Poonam Madan, Mba Gcb.D Email & Phone Number

Edmonton, Alberta, Ca

Focused on driving our ESG strategy and reporting across the company. With the support of a huge cross functional team, I supported and drove Capital Power's inaugural integrated report aligned to GRI and SASB, second climate change disclosure report aligned to the Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) climate change and water security as a few examples. Help provide advice and leadership on a range of ESG topics across the company.

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

My position supports the company's advancement of a culture focused on environmental management, sustainability and stakeholder engagement. To advance the company's sustainability program, I am developing and implementing the Sustainability Management System including processes for (but not limited to): stakeholder relations, grievance management, and community investment and relations. I interact with various departments across the company to support efforts to integrate environmental, social and economic priorities into the organization's business practice. I have developed and implemented stakeholder engagement strategies which includes meeting with all levels of provincial and federal government, sitting on various local industry associations and engaging with the the public to address various issues related to the business (e.g., changes to climate change regulations).

Calgary, Ab, Ca

My interpersonal skills allow me to work effectively on multi-disciplinary initiatives to develop innovative processes and programs. My excellent written and verbal communication skills helped increased my influence and forge strong relationships internally and externally including regulatory and public stakeholder’s thereby increasing positive collaboration and consensus regarding environmental issues. This allowed for environmental considerations in engineering and construction designs, broadened and more robust environmental training across the company. I contributed in developing environmental processes and procedures for the Environmental Management System (based on ISO 14001) that were related to environmental alerts, environmental recognition, management of water, training across the CAN and US and implementing the Enablon Incident Management System to increase efficiency and streamline administration. I was responsible for collection and reporting of sustainability and/or environmental data to fulfill regulatory and corporate sustainability metrics (DJSI reporting, G4 reporting, annual sustainability report and corporate board reports). I was also a member of the CSR's environmental expert reporting group and I implemented three neutral footprint (carbon neutral) initiatives within Major Projects. I managed the environmental program for the Alberta Clipper Project (1078 km) in Western Canada ensuring compliance to environmental regulations across Canada. I was deeply involved in planning, construction and post construction monitoring for this complex project. My responsibilities included managing environmental inspection staff, environmental consultants, regulatory applications (including the environmental protection plan, post construction monitoring plan) and all regulatory permit applications. I saved five million dollars on the project due to implementing innovative regulatory strategies on the project.

Ottawa, Ontario, Ca

My time at Defence Construction Canada I completed Federal Environmental Screening reports in accordance to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) on behalf CFB/ASU Edmonton's military base operations in Alberta, Whitehorse and the Northwest Territories. In this role, I also prepared Environmental Protection Plans (EPPs), completed and submitted permitting applications and managed environmental consultants ensuring environmental compliance to provincial and federal regulatory requirements. I worked with within multi-disciplinary teams such as construction and engineering to gather and coordinate information between personnel at CFB/ASU Edmonton and the Environmental Department to ensure environmental compliance for the military base operations and project activities. This work included me using strong communication skills and technical understanding to gather requirements and personally complete Phase I, II and III investigation and/or managing consultant to complete the work ensure it met regulatory requirements. Part of my duties also included leading energy efficiency improvement at CFB/ASU Edmonton which encouraged efficient use of energy in buildings, focused on clean energy and energy efficiency improvements at the base.

In this positon, I implemented a health and safety management system for environmental staff at the Alberta Conservation Association (ACA). This collecting baseline safety information to understand current safety measures and gaps in their existing program. I created processes and procedures to ensure staff could have a consistent method for activities such as conducting health and safety meetings; working alone, use of personal protective equipment etc. ACA was able to successfully apply for their Certificate Of Recognition for their safety program due to the work completed during this time.

Burnaby, Bc, Ca

-Conducted environmental monitoring and testing including soil and waste testing (Dewberry salt site, Cloverbar sites);-Conducted surface water and groundwater testing programs for the Lafarge Wash Plant East of Edmonton;-Created a variety of Environmental Databases using programs such as Access, and Excel;-Reviewed environmental approvals for various industries such as Lafarge North America, County of Lac St. Anne, Boliden Ltd, and Alberta Transportation, to determine whether companies were in environmental legal compliance, could achieve reclamation certificates, and ongoing management of outstanding environmental issues;-Wrote environmental (technical) reports that would outline scope of work completed, analytical analysis and results, costs endured, achievements and future recommendations;-Organized and coordinated various meetings with members of the public, government and clients to discuss work plans, budgets and progress of work, or to interpret and explain what work was being completed using a common sense approach;-Came up with various strategies to satisfy the needs of our clients through the use of work plans and budgets; and- Implemented work plans and carrying out related fieldwork activities.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Environmental And Conservation Sciences - Encs

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