• Joined Green Economy Kingston as a member to support our carbon footprint measurement, reporting, and target-setting 

• Partnership with Sustainable Kingston to co-promote sustainable initiatives and support co

• Joined Green Economy Kingston as a member to support our carbon footprint measurement, reporting, and target-setting 

• Partnership with Sustainable Kingston to co-promote sustainable initiatives and support community education 

• All Tea Room products and packaging are biodegradable, and linked to a commercial composting waste flow

• Partnership with Queen's University Experimental Sustainability Team to review and improve business sustainability (ongoing)

• ​Power Down for the Planet educational campaign on how to live more sustainably at home (ongoing) 

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• Membership with the Rideau Valley Conservation Foundation's Corporate Carbon Neutral Program

• Internal Compost and Waste Managment Report 

• Vermicomposting lab to refine the on site process 

• Contracted thinkBIG consulting on sustainable business and published a reccomendations report

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• Green Electricity Certificate from Bullfrog Power 

• Official carbon-neutral status, annual membership with the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority to offset emissions with tree purchase and planting  

• Inauguration of the annual Teas for Trees campaign (ongoing)

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• Green Globe Award - Waste Reduction from CEEC 

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• Official zero consumer waste status reached, all products and packaging were diverted from landfill 

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• Promotional partnership with the annual Commerce and Engineering Environmental Conference (CEEC) (ongoing) 

• Greener and Cleaner educational campaign 

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• Weekly Planet Earth screening in the Tea Room in association with Students Taking Responsible Initiatives for a Viable Environment (STRIVE) 

• Tea Room is powered by 100% renewable energy, through Bullfrog Power 

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• Development of a manadatory environmental for all staff (ongoing) 

• Sustainable business class talk at KCVI 

• Development of HATCH metric system to measure water and energy cosumption 

• Introduction of the Tea Room Environmental Education Library (ongoing) 

• Travel mug promotion and discount for take-away beverages (ongoing)  

•  Vermicomposting system on site 

•  Introduction of biodegradable cups and packaging 

• Selling Fairtrade tea and coffee and locally sourced food items (ongoing) 

• Partnership with a coffee co-op in Guatemala (ongoing)

• Doors open as the first environmentally sustainable coffee shop in North America