Sustainability

PolyD is an interdisciplinary firm that implements sustainability not only as an operational tool, but also as a strategic thinking approach to create innovative experiences.
PolyD has been operating since 2012 from Waterloo, ON, Canada.

Organizations do not operate apart from the society and the environment of their up-stream and down-stream that surround them. Sustainability is the potential for long-term maintenance of their existence, which has environmental, economic, and social dimensions.

Sustainability Strategic Planning

Assessing the current sustainability practices and programs of our existing and future clients while helping them setting short- and long-term sustainability goals and objectives through developing tailored-made plans to achieve them.

Reporting

- Sustainability Reporting – GRI Guidelines
- Corporate Social Responsibility Bench-marking – ISO 26000 Guidelines
- Environmental Management System Assessment – ISO 14001

Sustainability Management:

- Accreditation/Certification Services in which POLYD supports each client as they implement one of the internationally or locally recognised management systems such as ISO 14001 (Environmental Management System) or CAN/CGSB-32.310-2015 (Canadian Organic Standards), or Canadian Kosher. The support we provide includes templates for documentation, guidance.
- Stakeholder Management: Recognize the importance of stakeholder engagement on business market sustainability.
- Risk Management and Assessment: Anticipate, recognize and react to complex and continuously changing sustainability challenges and how they impact stability and profitability of business.
- Life Cycle Assessment (LCA): Assessing the environmental impacts of a product or a service and the detection of potential reductions.
- Green Procurement

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PECB ISO Training and Certification

PolyD is an Authorized Partner of PECB, offering comprehensive self-paced, asynchronous ISO training courses and certification programs.

Sustainability and Environmental

ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management Systems (EMS)
ISO 20400:2017 Sustainable Procurement
ISO 26000:2010 Social Responsibility
ISO 37101:2016 Sustainable Development in Communities
ISO 50001:2018 Energy Management System

Health and Safety

ISO 22000:2018 Food Safety Management System (FSMS)
ISO 45001:2018 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems (OH&S MS)

Management, Quality and Contact

ISO9001 Quality Management System (QMS)
ISO13485:2016 Medical Devices Quality Management System
ISO/IEC 17025 Laboratory Management System
ISO 21001 Educational Organizations Management System
ISO 28000 Supply Chain Management System
Six Sigma Green Belt

Artificial Intelligence (AI):
ISO/IEC 42001 Artificial Intelligence Management System
Certified Artificial Intelligence Professional (CAIP)
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Risk Management
Certified Artificial Intelligence Manager

Contact:
Email: info@polyd.ca or sales@polyd.ca
Wireless: +1-226-989-3219
All courses are self-paced and asynchronous

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Experience Design is a thread that ties together experts from different varieties of expertise: Brand Strategy, Communication Design, Design Management, Design Thinking, Environmental Design, Interaction Design, Research, Service Design.

We design strategies, services, communications, events, and environments with a focus placed on the quality of the human experience. We consider the moments of engagement, or touchpoints, between people and brands, and the ideas, emotions, and memories that these moments create.

polyD is an interdisciplinary firm that implements design not only as an aesthetic and operational tool, but also as a strategic thinking approach to create innovative and sustainable experiences.

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Hassan Moussa, Ph.D., P.Eng., C.Mgr., C.I.M., JHSC-II, FDW.

Founder and Director of Sustainability Practices

Throughout the three decades, Dr. Moussa has developed an extensive international experience in sustainability management, life cycle management (LCM), life cycle assessment (LCA), life cycle cost (LCC), corporate training, occupational health and safety, engineering, sales management, and technical support, working as a Technical Sales Manager for National Paints Factories Company Ltd, UAE (1997-2006), a Technical and Marketing Manager for POLOPLAST GmbH - GCC countries (2006-2010), and as a Sustainability Consultant/Manager in Canada (2010-up to date). Working for and with multi-international companies in different parts of the world, has equipped Dr. Moussa with diverse sets of business and cultural tools made facing and solving unique challenges easier. The international business exposure enriched his knowledge and understanding of the importance of business, society, and environment in forming a sustainable corporate future; leading Hassan to create and deliver innovative and sustainable solutions.

Dr. Moussa’s academic portfolio includes two post-graduate certificates in Adult Education and Online Learning (2020-2024) both from Conestoga College, Kitchener, Canada, a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering nanotechnology, cell biology (2016-2019), a Master of Engineering (MEng) in Chemical Engineering (2014-2015), and a Master of Environmental Studies (MES) in Life Cycle Management (2011-2013), a certificate of University Teaching all from the University of Waterloo, Canada, a post-graduate certificate in Sustainable Business Management (GBM), from Seneca College of Arts and Applied Sciences, Toronto, Canada (2010-2011), and a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Chemical Engineering from Syria (1990-1996).

Dr. Moussa is the Founder and Director of Sustainability Practices at PolyD Sustainability Consultant and ISO Training Academy since 2013. He is also the Sustainability, Health & Safety, and Manufacturing Manager at DrippCAN Spirits, a craft distillery in Mississauga, Canada. Dr. Moussa has been teaching as a part-time professor at Conestoga College, Kitchener, Canada since 2019, at the School of Business and at the University of Waterloo as an adjunct professor since 2024 at the School of Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering. During his two masters and the Ph.D., Dr. Moussa served as the Scattering Electron Microscope (SEM) Lab Manager, Research and Teaching Assistant (TA and RA) at the School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, School of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, and Department of Nanotechnology Engineering at the University Of Waterloo, Canada (2011-2019). He also participated as a guest speaker at the Business School of Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology in Toronto, Canada (2012-2013).

Dr. Moussa worked as a Sustainability Intern (2010-2011) for Fielding Environmental, previously known as Fielding Chemical Technologies Inc. one of the biggest solvent recycling companies in North America. Work included the Design, Implementation, and Measurement of the company Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) using the ISO 26000:2010 Guidance on Social Responsibility, integrated and sustainability reporting using the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines, and auditing the company Seven Green Wastes, mainly energy to identify future energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. Hassan continues to work with clients and publish (2011 – up to date) on projects related to the life cycle assessment (sustainability assessment) and sustainability management of bio-based chemicals and materials such as bio-succinic acid (Bio-SAC), bio-based 1,4-Butanediol (BDO) and bio-based poly butylene succinate (PBS). In addition, he worked on stakeholders (clients and employees) engagement. Hassan performed an LCA for Al-Jazeera Paints Academy of Al-Jazeera Paints, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).

During his work as a Technical and Marketing Manager - GCC countries (mainly UAE and Qatar), Hassan finalized multiple iconic construction projects, for example, but not limited to: Raffles Hotel - Dubai, Ramada Jumeirah Hotel – Dubai, Canadian Hospital – Dubai, Al-Meena Palace – Abu Dhabi, and The Pearl – Doha.