EXCEL gives companies access to the resources they need to evolve and improve. To become an EXCEL member, a company must meet specific criteria regarding its performance in sustainable development. Because of that criteria, our current members are recognized as the leading performers in Canada. They're committed to tangible, sustainable results. Their commitment ensures improved performance and a stronger bottom line for each of them.

Membership Criteria
The EXCEL Partnership is an invitation-only, cross-sectoral group of companies operating in Canada which are leading practitioners of corporate sustainability. EXCEL Member Companies shall demonstrate:

• A Corporate Commitment, at the Board and Senior Management Levels, to sustainability: exceeding minimum environmental standards, and seizing business opportunities to develop products, services and processes which reduce environment footprints while increasing competitiveness.
  
  
• A Strategic Approach to Sustainability and Environmental Performance which seeks to integrate environment performance and planning into core business activities
  
  
• A Track Record of Concrete Results from investment in sustainability that represents tangible value to shareholders and stakeholders
  
  
• An Openness to Sharing Both the Positive and Negative aspects of corporate environmental management experience with other EXCEL Members
  
  
• A Broad, Long-Term Business Outlook which integrates environmental and sustainability factors into capital stock decision-making, operational management and product life cycle management