Survey of Small to Medium-sized Enterprises by the Fraser Basin Council and Vancity Credit Union

The Fraser Basin
Council and Vancity Credit Union invite you to participate in a 5 -10 minute
survey on the needs and sustainability priorities of small and medium-sized enterprises
in the Lower Mainland, Fraser Valley and Southern Vancouver Island.  Your participation is welcomed in this survey,
whether you are in a for-profit business or a not-for-profit social enterprise.

Small and medium-sized
enterprises are an important engine of BC’s economy, representing about 30
percent of BC’s GDP and 58 percent of all private sector jobs.

Vancity Credit Union
and the Fraser Basin Council are committed to fostering leadership on
sustainability.  This survey is being conducted to learn about your
organization’s sustainability practices and your general and sustainability
specific support needs.

The results of this
survey will be used to develop programs that help organizations learn more
about sustainability choices, and that support organizations that are making sustainability
happen on the ground. What is meant by sustainability in the business context is
long-term financial prosperity that also provides environmental and social
benefits.

Your input will be
compiled into a summary report, which will be shared with all participants. All
information you provide will be kept STRICTLY confidential and
your identity will not be disclosed in the summary report.

By participating in
this survey, your name will be entered in a draw to win a $500 Vancity MyTreat VISA or a
full registration to the 2009 State of the Fraser Basin Conference being
held in Vancouver from February 19 – 20, 2009.

The survey will be
available online from May 1 until May 26 and the winners of the draw will be
contacted shortly thereafter.  To access
the survey, please go to: http://www.fraserbasin.bc.ca/survey.html