Lorraine Smith is an independent sustainability consultant and an Associate with Canadian Business for Social Responsibility. Her expertise is focused on a life-cycle approach to consumer products, including textile, groceries and electronics. She has managed collaborative industry groups, enabling leading retail and manufacturing companies to develop common guidelines and to share important learning experiences on emerging issues. She has also led in-depth stakeholder dialogue, including bringing activists together with large retail companies to seek solutions to key social and environmental challenges.
Prior to becoming an independent consultant, Lorraine worked as a Senior CSR Advisor with CBSR for four years. Her previous experience includes working as a Manager of Customer Care for an electronic engineering firm in New Zealand and a Senior Business Analyst for Manulife Financial. She also has extensive not-for-profit experience, having worked with World Wildlife Fund Canada and the Northern Cancer Research Foundation in fundraising and database administration. Lorraine has worked or studied in Germany, Brazil, Australia, and New Zealand and is fluent in French, German, Spanish, and Portuguese.
