MONTREAL, April 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - CN (TSX: CNR)
(NYSE: CNI) and Earth Day Canada
(EDC) announced today a five-year partnership agreement under which
EDC will support a CN program to encourage environmental values and
initiatives among CN employees across North America.
Working at key North American CN offices and yard facilities,
the program will:
- Motivate, encourage and enable employees to embrace environmental
stewardship and support a cleaner environment;
- Leverage CN and EDC environmental resources, best-practices and
programs to increase employee action in yards and office efficiency,
reduce natural resource consumption and waste, and
- Recognize and celebrate sustainability gains in the workplace.
For 20 years, EDC, a national environmental charity, has
provided Canadians and Americans with practical knowledge and tools
to help them lessen their impact on the environment.
"At CN, we are fully committed to reducing our impact on the
environment," said Paul Miller, CN's
chief safety and sustainability officer. "Energy efficiency has
been a key element of our business model for years, positioning us
to increase productivity and reduce energy consumption. We will
harness EDC's support and expertise to enable CN employees to
expand their environmental understanding and initiatives to help
reduce the impact of local workplaces on the environment."
Jed Goldberg, president of
Earth Day Canada, said: "We are
thrilled to support CN in their conservation efforts. Efforts on
the part of a large sector-leader like CN have the potential to
substantially reduce the environmental impact of the transportation
service industry and to act as a model that other corporations and
communities can emulate."
To learn more about CN's environmental initiatives, please visit
the Company's website at www.cn.ca/environment
To learn more about Earth Day
Canada's environmental initiatives, please visit
www.earthday.ca
About CN
CN - Canadian National Railway Company and its operating railway
subsidiaries - spans Canada and
mid-America, from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to the
Gulf of Mexico, serving the ports
of Vancouver, Prince Rupert, B.C., Montreal, Halifax, New
Orleans, and Mobile, Ala.,
and the key metropolitan areas of Toronto, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Duluth,
Minn./Superior, Wis.,
Green Bay, Wis., Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, St.
Louis, and Jackson, Miss.,
with connections to all points in North
America. For more information on CN, visit the company's
website at www.cn.ca.
About Earth Day Canada
Earth Day Canada (EDC), a national
environmental charity founded in 1990, provides Canadians and
Americans with the practical knowledge and tools they need to
lessen their impact on the environment. In 2004 it was recognized
as the top environmental education organization in North America, for its innovative year-round
programs and educational resources, by the Washington-based North American Association
for Environmental Education, the world's largest association of
environmental educators. In 2008 it was chosen as Canada's "Outstanding Non-profit Organization"
by the Canadian Network for Environmental Education and
Communication. EDC regularly partners with thousands of
organizations in all parts of Canada. www.earthday.ca
SOURCE CN