Background
Officially launched in 2007, the Canada's Most Earth-Friendly Employers competition is organized by the editors of Canada's Top 100 Employers. This special designation recognizes the employers that lead the nation in creating a culture of environmental awareness in their organizations. These employers have developed exceptional earth-friendly initiatives -- and are attracting people to their organizations because of their environmental leadership. This award grew out of two remarkable speeches given by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Former US Vice-President Al Gore at the annual conference on the Canada's Top 100 Employers project in 2006 and 2007.

Selection Process
Each employer is evaluated by the editors of Canada's Top 100 Employers in terms of: (1) the unique environmental initiatives and programs they have developed; (2) the extent to which they have been successful in reducing the organization's own environmental footprint; (3) the degree to which their employees are involved in these programs and whether they contribute any unique skills; and (4) the extent to which these initiatives have become linked to the employer's public identity and whether they attract new people to the organization.

Eligibility Requirements
Any employer operating in Canada may apply for this competition. Employers of any size may apply, whether private or public sector.

2008 Competition
The winners of this competition will be announced by Mediacorp editors on Earth Day, April 22, 2008. Read the official press release announcing this year's winners.

How to Apply
Employers apply for this competition through the Canada's Top 100 Employers application process. Employers complete a single application package for both competitions. Request an application.

Further Information
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2008 Winners:

(in alphabetical order)

EPCOR Utilities Inc. (Edmonton AB): For providing excellent career opportunities to people who are interested in working on environmentally responsible energy projects, such as the company's new methane and wind-power generation facilities.

Fairmont Hotels & Resorts (Toronto ON): For leadership in developing the "Green Partnership Guide", now used throughout the industry to introduce hospitality employees to environmental stewardship.

Golder Associates Ltd. (Burnaby BC): For excellence in training employees for its environmental consulting engineering practice -- the firm sets aside 1% of its net revenues for a fund that employees can use to pay for courses and degree programs at outside educational institutions.

HSBC Bank Canada (Vancouver BC): For actively involving employees in meeting its goal of going carbon-neutral in British Columbia through reduced electricity consumption and investment in alternative energy sources.

Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Co. (Mississauga ON): For industry leadership in integrating environmental values in the computer products business, leveraging employee efforts to recycle millions of pounds of used computer equipment and printer cartridges.

New Flyer Industries Canada ULC (Winnipeg MB): For supporting skilled trades workers by providing full salary to machinist, tool-and-die and millwright apprentices while they train to work on some of North America's most environmentally friendly mass transit bus designs.

Toronto Hydro Corporation (Toronto ON): For industry leadership in working with employees to reduce its own electricity consumption, developing bio-diesel for employee vehicles and diverting over 87% of the waste that the company previously sent to landfills.

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc. (Cambridge ON): For exceptional leadership in the automotive industry by working with employees to create an automotive assembly operation that sends absolutely no waste to landfills and offers greatly reduced chemical emissions.

Vancity / Vancouver City Savings Credit Union (Vancouver BC): For exceptional leadership in the financial services industry by working with employees to become carbon-neutral by 2010 and to offer a series of financial products that help consumers and the environment at the same time.

Resort Municipality of Whistler (Whistler BC): For leadership in the municipal sector by working with employees to introduce sustainability requirements into local government purchasing and for helping employees dispose of household electronic items in an environmentally responsible way.