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MESSAGE FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Leor Rotchild, Executive Director, CBSR
I hope you, your family and colleagues are healthy and in good spirits during this strange and challenging time. Like you, we've been following the rapid evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic and doing all we can to limit the risk exposure, including working from home and practicing physical distancing.

As the adrenaline surge of the first two weeks of this health emergency passes and we settle into the new normal for an unknown period of time, CBSR along with our new partners in the GLOBE Constellation , are pivoting quickly to offer you timely and relevant content to support you in this unprecedented time.

Immediately below, you will see links to a brand new webinar scheduled for April 14th, where exciting speakers from well known companies will highlight local and global examples of business responses to this crisis. I hope you will tune in to contribute, be inspired and learn how you can help.

Many important decisions are currently being taken to safeguard people and that has to be our number one priority. Over time, we will have to make choices about the future we want to build in the wake of this crisis. CBSR is well positioned to play an important role in that critical conversation and we want you to walk with us in this journey.

You will also see below that we have a new member joining CBSR. I invite you to contact me personally to explore how you too can benefit from the peer-to-peer learning opportunities, research and insight, sustainability communications, and events offered exclusively to CBSR members.

Whether you are a member or a committed change agent, I would love to hear from you. I am available to talk about how this crisis is affecting you. You are not alone.

Warmly,

Leor Rotchild
NEW WEBINAR - APRIL 14 @ 12PM EST
COVID-19 is profoundly impacting our modern life and rapidly changing the role of business in society. Learn from purpose-driven business leaders in Canada and around the world who are meaningfully contributing and proactively finding solutions to address this crisis. Keeping people safe and protecting the business are important but what can Canadian business values teach us during this historic moment? Get ideas, be inspired, share your own stories and requests to collaborate.

Exciting speaker announcements coming. Register here to receive updates.
CONNECT FIRST CREDIT UNION JOINS CBSR
CBSR is very pleased to welcome our newest member - Connect First - one of Canada’s largest credit unions, with over $6 billion in assets, a team of 700 staff, and 125,000 members throughout Alberta under trusted local brands: Chinook Financial, First Calgary Financial, Mountain View Financial, and Legacy Financial divisions.

Connect First sees a huge opportunity to drive change and embed their corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs they so they are engaging the experts at CBSR, as well as our partners and associates.

"After doing some research, we decided that becoming a member of CBSR was a good way for us to engage a non-bias, external third party to tell us if we’re on the right track, and to push us further in our thinking", said Teri Buckley, Communications Director at Connect First.

She went on to say "CBSR brings experience from other industries. They have their finger on the pulse and the ability to challenge us in our thought process as we move forward."

Visit our Members page to see who else is a CBSR member and contact us to learn more about our expanded member value proposition.