Doug Bannerman

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Senior consultant

Experience

12 years

Nationality

Canadian

Region

North & South America

Expertise

  • Over a decade of experience in the development, implementation, measurement and reporting of corporate responsibility/sustainability programs. Particular strengths include stakeholder and community engagement, human rights and strategic social investment.
  • A deep bench of knowledge regarding the business, regulatory and sustainability trends that influence and inform brand and reputation management.
  • Expert in the use and application of global standards and guidelines including the Global Reporting Initiative, IFC Performance Standards and UN Global Compact.
  • Diverse international work experience across the consumer products, energy, financial services and technology sectors. Expert corporate trainer and facilitator.

Career history

  • Senior manager, advisory services, oil & gas practice, Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), 2004-09
  • Director, member services, BSR, 2000-04
  • Diversity marketing specialist, Vancity, 1996–2000

Education

BA (Major Sociology), University of Western Ontario, Canada

Key clients

BG Group, Chevron, Constellation Brands, First Group, Juniper Networks, Kimberly-Clark, ProLogis

Career highlights

  • Guided Constellation Brands to develop an enterprise-level sustainability strategy. Created alignment of strategy to brand, reputation and business value, and identified action steps for global implementation, management and communication.
  • Interviewed executives and senior managers, conducted site visits to US mills and performed data sampling and testing in support of an independent assurance against the AA1000AS principles of Kimberly-Clark’s 2009 and 2010 sustainability disclosures.
  • Facilitated and provided human rights content expertise to the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights as co-chair of the steering committee with secretariat partner organization.