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2015 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Executive Directors Report Title of Presentation Title of Presentation Title of Presentation STRATEGIC PLAN CORE GOALS Communications and Advocacy Raise NEIAs External Profile, Enhance Internal

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Executive Director’s Report ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

2015

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STRATEGIC PLAN – CORE GOALS

  • Communications and Advocacy
  • Raise NEIA’s External Profile, Enhance Internal

Communications with Members, & Advocacy

  • Sector Development
  • Professional Development for Members, International

Business Development, & Innovation and Productivity

  • Capacity Building
  • Strengthen NEIA’s Financial Position, Improve NEIA’s

Governance and Management Model, & Membership Growth

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ANNUAL REPORT 2014

  • Communications & Advocacy Activities
  • Events and Visibility of NEIA
  • Organizational Growth & Capacity
  • Sector Development Initiatives
  • 2013-14 Financials
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COMMUNICATIONS & ADVOCACY

  • Represented NEIA member interests with government
  • fficials on all levels, on issues including:
  • Net metering
  • Regulatory requirements and processes
  • Government engagement with industry
  • Advocated on behalf of members on a variety of

committees and groups, including:

  • City of St. John’s Environmental Advisory Committee
  • Municipalities Newfoundland & Labrador Environmental Advisory Committee
  • Newfoundland & Labrador Business Coalition
  • Various funding and awards committees
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COMMUNICATIONS & ADVOCACY

Other Initiatives

  • Municipal plan submission to City of St. John’s
  • GreenTourismNL.ca website
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EVENTS & VISIBILITY

Newleef 2014

  • Newleef 2014 set new attendance record with over

200 participants

  • Conference featured presentations, panel

discussions, training opportunities, an exhibition, a research-matching-business session, and an evening networking social

  • All three political leaders involved to discuss their

vision of NL’s green economy

  • Work on Newleef 2015 has already begun
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EVENTS & VISIBILITY

IBDS 2014

  • Supports NEIA’s efforts to build interest and

capacity for NL firms to do business abroad

  • Drew diverse audience interested in export and

international business development for NL

  • Featured high caliber speakers who provided:
  • global economic outlooks;
  • personal experiences succeeding globally;
  • and an overview of opportunities arising from new

international trade agreements

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EVENTS & VISIBILITY

Other Events

  • Innovation Outlook event
  • Intellectual Property and International Business event
  • Sustainability Development Technology Canada event
  • Presented at ACAP Humber Arm Speaker Series
  • NEIA Speaker Series
  • “The Greening of Transit”
  • “Smart Growth, Sustainable Planning, Place Making, …”
  • “Scientific Research and Experimental Development Tax Incentive Program”
  • “Electric Vehicle Resources and Infrastructure in Newfoundland and Labrador”
  • “Introduction to ISO 14001 – Environmental Management”
  • “Introduction to ISO 9001 – Quality Management”
  • “Introduction to BS OHSAS 18001 – Occupational Health & Safety Management”
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ENGAGEMENT

  • NEIA Board Committees
  • Policy Committee
  • Membership Committee
  • Governance Committee
  • Export and International Business Committee
  • Training / Professional Development Committee
  • Surveys
  • Newleef conference
  • Networking events
  • Weekly newsletter
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ORGANIZATIONAL GROWTH & CAPACITY

  • Membership Growth
  • Twenty new corporate members since the last AGM
  • Membership growth initiative continuing with:
  • Direct solicitation
  • Targeted trade show participation
  • Increased activity levels and organizational awareness
  • Governance and Management
  • Development of new financial controls document
  • Updated Staff Policies and Procedures
  • Developed Board Evaluation Methodology
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Executive Director’s Report

SECTOR DEVELOPMENT

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR INDUSTRY

  • Hazardous Waste Operations & Emergency Response

Training (HAZWOPER)

  • Erosion and Sedimentation Control
  • Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment Certification
  • Training opportunities at Newleef 2014:
  • Environmental Chemistry Made Easy
  • Environmental Crisis Communications
  • Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessments – Building Block or

Stumbling Block?

  • Environmental Managers Roundtable
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SECTOR GROWTH INITIATIVES

  • Innovation & Commercialization Initiative
  • NEIA works in close partnership with a variety of entities and one-
  • n-one to help firms protect their IP, commercialize new

technologies, build academic partnerships, and access supports to de-risk innovation.

  • Productivity & Competitiveness Initiative
  • NEIA helps identify opportunities and appropriate available

programming for individual firms and then broker relationships with government partners to secure supports firms require

  • Export and International Business Network
  • Through the network NEIA helps firms engage one another to work

cooperatively and accomplish what they could not do in isolation.

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

  • Caribbean Project
  • Network identified region as business interest
  • Facilitated incoming missions
  • Firm-level market entry strategy development
  • Training / market information session
  • Professional match-making
  • Outgoing trade missions
  • GLOBE 2014
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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

  • Other Activities
  • Exploring Opportunities in Turkey
  • OSME – reference projects for international business
  • PODS Modification
  • Participation in an education mission on IFIs in

Washington

  • Participation in an incoming Oil and Gas mission from

China

  • Met with the Deputy High-Commissioner for Nigeria
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FINANCES

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Executive Director’s Report ELECTIONS

2015

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UPCOMING EVENTS

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THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS

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Executive Director’s Report ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

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