TORONTO – Senior executives from Canada’s leading organizations in corporate social responsibility will share their initiatives, successes, and lessons learned at the 2005 Corporate Social Responsibility Conference: CSR Case Studies.

Who: Jeffrey W. Allgrove, President and Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Canada Inc., shares what he has learned from Unilever’s CSR efforts, which focus on healthy childhood development and protection of rivers, lakes and wetlands, at 8:45 a.m., Tuesday in room 701A.

Annette Verschuren, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Home Depot Canada, talks about the importance of volunteerism for the company, its employees and its communities at 8:45 a.m., Tuesday in room 701A.

Anne Golden, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Conference Board of Canada, delivers insights on the state of CSR in Canada in the closing presentation at 11 a.m., Wednesday in room 701A.

When: Tuesday, May 10 and Wednesday, May 11, 2005.

Where: Metro Toronto Convention Centre, 255 Front Street West, South Building

For more information, visit out Web site: www.conferenceboard.ca/conf/may05/csr-conf/overview.htm

For further information: Media must register in advance, For more

information or media accreditation, contact: Brent Dowdall, Senior

Communications Specialist, (613) 526-3090, ext. 448,

[email protected];www.conferenceboard.ca