Shawn Burns is a resource sustainability specialist in climate change, sustainability, environmental monitoring (remote sensing), and stakeholder and community engagement. He currently serves as the CEO of Carbon Credit Corp, a company that helps those who use the land – farmers, foresters, First Nations people, nature conservancies, and agribusinesses – implement land-use practices that help reduce global carbon emissions.
He has previously served as the Founding Director and Treasurer of the International Forest Carbon Association (IFCA). He also worked for Keegan Resources Inc., where he was responsible for climate change and environmental monitoring, community affairs, and environmental permitting, as well as research projects aimed at developing best practices for junior and mid-tier mining companies relating to mine design, sustainability reporting, and strategic leverage partnerships with NGOs.
Shawn is a Cornell-Queen’s Executive MBA’07 graduate and has served as an adjunct instructor in Sustainability at the University of British Columbia, Centre for Sustainability. He has extensive experience in the development of carbon offset projects, policy, and protocol, especially as it relates to sequestration-based offsets, and he has been the subject of a CBC documentary on carbon offsets.
Wayne Dunn is the founder of the CSR Training Institute and CSR | ESG Institute. A former Professor of Practice in sustainability at McGill University, he is recognized as a global thought leader and pragmatic problem solver, frequently speaking on business, social responsibility, economics, and strategy at events worldwide.
He is an award-winning global sustainability expert with extensive teaching, writing, lecturing and advisory service experience. He is supported by an extensive faculty and advisory team.
Leadership on SDGs & Business “The pedigree speaks for itself…Pragmatic and global thought leadership on aligning SDGs and business.”
Dr. Eugene Owusu
Special Advisor to the President
of Ghana on the SDGs
Demystified ESG, SDG & CSR “It demystified ESG, SDG, and CSR. Very simple and engaging learning.”
Robert Gyamfi
Head of Community Engagement
Future Global Resources
A Practical & Realistic Approach “Professor Dunn brings a practical and realistic approach to CSR and shared value, blending theory and practice to develop pragmatic approaches that address real-world challenges.”
Dr. Ellis Armstrong
Former CFO
BP Exploration
Thoughtful, Coherent, Insightful “Coherent, thoughtful, stimulating, insightful, and state-of-the-art! The network of public, private, and civil society participants was incredible. Some of the leading experts in the field.”
Kojo Busia
Snr. Mineral Sector Governance
Advisor,
United Nations Economic
Commission for Africa/UNECA
Just What I Needed “Pragmatic, strategic, and full of practical insights. Just what I needed.”
Gifty Owusu-Nhyira
ESG & Sustainability Coordinator
Ecobank West Africa
Really Practical
‘…useful beyond expectation, has given me a clear perspective’
Leonard J. Mkude
Accountant General
United Republic of Tanzania
“The Masterclass reinforced the importance of ESG and challenged me to articulate its value proposition.”
Ross Mitchell
Verdensure
