Kruger Products LP – Emissions Reduction: Biogasification
Kruger Products has declared an objective of reducing its energy consumption by 15% as well as its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 15% over the next five years as part of its Sustainability 2015 initiative being launched in 2010. Sustainability 2015 is a five year strategic initiative aimed at reducing its environmental impact by reducing its energy and water consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, waste, emissions from transport and packaging material.
read moreFrito Lay – Zero Emission Trucks
As Canada’s largest snack food manufacturer, Frito Lay Canada (FLC) sells millions of bags of product each year. These bags are transported to thousands of retail customers each day through the company’s extensive direct to store delivery network. To service customers from coast-to-coast, FLC operates one the country’s largest private fleets, which accounts for a significant portion of FLC’s carbon footprint.
read moreStaples Canada – Making Eco…Easy
How do you engage over 15,000 employees in your sustainability initiatives? Staples Canada did it - through a combination of internal and external communications efforts
read moreWaste to Wonder – Changing Perceptions of Waste
The primary driving force behind the Waste to Wonder initiative was to reduce the huge quantity of re-usable office equipment ending up in landfills and to maximize the charitable benefit of these items through redistribution.
read moreEnabling Business to Deliver Sustainable Prosperity through Results Based Legislation
Effective waste management and recycling programs can be costly for business and taxpayers alike. Innovative solutions are needed to enable business to deliver sustainable prosperity
read moreGetting Green
Originally published in Canadian Grocer.
Walmart Canada’s sustainability program is ambitious. And company president David Cheesewright doesn’t mind sharing it with competitors
By Rob Gerlsbeck
What do you ask the president of the world’s most powerful company when the two of you are just hanging out at Walmart headquarters?
In my case, I ask David Cheesewright about the gum [...]
Walmart Associates Aim to Become One of Canada’s “Greenest” Workforces
New program helps associates bring sustainability into their daily lives
MISSISSAUGA, ON, Aug. 30 CNW – Walmart Canada, the country’s third-largest employer, announced today the rollout of a new sustainability program designed to help the company become one of Canada’s largest teams of environmentally engaged associates. Launched under the banner “My Sustainability Plan” (MSP) the new [...]
Some Big Steps Yield a Small One of Our Own
Originally posted on Seventh Generation
Here’s a retailing truth: You can’t be in the business of selling consumer products without thinking about Walmart. The merchandising behemoth sells so much of what so many North Americans buy — from groceries to tires — that to not seek it as a customer is like trying to grow [...]
Wal-Mart Releases Greenhouse Gas Protocol Guidance
Originally posted on Environmental Leader
In February, Wal-Mart committed to reduce the carbon footprint from its supply chain by 20 million metric tons of carbon dioxide by 2015. The project team that has been working to implement that goal is releasing a guidance document that details how these emissions reductions will be counted, reports the Environmental [...]
Sustainability – What’s in it for me?
Creating a Cycle of Employee Engagement with Incentives
By Mary Modney
Sustainability initiatives within large companies can increase profits by 38 percent, according to 2010 study by the National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF). [See The Business Case for Environmental and Sustainability Employee Education.] And in order to have a successful sustainability initiative, employees must be involved and [...]
