The foundation of Cascades' sustainable development plan, the company explains, is based on consultation with its stakeholders, which includes employees, customers, suppliers, investors, and certain non-governmental organizations. "The importance given to consulting with our stakeholders is what sets our sustainable development plan apart from others," Henry Sauvagnat, VP, Sustainable Development, said. "By compiling our stakeholders' comments, we were able to examine our current practices and make changes to some of them."
The first stage of consultation took place in 2009 with the help of the firm Samson Bélair/Deloitte & Touche. The overall preparation of the plan and its commitments was supervised and validated by Climate for Ideas.org, a non-governmental environmental organization.
Cascades' 2010-2012 Sustainable Development Plan www.cascades.com/sustainable-development is available online
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