36SPONSOR CONTENTCANADA'S GREENEST EMPLOYERS (2025)GHD employees champion sustainable changeStefania Goodrich joineda small ecology teamwith the globalprofessional servicesfirm GHD in Vancouverless than four years ago. She foundthe company’s work aligned withher environmental principles. “Itwas just me and a senior biologistin Prince George,” says Goodrich,an intermediate biologist. Now,she is Western Canada regionalchampion, their team hasexpanded to 12 employees and it’scontinuing to grow.GHD is a leading Australiafounded company operating in theglobal markets of water, energyand resources, environment,property and buildings, andtransportation. Nearly a quarter ofemployees own shares in thebusiness, which is 100-per-centemployee owned.future of energy, water andcommunities. “It is integral to howwe make decisions on everythingfrom our enterprise strategy to riskmanagement to the types ofprojects we pursue. We havecommitted to a target of net-zerocarbon emissions by 2050, and weask our vendors about theirdecarbonization strategy. Ourproject selection standards outlinethe types of projects we will nolonger do.”Goodrich works on projectssuch as sewer upgrades forgovernment infrastructure orwaste transfer stations for FirstNation communities. Her work inthe field doing plant and ecosystem surveys leads torecommendations that funnel intofull environmental assessmentreports. She also does projectmanagement with clients whereher team’s survey work leads torecommendations on eliminatinginvasive plants and replacing themwith native flora, as well asprotecting species at risk.Assisting with the organizationof a yearly park or waterfrontclean up in Vancouver is one ofGoodrich’s favourite activities. Shespreads the word internally toencourage a group of GHDemployees to take part, and themunicipality provides anynecessary equipment. “It’s anopportunity to interact with localpeople who are really pleased tosee us out there,” she says.As Western Canada regionalchampion, Goodrich meetsvirtually with other GHDchampions across North Americato learn and share decarbonization strategies. She leads a teamwith members in Calgary andEdmonton to carry out regionalwaste audits and recently workedon a plan to update vehicle fleetsfor each office. “We had to find abalance, choosing vehicles that aresustainable but safe for fieldworkin the middle of nowhere,” shesays.Goodrich is proud of wastereduction efforts in the Vancouveroffice. There, they not only doregular recycling but they alsoSustainability is built intowhat we do, why we do itand how we do it.— James VirayGlobal Head of CorporateSustainability“Sustainability is built into whatwe do, why we do it and how wedo it,” says James Viray, globalhead of corporate sustainability.“What makes GHD sustainable isour work on environmental issuessuch as water conservation andresilient ecosystems — plus thesocial component around humanrights, including Indigenousengagement in Canada.”Viray says the foundation of thework GHD does is to focus on the GHD focuses on sustainability through its work on environmental issues like water conservation and ensuringresilient ecosystems across Canada.
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