TMU CSR Institute zoom session: Navigating Corporate Responsibility at a Small-Medium Sized Enterprise - In Conversation with Armour Valve CEO Liz McBeth

About Armour Valve and CEO Liz McBeth

Armour Valve (external link)  is the 2026 Impact & Sustainability Award recipient at the Family Enterprise of the Year Awards. Armour Valve supplies highly specialized valves and severe-service engineered process equipment to heavy industries across Canada. Operating from facilities in Toronto and Calgary, the business provides repairable, long-lasting industrial infrastructure solutions that prioritize reliability, safety, and operational efficiency.

Liz McBeth is the President and CEO of Armour Valve, steering the second-generation family-owned business toward a more purposeful, socially oriented future. Under her leadership, which began in November 2019, the company formally redefined its corporate "Why" to focus on transforming infrastructure for a healthy, thriving planet, helping clients navigate the energy transition. Ms. McBeth is a passionate advocate for corporate social responsibility and environmental sustainability. She has positioned the company to achieve net-zero operations by 2040 and reach Diamond Tier status in Canada’s Net-Zero Challenge.

About the Moderator

Dr. Kernaghan Webb holds Bachelor's, Master's and Doctorate degrees in law, and is an Associate Professor in the Toronto Metropolitan University Department of Law and Business. He is also the Founding Director of the TMU Institute for the Study of Corporate Social Responsibility. Prof. Webb's extensive law and regulation research and publications have among other things been cited and followed  (external link) by the Supreme Court of Canada. In addition to his scholarly work, Dr. Webb has also been employed by or advised governments and inter-governmental bodies, and he has been on the board of directors or otherwise assisted private sector, and civil society organizations on regulatory matters. During the development of the ISO 26000 social responsibility standard, Professor Webb was appointed as Special Advisor to the UN Global Compact concerning IS0 26000. He has variously played leadership roles in the development of international and national social and economic standards, and received international and national recognition for his leadership.