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January 26, 2012 – Life Cycle Approaches: Exploring Barriers and Policy Responses

Meeting Overview

The National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRT) is hosting a stakeholder session
to support its research on how Life Cycle Approaches can be used and supported by the Government of
Canada. The NRT’s focus is on how to better mitigate the risks and leverage the opportunities presented
by Life Cycle Approaches to enhance economic competitiveness and environmental stewardship within
Canada.

Meeting Objectives

The session will explore the potential responses and actions of the federal government in supporting the
adoption of Life Cycle Approaches within Canada. The three main objectives of the session are:

1. To validate the framing of key issues associated with Life Cycle Approaches in Canada, as presented
   by the NRT;
2. To discuss the barriers currently impeding the uptake of Life Cycle Approaches in the public and the
   private sector;
3. To identify a suite of federal policy instruments / actions for recommendation to the Government of
   Canada.

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Participants

Lise Beutel
Senior Business Consultant
terrachoice

Liza Campbell
Research Associate
National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy

Edouard Clément
Vice-President, Operations
Quantis

Hilary Davies
Policy Advisor
National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy

René Drolet
Director, Policy and Research
National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy

Denise Edwards
Administrative Assistant
National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy

Gerry Ertel
Regulatory Affairs Manager and Climate Change Specialist
Shell Canada Limited

Jesse Fleming
Senior Policy Analyst, Integrated Decision Making Division
Environment Canada

Pamela Hay
Chief Coordinator Rio+20, United Nations and Commonwealth Affairs Division
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada

Jon Johnson
Chairman of the Board,
The Sustainability Consortium
Professor of Sustainability
University of Arkansas

Allen Langdon
Vice-President, Sustainability
Retail Council of Canada

David McLaughlin
President and CEO
National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy

Jennifer O’Connor
Group Leader, Energy & Environment, Building Systems Program
FPInnovations

Sandeep Pandher
Policy Advisor
National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy

Annie Prigge
Trade and Policy Analyst,
Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada

Nada Sutic
Director, Sustainability, National Real Estate Services
Bentall Kennedy (Canada) LP

Wayne Trusty
President
Wayne B. Trusty & Associates Limited

Erik Veldman
Climate Change Project Manager
CSA Standards

Steven Young
Professor, Enterprise and Development (SEED), Environment and Business Undergraduate Program School of Environment
University of Waterloo