Workshop lead: Social Purchasing – A Market-Based Tool For Building Healthy Communities
After having worked more than ten years in the social economy sector in Quebec, followed by ten years in international work for the Centre d’études et de coopération internationale (CECI), Anne-Marie Saulnier specialized in enterprise responsibility in global supply chain. She collaborates with United Nationals programs, international research centres and enterprises to strengthen the respect of work health, safety and the environmental conditions in Canadian organizations’ supply chains. In 2008, she co-founded Espace de concentration sur les pratiques d’approvisionnement responsable (ECPAR), a network of Canadian leaders who collaborate to implement sustainable development in their procurement from the social economy sector since 2008.
