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- Cover
- Letter from the CEO
- Community giving snapshot
- Section 1: Focusing on financial literacy
- Financial literacy education: Our impact
- Section 2: Committing to important causes
- American Heart Association
- Susan G. Komen® for the Cure
- Section 3: Brightening our backyard
- Associate volunteer award winners
- Notes from the field
- Section 4: Partnering with our planet
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Section 4: Partnering with our planet
Great-West Financial and Empower are committed to reducing our 1,439 cubic yards of landfill space environmental footprint. We’ve worked hard to waste less and conserve more since 2010. Our efforts include:
Recycling
- Replaced workstation trash containers with joint recycle and waste containers
- Introduced a compactor that recycles paper, cardboard, glass, aluminum, steel and plastic
Composting
- Added compost containers beside recycle and trash bins in each kitchen
- Arranged for a recycler to convert office-generated compost into compost that’s sold retail
Cafeteria and company store
- Eliminated Styrofoam containers
- Replaced disposable place settings with reusable settings for on-site dining
- Provided reusable to-go containers for associates who eat at their desk
We’ve seen how small changes like composting food and participating in deskside recycling can add up to big changes.
For example, in 2014, the company’s metro Denver headquarters achieved some remarkable results:
Composted almost
110 TONS
of material
Nearly
330 TONS
of waste were recycledCONSERVED:
1.83M GALLONS
of water
4,976
trees
2M KWH
of electricity
1,379 YARDS
of landfill space
