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InterPraxis Assures Data for Vancity's "Carbon-Neutral" Claim.

InterPraxis assured the energy, transportation and other CO₂ data for the first North American financial institution to assert 'carbon neutrality' based on the protocols of ISO 14064 and the Green House Gas Protocols of the World Resource Institute (WRI) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). Vancity has raised the bar on the carbon neutral claim by not only accounting for its direct and indirect energy use, but also including the carbon emitted by business-related air travel and by its employees' commuting to work everyday. InterPraxis' contribution to this initiative were further by recognized by prominent environmentalist David Suzuki of the David Suzuki Foundation. For further information on Vancity's 'carbon neutrality' click here. 

InterPraxis Director, David Simpson has been invited to deliver an address at the CSR conference presented by the Asia Business Forum. David will be speaking on "Cutting-edge Strategies to Building Accountability and Meeting Rising Stakeholder Expectations". The conference will be held in Singapore from July 16-17, 2008 and also features a training session the following day. For further information please download the brochure here or contact the Asia Business Forum organizers directly.  

Thai Study on CSR: New Opportunities for Partner Collaboration.
InterPraxis recently conducted a study on CSR for the Thai-German Programme for Enterprise Competitiveness in Bangkok. The research highlighted opportunities for stakeholder dialogue and collaborative governance as a more effective way to achieve sustainable development results in public-private partnerships. <photos here>

InterPraxis was invited to lead two certified workshops on CSR / sustainability in Porto and Lisbon on behalf of The Accountability Project. Participants all scored the course very highly and an article on the workshop leader appeared in the Portuguese business daily Diario de Noticias (click here for article).

InterPraxis is pleased to announce that it now offers verification services on Green House Gas (GHG) Emissions. This verification service, based on two of the most internationally recognized standards in this area (ISO 14064 and WBCSD/WRI Protocol), is meant to help our clients better understand their climate change impact so that they can more effectively address these issues.

InterPraxis has been selected to assist Transparency International (Canada) in designing a project to help strengthen transparency and combat corruption in Henan Province, China.

InterPraxis recently completed a consultation and study for the Social Investment Organization on the feasibility of an SRI certification label in Canada for financial advisors and fund managers based on a model currently in place in Australia. 

InterPraxis was recently invited by the German Development Agency Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) to participate in an appraisal mission in China to help design a project framework on CSR. InterPraxis was joined by other experts from Peking University, the Bertelsmann Foundation and GTZ. It is anticipated that the project will be implemented over the next 2 years. <Click here to view photo gallery>.

David Simpson has been elected as a Council Member of AccountAbility, an internationally-respected non-profit think tank dedicated to promoting accountability for sustainable development. David is the first Canadian to sit on the Council and is joined by 18 other colleagues from around the world. Accountability is headed by Dr. Simon Zadek and recently announced the appointment of Dr. Anwar Ibrahim (the former Deputy Prime-Minister of Malaysia) as Honorary President.

InterPraxis has been engaged to carry out a CSR assessment for a Canadian manufacturing company exploring investment opportunities in China. The project will focus on social and environmental risks and opportunities of doing business in China. InterPraxis previously participated in a manufacturing study tour in China focusing on the textile sector. <Click here to view photo gallery>.

InterPraxis Director David Simpson has become the first North American to be designated as a Certified Lead Sustainability Assurance Practitioner (Lead CSAP) granted by the International Register of Certificated Auditors (IRCA). <Click here for more info>.

Diageo Canada, part of Diageo (the world's leading premium drinks company) has invited InterPraxis to assist it with its Corporate Citizenship Report. InterPraxis has been asked to review Diageo's corporate citizenship policies, activities and processes in Canada and provide assurance and expert commentary to Diageo's stakeholders on its Corporate Citizenship. Diageo is listed on both the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and FTSE4Good in the UK. InterPraxis will be applying the internationally recognized AA1000 Assurance Standard in this assignment. (12/05/05)

Transparency International Canada has engaged InterPraxis to assist it with a current research project on promoting transparency and good governance at the municipal level. (01/01/05)

The Board and Social Audit Committee of VanCity Credit Union  recommended to its members that InterPraxis be re-appointed as its Social Auditor for 2005-06 and the members overwhelmingly endorsed this position at its AGM held in Vancouver  on April 5th, 2005. This marks the first time in North America (and possibly the world) that a Social Auditor will have been chosen by an organizations' own members / shareholders.

InterPraxis Director at CSA Conference on Climate Change, CSR and the Revised ISO 14001

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