A founding member of Partners in Project Green,The International Centrehas established a well-deserved reputation as a sustainable business leader in the Pearson Eco-Business Zone. And today brought welcome word of recognition for these efforts: theHotel Association of Canada(HAC) has named The International Centre the2015 winnerof its Green Key Meetings Hall of Fame Award of Excellence. The Green Key Meetings award recognizes hotels, convention centres, resorts and other properties that have undertaken initiatives to minimize their environmental footprint. It is the latest in a long series of awards and certifications forsocial responsibility and sustainabilitythat The International Centre — one of Canada’s leading trade and consumer show and conference facilities — has received since 2011. In September, The International Centre released its first-everCorporate Social Responsibility Year in Review, profiling major initiatives and milestones over the previous 12 months. The highlights include:

• Becoming the first Canadian property to earn a 4 Green Key rating from theGreen Key Meetingscertification program for accomplishments in corporate social responsibility.
• Reducing water use by nearly 490,000 litres through the installation of low-flow faucets, toilets and urinals in its largest hall washrooms.
• Saving more than 23,000 kilowatt hours by replacing the Halogen lamps in the Aviation Ballroom withdimmable LEDs.
• Recycling nearly 500 kilograms of electronic waste.
• Diverting more than 4,000 coffee bags from landfill through TerraCycle’s Coffee Bag Brigade® program.

Emmorton Elementary is taking the old saying "one man's trash is another man's treasure" to a whole new level. Since the beginning of the 2010 school year, the school on Tollgate Road has raised $8,000 by recycling everyday trash, such as chip bags, candy wrappers and juice pouches, through national program TerraCycle. "Our kids are really excited about it," Emmorton's principal, Dr. Peter Carpenter, said. "It's an amazing program." Carpenter originally heard about TerraCycle from his cousin and became intrigued.