TORONTO, Oct. 27 /CNW Telbec/ -- Business leaders discuss strategies for achieving a healthy balance between environmental sustainability and economic growth at Creating Business Value with Integrated Sustainability, hosted by The Conference Board of Canada.

When:    October 29 - 30, 2009
Who:     Six sustainability leaders will present 30 ideas in 30 minutes,
at 1:30 p.m., Thursday
-   Melissa Alvares, Manager, Sustainability Programs,
Softchoice Corporation
-   Robert S. Campanelli, Vice-President, Industry
Sustainability, Real Property Association of Canada
(REALpac)
-   Karen E. Clarke-Whistler, Chief Environment Officer,
TD Bank Financial Group
-   Mike Morrice, Executive Director, Sustainable Waterloo
-   Tom P. Rand, Lead, Cleantech Practice, MaRS Discovery
District
-   Mark Romoff, President and Chief Executive Officer,
Ontario Centres of Excellence Inc.
Panelists explore emerging trends in product sustainability,
at 2:15 p.m., Thursday
-   Kevin S. Brady, Partner and Director of Strategic
Sustainability Services, Five Winds International
-   Normand Dumont, Executive Vice-President, Merchandising,
RONA Inc.
-   Darryl Neates, Director, Sustainability, Oxford\
Properties Group Inc.
Paul MacLean, President, ÉEM inc., and co-author of Good to
Green: How to Manage Business Risks and Opportunities in the Age
of Environmental Awareness, will discuss how to identify and
integrate sustainability-based opportunities, at 8:45 a.m.,
Friday.
Where:   Hyatt Regency Toronto, 370 King Street West, Toronto
For more information, visit:
http://www.conferenceboard.ca/conf/09-0191/default.aspx

This event is sponsored by IBM, Cascades, Enbridge, Bullfrog Power, Zerofootprint, Network for Business Sustainability, ReNew Canada, and Sustainable Waterloo.

Media must register in advance.