Ontario's Environmental Leaders
Current Leaders
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Steelcase is a leading designer and manufacturer of products used to create high-performance work environments. Some of its environmental commitments include reusing water in its part-washing process to reduce water consumption and minimizing supplier packaging through extensive use of returnable containers. It also has an extensive cut-to-size program to minimize process wastes. |
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The Niagara Plant Group operates hydroelectric generating stations on the Niagara River and at DeCew Falls in St. Catharines. These stations have a total capacity of 2,338 MW and a full-time staff complement of 231 people. They have committed to nine innovative pollution reduction initiatives to reduce their environmental footprint and go beyond-compliance over the next five years. |
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Fielding Chemical Technologies is a leader in the field of sustainable chemical manufacturing. Through a comprehensive waste management system, Fielding has helped hundreds of companies in the automotive, chemical and pharmaceutical sectors save money and honour their commitments to environmental stewardship. |
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As Toronto’s largest entertainment venue, Exhibition Place is promoting sustainable development and environmental initiatives to 5.2 million visitors a year. It has received a number of environmental awards. Projects include the construction of the first urban wind turbine in Canada, LED streetlights and a plan to achieve energy self-sufficiency and 80 per cent waste diversion by 2010. |
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Nalco is a water treatment and process improvement company delivering significant environmental, social and economic performance benefits to its customers. These include a 30 per cent reduction in hazardous waste generation and the total elimination of alkyl phenol discharges to water. |
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At General Motors Canada, improved global environmental quality is a priority that everyone at the company shares. All Ontario manufacturing facilities have achieved ISO14001 certification and voluntarily reduced Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) emissions by 50 per cent per vehicle in its car assembly plant as a result of a $600 million state-of-the-art new paint shop investment. |
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Teknion is a manufacturer and marketer of mid- to high-end office systems and furniture products. For 2009, Teknion set targets for electricity reduction of 10 per cent, particulate reduction of 50 per cent, increased waste diversion of 20 per cent and a 10 per cent reduction in pollutants resulting from reduced natural gas consumption. |
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Cargill is a food processor and manufacturer with facilities world-wide. Every year, the company refines operations to help reduce its overall environmental footprint. At its Guelph, Ontario facility, they have reduced the consumption of natural gas by 20 per cent, while in Brazil they purify wastewater to such a high quality it is fit to drink. |
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Trillium Health Centre is a two-site health facility serving over one million residents in the Greater Toronto Area. It has redefined the boundaries of community health care delivery by making great strides in solid waste reduction, hazardous substance management, biomedical waste management, emissions reduction, energy conservation and water quality management. It committed to reduce mercury usage by 98 per cent and to divert waste by an additional 30 per cent. |
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The first chemical company to join Ontario’s Environmental Leaders Program, Rohn and Haas works on developing safer technology for chemical manufacture, removing waste streams from the production process and minimizing or eliminating the use of hazardous materials. This includes an agreement to target a 50 per cent reduction of 2-Ethylhexanol emissions, compared to a 2003 baseline. |
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