Bob is a leading expert on quantifying and selling the business value of corporate sustainability strategies and has given hundreds of keynote presentations to corporate, government, university, and NGO audiences. Bob applies his business and leadership experience from his 34-year career at IBM Canada to engage the business community in proactively avoiding risks and capturing opportunities associated with environmental and social issues.

He has authored three books: The Sustainability Advantage (2002), The Next Sustainability Wave (2005), and The Sustainability Champion’s Guidebook (2009). In addition, his two DVDs, two spreadsheets, numerous webinars, and extensive Master Slide Set provide capacity-building resources for champions of sustainability. They provide quantified business justification for embracing sustainability strategies and proven guidance on how to transform organizations to sustainable enterprises.

Bob serves on the advisory boards of The Natural Step Canada, Learning for a Sustainable Future, and Durham Sustain Ability. He is on ad hoc advisory committees for sustainable business certificate programs at Seneca College, Algonquin College, and Ryerson University, and is a member of the Durham Region Roundtable on Climate Change (DRRCC) and the International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP). Bob is proud to be one of the five inaugural members of the ISSP Hall of Fame in 2011, along with Ray Anderson, founder and chairman of Interface, Inc., Gil Friend, president and CEO of Natural Logic, Amory B. Lovins, chairman and chief scientist of Rocky Mountain Institute, and Karl Henrick Robert, founder of The Natural Step. As of 2011, he is a certified B Corporation.

He has a BSc from McGill University (1964) and an MEd (2000) and PhD (2005) from the University of Toronto. A resident of Ontario, he is the proud father of three adult children, the proud grandfather of three grandsons, and the proud owner of two hybrid cars: a Toyota Camry Hybrid and a Honda Civic Hybrid.

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