2001 Triple Bottom Line Report - BC Hydro
2001 Triple Bottom Line Report - BC Hydro
2001 Triple Bottom Line Report - BC Hydro
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THIS YEAR WE ARE WORKING WITH<br />
SCIENCE WORLD TO DEVELOP A LONG-TERM<br />
EXHIBITION ON SUSTAINABILITY,<br />
CALLED “OUR WORLD.”<br />
CORPORATE DONATIONS<br />
We provide grants to non-profit organizations in four areas:<br />
Aboriginal, Arts and Culture, Education, and Environment.<br />
Last year we provided $3 million to over 500 non-profit<br />
organizations in B.C. who met our funding criteria for initiatives<br />
of lasting social value.<br />
Contributions were spread throughout the province, to groups<br />
in every region of B.C., in amounts ranging from less than<br />
$100 up to $150,000.<br />
Donations to Aboriginal organizations included $40,000 to<br />
Dreamworks, a new program developed by the Lower Mainland<br />
chapter of Big Sisters of B.C. to provide First Nations women<br />
with the opportunity to job-shadow in a profession of their<br />
choice. Among other projects, we donated $20,000 towards<br />
the development of “A Coast Sto:lo/Coast Salish Historical<br />
Atlas” and the Ktunaxa Independent School Society’s natural<br />
resources technology program, and supported the Sto:lo<br />
Nation’s construction of an Ethnobotanical Garden in Chilliwack<br />
containing plant material with cultural and healing significance<br />
to First Nations.<br />
Funding for environment projects included support for Greening<br />
Schoolgrounds, a program that helps parents, teachers and<br />
children increase plant life in and around schoolyards.<br />
We provided an Arts and Culture donation of $19,300 to the<br />
Prince George Symphony Orchestra to stage a performance<br />
of Handel’s Water Music in Fort St. John, Hudson’s Hope and<br />
Chetwynd, in tandem with visits by musicians to local elementary<br />
and secondary schools.<br />
S O C I A L B O T T O M L I N E | 2 3<br />
CORPORATE AND REGIONAL DONATIONS<br />
HYDRECS 3%<br />
Community Investment 3%<br />
Arts and Culture 22%<br />
Scholarships 11%<br />
Regional 10%<br />
Education 20%<br />
Aboriginal 13%<br />
Environment 9%<br />
United Way 9%<br />
In 2000/<strong>2001</strong> we provided $3 million to over 500 non-profit organizations in B.C.<br />
<strong>BC</strong> <strong>Hydro</strong> has committed $60,000 over three years to the<br />
Courtenay and District Museum and Paleontology Centre on<br />
Vancouver Island. The donation will support school programs,<br />
fossil tours and field trips that focus on the prehistoric<br />
environment of the Puntledge River and its importance to<br />
<strong>BC</strong> <strong>Hydro</strong> and the region.<br />
Education donations included $50,000 to the Seventh Generation<br />
Club, a continuing partnership of <strong>BC</strong> <strong>Hydro</strong>, Health Canada,<br />
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, the First Nations of B.C.<br />
and the former Vancouver Grizzlies professional basketball team.<br />
The club is targeted at First Nations youth and reinforces the<br />
philosophy that individual choices affect seven generations.<br />
It combines sports and role models to inspire and motivate<br />
youth attending First Nations schools throughout B.C. It<br />
promotes regular school attendance and healthful lifestyle<br />
choices, and provides motivational tools to set and reach goals.<br />
<strong>BC</strong> <strong>Hydro</strong> also donated, through the Science Council of B.C.,<br />
75 per cent of our used computers to schools.