Transcontinental - Social Engagement

TC Transcontinental creates marketing products and services that allow businesses to attract, reach and retain their target customers. The Corporation is the largest printer in Canada and the fourth-largest in North America. As the leading publisher of consumer magazines and French-language educational resources, and of community newspapers in Quebec and the Atlantic provinces, it is also one of Canada's top media groups.
TC Transcontinental is also the leading door-to-door distributor of advertising material in Canada through its celebrated Publisac network in Quebec and Targeo in the rest of Canada. Thanks to a wide digital network of more than 1,000 websites, the company reaches over 13 million unique visitors per month in Canada. TC Transcontinental also offers interactive marketing products and services that use new communication platforms supported by marketing strategy and planning services, database analytics, premedia, e-flyers, email marketing, custom communications and mobile solutions.

TC Transcontinental (TSX: TCL.A, TCL.B, TCL.PR.D) has approximately 10,000 employees in Canada and in the United States, and reported revenues of C$2.0 billion in 2011. For more information about the Corporation, please visit www.tc.tc




	Commitment At Transcontinental, health, safety and wellness (HSW) is one key area of management focus, along with productivity and excellence. This is shown by the Corporation’s clear commitment to HSW, stated as follows: Ensure and maintain a healthy and safe work environment for employees, suppliers and contractors in all of our business units in order to promote wellness and encourage the adoption of a healthy lifestyle. *The Vigilance* Program** To support this commitment, all of Transcontinental’s business units use Vigilance, an internal prevention management program, that consists of all the Corporation’s policies, procedures, standards, regulatory programs, evaluation processes and best practices in occupational health, safety and wellness. Annual campaigns are organized to promote HSW; Vigilance also has an in-house newsletter and an Intranet page. Target: Zero Accidents To support our commitment to HSW, all business units must seek to achieve 100% compliance with Transcontinental’s HSW standards and with HSW legislation and norms. The Corporation is aiming at a record of zero accidents, assisted by Transcontinental’s prevention program and HSW audits. Results The number of accidents has dropped since the program was set up. Accident frequency per 200,000 hours worked
	2005: 2.13 / 2006: 2.33 / 2007: 1.35 / 2008: 1.30 / 2009: 1.09