Chosen as one of Canada's Greenest Employers for 2012:
By Richard Yerema and Julien Gagnier, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors
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Apr 19, 2012)
Some of the reasons why Symcor Inc. was selected as one of Canada's Greenest Employers (2012):
supports an employee-led "Environmental Committee" that consists of employees from across the company who oversee the company's strategic and environmental initiatives -- and recently established "Green Action Teams", which are sub-committees dedicated to specific environmental initiatives
the committee hosts a number of educational (and fun) events every year, including participation in the World Wildlife Fund's annual Sweater Day to promote turning down the thermostat (with prizes for the best sweater) and an annual "Eco-Fair" during Earth Week, which has included presentations from the Nature Conservancy of Canada, Bullfrog Power and Mississauga Transit, as well as interactive games and eco-friendly prizes for best green suggestions (past prizes include bicycles, ecologically friendly cleaning kits, and gift cards to a local nursery)
is encouraging employees to carpool by providing reserved parking spaces for those who carpool as well as creating an intranet portal to assist employees in finding a carpool group that fits
has partnered with the Toronto Zoo and the "Acres for the Atmosphere" initiative -- the company sponsored the event and employees (and family and friends) volunteered to plant 700 trees and over 300 shrubs with the goal of reforesting the area as a response to global warming
the company has recently conducted energy audits at its major locations to evaluate energy use and efficiency -- the Mississauga printing operations are powered through Bullfrog Power's renewable energy investment program
in 2009, the printer's paper procurement practices became certified by three prominent certification standards, including the Forest Stewarship Council (FSC), the Sustainable Forestry Initiatives (SFI), and the PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification) initiatives
as part of its day-to-day operations, the company supports many in-house environmental initiatives, including aggressive recycling (reduced the size and number of waste bins in favour of larger recycling bins), a battery recycling program, a hazardous waste collection initiative (to promote Earth Day), toner recovery and toner bottle recycling, motion sensitive lighting along with a program to encourage employees to turn off their lights when leaving, and motion sensitive water-saving faucets
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