Corporate Vision June 2017

50 CORPORATE VISION / June 2017 , Enviro-Stewards Inc. is an engineering firmand Certified B Corporation that helps clients increase their profits, sustain the environment and compellingly benefit society. Building Sustainability Leaders A steward is one who manages another’s property, finances or other affairs on their behalf. Therefore, the Enviro-Stewards name is intended to reflect the firm’s mandate to help its clients conserve their resources and effectively address their environmental liabilities. Enviro-Stewards was founded in September 2000. The founder and president of the firm, Bruce Taylor, has 20 years of experience in the environmental consulting industry. He has managed wastewater characterization, treatability testing, treatment facility design and implementation, and facility decommissioning, and site remediation projects for semiconductor, aerospace, automotive, nuclear, petroleum, specialty chemical, mining, pulp and paper, electroplating, textile, fabrication, health care, food and beverage industries. Bruce is also an internationally recognized expert and conference speaker in the field of water and waste reduction, reuse and recycling. When not hard at work, you might find him playing hockey, canoeing, hiking, reading, or serving the disadvantaged in his community. He tells us more about the firm and what gives it its edge. “The value of a consultant’s service is primarily based on the caliber of individuals specifically assigned to any given project and the internal functionality of the consulting firm,” he explains. “Enviro- Stewards corporate policies are designed to attract, develop, and empower staff with outstanding technical competence, integrity, judgement, interpersonal skills, communication, and a desire to serve others. “Our innovative corporate policies include a profit sharing program open to every member of the firm, compensation time off, and mutual accountability.” Enviro-Stewards assists organizations in taking a leadership role in corporate social responsibility by offering proven experience that supports the three tenets of sustainability: Financial, Environmental, and Social Sustainability. Gain a competitive advantage while improving the bottom line. Its approach is to offer a range of services to assist clients with the development and implementation of their unique CSR program. These services include: • Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) • Sustainability Planning and Reporting • Corporate Charitable Work • Occupational Health & Safety (OHS) • Toxic Use Reduction (TUR) • Lean & Clean • Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reduction • Environmental Compliance • Design for the Environment (DfE) • Cleaner Production (CP) • Eco-Efficiency • Pollution Prevention (P2) • Energy Efficiency (E2) • Water Conservation • Product Yield Public perception and competitive advantage associated with a CSR program can increase the financial bottom line of a company. “Enviro-Stewards seeks to address problem drivers by improving brand recognition and differentiation, company reputation, and market value,” Bruce states. “CSR is required of suppliers by some international customers and it creates a point of engagement for staff, which can increase employee motivation, performance, and retention.” More about Bruce Taylor Bruce Taylor, P. Eng., is a chemical engineer with 26 years of experience in the environmental consulting field and has expertise in the fields of water efficiency, pollution prevention (P2), energy efficiency (E2), lean & clean, sustainable development and treatment process design. His project experience includes aerospace, automotive, beverage, commercial product, food, manufacturing, medical, mining, nuclear, petrochemical, pulp & paper, pharmaceutical, specialty chemical and textile industries. His international development work includes construction of an orphanage in Sudan, earthquake relief in El Salvador, and initiation of Safe Drinking Water Projects in South Sudan and Kenya. He presented at the Food and Beverage Environmental Conference (Florida 2011, Maryland 2013), National Environmental Partnership Summit (Chicago 2005, Atlanta 2006, San Francisco 2009, Indiana 2013), Canadian Pollution Prevention Roundtable (Quebec City 2002, Calgary 2003, Ottawa 2004, Victoria 2005, Halifax 2006, Winnipeg 2007, Edmonton 2008, Charlottetown 2009), the Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable (Erie 2003), Trade Team Canada’s Cleaner Production Trade Mission to Chile (Santiago 2002) and OCETA’s Cleaner Production Training Workshop in Laos (January 2004). Specialties: water efficiency, pollution prevention (P2), energy efficiency (E2), lean and clean, sustainable development and treatment process design. 1701CV12