Company Overview

Stratos Inc. - helping business, governments and international institutions develop and implement strategies towards a 'triple bottom line' of environmental, economic and social sustainability.

We provide a unique range of services:

Sustainability Strategies for Business corporate sustainability, including climate change and biodiversity strategies and scans; pollution prevention planning and eco-efficiency measures; performance verification for non-regulatory initiatives; negotiation of voluntary environmental agreements; and environmental law advice.

Public Policy

strategic advice; multi-stakeholders policy processes; sustainable development strategies for government agencies; policy and program design; law and regulation reform; international environmental agreements; non-regulatory measures design; program evaluation and institutional review; and international capacity development ( program design and review).

Environmental Management Systems

strategic advice on EMS development and implementation; training and capacity building; and EMS auditing and performance assessment.

Consultation and Facilitation

analysis of stakeholder values; consultation and public participation processes; and dispute resolution.

Stratos Inc. is a multi-disciplinary team with expertise in strategic planning, environmental management, policy and law. We actively help foster the development and dissemination of new thinking about sustainability issues by publishing on a wide range of subjects. Stratos has a series of working papers introducing new concepts. We encourage you to review these articles, as well as our publications in books, academic journals and trade magazines, available on our web site, and welcome your feedback! You will also find our report Stepping Forward, Canada's first survey of corporate sustainability reporting.

Our consulting services reflect our belief that: businesses enhance their profits and earn good-will when they design their products and operations to promote sustainability; governments show leadership and earn respect when they put in place policies, programs, and conditions that favour sustainable behaviour; and business and governments avoid costly mistakes by listening to and incorporating community and NGO perspectives.

We have helped a wide range of clients pursue strategies to sustainability. Some of our many clients include: International Institutions, Canadian Institutions, Corporations and Business Associations, Crown Corporations and Agencies, Government of Canada, Environmental NGOs, Provincial / Territorial / Municipal Governments, Capacity development work in other countries. We provided that help though the following services: corporate sustainability strategies and issues management; public policy to promote sustainability; stakeholder engagement; and corporate sustainability reporting.

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Additional Details

Legal Name: Stratos Inc.

Number of Employees: 12

Total Sales ($CDN): $100,000 - $200,000

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Services

• Corporate Sustainability Reporting

  Stratos published 'Stepping Forward', in collaboration with Alan Willis & Associates and SustainAbility. This report presents the results of the first in-depth examination and assessment of corporate sustainability reporting in Canada. Stratos launched this initiative to:. provide a detailed description and assessment of current Canadian reporting practices and compare them against international norms and best practices;. highlight the efforts of Canadian corporate environmental and sustainability reporters; and. identify opportunities to improve reporting practices and to extend the use and effectiveness of these reports.

  The report provides a snapshot of current sustainability reporting practices and trends in Canada, identifying 57 companies that prepare sustainability reports of different kinds. We conducted a detailed assessment of 35 reports, representing a range of sectors and report types.

  We set the bar high, scoring each report on 52 criteria, grouped in ten categories:

  • Context and Coverage;
  • Leadership and Direction;
  • Policies, Organization and Management Systems;
  • Stakeholder Relations;
  • Environmental Performance;
  • Economic Performance;
  • Social Performance;
  • Integrated Performance;
  • Extending Influence Up- and Downstream; and
  • Trust, Accountability and Accessibility.

  The detailed results of the survey include an assessment of the quality and scope of information reported for each of the above categories, and a discussion of reporting trends, issues and challenges for each of the nine sectors represented in the survey.

  The report does not address corporate performance, but rather assesses how companies report on their sustainability practices. Throughout the report we highlight best practices identified in each category and each sector. The report concludes with a discussion of issues related to improving reporting in Canada, as well as a list of ten steps forward covering key areas for new and existing reporters to address to ensure good quality reporting. The report is available on Stratos web site: www. stratos. sts. com

• Data Management
• Environmental Consulting, Policy Analysis And Development
• Environmental Products And Services

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