Transat Corporate Responsibility Report, 2008 - For Sustainable ...

GREEN ACCREDITATION PROJECT
PARTNER Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve Network
LOCATION Ontario, Canada
With support from Transat, the Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve Network has
implemented an ambitious green accreditation project targeting tourism industry
stakeholders in its territory. Some 50 partners and about 20 agencies and
organizations are pooling their efforts to reconcile economic development
and natural heritage conservation.
HISTORICAL HERITAGE DEVELOPMENT
PARTNER La Seigneurie des Aulnaies LOCATION Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada
Considered to be the most complete interpretation centre of the seigneurial system
in Canada, the Seigneurie des Aulnaies has received Transat funding to implement
a five-year plan to protect and develop its historic buildings. The Seigneurie is the
main historic site and a major employer in its region.
TRANSAT SUPPORTS COLEGIO
LA ISABELA, A PRIMARY SCHOOL
IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
LOCATION Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
NEARLY 1,000 COMPUTERS FIND THEIR WAY
TO CLASSROOMS INSTEAD OF TRASH HEAPS
LOCATION San Salvador, El Salvador
Transat donated 220 computers to schools in El Salvador via a humanitarian initiative
called Computers for All. In Canada, about 400 computers were given to the Quebec
branch of the Computers for Schools organization. We have also sent more than
350 computers to the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba. Every year, more than
50 million tonnes of electronic waste are produced around the world.
In March 2008, an Air Transat plane
took off for the Dominican Republic,
carrying schoolbooks, computers,
medical supplies and theatre costumes;
the goods were collected by a group
of Canadians wishing to lend their
support to the children of Colegio
La Isabela. Some 2.5 tonnes of
materials were transported as part
of similar projects in 2008.