VANCOUVER, B.C.: November 2, 2007---The inaugural Ethics in Action All-Star Forum will bring together a selection of business leaders and past Ethics in Action Award recipients in on November 8 in Vancouver for an evening of dialogue, exploring the opportunities and challenges of integrating social and environmental sustainability into today’s business.

The All-Star Forum will include a keynote address by Linda Coady, Vice President of Sustainability with the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, and a 2001 Ethics in Action Award recipient, followed by a series of round table sessions.

The sessions will be facilitated by business and non-profit leaders recognized for their innovation and integrity and for demonstrating the business case for incorporating corporate social responsibility policies, practices and programs throughout their operations and decision-making processes:

Environmental Excellence

Capers Community Markets - Aaron Bjornson / Hemlock Printing - Richard Kouwenhoven / Novex Couriers - Ken Johnston / Westport Innovations - David Demers

Community Care

ColdStar Freight Systems - Jennifer Hawes / Electronic Arts - Wendell Harlow / Level Ground Trading Company - Stacey Toews / Mills Basics Office Supplies and Printing - Brad Mills

Corporate Social Responsibility

Ethical Funds - Erica Callowhill / Happy Planet - Gregor Robertson /

Mountain Equipment Co-op - Esther Speck / Small Potatoes Urban Delivery - David Van Seters

Enterprising Non-Profit

Canadian Mental Health Association, Vancouver-Burnaby - Jane O'Connor, The Cleaning Solution

“Since the inception of the Ethics in Action Awards in 1994 we have seen sustainability evolve and grow in spite of, and perhaps because of, corporate scandals the likes of Bre-X and Enron, as well as the recent focus on climate change,” said Maureen Cureton, Ethics in Action Society board member.  “The Ethics in Action All-Star Forum is a great opportunity to celebrate and learn from the individuals and businesses who have taken the ethical compass out of their pockets and are leading others towards positive social change.”

The Ethics in Action All-Star Forum will be held from 5:30 – 8:00 pm on November 8 at the Terminal City Club in Vancouver. Tickets are $45 and include appetizers and participation in the networking and round table sessions. Tickets can be purchased online at www.ethicsinaction.com

The Ethics in Action All-Star Forum is sponsored by Vancity and The Vancouver Sun, Lawson Lundell, Pro-Organics, Better Business Bureau of Mainland BC, Sauder School of Business, Xplorex and Integrio Systems.

About BC Ethics in Action Society

The Ethics in Action Awards and All-Star Forum are organized by the British Columbia Ethics in Action Society, a registered non-profit society established in 2005 and governed by a volunteer board of directors. 

The BC Ethics in Action Awards were created through a partnership between Vancity and The Workplace Ministry Society (now the Workplace Centre for Spiritual and Ethical Development) to recognize B.C. businesses and individual leaders who exemplify good corporate citizenship and community values in the categories of Community Care, Environmental Excellence, Overall Leadership, and Individual Impact.

For additional information, contact:

Jane MacCarthy

604-328-5566

                                                                                                            For Immediate Release

                                                                                                            November 9, 2006

GIVING BACK GIVES BIG RETURNS
FOR NORTH VANCOUVER COMMUNICATIONS FIRM

Creative Wonders Receives Community Care Award at Ethics In Action Gala

Vancouver BC– Wednesday night the Fairmont Waterfront Hotel ballroom was filled to capacity with near 300 guests attending the 13^th Annual Ethics in Action Awards amidst luscious silken greenery simulating BC’s cherished rain forests.

Global TV news anchor Chris Gailus emceed the gala event which applauded thirteen do-good award finalists at this year’s event. 

Among them was Diane Lund, owner and founder of North Vancouver’s Creative Wonders Communications. Creative wonders shared the prestigious Community Care Small /Medium Business award - one of six award categories - with Victoria’s Elite Earth-friendly Cleaners.

Creative Wonders is founded on the principles of giving back to the community – “going beyond the mind, beyond the bottom line, and straight to the heart”, says founder Diane Lund. 

Rick Nathorst, owner and co-founder of Victoria’s Elite Earth Friendly Cleaners accepted his business’s second EIA award in two years.

Can you say perchloroethylene? This and other toxic dry-cleaning solvents are what cause that peculiar smell on your clothes when you get them home from traditional, non-green dry-cleaners.  Rick and his wife, Laurel, set out to change all that two years ago by putting everything on the line to finance ‘greening’ their dry-cleaning business a little over two years ago.

Other BC finalists and award winners to be congratulated include Starbucks Coffee Canada, The Ethical Funds Company, Catalyst Paper, Crannog Ales, Accent Inns, Clayoquat Wilderness Resort, David Mincey of Camille’s Restaurant, Harry Kambolis of C and Nu Restaurants, Ethical Bean Coffee Company, Nick Noorani of The Canadian Immigrant Magazine, and Novex Couriers.

The BC Ethics in Action Awards were formed in 1994 to recognize BC businesses and business leaders who exemplify good corporate citizenship and community values.  To support these and other BC businesses working hard at doing things right, go online to ethicsinaction.com.

For more information, photos or interviews please contact:

Barbara Ashton, 2006 EIA Marketing & Communications Chair

Barbara@ashtononline.ca   phone: 604-805-5869

VICTORIA DRY CLEANER WINS BIG
ELITE EARTH-FRIENDLY CLEANERS AWARDED (AGAIN) AT
ETHICS IN ACTION CEREMONY

Vancouver, BC –  Wednesday night the Fairmont Waterfront Hotel ballroom was filled to capacity with near 300 guests amidst luscious silken greenery simulating BC’s cherished rain forests (interestingly all this on the eve of Greenpeace’s international protest against Kimberly Clark’s clear-cut operations in Canada).

Global TV news anchor Chris Gailus emceed the gala event which applauded thirteen do-good award finalists at the 13^th Annual Ethics in Action Awards.  Among them was Rick Nathorst, owner and co-founder of Victoria’s Elite Earth Friendly Cleaners to accept the business’s second EIA award in two years.

Can you say perchloroethylene?  It’s that peculiar smell on your clothes after they’ve been dry-cleaned.  This and other dry-cleaning solvents are known toxic hazards to both the environment and human health.   Rick and his wife, Laurel, set out to change all that two years ago by putting everything on the line to finance ‘greening’ their dry-cleaning business a little over two years ago.

Congratulations to all of this year’s award recipients - Catalyst Paper, Crannog Ales, Creative Wonders, Elite Earth-friendly Cleaners, Ethical Funds Company, Harry Kamboulis of C Restaurant fame, and Starbucks Coffee Canada – for doing things right by keeping the principles of good stewardship on par with profit.

And to finalists – Accent Inns, Clayoquot Wilderness Resort, David Mincey of Camille’s Restaurant, Ethical Bean Coffee Company, Nick Noorani of the Canadian Immigrant Magazine, and Novex Couriers – congratulations on your nominations and for doing things right.  

Those interested in supporting BC businesses who are doing things right are encouraged to go online at ethicsinaction.com.

The BC Ethics in Action Awards were formed in 1994 to recognize BC businesses and business leaders who exemplify good corporate citizenship and community values.

For more information, photos or interviews please contact:

Barbara Ashton, 2006 EIA Marketing & Communications Chair

Barbara@ashtononline.ca   phone: 604-805-5869

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June 20, 2006
For Immediate Release

GOOD CORPORATE CITIZENS STAND UP AND BE RECOGNIZED
Ethics in Action Accepting Applicaitons for 13th Annual Awards

VANCOUVER, BC -- These days employing sustainability practices is not just good for the environment; it makes good business sense too. Canadian consumers are more demanding of the places they do business with and British Columbians are leading the trend.

According to a recent Ipsos-Reid poll, 75% of British Columbians consciously have made the decision to purchase a product or service from a company because they felt it did business in a socially responsible way, and 68% of Canadians pay attention to corporate social responsibility issues.

Ethics in Action, BC’s respected voice in ethical business, is now in it’s 14th year rewarding innovative companies as well as courageous individuals for leadership in social and environmental management. This year’s gala awards evening is on November 2nd. Award nominations and applications are now being accepted.

In the early years, companies earning awards for social and environmental leadership were pioneers in Corporate Responsibility. “It’s been exciting to see these practices move from fringe to mainstream business. To see companies using triple-bottom line decision-making in their core strategy as well as in every day operations,” says Maureen Cureton, Board spokesperson for the BC Ethics in Action Society. “These visionaries view sustainability as an opportunity, not simply an obligation.”

Ethics in Action Awards recipients are both large and small firms, and come from a wide variety of business sectors across the province – retail, manufacturing, personal services, banking, printing, advertising, and high tech are a few industries winning awards in recent years.

Online nominations take only a few minutes and can be made in Environmental Excellence, Community Care, Overall Leadership in Corporate Responsibility, or Individual Impact. Individuals and businesses who are committed to corporate social responsibility are encouraged to apply direct at www.ethicsinaction.com.  But hurry - the deadline for completed applications is July 31st.

Visit: www.ethicsinaction.com

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About EIA
For more info contact:
Barbara Ashton
Director Marketing and Communications
2006 Ethics in Action Awards
Phone: 604.805-5869 blashton@telus.net