Chosen as one of Canada's Greenest Employers for 2011:
By Kristina Leung and Richard Yerema, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editor
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Apr 20, 2011)
Some of the reasons why Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc. was selected as one of Canada's Greenest Employers (2011):
the company and its employees are strong supporters of Earth Day every year, which is actually defined as a month long event that includes a variety of environmental awareness activities, from support of Earth Hour to environmental trivia questions 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% of all waste recycled today
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
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 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 and more recently followed-up with a similar project at its Woodstock site -- planting over 460 trees as well as sending home one white spruce sapling for participating children to plant at home
employees have established a unique charity garden on the grounds that is tended to by volunteers -- the garden offers organic fruits and vegetables that are havested 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
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