Excellence in Sustainable Development Award
Founder and CEO of a successful mining and sustainability consulting firm, SOOP Strategies Inc., Sabrina Dias is one of the industry’s trailblazers for integrating sustainability and full suit ESG practices into the extractives sector, and published author of “Integrating Sustainability into Major Projects: Best Practices and Tools for Project Teams” (John Wiley & Sons Inc, New Jersey).
Dias has international experience in projects with capex in the multi-billion-dollar range, small and mid-size projects, all phases of mine life. She leads her team in innovating new materiality approaches and leadership processes to integrate sustainability into accountability and governance systems. Together they design solutions that link ESG to business and bridge the gap between mining and ESG, and investor expectations.
Dias is a licensed professional engineer of Ontario. She has a Bachelor's degree in ceramic engineering and society from McMaster University, a Master's degree in environmental studies from York University, and a graduate diploma in business and environment from the Schulich School of Business.