SaskTel: One of Canada’s Greenest Employers

SaskTel has been named one of Canada’s Greenest Employers by MediaCorp Canada Inc. The award recognizes SaskTel’s culture of environmental awareness based on an evaluation of SaskTel’s environmental initiatives and programs, success in reducing the corporation’s environmental footprint, the degree to which employees are involved in green initiatives, and the ability of SaskTel to communicate its environmental commitment to potential employees and customers.

SaskTel’s environmental strategy involves a number of key elements, including waste reduction, recycling, increased fuel efficiency and a comprehensive Greenhouse Gas Management Plan.

MediaCorp offered the following reasons for selecting SaskTel:

• SaskTel has operated a longstanding environmental management program in the communities where it operates, sponsoring local recycling projects for a variety of household items that divert thousands of gallons of paint, tonnes of waste batteries and old telephone directories from landfills every year.
   
• Employees use their expertise to repair and donate surplus computers to local schools and organizations, donating 30,000 refurbished computers since 1993.
   
• SaskTel recently developed an "Ecological Strategy" that commits the company to consider environmental impacts as part of its decision-making processes – as a result of this initiative, the company is implementing a range of projects to reduce its overall environmental footprint, including an office waste recycling program, educational campaigns, and new energy-saving equipment retrofits.
   
• SaskTel has established a Greenhouse Gas Management plan that has aggressive reduction targets for electricity, natural gas and fuel consumption.
   
• SaskTel launched the "Switch Off and Save" campaign on Earth Day last year that encouraged employees to switch off all unnecessary electronics, vehicles and heaters – and offers prizes and contests to foster ongoing participation.
   
• SaskTel has extensive in-house recycling programs for batteries, printer cartridges, office paper, light bulbs, phone books, furniture, office equipment, wire and cabling, and computer equipment.

MediaCorp also named SaskTel one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers for the ninth consecutive year in October, 2008.

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