About Us
Tavares Group Consulting operates with a dynamic network of experts. Our in-depth knowledge of environmental and health & safety and sustainability management systems, our vast experience in dealing with all levels of management and our project management skills allow us to support our clients in a unique way to ensure their satisfaction.
Sandra Tavares
Sandra Tavares is the Principal of Tavares Group Consulting Inc. Since 1995, Sandra’s experience has ranged from local Environment and Health & Safety (EHS) management with small firms to global Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) management with large multinationals. Sandra, a certified Environmental Management System Lead Auditor and Greenhouse Gas Verifier, has conducted EHS management and compliance audits throughout Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. Sandra is an active member of the Canadian Advisory Committees on Environmental Management and Social Responsibility; these committees provide Canadian feedback to the ISO Technical Committees who develop the ISO 14001 and ISO 26000 standards, respectively. Sandra is a Director of the Board for the Small Business Centre in London, Ontario; formerly a member of the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment’s (CCME) Pollution Prevention Awards Advisory Board and the Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters Environmental Quality Committee and former Director of the Board for the Environmental Management Resource Centre for Business.
Sandra earned her M.Sc. (Plant Science/Environmental Science) from the University of Western Ontario, where she returned to lecture at the Masters of Environment & Sustainability program. She is fluent in English and Portuguese and has a working knowledge of Spanish and Italian.
Marisa Reynen
Marisa Reynen is the Sustainability Associate for Tavares Group Consulting Inc. Marisa understands that a sustainable environment requires a collective effort and aims to empower organizations so they may contribute to our global effort. Marisa has worked in the healthcare industry in both Ontario and Prince Edward Island, gaining experience with communications, team building and leadership.
Marisa earned her Honours B.Sc in Life Sciences from the University of Toronto and is currently completing her Master of Environment & Sustainability at the University of Western Ontario. Marisa has received training in Life Cycle Analysis and has earned certificates in The Natural Step – Level One, Introduction to GIS, and Managing Team Conflict and completed an Environmental Legislation and Certification workshop.