research conducted for UBC towards their goal of strengthening teaching and learning on sustainability. It is produced to assist UBC’s Working Group on Academic Programs (WGAP) of the President’s Advisory Council on Sustainability in their efforts to develop an academic sustainability plan and identify potential course and degree options at UBCv on sustainability.

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Published 2009

Sustainability Labour Market Trends: An Employer, Industry and Thought Leader Perspective

An employer, industry and thought leader study on sustainbility labour market trends in Canada and globally.

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Published 2009

Sustainability Labour Market Trends: A Canadian and International Perspective

A literature review on sustainability labour market trends in Canada and globally.

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Published 2009

Sustainability Labour Market Trends: A Student Perspective

A summary report of a February – March 2009 survey of UBC student perspectives on sustainability education.

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Published 2009

Education and Training on Responsible Investing for Canadian Foundations and Endowments

Strandberg Consulting co-authored this report for Environment Canada on the resources and publications available for foundations and endowments regarding responsible and community investment and provided recommendations to advance RI amongst foundations.

Download Education and Training on Responsible Investing for Canadian Foundations and Endowments (148 kb PDF)

Published 2009

ESG Screens

A compilation of the diverse screns used by various SRI Groups around the world.

Download ESG Screens (424 kb PDF)

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