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BlackNorth Initiative Sponsoring Lori-Ann Green-Walker, Part of the 6th Cohort of the ESG Competent Boards Certificate Program

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TORONTO — ESG Competent Boards, knowledgeable growth and advisory companies firm, in collaboration with the BlackNorth Initiative (”BNI”), right this moment introduced Lori-Ann Inexperienced-Walker because the recipient of a full scholarship to take part within the sixth cohort of the ESG Competent Boards Certificates & Designation Program.

The ESG Competent Boards Certificates Program is knowledgeable growth program for boards, executives, buyers and their advisors on learn how to establish, articulate and confidently act upon probably the most materials environmental, social and governance facets of their enterprise. The International ESG Competent Boards Designation (GCB.D) opens the door for board positions as a rising variety of corporations are in search of administrators who’re ESG Competent.

The BlackNorth Initiative is dedicated to the elimination of anti-Black systemic obstacles negatively affecting the lives of Black Canadians. The BlackNorth Initiative’s Mentorship and Sponsorship Committee is working by its pipeline and community of seasoned mentors to extend growth capability for Black Canadians to assist progress their careers or companies, together with succeeding in administration positions, C-Suite roles and on Boards.

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“We’re very proud to supply a scholarship in collaboration with the BlackNorth Initiative to an up-and-coming chief who will now partake within the sixth cohort of the ESG Competent Boards Certificates & Designation Program,” mentioned Helle Financial institution Jorgensen, CEO and Founding father of ESG Competent Boards. “Lori-Ann Inexperienced-Walker will study with international friends and acquire perception into ESG competencies which are vital for future and present leaders. This program covers matters together with the Sustainable Growth Targets, Local weather, Human Rights and Environmental Points within the Provide Chain, Range, Fairness and Inclusion, Anti-Corruption and Transparency, Cybersecurity and Accountable Use of Information, Tax, Funding and Pay, Shareholder and Stakeholder Engagement and Disclosure, and the Way forward for Good Company Governance.”

Wes Corridor, Govt Chairman & Founding father of the BlackNorth Initiative, can be one of many ESG Competent Boards Certificates and Designation program college members. Thrilled that Lori-Ann Inexperienced-Walker will be capable to study from over 100 international board members and executives, Wes mentioned, “The BlackNorth Initiative’s Mentorship and Sponsorship Committee was tasked with figuring out our scholarship recipient, and co-chairs Patricia DeGuire and Dr. Chika Onwuekwe, Q.C., discovered a frontrunner we’re honored to assist. Lori-Ann Inexperienced-Walker will study not solely the ABCs of ESG, but in addition how the board of administrators of the longer term should suppose and act.”

Lori-Ann Inexperienced-Walker is the Govt Director of Ladies’s Well being in Ladies’s Palms CHC.

“I look ahead to collaborating within the ESG Competent Boards Certificates & Designation Program and furthering my understanding of vital ESG points. I can’t thank the BlackNorth Initiative and ESG Competent Boards sufficient for this chance.”

For extra details about the ESG Competent Boards Certificates & Designation Program, please go to: https://competentboards.com/certificate-program/.

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Contacts

Media:
Heather Ritzer, heather.ritzer@hkstrategies.ca

ESG Competent Boards
Helle Financial institution Jorgensen, hbj@competentboards.com
Julie Foster, jf@competentboards.com

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