Grand & Toy has made a company-wide commitment to be a leader and a partner on the path towards sustainability, and we're pleased to share our progress with you in our 2011 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report. This year's report demonstrates just how much can be accomplished when we work together to be better for the environment, our communities and business. And we've learned that being better isn't a finish line – it's just the beginning.
Three of Grand & Toy's Sustainability Pillars clearly identify ways that we
can work to preserve our natural resources and help our customers to do the same.
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT
We will minimize our own environmental footprint on four key issues: supply chain carbon footprint, packaging, recycling and waste, and facilities footprint.
PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP
We will develop the most successful line of environmentally preferable products and service offerings on the market.
SUSTAINABLE/ETHICAL SOURCING
As an agent of change, we will endeavour to accelerate the market penetration of environmentally preferable, more sustainable paper products and embed
CSR practices into our supply chain.
Sustainability is about ensuring that future generations can meet their needs. Grand & Toy cares about future generations, and two of our Sustainability Pillars guide us to build stronger, better communities.
EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES
We will develop our internal capability and expertise to deliver on our sustainability objectives.
IMPACT ON COMMUNITIES
We will empower local communities to progress towards sustainability.
Sustainable businesses are those that have vision, courage and strong partnerships. Two of our Sustainability Pillars reflect our commitment to customers and their success. By working together, we are continuing to better Canadian business one step at a time.
CUSTOMER PARTNERSHIPS
We will endeavour to be recognized as the partner of choice for our customers, to progress towards a sustainable office model.
COMMUNICATION & REPORTING
We will be recognized by our key stakeholders as the most progressive, sustainable office solutions company in Canada.
Based on the goals we stated in 2010 and new priorities for our business, goals for the coming year are:
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To establish a Sustainability Management System
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To track and understand our sustainability impacts in the context of our business activities
3
To set reduction targets and inspirational goals for our sustainability priorities with a deadline of 2015
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To expand our support and the reach of the A Day Made Better Program
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To design and implement a reusable tote program for all of our customers
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To implement more stringent policies for our internal procurement needs that consider
CSR criteria