The Role of An Enterprise Wide Commitment to “Green” in Becoming a Top Employer
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The Beginning…
• Sustainability began as a grassroots movement in 2006 with our volunteer group LEAF
• It started out as water cooler conversations, sharing environmental petpeeves
• The group pushed to get rid of styrofoam cups in the office and held lunch and learns to raise environmental awareness
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Building into the Core Business
• LEAF’s environmental initiatives caught the eye of our CEO
• In 2009 sustainability was built into the business strategy
• Four priority areas:
1. Reduce our Harmful Impact
2. Adopt Environmentally Sanctioned
Facilities
3. Enable our Associates to Lead
Sustainable Lives
4. Adopt a Leadership Role in Community and Industry
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Sustainable Fleet
• Fleet of two SMART cars at our Toronto head office for business use
• Allows associates to take public transit to work and still be able to get to offsite meetings when needed
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Discounted Transit Pass and Scooters
• Discounted monthly TTC passes
• Discounted scooters from the AIR MILES Reward catalogue
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Videoconferencing
• Videoconferencing units are setup at our
Toronto, Mississauga, Calgary and
Montreal offices
• Reduces travel between offices
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Sustainable Facilities
• Two of our offices are built to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
(LEED) standards
• Mississauga Call Center
LEED Gold interior
Features an 800 solar panel array on the roof and carport
Generates 165 Kilowatts of power
• Calgary Office
LEED Gold
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Mississauga Call Center
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800 Solar Panels
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Interior Office
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Solar Inverter Wall
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Calgary Office
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Communication Tools
• On AIR Blog
• Internal Sustainability Newsletter
‘Sustainability Matters’
• Internal Employee Newsletter
‘Happenings’
Has a Sustainability updates section and a ‘Green Tip’ of the week
• Employee lunch and learns
• Annual Environmental Fair
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Coffee
122,400 cups of coffee were served in our cafeteria in 2009
By using reusable mugs, we saved the amount of paper equivalent to 20 trees!
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AIR MILES My Planet
• Launched in April, 2009
• 70% of Canadian households participate in the AMRP
• Aims to promote sustainable purchasing decisions
• You can Earn, Burn and Learn
• 100+ green rewards to redeem for
• Partnered with TerraChoice to determine what products qualified for the program
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Sustainability Priorities for 2010
1
2
Reduce Our
Harmful Impact
Adopt Environmentally
Sanctioned Facilities
3
4
Enable Our Associates to Lead Sustainable Lives
Adopt a Leadership
Role In Community
& Industry
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Public Accountability Report
• First Public Accountability report to be released in 2010
• Focuses on community, environment and culture
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WWF-Canada Living Planet @ Work
• Partnered with WWF-Canada to participate in their LP@W program
• 16 month program
• Helps engage associates in energy conservation in the workplace
• Educates associates on conservation issues and helps them reduce their energy consumption
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AIR MILES for Social Change
• Partners with government agencies, energy utilities, transit service providers, and non-governmental organizations
• Creates incentives for
Energy Conservation
Public Transit
Waste Reduction
• Energy conservation program with the
OPA launched April, 2010, it engages
Ontarians to reduce their energy consumption
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Employee Engagement
• 85% of our associates would recommend LoyaltyOne as one of the best places to work
“I’m proud to be a part of a company that puts the planet and the community into the business mix”
“When I have someone on the phone who says
‘You guys at Air Miles are great’ – at that time, I can’t be prouder”
“Great people, great clients to work with and the best team ever”
“A challenging, rewarding and fun place to work”
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