Chosen as one of Canada's Greenest Employers for 2009:
By Richard Yerema, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editor (Apr 16, 2009)
Some of the reasons why Nature's Path Foods Inc. was selected as one of Canada's Greenest Employers (2009):
a family-owned business that has been producing organic foods for three generations, and today shisp products to customers around the world
has set zero waste and ambitious carbon reduction goals -- to 20% below its 2005 levels by 2012
offers employees a $1,000 subsidy towards the purchase of a hybrid vehicle
has an employee-managed organic garden and composting program for food waste
recently constructed an experimental green roof at the company's head office
as a result of the company's success in developing organic products, Nature's Path has helped to eliminate the use of millions of pounds of synthetic fertilizers, and helped to keep over 14,000 hectares of farmland under organic stewardship
has a longstanding program of donating 1% of its sales from its "EnviroKidz" product line to species and habitat conservation programs worldwide
