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Sustainable development
In this section, you will learn about the many efforts the Casino de Mont-Tremblant has made to maximize its contribution to the community. The Casino’s various initiatives relate to the three dimensions of sustainable development:
- social fairness
- conservation
- economic performance.
Showcase initiative
Heads and Hearts for Leucan
In May 2012, a Défi têtes rasées challenge organized by Casino de Mont-Tremblant employees in support of Leucan raised $4,600. The event, which took place just outside the Casino, drew considerable support from the local population.
Casino de Charlevoix employees also took part in this event by organizing their own activities.
Support for the Maison de la famille du Nord
Several Casino de Mont-Tremblant employees helped prepare meals for needy families in the Laurentian region.
This regional Laurentian community kitchen was part of a giant volunteer day that saw nearly 200 Société des casinos du Québec
employee volunteers giving of their time to support the food security cause. Watch the video highlights.
Volunteering at sports events
Mont-Tremblant is an acknowledged host of all kinds of sports events, such as the August, Mont-Tremblant Half-Marathon and Ironman games. Groups of Casino de Mont-Tremblant volunteers help out at the major events either individually or as families by providing refreshments and information to participants, etc.
These kinds of activities make a contribution to the region’s vitality by enabling links to grow within the community and by providing support for energizing events.
Sports for a good cause
Teams of Casino de Mont-Tremblant employees have participated in 24-hour ski and bicycle relay races for several years in the Mont-Tremblant region, raising funds for a variety of charities. In 2011, profits from the 24-hour ski event went to the Centre de cancérologie Charles-Bruneau Foundation, the Ottawa Senators Foundation, the Martin-Matte Foundation and the Tremblant Foundation. All of these bodies support research programs and treatment sick, injured and needy children.
Heads and Hearts for Leucan
In May 2012, a Défi têtes rasées challenge organized by Casino de Mont-Tremblant employees in support of Leucan raised $4,600. The event, which took place just outside the Casino, drew considerable support from the local population.
Casino de Charlevoix employees also took part in this event by organizing their own activities.
An efficient composting program
The Casino de Mont-Tremblant has put in place a composting program to divert some two metric tons of organic matter from landfill sites.
Composted matter, essentially from the Altitude Restaurant, employee cafeteria and banquet hall kitchens, is transformed into humus, which is a natural support medium for plant growth that is made of earth enriched by decomposed matter.
Elimination of bottled water
The Casino de Mont-Tremblant replaced individual water bottles by reusable glasses in its gaming areas, an initiative that drew active participation from both employees and customers.
The project, which was rolled out in all Québec casinos, will eliminate nearly 1.2 million plastic bottles annually.
Actions integrated in an overall approach to sustainable development
Throughout Loto-Québec and its subsidiaries, sustainable development is supported by the responsible management of games of chance, taking into account economic, social and environmental aspects in order to maximize our contribution to the community.
Our commitment leads us to analyze the consequences of our activities in order to, in as much as possible, amplify their positive effects and mitigate negative consequences. This focus is given concrete expression in our sustainable development policy (in French only) [PDF format, 288 KB - Help, updated on June 12, 2007], adopted in 2006, and in our 2008-2013 sustainable development action plan (in French only) [PDF format, 699 KB - Help, updated on April 12, 2009].
Sustainable development is one of the six strategic orientations included in our 2010-2013 Strategic Plan [PDF format, 1.8 MB - Help, updated on October 19, 2010].
For more information, see our Profile of Societal Contributions [PDF format, 2.1 MB - Help, updated on August 19, 2011] or our annual report [PDF format, 4.2 MB - Help, updated on August 13, 2012], or visit the page dedicated to sustainable development on Loto-Québec's web site.
