10:30 am — Meeting Room K

Sponsored by Supply Chain Manitoba and CanSustain

The link between circularity and supply chain resiliency within the food and beverage sector is clear and critical. Learn the foundations of bringing circularity into your supply chain function and hear the experiences and thoughts of those in the industry that are proposing and adopting circular strategies.

Panelists

Tanis Ostermann is Principal & Founder of CanSustain. She has worked in the sustainability field for over twenty-five years, having led the design, facilitation and development of sustainability focused projects. Ms. Ostermann has experience in all of Canada’s major industrial sectors and has worked across Canada and internationally.

She has provided advice on the most pressing environmental and sustainability issues in the world today, including climate change, municipal planning, ESG, clean tech advancement, corporate sustainability governance and circular economies. She is a certified Corporate Director (ICD.D) and has undergraduate and graduate degrees focusing on the use of existing, well-functioning management systems to enhance sustainability performance.

Most recently she has served on the Expert Advisory Committee under the Manitoba Climate and Green Plan; as the Manitoba Representative to the Sustainable Development Advisory Council under the Canadian Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada, and on the Canadian Standardization Advisory Committee on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) and Sustainability of Standards Council of Canada.

Jack Hinds, Water/Wastewater Treatment Engineering Lead 
SLR Consulting 

James Sandland, Director of Public Affairs & ESG 
GS1 

Lindsay Kapkey, COO 
Perfect Pierogies