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GREEN YOUR BOTTOM-LINE
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Eco-Efficiency Program - get a free walk-through assessment of your facility to identify energy, water and waste cost savings.
Sustainable Energy Plan Program - develop an energy plan for your company that will help identify and reduce operating costs, while setting you on the path to increased productivity and environmental responsibility.
Green Purchasing Alliance - reduce the cost of your energy retrofit by 5% to 45% by purchasing your building envelope technologies through the Clinton Climate Initiative's Purchasing Alliance.
Green Parking Lot Program - reduce irrigation costs, while greening your parking lot with this Partners in Project Green program that provides financial assistance in the (re)design of your facility's parking and landscaped areas.
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White roof helps Polaris Realty go LEED-EB
A roof that needs replacing can be seen as an unwanted expense or as an opportunity to improve a building’s efficiency and durability.
When Polaris Realty realized its building at 2700 Matheson Blvd. East in Mississauga needed some rehab—including a new roof—the company decided to go for Leadership in Energy Efficiency and Design (LEED) certification for existing buildings. Administered by the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) the LEED rating system is an effective way to guarantee that a project meets green building standards.
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New ground transportation programs studied for Pearson Eco-Business Zone
The term transportation demand management (TDM) may not sound exciting, but its benefits definitely are. Partners in Project Green has recently partnered with Metrolinx, the Region of Peel, City of Toronto, City of Mississauga, City of Brampton and UrbanTrans Consultants to study how TDM can be used to reduce congestion, parking demand and energy consumption in the Pearson Eco-Business Zone.
TDM uses incentives, disincentives, and education to affect how, when and if individuals travel. Its strategies have been used for decades to successfully shift personal travel decisions and more recently to facilitate the more efficient movement of freight and reduce associated shipping costs.
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Reduce your costs with a sustainable energy plan
Join Partners in Project Green and 360 Energy for a one-day Sustainable Energy Planning Workshop (SEP) and learn how to manage and reduce your energy costs by developing a sustainable energy plan for your organization.
Funded in partnership with Enbridge Gas, the Sustainable Energy Plan Program will help set your company on the road to reduced costs, increased productivity and an enhanced environmental reputation.
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Planes, trains, hybrid automobiles keep UPS trucking toward efficiency
In its 2008 corporate sustainability report, UPS sets a hard target for emissions reductions in what it says is the world's ninth-largest airline, and lays out how a steady focus on efficiency is trimming the company's footprint.
UPS's air operations, UPS Airlines, consists of 262 jets and flies more than 1800 flights a day. As a result, the air division of the company is responsible for 53 percent of UPS's overall greenhouse gas emissions.
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WWF-Canada and the OPA launch Living Planet @ Work
WWF-Canada and the Ontario Power Authority are preparing to launch Living @ Work, an initiative that aims to support businesses in building their internal sustainability capabilities by motivating, educating, and engaging employees on critical and meaningful energy conservation issues.
The project grew out of the need to address recent findings, such as: simple behavior change within the office sector can generate real energy and cost savings; peer-to-peer engagement, guided by leadership and support at all levels of the organization, holds significant potential to enable a behavior shift towards a culture of conservation within the workplace; and, individuals place a low priority on electricity conservation due to lack of awareness and motivation, perceived absence of a collective commitment to conserve, and skepticism that the actions of a single individual have an impact.
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Coca-Cola's emissions reductions, recycling goals
Coca-Cola Enterprises, the bottling, marketing and distribution arm of the beverage giant, released its latest sustainability report, including setting a series of goals for its corporate responsibility and sustainability efforts, called "Commitment 2020."
The company, which employs about 72,000 people in its service area of North America and Western Europe, said it plans to cut its overall carbon footprint by 15 percent before 2020, compared to its 2007 baseline.
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