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Transcontinental presents its first Sustainability Report based on the Global Reporting Initiative standard
Transcontinental presents its first Sustainability Report based on the Global Reporting Initiativ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nFeb. 26, 2010 (Canada NewsWire Group) -- MONTREAL, Feb. 26 /CNW Telbec/ -- At its annual meeting of shareholders on February 18th, Transcontinental, in its role as a leader in environmental protection and as a company that strives to serve the communities in which it operates, officially tabled its Sustainability Report 2009 -- Committing ourselves to performance. In it Transcontinental actively commits \"to sustainable development by integrating social, financial and environmental considerations into its day-to-day business operations and long-range planning\". The report is available on the company website.\"In the past, our commitment was part of our effort as a good corporate citizen to combine business success with social responsibility,\" said President and Chief Executive Officer François Olivier. \"We did it our way: by mobilizing our employees and working with our partners. So it is a natural step for Transcontinental to now integrate sustainable development in a manner that is consistent with and broadens our environmental commitment.\"This first sustainability report was based on the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standard, an international reference for methodology. In accordance with the GRI approach, Transcontinental identified a series of indicators which the Corporation will monitor regularly, with reports on future progress. \"You can't improve what you don't measure,\" said Jean Denault, Transcontinental's Vice President, Procurement and Technology and Chair of the Sustainable Development Steering Committee. \"The 2009 report will be used as a benchmark to track our results and establish guidelines for our actions, with the transparency and rigour provided by the GRI standard.\" The report has also been verified by the GRI organization.In the coming year, the Steering Committee --which is composed of employees from all operating sectors--wil guide the internal process of defining the objectives, performance targets and timeframes required for the next stages in the GRI reporting procedure.A dynamic and ongoing commitmentThe very first thing the report does is set out Transcontinental's commitment to sustainable development. As indicated by past achievements, namely its Paper Purchasing Policy that favours environmentally preferable papers, the Corporation's commitment encourages the mobilization...