Uploaded July 2021 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago

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In 2002, Corporate Knights published its first list of Canada's Best 50 Corporate Citizens. To celebrate the release of our 20th instalment and reflect on the path to a net-zero Canada, we assembled a special virtual gala.

Host & Moderator:
Karim Bardeesy (Ryerson University / Corporate Knights)

Welcome Remarks:
Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos (President, Treasury Board of Canada)

Executive Roundtable:
-Nez Aquino (Chief Risk Officer, Vancity)
-David Murray (Chief Innovation Officer and Executive Vice President – Generation, Health, Safety and Environment, Hydro-Quebec)
-Kim Hallwood (Head of Corporate Sustainability, HSBC Bank Canada)
-Ave Lethbridge (Executive Vice-President and Chief Human Resources and Safety Officer, Toronto Hydro)
-Apala Mukherjee (CEO, BASF Canada)
-Marcia M. Smith (Senior Vice President, Sustainability and External Affairs, Teck Resources)
-Tom Dowdall, Business Ambition for 1.5C Campaign Lead at Carbon Disclosure Project