Social Accountability
Sustainability at ICAM: A Gold Standard Commitment
ICAM is proud to champion sustainability, earning Gold Status in Dalhousie University’s Sustainable Events Certification. This prestigious recognition reflects our commitment to eco-friendly practices and responsible event planning, ensuring a greener, more sustainable future for academic medicine.
Protecting Our Shores: ICAM’s Commitment to a Cleaner Future
ICAM is committed to planetary health and taking action to protect our environment. As part of this commitment, we are proud to partner with Scotian Shores, a dedicated organization focused on removing plastic and marine debris from Canada’s shorelines. To support their vital work, ICAM will be donating the Carbon Offset Fee collected from each registration directly to Scotian Shores, helping to fund their cleanup efforts and promote a healthier planet.
Scotian Shores commits themselves to cleaning Nova Scotia’s shorelines, creating awareness of the plastic pollution crisis and connecting us all so we can make a bigger difference. Their collaborative data shows almost ONE & A HALF MILLION POUNDS of debris has been removed since August 2020. The best way to support Scotian Shores is to participate or lead a shoreline cleanup.
Every purchase has a social, economic, cultural, and environmental impact. Social procurement is about using your existing purchasing to capture those impacts to achieve overarching institutional or governmental goals such as social and environmental sustainability. In the healthcare sector, this includes improving social determinants of health through your procurement practices.
Learn more about the what, why and how of social procurement in healthcare in this webinar and case study resource (in English only).
About Buy Social Canada:
Buy Social Canada is a social enterprise that believes that procurement is more than an economic transaction, it contributes to community social and economic goals. We see opportunities to buy and sell with impact at all levels in the marketplace. Through social procurement consulting, education and advocacy, we are unleashing the transformative power of the market.
Established in 2014, Buy Social Canada brings together purpose-driven purchasers and social value suppliers to build business relationships that generate social benefits for communities across the country. We work with community, private sector, and public sector to provide training, develop policy, and share resources. We offer a recognized, Canada-wide social enterprise certification that opens the door to our growing network of social purchasers.
Learn more at: www.buysocialcanada.com
