In The Student uniform Industry - RJ McCarthy

GREENING OUR OPERATIONS
From our head office in Toronto to every RJM showroom across Canada, we are focused on greening our operations.
We are minimizing consumption and reducing waste by limiting materials packaging, using less paper in showrooms and in
our head office, moving to double-sided copying, exploring e-billing, and by making a concerted shift to use more recycled
post-consumer paper and materials in marketing products where possible. Furthermore, all of our locations recycle and have
shifted to more environmentally friendly cleaning products.
We have transitioned our light fixtures to use more energy efficient bulbs and have installed occupancy sensors in low-traffic
areas to save energy. Over time, we will explore transitioning to more energy efficient and less pollution-emitting cooling
and heating systems in all of our buildings.
We have reduced the use of plastic shopping bags at all of our retail locations with the launch of our “plastic to enviro”
shopping bag project.
Highlight of Initiatives
1. Partnered with Carbonzero to measure full GHG inventory; achieved carbon neutrality for all owned operations
2. Introduced internal environmental improvements in operations; reduced plastic shopping bags, transitioned to hybrid
vehicles
3. Introduced recycling program, reducing standard waste by approximately 30%, and increasing company wide recycling of
paper and plastics
1) Carbonzero Partnership to achieve carbon neutrality
in our headquarters and showrooms
RJM has implemented a full, multi-year greenhouse gas
management strategy that will measure, reduce and
neutralize greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from its
business.
RJM has partnered with Canadian company Carbonzero to
undertake a measured, phased approach to ensure that our
full GHG inventory is properly and accurately accounted for
and neutralized.
The multi-year, complete approach used by Carbonzero
ensures a true inventory of heating and cooling energy
emissions, electricity consumption, and vehicle fleet energy
consumption and emissions.
October 2009
Carbonzero consultants,
Howie Chong and
Elizabeth Koster, at
McCarthy's head office,
carefully examining our
documents and records.
“We have been very impressed with the total
organizational commitment McCarthy’s has shown to its
new green strategy and towards achieving carbonneutrality”
Howie Chong
President, Carbonzero
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