WWF’s Living Planet @ Work Award Highlights Employee Champions

TORONTO – WWF congratulates the winners of the second annual Living Planet @ Work Awards. The awards recognize leading individuals and companies in WWF’s Living Planet @ Work program, championed by HP, helping address conservation challenges by engaging employees in a range of businesses.

WWF’s Living Planet @ Work 2013 award winners:

Champions of the Year
Jeannie White, Symcor
White has been an engaged green champion in the work place since 2011. She helped to spearhead an annual Eco Fair and WWF campaigns including National Sweater day and Earth Hour, educating employees about energy conservation.

Alan Forbes, Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, Casino Thunder Bay
Forbes helped to develop a comprehensive waste and recycling process of OLG’s Casino Thunder Bay site, which includes the establishment of an annual internal waste audit.

Green Team of the Year
Greening Government Implementation Team, Alberta Infrastructure
The team has led organizational support for multiple WWF campaigns and established a Green rewards and recognition program encouraging staff to acknowledge fellow Infrastructure staff for their green behaviors or contributions to ‘Greening Government’ initiatives.

Workplace of the Year
The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise
The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise has been active in all three pillars of the Living Planet @ Work pledge: footprint reduction, participation in WWF campaigns and fundraising.

Fundraiser of the Year
Sears Canada
Sears Canada has raised over $23,000 for WWF’s conservation work in the last year, through the annual Canada Life CN Tower Climb and other charitable giving initiatives.

Winner of HP’s 2013 Change the Equation Sustainability Reporting Contest
Ontario Power Authority
The Ontario Power Authority submitted the winning sustainability report in this year’s HP Change the Equation contest. The report covers the OPA’s efforts to reduce waste, paper use and electricity consumption as well as actions to procure more environmentally responsible office supplies and increase employee engagement.

Quotes
“There are currently over 650 individuals who participate in our Living Planet @ Work program, championing action in Canadian and international companies. Over $110,000 has been raised for WWF’s conservation work. It is incredible to see the passion these workplace champions bring to sustainability and mobilizing their colleagues and executives. All of this goes to support the work that we do here at WWF and helps us make a bigger impact and achieve lasting change.”
– David Miller, President and CEO, WWF-Canada

“HP is thrilled to see so many Champions and companies celebrated today. This is testament to the work that WWF and HP have completed over the last three years to drive comprehensive programs and support for businesses that step up to green their bottom lines and their engagement activities. The WWF Living Planet @ Work program, championed by HP, is a true partnership delivering value to Canadian businesses from coast to coast.”
– Lloyd Bryant, Vice President & General Manager, PPS, and Managing Director, HP Canada

“Fairmont Hotels & Resorts is pleased to be a partner with World Wildlife Fund (WWF),” said Sarah Dayboll, Director, Environmental Affairs, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts. “We continue to support a number of key programs and initiatives that inherently lend strength to our Sustainability Partnership Program. We are committed to improving the destinations in which we operate and our employees value the support and engagement they receive from WWF internationally. The award received by The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise under WWF- Canada’s Living Planet @ Work is a positive example of our partnership and how we leverage resources to affect positive change.”
– Sarah Dayboll, Manager, Environmental Affairs, Fairmont Raffles Hotels International

About Living Planet @ Work
With Living Planet @ Work, WWF is harnessing the collective power of individuals in the workplace to tackle the greatest conservation challenges of our generation. atwork.wwf.ca

About WWF
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