Ron Nielsen (Toronto, Canada)
When it comes to caring for people, planet & prosperity, few know the terrain as well as Ron. He's been a key advisor to the Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights. a Senior Policy Advisor to Ontario's Round Table on Environment and Economy, a Director of the Air Programme for Pollution Probe (focusing on the issues of climate change and emissions trading). From 2005 to 2013, he Co-Chaired the CSA Advisory Committee to key ISO climate change measurement standards while also helping to define those standards at the international level. He continues as a member of that committee.
Building partnerships is a central Vermillion priority, and it's a skill Ron developed as Director of Sustainability and Strategic Partnerships at one of the world's leading aluminum mining companies. He is also a professional partnership broker – accredited by the International Business Leaders' Forum and Overseas Development Institute (PBAS).
Today, Ron leads the International Centre for Business Innovation and Sustainability. He is a Fellow of Tomorrow's Company (UK), a member of the Executive Committee at CSR Centre for Excellence and chair of the Strategic Steering Committee for Business Management and Sustainability at the Canadian Standards Association.
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Matt Palmer
To fulfill Vermillion’s mission to improve public literacy with accurate, useful and high-impact media – and to attract people to constructive insights into full-spectrum issues – we need guidance and production assistance from world-class talent. Enter Calgary filmmaker, Matt Palmer.
Matt has been in film for the past 20 years as a writer, director and producer working in drama and documentary. His newest project is a multi-format feature (TV series, web doc, education) called Unintended Consequences, looking at the externalities of the energy systems that many regions will need to transition from high-carbon to low-carbon economies.
Matt's current Vermillion project
Working with Randy Bradshaw Matt will film and post-produce the first web- and broadcast- ready episodes of the Innovators in Sustainability project. Learn more ........................................
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Matt's won several writing and directing awards, including a Silver Hugo from the Chicago International Film Festival; he was part of the team that won a Canadian New Media award for Best Online Program.
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
Learn more about vermillion communities and Vermillion as a social enterprise:
The Vermillion movement is a relationship of trust, mutual support and commitment among a series of Vermillion communities and their participants (such as the Signatories, Delegates and supporters of various Activities). The relationship between these groups is like that of neighbors – rather than that of partners – as neighbors share an interest in the health of a community without ever establishing legal partnerships.
Vermillion is dedicated to supporting and/or administering a number of Communities in aid of sustainability. To ensure our continued ability to do that, we need to know that you agree to these Core Policies.
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ACCURATE RESOURCES
Learn why protecting copyright and distribution of sustainability materials is so important to us:
To help people make better choices, Vermillion will publicize materials and intellectual resources that have been developed, challenged and validated in Vermillion forums, working groups and in third-party settings. In order to try to ensure that the materials and resources remain unaltered, appropriate and accurate, and to help ensure that authorship is properly reflected, Vermillion controls access to such materials and resources by licensing and other means.
Additionally, to preserve our capacity to continue doing good work, Vermillion charges fees to some users.
Therefore, those who distribute our materials without consent undermine our ability to continue. If you want your associates to see our materials, we encourage you to refer them to our Web Services and Activities.
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PRIVACY POLICY
Our Privacy Policy details how we respect privacy and personal information.
Vermillion keeps this simple. We collect, use, disclose, and dispose of personal information in accordance with the applicable federal and regional privacy laws.
For some of our services, we collect home postal/zip codes and other information to confirm your eligibility for those services and / or to enable us to better target future services (such as webinar and event invitations) to you and your communities. In general, our services are designed to help professionals improve things for their clients, communities, and countries. To do that, we'll inform you about effective ways to engage with your stakeholders and we'll recommend ways to better care for people, planet and prosperity (the three dimensions of sustainable economies). The fact that you're at our website and looking at our services tells us you want that kind of information. So unless you say otherwise, we'll communicate with you accordingly.
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