We officially have solar power set up in our yard! The road to reaching our solar goals was definitely worth the effort, as we now have a source of endless free power that requires minimal maintenance! Our Solar Vision Our original solar vision was to mount panels on the roof of our storage containers...
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How MapleGreen Helps Achieve the Goal To wrap up our blog series on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), let us finish with #15: Life on Land. SDG #15 is on our list of top 5 goals that are material to MapleGreen. The material goals were determined through assessing each goal’s ability to impact our...
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Generating Employee Awareness To promote awareness and transparency of environmental initiatives taking place at MapleGreen, the Sustainability Department has been developing monthly Sustainability Boards since September 2020. Shifting to Working From Home As this initiative was established during Covid-19, with most of MapleGreen’s office personnel working from home, the Sustainability Boards were made in...
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Incorporating sustainability into everyday operations is a major venture that MapleGreen is committed to. To do this, we composed an official Sustainability Training Manual for all new recruits and to educate those who are currently employed. As we proceed to become more sustainable, we believe everyone at MapleGreen will play a major role in...
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Why this Goal is Important Traditionally, governmental bodies have been recognized as being the primary target audience for aligning to and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 through their ability to create firm policy supporting the goals. While this may be true, the private sector is known to be majorly responsible for...
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As COVID-19 has required every business and individual around the world to adapt to “new normals” such as spending more time at home, impacts of this include the increase in residential energy consumption and associated bills. During this past year especially, MapleGreen has been actively reducing our environmental impact and energy consumption. While we...
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Waste reduction at MapleGreen is one of the top priorities for the Sustainability Department. In order to fulfill this goal, we are constantly evaluating the current waste practices at MapleGreen’s main office and fleet yard and searching for opportunities of waste sorting improvement. Similar to our recently introduced battery recycling program, which handles an...
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Why this Goal is Important to MapleGreen The purpose of the United Nations’ (UN) fourth Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs) is to “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all”. When considering which SDGs are aligned to MapleGreen, the likelihood of an impact from the goal onto the company, the...
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An exciting waste-related project has recently been introduced at MapleGreen Tree Services, this being a new plastic waste reduction program. The program was created to lessen the amount of plastic entering waterways annually. Globally, this amount adds up to a total of 8 million tonnes, the equivalent to a garbage truck load of plastic...
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How MapleGreen Helps Achieve the Goal Through many established policies and projects, MapleGreen is actively contributing to the company’s material Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). For each of our currently aligned Goals, we plan to develop additional initiatives that help fully achieve the SDGs by 2030 and also inspire other companies to follow suit. Why...
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What are the Sustainable Development Goals? The United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals, are a universal blueprint designed to stimulate peace, success, and well-being for all people and the planet through achieving defined goals and targets. Building on the previous Millenium Development Goals (MDGs), the SDGs were...
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On top of providing expert tree services across the Greater Toronto Area, MapleGreen has implemented a 7 Green Wastes Audit which has tremendously improved the company’s waste diversion practices. The goal of the audit was to measure current output, develop and implement improvement initiatives, and evaluate results. Initial Findings After auditing the garbage generated...
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MapleGreen Tree Services strives to be a sustainability leader within the tree service industry. To achieve this, MapleGreen has recently created a Sustainability Department and welcomed Maarika Farmer into the Junior Sustainability Professional role to initiate and manage upcoming sustainability projects. Maarika previously achieved a Double Major in Environment, Sustainability, and Society and International...
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