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CSA Group sets high standards for corporate culture
M
ost Canadians are
familiar with the
CSA mark, even if
they don’t realize
it. The distinctive
“C” surrounding an “S” and “A” is
on many of the products they use
every day; an indication that the
product has been tested and meets
the applicable standards for safety
and performance. In fact, CSA
Group is a global organization
with thousands of employees dedicated to safety, social good and
sustainability, a leader in North
American standards development,
and in product testing, inspection
and certification around the world.
“The work that we do is holding
the future to a higher standard,”
says Manisha Mistry, CSA Group’s
senior director of health, safety,
security and environment (HSSE),
diversity, equity and inclusion
(DEI) and environmental, social
and governance (ESG).
A focus on competitive compensation, health and retirement
benefits, tuition reimbursement
and other programs all make CSA
Group an attractive place to work,
says Mistry. But the organization goes beyond that, with a
dedication to employee safety and
well-being.
“We’re focused on creating a
safe and inclusive work environment for all employees with
a foundation of mutual respect,
integrity and teamwork,” she says.
“It creates an environment that
employees are drawn to; and once
they’re here, they thrive.”
CSA Group has several programs in place to invite employees
to actively connect and contribute
within the organization, says
Mistry. It operates employee
resource groups, including
one geared toward parents and
caregivers. CSA Group is also
committed to employee mental
health and has launched its own
Mental Health Ambassador
Program (MAP).
MAP ambassadors are employee
volunteers trained to listen and assist anyone seeking mental health
support. They offer a safe space
and can help employees navigate
CSA Group’s range of mental
health benefits and resources. “We
have trained more than 70 mental
health ambassadors across the
organization globally,” says Mistry.
“They are accessible to all of our
employees.”
Tim Harrow is one of those
ambassadors. “We take training,
so that if somebody at work has
issues, whether it’s a work issue
or something at home, we can
help them get it off their chest.
We’re not counsellors — but we’re
somebody that they can talk to.”
“We’re focused on creating
a safe and inclusive
work environment for
all employees, with a
foundation of mutual
respect, integrity and
teamwork.”
— Manisha Mistry
Senior Director HSSE,
DEI and ESG
Employees at CSA Group are offered various learning and development opportunities, helping to ensure their
work is challenging and rewarding.
Today Harrow is operations
manager with CSA Group, but
earlier in his career he worked
for a company that manufactured
furnaces. “We used CSA as our
certification body,” he recalls. “We
would utilize our lab and a CSA
representative would come in and
prescribe which tests they wanted
to see.” During downtime between
tests, Harrow and the representative would discuss other things,
like CSA Group’s culture and
exceptional working environment.
“It seemed like an attractive place
to work, and it got me thinking
about coming here.”
Along with attention to health
and wellness, CSA Group
employees have taken the lead
