Karen Chovan is the Founder of Enviro Integration Strategies, focused on creating value, reducing environmental risks and eliminating various forms of waste through strategic, systems-based and life-cycle evaluations. She gained her BASc and a MASc in Mine Waste Management from UBC, and has followed a 20-yr career through tailings and mine waste management, project management and strategic planning, sustainability advisement and organizational change. Karen is also the Chair for the CIM Environmental and Social Responsibility Society (ESRS), where she aims to raise awareness and facilitate the uptake of more holistic and sustainable practices across industry.