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SaskTel
SaskTel employee standing next to solar panel
SaskTel employee standing next to solar panel
Chosen as one of Canada's Greenest Employers for 2013:
By Richard Yerema and Julien Gagnier, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors   (Apr 21, 2013)

Some of the reasons why SaskTel was selected as one of Canada's Greenest Employers (2013):
  • continues to evolve its broad "Eco(logical) Strategy" that was first developed in 2006, and has most recently implemented a new Environmental Management System (designed to align ISO14001 standards) that includes 35 employee representatives who receive training and are responsible for the implementation and oversight
  • has a unique "environmental category" as part of its flexible health and wellness spending account that lets employees apply their flex-dollars to environmental purchases for day-to-day activities, from transit passes to solar panels to high efficiency appliances for the home
  • has extensive in-house recycling programs in place for batteries, printer cartridges, office paper, light bulbs, phone books, wire and cabling -- and in communities across the province, the company sponsors local recycling projects for a variety of household items, including paint, batteries, and old telephone directories
  • has operated the unique "Phones for a Fresh Start" program since 2009, ensuring that customers have a place to recycle their wireless hand held devices -- an important initiative noting that virtually every part of a phone can be re-used and recycled -- and any proceeds are donated to the Provincial Association of Transition Houses and Services of Saskatchewan
  • established a "Greenhouse Gas Management" plan back in 2007, which has reduction targets for the use of electricity, natural gas and fuel consumption -- departments and individual employees are tasked with helping the company reduce and maintain consumption levels to a baseline 2011 year
  • established an Energy Performance Committee that consists of senior personnel from corporate, human resources and information technology areas who are tasked with looking for opportunities for energy savings and reductions
  • the company donates usable computer equipment to the "Computers for Schools" initiative, which provides thousands of refurbished computers every year to schools and non-profit organizations across the province
  • as part of a fundraising initiative, the company donates office furniture to the the in-house SaskTel Pioneers volunteer organization for refurbishment and sale to outside organizations -- the initiative diverted over 72,000kg of unnecessary waste from the landfill last year alone

 Background Information

Major Canadian hiring locations: Regina SK, Saskatoon SK, Moose Jaw SK, Swift Current SK, Yorkton SK, Weyburn SK, Estevan SK, Prince Albert SK, North Battleford SK.

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©2013 Mediacorp Canada Inc. All rights reserved. Used by Eluta with permission. For comments or questions on this employer review, please contact Mediacorp's editorial team.



   

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