Frances Edmonds

Head of Sustainability, HP Canada Co.

Frances has pioneered the role of embedding sustainability throughout her company and beyond. She is a strategic force that engages, educates and empowers employees, customers, reseller partners and the community at large, resulting in HP Canada being able to state they are Canada’s most environmentally responsible IT company and for 10 years have been listed as one of Canada’s Greenest Employers. She invented the now globally adopted “HP Eco Advocate” program that educates HP employees about sustainability issues pertinent to HP’s business. Her role in the WWF Living Planet@Work and the new Living Planet@Campus programs are other examples of her long term vision for driving sustainability across many sectors and throughout Canada.