In this special environment report, TD Economics examines the economic value of the environmental and social benefits provided by Toronto's 10 million trees.
by David Forsell, President of Keep Indianapolis Beautiful
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FedEx team members are working with Keep Indianapolis Beautiful to plant 65 trees along the Fall Creek Greenway Trail, in Indianapolis. This annual FedEx planting completes the final piece of the Fall Creek waterway that has not yet been planted with KIB trees—an effort that KIB undertook beginning in 2006— to restore the Fall Creek waterway.
Campaign to Encourage Reading Donates 500,000 Books Nationwide
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Montreal, April 24, 2014 /3BL Media/ – For the second year in a row, Domtar Corporation (NYSE: UFS) (TSX: UFS) sponsored World Book Night U.S. , an ambitious campaign to encourage reading. World Book Night U.S. distributed 500,000 free books at more than 6,000 locations nation-wide on April 23 – Shakespeare’s birthday.
Domtar Certification Milestone - Windsor, QC Mill Now Producing ECOLOGO Certified Uncoated Paper
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Domtar recently joined select company by achieving UL’s ECOLOGO® certification, which involves a rigorous process few writing paper manufacturers have completed. After over a year of hard work, Domtar’s Windsor, Quebec mill made the announcement that it had passed the ECOLOGO Certification’s environmental audit. In doing so, Domtar became only the second North American manufacturer to offer ECOLOGO Certified uncoated paper, giving Canadian customers a number of newly certified products to choose from.
Here’s what you need to know about this significant achievement:
Investment in Canada’s voluntary carbon market helps to conserve forest land while offering offset opportunities
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February 26, 2014 /3BL Media/ - The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC), the country’s largest private land trust, is using the trees to save the forest-- and that creates opportunities for organizations looking to reduce their carbon footprints.
Forester Patrick Cartier from Domtar's Windsor, Quebec mill, on the ground in part of the mill's FSC forestland,explaining how a sustainable harvest works:
Brown-Forman provides $25,000 to plant trees in West Louisville
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The Brown-Forman Corp. is renewing its partnership with Brightside by donating $25,000 to plant more trees in West Louisville. Since 2001, the Brightside/Brown-Forman Legacy Tree Program has planted more than 1,000 trees in the city.
Leaves rustle and twigs snap under the scuffle of small shoes. A light wind blows; the air is crisp. And Hoosiers can breathe a bit easier, thanks to a 160-acre woods Toyota has planted near its Princeton, Ind., facility.
The afforestation project grew from an idea that began 16 years ago, when then plant president, Seizo Okamoto, had a vision of a nature trail adjacent to the childcare center.
