Sustainability & Compliance Consulting
Practical, values-driven expertise for Food & Beverage businesses navigating the evolving landscape of sustainability, regulation, and responsible growth
Year-Long Strategic Partnerships
I become your embedded fractional Director — providing ongoing strategic guidance, policy development, regulatory navigation, and training support over a 12-month engagement. You get the continuity and depth of a senior hire, without the $200K+ overhead.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
Sustainability strategy development & ESG roadmap
Regulatory compliance guidance (CFIA, FDA, multi-jurisdictional)
Internal policy development and team training
Funding program navigation (SR&ED, CanExport, AgriMarketing)
Ongoing advisory and decision-making support
Best for: Growing F&B businesses ($2–20M) building sustainability and compliance foundations for the first time.
Project-Based Engagements
Best for: Public or hypergrowth F&B companies ($20–50M+) with a specific, defined challenge to solve.
For companies tackling discrete challenges — from achieving Bill S-211 (Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act) compliance, to building an ESG reporting framework, to realigning policies and programs. Each project is scoped with clear timelines, defined deliverables, and measurable outcomes.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
Human Rights & Environmental Due Diligence (HREDD) / Bill S-211 compliance programs
ESG reporting frameworks (GRI, SASB-aligned)
Supply chain mapping and responsible sourcing programs
Sustainability communications and impact storytelling
Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Design
Best for: Values-driven F&B brands ready to create authentic, measurable impact through strategic partnerships.
I broker and design relationships between corporate clients, Indigenous and diverse suppliers, and NGO partners — building integrated ecosystems where commercial success, community benefit, and internal transformation work together. This isn’t partnership as optics. It’s partnership as strategy.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
Multi-stakeholder ecosystem design and partnership brokering
Indigenous partnership facilitation and reconciliation initiatives
Supplier diversity and responsible sourcing programs
Award-winning impact program design and implementation
Internal education and employee engagement around partnership values
PROVEN AT SCALE
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In 2022, I designed an award-winning partnership between DAVIDsTEA, Tea Horse (Indigenous-owned), and Reconciling Ways of Knowing (David Suzuki Foundation) — weaving together commercial success, community impact, and employee education into a single, cohesive program. It won the Sustainability Award at the North American Tea Conference.
In 2024, the program expanded — adding a new tea and deepening its impact through a partnership with NWAC, the Native Women's Association of Canada.
That's the kind of multi-stakeholder impact I help growing F&B businesses create
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As Sustainable Growth Advisor to Tea Horse — an Indigenous-owned F&B brand — we’ve worked on restructuring their pricing strategy, expanded their wholesale pipeline, developed B2B content materials, and built their sales tracking system. All within the first 3 month of our partnership.
That's what embedded, Director-level expertise looks like in practice — without the overhead of a full-time hire.
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I specialize in the tea and specialty beverage sector, with deep knowledge of food & beverage supply chains, multi-origin sourcing complexity, and the regulatory landscapes across Canada, the US, and export markets. All services are scoped and tailored to each client.
That's exactly what the discovery call is for! In 20 minutes, we'll identify your most pressing priorities and whether DELV is the right fit for your business.