OneLessTonne.ca
A fun, employee-engagement program that promotes energy savings.
In partnership with Natural Resources Canada and the One Tonne Challenge, The Pembina Institute has developed OneLessTonne.ca, a fun, interactive employee engagement program that promotes energy-efficient actions. OneLessTonne.ca offers an effective suite of customized tools and services for initiating an employee-based initiative to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
"We invited employees to commit to reducing their GHG emissions by one tonne. Indeed they did better than that. Imagine what could be achieved if 10 million Canadians did the same."
Dr. J. Ashley Nixon, Shell Canada
How does OneLessTonne.ca work?
Employees simply visit The Pembina Institute's OneLessTonne.ca website, where they choose from among 20 actions designed to change the way we use energy at home or on the road. Pembina's energy-efficiency analysts then use the OneLessTonne.ca tool to calculate your employees' total greenhouse gas reductions and energy cost savings, to show Canadians your company's commitment to fighting climate change.
How do I set up a OneLessTonne.ca initiative for my company?
The Pembina Institute will arrange everything you'll need to get your OneLessTonne.ca program up and running. Our package has five helpful components:
- The set-up and maintenance of the OneLessTonne.ca tool, and hosting of the site for up to one year;
- Up to a day's worth of kick-off presentations and workshops for your target employee audiences, designed to help you maximize participation in the OneLessTonne.ca initiative;
- A handbook featuring the OneLessTonne.ca initiative's "secrets of success;"
- A CD-ROM with promotional material customized for your organization's OneLessTonne.ca initiative;
- Follow-up monitoring and reporting on participation rates and GHG reduction totals.
OneLessTonne.ca Advisory Services
The Pembina Institute will also give you advice to help enhance the success of your OneLessTonne.ca initiative. With your company's initiative team, we will take key actions:
- Develop your OneLessTonne.ca goals and identify barriers to those goals before the launch of your initiative and minimize those barriers by selecting the best employee-engagement tools possible;
- Communicate the successes of your OneLessTonne.ca initiative to your stakeholders;
- Interpret lessons learned from your OneLessTonne.ca initiative, to aid you in future endeavours.
Incentives and Give-Aways
Incentives to buy energy-efficient household products, and give-aways such as energy-efficient light bulbs and digital tire-pressure gauges are a great way to jump-start your OneLessTonne.ca initiative. The Pembina Institute can help your company select the best incentives for your audience in a cost-effective manner.
What are the benefits to my company?
- Research shows that Canadians care about climate change. OneLessTonne.ca is a great way to show employees that their company's values are in line with their own, leading to greater commitment, higher employee retention and higher productivity;
- A OneLessTonne.ca initiative is a sign of a company's commitment to environmental responsibility, benefiting your reputation and public relations;
- Engaging employees in fun, interactive group events reduces stress and is good for company culture;
- Once employees become more energy-conscious at home, chances are that they will adopt similar thinking at work, leading to energy cost-savings for your company.
Who do I contact about OneLessTonne.ca?
