Join session leaders Coro Strandberg and Tim Reeve, along with guest speakers Amanda Pitre-Hayes and Kevin DuCharme, for a practical, engaging and inspiring introduction to sustainable purchasing!

This BuySmart seminar is designed for purchasing, sustainability and corporate responsibility staff in public, private and non-profit organizations — and for anyone else who wants to understand the fundamentals of sustainable purchasing.

You’ll learn:

• How to integrate environmental, social and ethical factors into the procurement process

• Key components of a sustainable purchasing tendering toolkit

• What’s needed to overcome barriers and recognize the best opportunities for sustainable purchasing in your own organization.

Best of all, you’ll benefit from the insights and lessons learned of others in the field, and gain the practical knowledge and confidence to take your own first steps.

Meet the Speakers

Coro Strandberg is Principal of Strandberg Consulting and Co-Founder of the BuySmart Network. She provides governance and strategy advice to organizations seeking to integrate sustainability considerations into the marketplace, including within procurement, investment, human resources, budgeting, risk and finance.

Tim Reeve, President of Reeve Consulting and Co-founder of the BuySmart Network, is a sustainability strategist who helps the private sector, governing bodies and major projects thrive by leveraging his specialization in sustainable supply chains to build brand, improve profitability, reduce risk and strategically engage with key employees and stakeholders.  

Amanda Pitre-Hayes, Director of Sustainability, City of Vancouver, leads a team of 16 to achieve the Council directive to become the world’s greenest city by 2020. She has 18 years of experience in leadership roles including: Manager of Environmental Programs at Vancity; Director of Climate Change Consulting at the Pembina Institute; Manager, Consulting Services at Accenture; and Assistant to the President at The Body Shop Canada.

Kevin DuCharme is the Sustainable & Ethical Procurement Analyst for the City of Vancouver. Kevin is responsible for the implementation and administration of the City's Sustainable & Ethical Procurement program; in that role, he helps ensure that sustainable and ethical considerations are integrated into the procurement process. Kevin was also chair of the Buy Smart Committee at VANOC, which was responsible for sustainable purchasing and for increasing social, ethical and environmental performance within Olympic and Paralympic Games business operations.

For more information about the seminar, contact Bob Purdy at bpurdy@fraserbasin.bc.ca or (604) 488-5355.