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 TD Bank Financial Group was selected as one of Canada's Greenest Employers (2009):
funds a variety of local community initiatives through its longstanding "TD Friends of the Environment Foundation", which has provided over $45 million to thousands of environmental projects across Canada since 1990
one of the first major financial institutions to set the ambitious goal of achieving carbon neutral status by the year 2010
maintains employee-led "Green Teams" and individual "Green Ambassadors" who manage corporate initiatives as well as design and implement tailored programs across the country
has implemented a number of initiatives, including paperless record keeping, recycling and reduced paper usage, and new environmentally-focused procurement strategies
has set new Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards for new construction (as well as reduced energy use strategies for existing buildings) as well as matching wind power investments through "Bullfrog Power" to offset the annual energy consumption (6,432 megawatt hours) of its ATM network
recently introduced a number of unique earth-friendly financial products, including an environmentally-focused investment fund, reduced rates for mortgages and lines of credit for qualified energy efficient homes and equipment and even discounted auto insurance rates for hybrid vehicles
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