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Integrated Sustainability prizes teamwork and agility
I
t’s only to be expected that
the people who make up
Integrated Sustainability
Consultants Ltd. value
time spent enjoying nature, says
Jennifer Keturakis, vice president,
operations. “We’re all keenly
aware of the impact that humans
have on the environment and are
dedicated to doing meaningful
work in protecting it,” she says.
An appreciation and passion
for the complexity of nature is a
quality Calgary-based Integrated
Sustainability seeks when
recruiting, explains Keturakis.
“Every project’s environmental
requirements are unique. To
create sustainable infrastructure
accounting for these variations,
we need nimble scientists and
engineers with an attitude of eager
curiosity,” the vice president says.
“What we really look for in new
hires is the willingness to wear
multiple hats. We want highlymotivated people who want to
learn, and if we can help them
learn and develop, we’ll do that.”
Mentorship and professional
advancement are key values at
Integrated Sustainability. “I think
the most impactful thing that we
do is encourage connectivity,”
says Keturakis. “We define career
paths with our people by asking,
‘What do you want to do over the
next, one, three or even five years?
How do we support you? How do
I make sure that people across the
company understand what your
aspirations are?’”
She describes it as “connecting
the dots,” and as a significant
factor in retaining talent. “I’ve
been in positions over my career
where I couldn’t see my path
forward, which led me to leave the
organization.”
Environmental, social and
governance (ESG) advisor Kyra
Kovach agrees. “I have a BSc in
environmental science with a
chemistry concentration, but
here I’m not in a lab doing the
same thing day in, day out,” says
Kovach, who joined Integrated
Sustainability in early 2024. “I’ve
had the opportunity to learn
rapidly in a dynamic organization
from the variety of work that we
do. So, I’ve been able to progress
my skills quite significantly in a
short period of time.
“I have always been very
interested in business, and at
Integrated Sustainability I’ve been
able to experience a lot of different
aspects of the company through a
business development lens, such
as learning how our accounting
systems and project management
all work — a really broad range of
things,” Kovach says.
Flatter hierarchies are another
hallmark of smaller companies.
“As we’ve grown and spread out
into different locations, Integrated
has made sure to maintain that,”
says Keturakis. “We reorganized
the structure so we would have
leaders in each location who
everybody could speak with faceto-face on a regular basis.”
For all Integrated
“THE MOST IMPACTFUL THING THAT WE DO IS
ENCOURAGE CONNECTIVITY.”
— Jennifer Keturakis, Vice President, Operations
Integrated Sustainability Consultants supports the career development of its young professionals.
