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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 |
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Sustainability Report 2009
Committing ourselves to performance [PDF]
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Environmental
Policy
TC Transcontinental is firmly on the path of sustainable development.
To improve its performance, the Corporation adopted an Environmental
Policy [PDF]
and procedures based on three guiding principles:
- Protect the environment for current and future generations
- Reduce risks and improve efficiency
- Introduce proven technologies and procedures
Initiatives
On the basis of these principles, TC Transcontinental took
concrete steps to influence practices in its industry and
continues to act in partnership with its customers, suppliers
and environmental organizations.
In 2007, the Corporation introduced its Environmental Action
Plan, which is based on the cumulative effect of the many
“green” initiatives implemented at all levels
of the organization by both employees and management. The
INITIATIVES
brochure, available online, summarizes the Corporation’s
most significant achievements in environmental protection.
TC Transcontinental stands out as a company that respects the
environment, as evidenced by the innovative and forward-looking
actions in its business units.
- Introduction of a Paper
Purchasing Policy that promotes the use of environmentally
friendly papers, developed in conjunction with Canopy (formerly
Market Initiatives) and ÉEM Inc.
- Use of a biodegradable and recyclable plastic bag, certified
by EPI (Environmental Products Inc.), for its Publisac
(Adbag)
- Earning triple
certifications in 45 of its facilities in Canada and
the United States: Forest Stewardship Council (FSC - forest
product chain-of-custody certification), Sustainable Forest
Initiative Certification (SFI) and Program for the Endorsement
of Forest Certification schemes (PEFC)
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FSC certificate [PDF] |
SFI and PEFC certificate [PDF] |
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PEFS_SFI_Certification Policy Statement
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