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Glass in Quebec: recovered or recycled? It's not the same thing!

In Quebec, the glass recovery rate is around 50%. Yet glass from sorting centers is not recycled to make glass containers! Why not? Because recovery and recycling are not the same thing!

In reality, the glass that goes into the recycling bin most often breaks, and arrives at the sorting centers in the form of glass shards or glass powder, where it mixes with other materials.

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Is your company transformational?

This was the question addressed by our speakers on June 4 at Ellio's second luncheon conference at the Maison du développement durable.

On this day, Ellio formally announced its partnership with Canadian Business for Social Responsibility (CBSR), an NPO that represents the largest business network and a key CSR resource in Canada. For the occasion, we were fortunate to welcome Mr. Steven Fish, Executive Director of CBSR, and two talented speakers: Jean-François Albert, Vice-President Manufacturing at Mega Brands, and Marie-France Sosa, Sales and Business Development Manager at Plastiques GPR inc.

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The company's purpose: the pillar of recovery

The Pacte law promulgated in May 2019 enshrined purpose in French law and enables companies to be recognized as mission companies in their statutes. The health crisis we're experiencing today is putting it on everyone's agenda. In Quebec, it's an emerging but very present topic.

We wanted to compare the Quebec and French approaches to the subject and their impact on organizations. On the French side, Agnès Rambaud-Paquin with the Des enjeux et des hommes team and her partner Martin Richer, founder of Management&RSE, have accumulated extensive experience on the subject, in sectors as varied as agri-food, services, industry, real estate and distribution. Here, they share what they've learned on the subject.

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