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350 Cascades employees have chosen to drive electric
350 Cascades employees have chosen to drive electric Canada NewsWire KINGSE...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n \n \n \n 350 Cascades employees have chosen to drive electric\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n \n KINGSEY FALLS, QC\n \n \n ,\n \n \n Nov. 30, 2022\n \n \n /CNW Telbec/ - Five years ago, Cascades announced the launch of a unique and innovative transportation electrification program for its employees. Today, the company is making a positive assessment of the program as 350 employees have chosen to drive electric since the launch. The program continues to generate great interest from employees and other organizations inspired by this initiative. It is still in effect and continues to be deployed throughout our operations.\n \n \n \n Charging stations and financial assistance\n \n \n \n The program consists of progressively deploying charging stations on our sites and offering financial assistance of up to\n \n $2,000\n \n when purchasing or leasing a new or used plug-in vehicle, in hopes of removing barriers to acquiring an electric vehicle. To date, 117 Level 2 (240V) charging stations have been installed throughout our sites in\n \n Quebec\n \n and\n \n Ontario\n \n . Additionally, a Level 3 (400V) fast charging station has been installed at our\n \n Kingsey Falls\n \n head office for the community; the first free fast charging station installed on a private site.\n \n \n \"True to its values and concerned about reducing its environmental footprint, Cascades is proud to have given life to an employee's suggestion to deploy a program helping employees go electric and thus reducing the company's indirect emissions. This initiative is in addition to the many other actions taken by the company to achieve aggressive GHG reductions aligned and approved by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi),\" said\n \n Mario Plourde\n \n , President and Chief Executive Officer of Cascades.\n \n \n The deployment across our other Canadian sites (\n \n Manitoba\n \n and\n \n British Columbia\n \n ) will be completed in a few weeks and will then continue at our American sites (where electrification allows for a significant ...