CGCA 2025 - ESG Award Nomination Form

Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Award 2025

Nomination Form
NOMINATION CLOSING DATE: TUESDAY, APRIL 8TH, 2025,
AT 12 PM – EASTERN TIME
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ELIGIBILITY: In-House Counsel of any Canadian law department, regardless of size.

The Social Responsibility Award was first awarded in 2011. We are pleased with the evolution of this award to ESG.

The Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) award recognizes the In-House Counsel who exhibits outstanding leadership in corporate responsibility and ESG stewardship.

Judges will be seeking to highlight an In-House Counsel who has shown a commitment to aligning the interests of the organization with those of their stakeholders, contributing to the well-being of communities, and instilling a culture of ethics, good governance and corporate integrity.

Previous ESG Award Recipients:

2024 – Shara Roy, EY Canada
2023 – Bindu Dhaliwal, CIBC
2022 – TD Legal ESG Team, TD Bank Group
2021 – Tom Ferns, Mohawk College
2019 – Jennifer D. Suess, RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust
2018 – John D. Coyne, Unilever Canada Inc.
2017 – Melissa Kennedy, Sun Life Financial

Previous Social Responsibility Award Recipients:

2016 – Barrick Gold Corporation
2015 – TELUS
2014 – NEI Investments
2013 – BMO Financial Group
2012 – Deloitte & Touche LLP
2011 – Royal Bank of Canada and Chippewas of Rama First Nation

In this ESG nomination form please advise how the legal department addresses at least one of the environmental, social or governance issues that impact the nominee’s performance:

- Specific ESG programmes/initiatives (400 words)

The Business Case: Describe programmes or initiatives that (500 words):

- Demonstrate strong environmental, social and governance practices

- Embrace diversity and inclusion, and create supportive workplaces

- Foster a strong cultural of ethics and integrity

- Encourage good governance

- Accountability: How are the ESG initiatives supported and measured? (300 words)

- Communication: How is the law department and the larger corporation engaged and informed? (300 words)

- Innovation: What new/different approaches do the ESG initiatives undertake? (300 words)

- Impact: Discuss the impact of the initiatives since its inception and whether there are measurable results? (300 words)

- Quotes & References (400 words)

Nominator
Name*

First NameLast Name
Title*
Corporation*
Email*
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Relationship to nominee*

Additional Nominator (1)
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Additional Nominator (2)
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Additional Nominator (3)
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Nominee
Corporation*
General Counsel*
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SPECIFIC ESG PROGRAMMES/INITIATIVES:*

0/400
THE BUSINESS CASE:*

0/500
ACCOUNTABILITY:*

0/300
COMMUNICATION: *

0/300
INNOVATION:*

0/300
IMPACT:*

0/300
QUOTES & REFERENCES

0/400
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Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Award 2025

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