Toronto - Environics Research Group and CLB Media Inc. announced today a broad-based partnership that will see the two companies jointly develop research in a range of vertical markets related to CLB Media's properties. The first research project will focus on the implementation and maintenance of green purchasing and sustainability practices in Canadian business.

"In spite of the economic downturn, corporate sustainability practices are still the focus of investment and growth in many of Canada's leading companies,'' says Niel Hiscox, Vice President of CLB Media, and the founding publisher of Green Business, a specialty website focused on corporate sustainability practices. ''However, with budget constraints those investment dollars need to be carefully allocated. Our readers are managing these very challenges. By working with Environics' rich history in research and analytics, we will be able to offer those readers research on purchasing trends, constraints and potential growth areas in green procurement practices in Canada that will help them better navigate these changing waters.''

''Environics Research is focused on helping clients better understand the unique needs, opportunities and motivations of their customers and partners with a wide portfolio of methodological approaches and research tools that address the business challenges many organizations frequently face, including identifying market and growth opportunities, measuring and enhancing customer loyalty, involvement and satisfaction, and supply chain management,'' says Dr. Barry G. Watson, President and Chief Executive Officer for Environics Research Group.

''Partnering with CLB Media and their stable of business-to-business media properties was a natural fit for better understanding trends in sustainable business and procurement practices,'' says Keith Neuman, Ph.D, Group Vice-President, Public Affairs, for Environics Research Group Ltd.

About CLB Media Inc.

CLB Media Inc. is one of Canada's leading providers of information and marketing services to business professionals in a wide range of industry sectors.

Built on a publishing foundation of Canadian Lawyer magazine and Law Times newspaper. CLB Media properties now include more than 23 business-to-business publications, web sites and a host of marketing opportunities and services including custom publishing, business lists, research, web development, video production and industry events.

CLB Media Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Cartwright Group Ltd. For more information visit www.clbmedia.ca.

About Environics Research Group Ltd.

Environics is one of Canada's leading marketing and social survey research consultancies with a reputation for integrity, accuracy and insight. Co-founded in 1970 by Michael Adams, the firm has evolved into a multi-disciplined international research and consulting group. Headquartered in Toronto, the firm has offices and affiliates in Ottawa, Calgary, Montreal, Oakland, New York and Washington D.C.

Environics offers its clients a broad array of research, consulting and communications services, from traditional public opinion polling and market research to advanced studies of human values and social change, in addition to consulting to aid our clients' product design, marketing, communications and human resource strategies.

Environics is a full-service research firm experienced in conducting telephone surveys, on-line surveys, personal in-home interviews, postal surveys, panel studies and focus groups, conducting approximately 2,000 focus groups and 250,000 interviews a year. For more information visit www.environicsresearch.ca.

Contacts:

CLB Media Inc.

Robert Colman

Editor, Green Business

905-726-4656

rcolman@clbmedia.ca

Environics Research Group Ltd.

Keith Neuman, Ph.D

Group Vice-President, Public Affairs

613-230-5089

keith.neuman@environics.ca

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