INDUSTRY NEWS: Canada's Greenest Employers for 2010 Announced

This year's list of Canada's Greenest Employers has been announced by the editors of the Canada's Top 100 Employers project, and includes companies like Loblaw Companies Limited, RIM and MEC.

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Canada's Greenest Employers for 2010 Announced

TORONTO, April 22 /CNW/ - This year's list of Canada's Greenest Employers was announced this morning by the editors of the Canada's Top 100 Employers project. Fifty organizations across Canada were recognized on this year's list.

"We've seen a significant increase in the number of organizations that are incorporating environmental values into their culture," says Richard Yerema, Managing Editor at Mediacorp Canada Inc. "These organizations recognize the importance of environmental values to their employees and customers - their initiatives read like a catalogue of best-practices."

Now in its third year, the Canada's Greenest Employers competition grew out of two remarkable speeches given by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Al Gore at the annual conference on the Canada's Top 100 Employers project in 2006 and 2007. "The competition is unique in that our editorial team takes the time to write out detailed Reasons for Selection, explaining why every winner was chosen," says Tony Meehan, Publisher of the Canada's Top 100 Employers project. "This provides transparency in the selection process and inspires other employers to emulate their best-practices, raising the bar for everyone."

This year's list includes some of Canada's best-known employers, plus more than a few less-familiar organizations with remarkable environmental initiatives that the editorial team wanted to recognize. The resulting list offers readers hundreds of great ideas that the winning employers have successfully put in place. A full list of their projects and the editors' detailed Reasons for Selection can be viewed at: http://www.CanadasTop100.com/environmental


The 2010 winners are (in alphabetical order):




Abbotsford Community Services
Aeroplan LP
ARAMARK Canada Ltd.
Bayer Inc.
BC Public Service
Bell Aliant Regional Communications
British Columbia Institute of Technology
Busby Perkins+Will Architect Co.
Certified General Accountants Association of Canada
Christie Digital Systems Canada, Inc.
Compass Group Canada
Davis + Henderson LP
Enbridge Inc.
Enermodal Engineering Ltd.
Enmax Corporation
Fairmont Hotels & Resorts
Georgian College
Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Co.
Home Depot Canada, The
IKEA Canada Limited Partnership
KPMG LLP
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Loblaw Companies Limited
LoyaltyOne, Inc.
McGill University Health Centre
Mountain Equipment Co-op
New Flyer Industries Canada ULC
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
Ontario Public Service
Patient News Publishing Inc.
Rescan Environmental Services Ltd.
Research In Motion Limited
Royal Bank of Canada
Sapient Canada, Inc.
SAS Institute Canada, Inc.
SaskTel
Stantec
State Farm Insurance
Steam Whistle Brewing
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
TD Bank Financial Group
Toronto Hydro Corporation
Toronto, City of
University of Alberta
University of Victoria
Vancity Group
Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre
Veridian Corporation
Whistler Blackcomb
Whistler, Resort Municipality of

SOURCE: CNW Newswire Press Release