Mountain Equipment Co-op Takes Home Gold 3
Mountain Equipment Co-op is known for its commitment to sustainability, but its new Burlington, Ontario store sets the bar high for retail store energy-efficiency. For a company that diverts 92% of its waste generated at its stores and offices by recycling, composting and donating, it’s difficult to raise the bar even higher. But MEC – ...
Google’s Commitment to Sustainability 1
Photo “The Googleplex” courtesy of jpstanley on Flickr What do the David Suzuki Foundation and Google Inc. have in common? Not much at first glance, but when you look beyond the surface you’ll see many similarities. Since 1990, the David Suzuki Foundation has been using “science and education to promote solutions that conserve nature and ...
Sustainability and Loblaw’s Keiser Soze 1
Sustainitiatives is a section on The Urban Country where we highlight companies or individuals who are taking initiatives to help reduce our harm on the environment. Corporate Environmental Sustainability is something we hear a lot about recently; however it’s not something we should take at face value. Many companies are more pre-occupied with “greenwashing” or ...