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Living Planet @ Work Champion of the Month: David DeVries
I recently chatted with David DeVries, Fleet Services Manager at Hydro One Networks Inc., Ontario’s largest electricity transmission and distribution company. David is responsible for the operational...
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Living Planet @ Work Company of the Month: Miratel
By Olivia Fernandez, Officer, Living Planet @ Work | WWF-Canada “In the beginning I asked myself ‘why would I do that?’ We don’t have the same resources as a large organization and we’ve never done...
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In the market for change: money doesn’t grow on trees – or does it?
You wouldn’t know it from looking at him, but my dad was born in Sarawak, Malaysia. Although he now lives in North America, he still calls the orang-utans of Borneo his ‘cousins’. So naturally,...
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Living Planet @ Work Champion of the month: Amy Castator
By Olivia Fernandez, Living Planet @ Work Officer, WWF-Canada Inspiring people to help you pick up garbage can certainly feel like a challenging task. Amy Castator, Environment and Business Analyst at...
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Living Planet @ Work Company of the Month: OLG
By Olivia Fernandez, Living Planet @ Work Officer, WWF-Canada What amazes me about Living Planet @ Work is the diversity of our program members. Our champions represent such a range of company sizes,...
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Bullfrog Power’s Zero Waste Month challenge and more…
By Olivia Fernandez, Living Planet @ Work Officer, WWF-Canada As Canada’s #1 green energy provider, Bullfrog employees work daily to help others reduce their environmental impact with green energy....
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In the market for change: Bullfrog Power digs deeper for environmental change
Ray Anderson, entrepreneur and the brains behind Interface, Inc., was quoted comparing the journey to sustainable business to climbing Mt. Everest. Even a man with revolutionary ideas in...
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Transportation emissions @ work
By Rebecca Spring, Manager of Sustainable Transportation, WWF-Canada We often don’t view transportation as a solitary activity, separate from our life. Instead we see it as part of our life and...
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Spotlight: Loblaw’s Ride and Drive summer event
Earlier this summer, Loblaw Companies Limited hosted its first Ride and Drive event to showcase some of the latest fuel-efficient vehicles to staff and in particular, its fleet drivers. With about 500...
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Living Planet @ Work Company of the Month: Going beyond Green Teams at Hydro One
The term ‘green team’ is everywhere. I read about them, I research them, I work with them. We have over 250 companies signed up to our Living Planet @ Work program (and growing!) and the majority of...
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In the market for change: Carrefour provides sustainable palm oil in Indonesia!
This oil is used widely in cooking as a low-cost replacement for butter. It is also found in many processed foods and products like dish soap, detergent, and cosmetics. The problem with this is that...
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Seeing is believing
By Living Planet @ Work champion, Siriphone Duangvichit In 2009, RSA launched our partnership with WWF across five major regions: Canada, the UK, Sweden, Denmark and China. Focusing on the risks of...
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In the market for change: Green4Good helps companies reduce waste
The new iPhone 5 is out now, which makes me a little bit sad. Some may call it jealousy, others, iPhone envy. I call it “impossible to keep up with all the new versions!” It’s not just iPhones – you...
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Tips to write a winning sustainability report for your company!
By Laura Vaughan, Waterloo Wellington Community Care Access Centre (WWCCAC) We formed our green team last year and joined WWF’s Living Planet @ Work Program to help build and structure our...
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Congratulations to the winners of the inaugural Living Planet @ Work Awards!
By Olivia Fernandez, Living Planet @ Work Officer, WWF-Canada When I first started working on Living Planet @ Work, the program had officially launched just four months prior. Being so knew at the...
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In the market for change: Naturally, DonateNaturally.com
If you’re tired of searching from store to store, and up and down isles for natural and organic groceries…search no more! It’s not always easy being eco-friendly, but businesses are starting to...
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A tradition begins: OLG Point Edward employees raise $1,445 during their 2nd...
By: Deb Fraser-Brown of WWF's Living Planet @ Work member, OLG How cold could it be, really? We live in Southwestern Ontario where summers are sweltering and the winters are relatively tame. Our OLG...
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In the market for change: H&M commits to conserving water
I say that in a very basic sense. For example, this morning I woke up to the sound of rain falling outside and rolled my eyes at the thought of walking around a slushy Toronto. Later, after a tough...
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Earth Hour Team Captain: Rob Viscount, workplace champion
By Carly Digweed, Communications Intern, WWF-Canada What is your role in carrying out Earth Hour at Johnson? I’ve been with Johnson now for a little under two years. A month into my role, there was a...
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Collaboration is key to climbing Mount Sustainability!
"There are a million business decisions made each day in Canada, but only a tiny percentage take the environment into consideration," says Frances Edmonds, Director of Environmental Programs at...
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