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CANADA'S GREENEST EMPLOYERS (2025)
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2025 WINNERS
Appleby College in Oakville, Ont. reduces waste through an online marketplace that lets employees and students trade household items to extend their useful life.
The following have been chosen as
Canada’s Greenest Employers (2025).
Employee count refers to full-time sta昀昀:
post and 昀椀nd everyday needed items,
extending their useful life and helping to
reduce waste.
ECON GROUP INC., Toronto,
Ont. Construction and
infrastructure development;
7,608 employees. O昀昀ers
employees a dedicated subsidy for green
home improvements or sustainable
transportation choices, to $400 annually.
A
ARAMARK CANADA LTD., Mississauga,
Ont. Food service contractors; 6,183
employees. Manages a food waste
prevention program that ensures
employees work to identify and reduce
expected and preventable food waste from
their day-to-day operations.
AET GROUP INC., Kitchener, Ont.
Environmental consulting services; 33
employees. Has moved to an all-hybridtruck 昀氀eet and encourages employees to
shift to bicycles or low-emission, plug-in
hybrid vehicles and EVs through subsidies
ranging from $250 to $2,500.
AVIVA CANADA INC., Markham, Ont.
Insurance services; 4,728 employees. In
support of their formal sustainability
plan, employees set their own job-speci昀椀c
sustainability goals annually in alignment
with company’s in-house targets.
APPLEBY COLLEGE, Oakville, Ont.
Elementary and secondary schools;
229 employees. Manages a dedicated
“Freecycle and Buy and Sell” online
channel that lets employees and students
B
C HOUSING MANAGEMENT
COMMISSION, Burnaby, B.C.
Provincial government, housing
programs; 1,220 employees. Hosts
numerous environmental awareness
events for tenants every year, from
recycling drives and beehive workshops to
a spring Lavender Festival.
BC HYDRO, Vancouver, B.C.
Hydroelectric power generation; 7,301
employees. Encourages employees to
consider leaving the car at home with an
online carpool website to help commuters
昀椀nd rides, along with on-site showers and
secure bicycle lock-ups.
BC PUBLIC SERVICE, Victoria, B.C.
Provincial governments; 37,562 employees.
Encourages employees to get involved in
creating a greener public service through
location speci昀椀c and government-wide
employee green teams.
BELL CANADA, Montréal, Que.
Communications; 35,069 employees.
Established the formal Circular Economy
Task Force, a cross-functional team
of employees working to identify and
implement new waste diversion initiatives.
BLUEARTH RENEWABLES INC.,
Calgary, Alta. Renewable power
generation; 136 employees. As part of a
formal habitat management program, the
昀椀rm constructed a passageway that helps
ensure the safe movement of a variety of
animal species across a busy roadway.
BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP
CANADA ULC, Toronto, Ont.
Management consulting; 567 employees.
Supports employee green teams in
its o昀케ces around the world and has
committed $2 billion over the next decade
in support of green initiatives across
industries worldwide.
BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY / BCIT, Burnaby, B.C.
Post secondary schools, college; 2,275
employees. Encourages two-wheeled
commuting at all campuses, o昀昀ering bike
racks, lockers and showers as well as repair
stations with needed tools and air pumps.
