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 Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc. / TMMC was selected as one of Canada's Greenest Employers (2013):
- has partnered with pioneering electric car maker, California-based Tesla Motors, to assemble the electric model of Toyota's RAV4 SUV at the company's Woodstock assembly plant for sale in Calfornia
- employees have established a unique charity garden (called the "Giving Garden") on the grounds that is tended to by volunteers -- the garden offers organic fruits and vegetables that are harvested and donated to a local women and children's centre -- employees also gain some valuable gardening experience and knowledge that can be applied to their home gardens
- representative employees from across the company form a team of "Environmental Specialists" who meet regularly to discuss ways to reduce energy, water, waste and emissions and coordinate the company's overall Energy Management Organization
- as part of its environmental policy, employees are encouraged to provide feedback and share their environmental suggestions through the company's unique "Kaizen Circles" -- with implemented suggestions earning employees "eco-points" that ultimately translate into financial bonuses and donations to the Toyota Nature Centre at the Shades Mills Conservation Area
- employees (and their families) started an onsite tree-planing nursery at the Cambridge facility in 2009 -- hundreds of trees have already been planted at the Woodstock site (with some sent home with participating children) and last year over 50 volunteers planted over 300 trees and shrubs at the Cambridge location, including sugar maples, white pines, white oaks and hackberry trees
- the company supports Earth Month every year that includes a variety of environmental awareness activities, from support of Earth Hour to environmental trivia questions (with prizes ranging from touch light dimmers to tomato planters to preferred parking spots) and children's activities for employees to take home
- the company set a goal back in 2004 of sending zero waste to the landfill -- impressively, the company has consistently met this goal through extensive recycling, reusing, reducing and composting programs, with 96 percent of all waste recycled today
- the company also supports its suppliers in their efforts to audit their own facilities and help to find ways to reduce energy consumed -- the company helped one supplier find over $87,000 in energy savings
- operates under a unique corporate environmental policy (called ECO PAK) that promotes environmental awareness, ensures compliance with all local, provincial and federal regulations, sets objectives and targets, and regularly assesses ongoing efforts
Background Information
Major Canadian hiring locations: Cambridge ON, Woodstock ON, Toronto ON.
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