The SDG Leadership Awards are Canada’s celebration of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and an inspiration for business leadership. The SDG Leadership Awards aim to recognize Canadian organizations who are helping advance the SDGs and calling on other organizations to take their own stand towards empowering the SDGs. This is the third installment of the awards organized by the Global Compact Network Canada, the Canadian division of the UN Global Compact.

“We are honoured to be seen as leaders amongst so many Canadian organizations working towards the Sustainable Development Goals. CAWST’s vision is a world in which people have the opportunity to succeed because their basic water and sanitation needs have been met. This passion and commitment is shared by CAWST’s global network of clients and WET (Water Expertise Training) Centre partners. Success in the water and sanitation sector would not be possible without invaluable partnerships such as these. We look forward to new possibilities for collaboration with others who share this vision.” ~ Shauna Curry, CEO, CAWST

“Oui STEM Academy strongly supports the United Nations’ Global Compact Sustainable Development Goals. We are honoured, humbled and excited to accept this award in recognition of our work to promote Quality Education, and Gender Equality among other import SDGs.” ~ Dilesha Stelmach, Founder/Chief Executive Officer, Oui STEM Academy 

The GCNC received over 1000 votes this summer and is excited to announce the winners in three categories.

 Winners for the Small Organizations Category

●      CAWST 

●      Economic Developers Alberta

●      Oui STEM Academy

Winners for the Large Organizations Category

●      Stantec

●      Frontera Energy

●      GM Canada

“We are proud to receive this year Leadership Award and be recognized for our commitment to a sustainable future”, said Doug Yates, Environment and Energy Director, General Motors Canada. “As we strive for zero-waste operations, GM now has 142 global facilities that recycle, reuse or recover all waste from daily operations – that’s more than any other automaker. In Canada, GM is the leader in EV sales with our Chevrolet Volt and Bolt EVs, and we are also committed to carbon reduction as with our proposed St. Catharines cogeneration project which will cut GHGs by more than 77 per cent at our Propulsion Plant.”

Winner of the Partnership Award

●      Frontera Energy

The following companies participated in the SDG Leadership Awards 2018

●      5T Sports

●      Alberta Council for Global Cooperation

●      BASF Canada

●      Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology

●      Economic Developers Alberta

●      Enviro-Stewards

●      Frontera Energy

●      GM Canada

●      Marcatus QED

●      Matrix360

●      Oui STEM Academy

●      Operation Eye Sight

●      Sherritt International

●      Stantec

●      Teck Resources

●      TELUS

●      Vancity

About the SDG Leadership Awards

Each year the SDG Leadership Awards highlight the business case for advancing action on the 17 SDGs, which address the most important environmental, social, and economic challenges of our time. The Awards presented a fantastic opportunity for businesses to showcase their commitment to sustainability and the UN's Agenda 2030. To learn more about the award applications for this year, please click here.

To be notified on next year’s application to the SDG Leadership Award 2019, please join the GCNC e-mailing list or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn or Facebook.

About the Global Compact Network Canada

The Global Compact Network Canada (GCNC) is the Canadian Network of the United Nations Global Compact - the world's largest voluntary corporate sustainability initiative. The GCNC is spearheading the 10 Principles of the UNGC and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In doing so, it unifies and builds the capacity of the Canadian private sector to embrace sustainable business practices by convening and accelerating opportunities for multi-stakeholder collaboration.

For more information, contact:

Jules Zhao, Program and Marketing Manager, Global Compact Network Canada 647-715-9426 ex 104 | jules@globalcompact.ca www.globalcompact.ca | @globalcompactCA

Global Compact Network Canada

Global Compact Network Canada

The UN Global Compact is the world’s largest voluntary corporate responsibility initiative with over 10,000 signatories in 130 countries committing to ten universally accepted principles. The Global Compact Network Canada builds the capacity of the Canadian corporate sector to embrace sustainable business practices.

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