Posts tagged: Living Planet @ Work

In the market for change: What does it mean to be a Climate Saver?

It sounds like either a special light bulb or a super hero…

March 23, 2012
Posted by Steph Morgan

100% Renewable Energy by 2050: The steps we need to take

100% renewable energy is achievable by 2050. Let’s start by making every day National Sweater Day.

January 24, 2012
Posted by Katie Edmonds

New Year’s resolutions – Be an agent of change

Sarah Bertollo, employee engagement specialist with WWF-Canada, talks about how Living Planet @ Work can help green your organization.

January 09, 2012
Posted by Guest Blogger

I love my “cliché” job, do you?

My professional life began in healthcare and a few years in, I returned to school to round out my psychology and biology background with a business degree, after which I joined WWF-Canada’s Strategic Partnerships team.

December 02, 2011
Posted by Adrienne Lo

Sustainability at work

As I surveyed the crowd of award winners and attendees at the recent Green Living inaugural Excellence in Corporate Responsibility Awards, it struck me that this was a well-known group of companies (HP among them).

November 08, 2011
Posted by Guest Blogger

Living Planet @ Work – sign up and spread the word

I’ve been talking to my co-workers, friends, and basically anyone who will listen about the Living Planet @ Work program for months now, and now it’s finally here!

October 25, 2011
Posted by Guest Blogger

Toronto Sustainability Speaker Series: Loblaws, WWF and Janes Family Foods

Join us on November 1 to learn about how businesses are working with key stakeholders to catalyze change.

October 19, 2011
Posted by Monica Da Ponte

WWF’s Living Planet @Work and OPA’s greener footprint

Installing energy-efficient lighting, reducing printing and recycling organic waste are just a few of the ways the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) is reducing its environmental footprint as part of the World Wildlife Fund-Canada’s Living Planet @Work pilot program. Since we signed on to the program in mid-2010, we’ve achieved a number of successes and are now working toward even more.

September 07, 2011
Posted by Guest Blogger

Research In Motion: Building Panda awareness @ Work

Using 328 cans of tomato and pizza sauce is a strange way to build awareness for the Panda… but it worked!

July 19, 2011
Posted by Guest Blogger

RSA running for the environment on the Toronto Island

On June 10, we set sail across Lake Ontario with the Panda to join the RSA staff and their families for their annual 5 km run (walk, skip or stroll) on Ward’s Island. By engaging their employees in a fun filled day of music, food and outdoor fun RSA proves that they are a company that thinks beyond their office walls.

June 22, 2011
Posted by Megan McGillicuddy

Greening government

More and more, organizations are starting to take a leadership role when it comes to sustainability in the workplace.

May 26, 2011
Posted by Monica Da Ponte

Embedding sustainability into cultural DNA in the workplace

It’s a challenge to drive change, especially in the workplace, where everything is governed by structures and processes that may have been in place since long before you and your colleagues arrived on the job. Fortunately, there’s some exciting research being done into this very challenge, and some companies that are working to tackle it in practice.

April 26, 2011
Posted by Adrienne Lo

Hydro One launches new green team

Caring about the environment isn’t a new thing for Hydro One. In fact, since 2008 Hydro One’s corporate Greener Choices team has been leading sustainability initiatives with members representing every line of business. They’ve achieved strong successes with measurable conservation results at the corporate level and are committed to doing even more.

April 11, 2011
Posted by Adrienne Lo

Accenture goes beyond the hour

For me, Earth Hour is spiritual: one hour that unites the world in reflection and provides us with an opportunity to remember that the earth would survive quite nicely without us but that we couldn’t survive, not even for an hour, without it

March 28, 2011
Posted by Guest Blogger

Celebrating company champions: OLG’s Sam Fera bets on green

In this installment of our regular series on people who are leading sustainability efforts within their organizations, Sam Fera, Senior Manager for Strategic Procurement at the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG), speaks in his own words about the work he does.

February 22, 2011
Posted by Adrienne Lo
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