LCBO Food & Drink Spring 2020

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Sustainability in Action Spirit of Sustainability has been in the works for a while. Here are some examples:

Good People, Good Planet, Good Partnerships Spirit of Sustainability is made up of three key pillars to support building a more sustainable future. Good People focuses on improving the well-being of our customers, employees and communities. Good Planet aims to minimize our impact on the environment. Good Partnerships will improve the sustainability of the industry through leadership.     With these three pillars, the LCBO has developed firm commitments that will ensure we deliver on our promise to build a sustainable future.

It expanded its industry-leading Lightweight Glass

program to include more bottles sold at the LCBO. This policy helps reduce our carbon footprint through more sustainable distribution.

Good Partnerships • Leading sustainability standards • Support and recognize sustainable partners

Good People • Safe and informed consumption

Good Planet • Sustainable stores • Sustainable production and distribution • Greener buildings

• Thriving communities • Engaged employees

Sometimes products get damaged in transit. But instead of throwing away the entire pallet, undam- aged goods are rescued and repackaged in recyclable 4- and 6-packs, helping to reduce waste.

To find out more about Spirit of Sustainability, visit lcbo.com/sustainability

Community impact

Fundraising The incredible generosity of LCBO customers set a new fundraising record in 2019 of more than $12.7 million dollars. With Spirit of Sustain- ability, charitable efforts will have an even big- ger impact. We will be welcoming new charity partners as we move to centre our fundraising initiatives around four campaigns, Environmen- tal Impact, Safe and Informed Consumption, Support Local, and Community Well-being. We will continue to provide customers with alterna- tive ways of donating through in-store merchan- dise and offering online giving on LCBO.com.

Safe and informed consumption To demonstrate our commitment to safe and informed consumption, the LCBO created the Responsible Service Program. Through this program, we will amplify our work preventing alcohol consumption amongst minors and those who appear intoxicated, in order to build safer communities for all Ontarians. The LCBO is dedicated to increasing awareness of our Lab, a product testing and innovation department. This industry-leading facility conducts 630,000 tests on more than 7,000 products each year in order to ensure that everything we sell is safe.

As an official partner of Pride Toronto 2019, the LCBO created #ToastToPride, a cam- paign to promote diversity and inclusion and to fundraise almost $1 million to support equitable and compassionate healthcare for marginalized communities.

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