MONTREAL, Nov. 22,
2022 /CNW Telbec/ - SNC-Lavalin (TSX: SNC), a
fully integrated professional services and project management
company with offices around the world, is pleased to announce the
launch of Indigenous E3, a special purpose limited
partnership formed between SNC-Lavalin and Indigenous Community and
Engagement (ICE), a leading firm in Indigenous stakeholder
engagement that specializes in developing Reconciliation-rooted
approaches to advance Indigenous socio-economic development in
Canada.
"When I signed SNC-Lavalin's Commitment to Indigenous
Peoples in 2020, it was with the full intention of embedding
those principles into everything we do," commented Ian L. Edwards, President and Chief Executive
Officer, SNC-Lavalin. "As stewards of the natural and built
environment, we can engineer better lives, and greater prosperity
for people around the world. That includes for Indigenous
communities, where we are undertaking a broad-based effort to
increase collaboration and partnering on initiatives like
Indigenous E3 to create generational prosperity."
"E3" refers to "Earth, Environmental and Engineering".
Indigenous E3 (IE3) will work to identify and deliver projects that
support Indigenous advancement and long-term prosperity. IE3 will
enable Indigenous communities to access SNC-Lavalin's unique
end-to-end capabilities on projects that include Indigenous
ownership set-asides for bidders, while also strengthening
SNC-Lavalin's ability to successfully win and deliver
Indigenous-endorsed projects where ownership considerations are not
a requirement, but where the specialized expertise of an
Indigenous-engagement firm will be materially additive to the
Company's ability to win and execute work for Canada's Indigenous peoples.
While Indigenous E3 will initially focus on assisting
communities on mandates falling within the delivery of
SNC-Lavalin's Engineering Services group, the partnership will
bring the expertise of the entire company to both where and how
Indigenous groups need it, across all of SNC-Lavalin's business
lines. The Company's ability to deploy its global expertise locally
to public and private clients will be replicated for Indigenous
partners, with our leading capabilities delivering solutions across
transportation, buildings & places, industrial & mining,
water, power & renewables, defense, and nuclear made
available.
"We are all Treaty people, and we all have a part to play in
continually strengthening the way our Company, and society at
large, interacts with Indigenous communities," said Ben Almond, CEO, Engineering Services Canada,
SNC-Lavalin. "But it's important to recognize what we can do well
ourselves, and what we can do better when we bring Indigenous
partners to the table with us. We know that well-engineered
communities — ones that have good transportation systems,
dependable energy grids and transmission networks, robust social
and housing infrastructure, reliable utilities, and developed
commercial infrastructure to support advanced industries —are
prosperous communities. With Indigenous E3, we are staying
true to our mission of engineering a better future for our planet
and its people."
"As a Certified Aboriginal Business, I see a lot of potential
for career opportunities for Indigenous professionals such as
technicians, engineers, and environmental scientists," said
Derek Chum, VP of Strategy and
Growth at Indigenous Community and Engagement. "The national reach
of Indigenous E3 will help get our current and future Indigenous
team members exposure to new and exciting projects across
Canada. Economic reconciliation
will only be realized when Indigenous companies are given the
opportunities to bid in the corporate and public sectors. With the
federal government's commitment to create a new target to have at
least 5% of federal contracts awarded to Indigenous businesses, we
believe we are one among many Indigenous enterprises ready to
respond."
Broader Approach to Indigenous Relations
SNC-Lavalin's Indigenous Relations program is a core part
of the Company's strategy. It supports our commitment to
establishing and maintaining mutually respectful and meaningful
relationships between Indigenous communities, our clients and our
Company. Some of SNC-Lavalin's initiatives through our Indigenous
Relations program include:
- Being independently certified as a procurement champion from
Indigenous-owned business in Canada, by the Canadian Council for Aboriginal
Business
- Volunteering our expertise and assistance in Ground Penetrating
Radar technology — an effective tool to identify possible locations
of burial sites — to Indigenous communities to help bring a degree
of closure and peace for families impacted by the legacy of the
residential school system in Canada
- Supporting the success of the next generation of Indigenous
youth with ongoing annual funding of multiple academic bursaries
and scholarships
- Requiring all Canadian-based SNC-Lavalin employees to enroll in
comprehensive training to improve awareness and understanding of
Indigenous history and communities
SNC-Lavalin has undertaken multiple notable projects for and
with Indigenous communities in Canada. Click here to read more about some of
this work.
About SNC-Lavalin
Founded in 1911, SNC-Lavalin is a fully integrated
professional services and project management company with offices
around the world dedicated to engineering a better future for our
planet and its people. We create sustainable solutions that connect
people, technology and data to design, deliver and operate the most
complex projects. We deploy global capabilities locally to our
clients and deliver unique end-to-end services across the whole
life cycle of an asset including consulting, advisory &
environmental services, intelligent networks & cybersecurity,
design & engineering, procurement, project & construction
management, operations & maintenance, decommissioning and
capital – and delivered to clients in key strategic sectors such as
Engineering Services, Nuclear, Operations & Maintenance and
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