Century Group Gets Climate Smart

Century Group is adopting strategies to reduce its carbon footprint as part of Metro Vancouver’s Climate Smart program. Climate Smart, developed and launched by Ecotrust Canada in the Summer of 2009, is designed to provide small- to medium-sized with the resources they need to understand climate change and reduce their impact on the environment by carefully measuring their carbon emissions.

In early October last year, Century Group, along with a dozen other organizations based in Delta, participated in an innovative climate action business session. The Corporation of Delta (who piloted the program in June 2010), along with Metro Vancouver, were host partners for the session, intended to cultivate business leadership, action and innovation around climate change throughout the Lower Mainland. The Province of BC’s goal for the year 2020 is to reduce 2007 greenhouse gas emissions by 33%.

Six participants represented Century Group, each coming from different properties, from the corporate office to our Bria seniors’ communities as well as our Coast Tsawwassen Inn and Browns Socialhouse franchises.

Metro Vancouver has produced a video documentary, which features these properties, our staff, and even residents at The Waterford — our Tsawwassen senior’s community.

Century Group gets Climate Smart video

Special thanks go to Greg Condon, Director Specialty Properties for Century Group; Pamela Murphy, General Manager at Magnolia Gardens in Langley; Craig Rumsby, General Manager at The Waterford in Tsawwassen; Peter Yip, Manager for The Coast Tsawwassen Inn and Browns Socialhouse; Keith McPherson, Area Maintenance Manager for The Coast Tsawwassen Inn; and Sandi Grant, Senior Accountant for Century Group.

For more information:
- Climate Smart for Business
- The Corporation of Delta – Climate Smart pilot program
- Metro Vancouver – Sustainable Region Initiative
- Delta Optimist – “Delta helping companies become Climate Smart”

Other video links:
- On Metro Vancouver’s website in the ‘New Videos’ feature column
- QuickTime version