For the fourth year in a row, the Yukon Development Corporation and its subsidiaries Yukon Energy and the Energy Solutions Centre have received national recognition for their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In fact, the corporations have received a perfect score of one hundred percent for their environmental work, gaining them a Gold Champion Level Reporter Award. They share this honour with only about 150 other Canadian companies.
The award comes from Canada’s Climate Change Voluntary Challenge and Registry Incorporation (VCR Inc.), a non-profit partnership between industry and governments across Canada. VCR Inc. was set up several years ago to help promote, assess and recognize the effectiveness of the voluntary reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Companies are encouraged to submit annual reports outlining the environmental work they’ve completed, along with a plan of how they will achieve their future environmental targets.
“This title recognizes the highest level of achievement in the VCR Inc. Champion Reporting System,” VCR Inc. President Robert Flemington said in a letter to the Yukon Development Corporation. “You earned this honour by surpassing our most rigorous reporting standards.”
“Environmental stewardship has always been one of the cornerstones of the three energy solution companies,” Yukon Development Corporation CEO David Morrison said. “To have that work recognized at a national level is encouraging and helps to solidify the Yukon’s reputation as a leader in greenhouse gas reduction.”
Some of the initiatives that scored points with VCR Inc. include the completion of the Mayo to Dawson City hydro transmission line and Energy Solution Centre’s GreenHog Handbook, which offers energy saving tips and coupons for savings on environmentally-friendly items.
The report that was submitted by Yukon Development Corporation is available on this web site by following this link. More information about VCR Inc. can be found at http://www.vcr-mvr.ca/
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Contact:
Janet Patterson
Communications Supervisor
Yukon Energy Corporation
(867) 393-5333
janet.patterson@yec.yk.ca
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