Energy Efficiency

Effective strategies for cutting energy consumption, costs and greenhouse gas emissions include improvements to production processes, retrofitting lighting and HVAC systems as well as energy management and conservation strategies.

Partners in Project Green's Eco-Efficiency and 360 Sustainable Energy Plan programs provide energy assessment, training, and planning support to execute a customized energy management plan. Lange Transportation eliminated its natural gas bill ($60,000 a year) and halved electricity costs by retrofitting its facility with geo-thermal heating and cooling, energy efficient lighting and solar tube technology.

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Green Energy

Renewable energy from solar, wind, bio-mass and geo-exchange, reduce air-pollution and cut net greenhouse gas emissions related to energy from fossil fuels. They also insulate against fluctuations in fuel prices. New subsidy programs, lower costs, and lower utility bills make implementing green energy solutions a realistic option.

Loyalty One's Mississauga Customer Care Centre is currently being retrofitted with one of Canada's largest building-mounted solar panel arrays – featuring over 600 panels that will generate more than 100 kilowatts of clean electricity per year.

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Green Building

High performance green buildings integrate a wide range of progressive design, construction, operation and maintenance practices that result in work spaces that minimize environmental impacts while providing occupants with superior comfort, health and safety.

Orlando's new warehouse at 125 Edgeware Rd. includes a number of green features including SolarWall panels, a cool roof, and heat recovery units. In addition to targeting LEED certification, the building is expected to cost 48% less to operate on an annual basis.

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Green Procurement

Partners in Project Green can help you integrate environmental considerations into your purchasing decisions by educating partners on sustainable supply chain, packaging, and transportation issues, and leveraging green purchasing blocks that make green options more affordable.

The Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) is working with the Pearson Eco-Business Zone to accelerate the adoption of energy efficient products through a Purchasing Alliance that negotiates cost reductions in energy saving technologies.

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By-Product Synergies and Waste Exchanges

Companies can find secondary uses for production by-products through waste exchange networks that transform traditional forms of waste into new revenue streams.

The Region of Peel's waste-to-energy facility in Brampton utilizes solid waste to produce electricity from steam turbines. Waste steam is sent down Bramalea Road to Norampac in Mississauga, and is used for processing recycled boxboard and cardboard.

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Low Impact Site Development

Development approaches that better integrate sites with the natural environment, such as landscaping to include green features like permeable pavement or bio-retention swales, allow you to better manage stormwater run-off, reduce irrigation costs, and create vibrant wildlife habitats.

With the support of the Green Parking Lot Program and the University of Toronto, Pratt and Whitney, Canada is re-designing parking areas to incorporate green elements that reduce costs, enhance safety and improve local water quality.

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Water

Municipally treated water requires a tremendous amount of energy and resources to maintain. Shrink your water footprint by investing in water efficient fixtures, waste-water recycling, or rainwater harvesting for non-potable uses such as toilets or landscape irrigation.

Coca-Cola Bottling improved its water use ratio in Canada by more than 20% from 2005, and are actively developing water conservation targets for all their Canadian manufacturing facilities. In 2007, Coca-Cola partnered with World Wildlife Fund to preserve and protect vital watersheds around the world.

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Waste

Reducing waste is one of the fastest ways to improve your environmental performance. It can also pay for itself through reductions in haulage and handling costs, reduced material input requirements, and higher production yields.

Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) and U-Pak have worked closely to fine-tune WEG's recycling efforts and explore new ways to increase diversion rates. An estimated 1,200 tonnes per year of material is being diverted from WEG facilities to recycling, with diversion rates exceeding 90% in 2008.

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Transportation

Fleet management practices such as speed governing, aerodynamic truck features, and auxiliary power units to reduce idling can save fuel and improve operator and public safety. Partners in Project Green is working with Smart Commute® to help local employers and commuters explore alternative commuter choices.

Canadian Tire is improving transportation energy conservation and efficiency through fleet upgrades, advanced route optimization software and improved supplier collaboration. Smart Commute® programs available through Partners in Project Green include carpooling and shuttles, on-line ride-matching, site assessments and surveys, and Emergency Ride programs.

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Community Engagement

Community greening activities, business-to-business networking receptions and facility tours are key to fostering business-to-business relationships and best practice sharing, as well as bringing awareness of sustainability leadership.

Partners in Project Green hosts an annual Pearson Eco-Business Zone Sustainability Tour, which allows local business leaders to see firsthand the green initiatives of their neighbours. Tour stops have included Woodbine Entertainment, Lange Transportation, GTAA, Bayer Inc. and Molson.

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Employee Engagement Activities

Partners in Project Green offers a variety of ways to engage employees in community environmental projects and sustainability education. Staff engagement around the environment is a great opportunity for corporate team building, leadership development, and capacity building.

Partners in Project Green's Employment Land Planting Program offers corporate groups the opportunity to plant trees, shrubs and wildflowers on either public spaces within the Pearson Eco-Business Zone, or on suitable sites at individual facilities.

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Climate Change Mitigation

Combating climate change and preparing for policy shifts such as carbon taxation is demanding new capacities in such areas as carbon auditing, management and trading. Partners in Project Green can assist you in adapting to this market shift by creating an effective greenhouse gas reduction strategy.

Oxford Properties calculates its GHG Inventory in accordance with the ISO 14064 standard and GHG Protocol, and has also set a corporate greenhouse reduction target of 20% from 2005 by 2012.

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Corporate Governance

To position your organization for long-term success and to satisfy increasingly stringent stakeholder demands for disclosure, ensure governance policies effectively align your processes, measurements and people around corporate sustainability and strategic objectives.

Unilever, embraces sustainability stakeholder engagement through participation in global initiatives like the Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change, CEO Water Mandate, and the Sustainable Packaging Coalition, and reports its sustainability measures relating to people, the environment, nutrition, and economic development setting targets across seven key environmental impact areas.

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