Category: Green Business
Take Part: Toronto Sustainability Speaker Series (TSSS)
Check out the Toronto Sustainability Speaker Series (TSSS) – a live and online community that promotes dialogue and problem solving among sustainability thought leaders. Already in it’s 5th year, the TSSS was launched in 2008 to “dispel the myth that sustainability is a cost to business” and to share the experiences of companies that have found economic [...]
Walmart tackles supplier packaging reduction
I have a love hate relationship with Walmart. They really do have some fantastic deals but I know that their business practices can be somewhat shady at times. Like every other corporation they are trying to make their mark in the environmental world. Trying to show that they care and that their practices are not [...]
Green Living launches the Toronto GREEN LIVING GUIDE
The Green Living Guide is Toronto’s passport to the best green businesses and services TORONTO, ON, September 8, 2009 — Green Living, Canada’s leading voice in sustainable living, is publishing Toronto’s first annual Green Living Guide. It’s the most comprehensive directory of places to shop, eat and live green, with 375+ listings, all selected and [...]
Dying to go green? Canada's first certified "Green" funeral home can help
BURLINGTON, Ontario–July 28, 2009–Smith’s Funeral Homes is the first Canadian funeral business to be certified by the Green Burial Council (GBC). GBC is an independent, non-profit and now international organization that works to ensure funeral and cemetery practices are eco-friendly and meaningful. “Running an ecologically responsible business is important to us,” said Don Smith, Owner, [...]
Oakville Place introduces diners to earth friendly Food Court experience
OAKVILLE ON – There is a new eco-friendly initiative at Oakville Place shopping centre that enhances the experience of eating in a Food Court and helps the environment. Beginning this month, customers now have the option to select their own restaurant quality plate and have their meal served without generating the waste from a disposable [...]
Vaughan Mills Announces Bullfrog Power for Earth Hour
Vaughan, ON, March 16, 2009 – Vaughan Mills shopping centre and Bullfrog Power, a leading Canadian provider of 100 per cent green electricity, today announced Bullfrog Power for Earth Hour, a joint initiative to encourage city-wide support for Earth Hour 2009. Vaughan Mills has pledged to turn off lighting* for Earth Hour (Saturday, March 28, [...]
Take Burlington Mall’s ‘ecoHero Pledge’ to light up your ‘eco power’ and generate change
Burlington ON – Earth friendly living can begin with turning off the power for an hour on March 28 at 8:30 pm to participate in 60 Earth Hour. A longer lasting and more substantial impact on the environment emerges through the ‘eco power’ exercised by each individual who pledges to change ‘one simple thing’ on [...]
Vaughan Mills Leaps into Partnership with Bullfrog Power
Shopping centre chooses green electricity Vaughan, ON, January 22, 2009 – Today, Bullfrog Power and Vaughan Mills announced a partnership to provide Vaughan Mills with 100 per cent green and carbon-free electricity. The shopping centre’s green power purchase is equivalent to 50 per cent of the usage of its common areas. To provide the green [...]
Environmental groups join to endorse 'green' actions for big economic benefits
Press release from Environmental Defence: Toronto – Thousands of jobs and millions of dollars in investments could be leveraged by taking action on a suite of environmental initiatives, say 24 of Ontario’s leading environmental organizations. Whether it is unlocking the province’s tremendous green power potential, safeguarding some of the planet’s largest fresh water supplies or [...]
Toronto's Film Industry Goes Green – Green Screen Toronto Website Launch and Anniversary
Green Screen Toronto is celebrating the launch of its new logo and website www.greenscreentoronto.com at its first year anniversary on July 24th. Created to identify and implement environmentally sustainable standards in all areas of Toronto film production, Green Screen is a partnership of industry organizations, studios, unions, and government bodies. Established by Planet in Focus, [...]
