Meredith Hunt Email & Phone Number

Canada

Manage and lead projects that focus on a number of areas including staff & community engagement, waste minimization and sustainable procurement. • Develop and deliver workshops and training on sustainability strategies and programs for clients in private, public and non-profit sectors• Compile research on latest best practices in corporate sustainability to inform the development of effective and leading-edge programs• Conduct comprehensive audits and qualitative research to track reporting metrics and determine barriers & opportunities related to sustainability strategies• Worked in partnership with a leading Ontario consulting firm (MJ Waste Solutions) on developing first rate waste minimization and green purchasing programs • Key clients have included Concert Properties, Open Technologies, Vancouver International Airport, University of British Columbia, Kitsilano Neighbourhood House, TD Bank, Nature’s Path Foods, Hiawatha Institute and LOCO BC

Worked with the sustainability engagement team on a variety of projects and initiatives that included:• Developing and implementing a corporate-wide staff engagement program designed to foster sustainable behaviours in the workplace for a Canadian utility;• Working with the Real Property Services of the Federal Government to develop approach to sustainable building certification as well as developing an employee handbook designed to support execution of its sustainability strategy;• Conducting research project on developing an energy engagement and training program for building operators for FortisBC;• Evaluating an Energy Specialist Program and formulating recommendations to update the program structure;• Creating customized tools to help clients achieve energy savings, reduce GHGs and divert waste from landfill.

Building and managing a best-in-class volunteer engagement program that supports the organization’s strategic priorities.• Created and implementing a strategy designed to leverage volunteer opportunities to engage partners, community and other stakeholders in meaningful ways.• Manage 500+ volunteers at a given time; provide volunteer management expertise on events as well as embedding volunteerism into the Foundation's operations.• Participate on cross-functional working groups to develop initiatives that support the organization’s values of best-in-class donor experience, excellence and innovation; • Chairing the Foundation’s Sustainability Committee and also a member of the Hospital’s Sustainability Steering Committee;• Continually identifying opportunities to create efficiencies in workflow; led data management project to migrate volunteer information into a CRM platform;• Use a coaching style of management for my team while building strong relationships across the organization.

Ontario, Canada

Manage projects that involve developing high level sustainability strategies and in-depth waste management plans for a variety of clients across all sectors. • Design and deliver training to develop and implement effective waste diversion programs for both employees and the public• Compile research on latest best practices in the area of waste management to inform the develop- ment of effective recycling and waste reduction programs• Conduct comprehensive audits to determine barriers/opportunities related to waste reduction• Design and implement qualitative and quantitative research studies to get a complete picture of a client’s waste generation baseline• Key clients have included TD Bank, Nature’s Path Foods, Vancouver Aquarium and UBC’s Alma Mater Society

Lower Mainland

Developed and managed an award winning staff volunteer engagement program for healthcare facilities throughout the Lower Mainland (includes 23.5 million square feet of owned and leased facilities and encompasses four health organizations; Fraser Health, Provincial Health Services Authority, Providence Healthcare and Vancouver Coastal Health). Position highlights included:• Delivering a comprehensive, behaviour change program based on the tenants of volunteer management and community-based social marketing; recruited, trained and supported 200+ staff volunteers to run campaigns to promote sustainable behaviours in approximately 190 departments• Building capacity within the organization and forming strategic, working partnerships with other departments to incorporate sustainability into their processes; e.g. worked with Finance department to go paperless (projected $500,000 per year cost avoidance once complete); also led a strategic planning process to embed sustainability into the Lower Mainland Laboratory Services (approximately 2600 staff).• Acting as an advisor to Recycling Team on the implementation of a comprehensive standardized recycling program across all acute care and residential care sites in the Lower Mainland (# of sites); provided training and expertise on waste auditing and best practices in waste diversion• Organizing and hosting sustainability events and workshops to all levels of staff (including Executive) on a variety of topics such as energy management, transportation demand management, sustainable food choices and waste management • Delivering presentations at national and North American wide conferences to promote the Green+Leaders program; recently presented at the BC Hydro PowerSmart Forum, Sodexo Sustainability Conference and Top Employer Summit 2012• Providing input to team on other initiatives such as sustainable procurement, online social marketing and sustainability reporting framework

Led and managed consulting projects related to sustainable and social procurement. Included policy and program development as well as implementation for a range of clients such across all sectors • Produced key deliverables such as training and communications materials, best practice research, briefing notes and comprehensive reports for clients such as the City of Vancouver, Vancouver 2010 Organizing Committee, BC Hydro and BC Teacher’s Federation• Led a number of other business initiatives including: managing the development of the company website; hiring, training and supervising new consulting staff; business development support• Other key clients included The City of Calgary, Access BC and the Government of Alberta