Special thanks go out to our award sponsors for their extraordinary generosity in helping us to promote the values and activities of greening in Toronto communities.
Toronto Community Foundation (TCF)
 The Toronto Community Foundation's vision is to ensure the vitality of Toronto and to make it the best place to live, work, learn and grow through the power of giving.
TCF invest charitable gifts from a range of donors into a pooled income-earning fund. TCF then make grants from the earnings to support a broad range of registered charities and projects contributing to a better community.
The Toronto Community Foundation has been connecting philanthropy to community needs and opportunities since 1981.
www.tcf.ca
Loblaw Companies Limited
 Loblaw Companies Limited ("Loblaws") is Canada's largest food distributor with operations across the country. Loblaws is one of the largest private sector employers in Canada, and continuously works to improve its ability to serve its customers.
Loblaw Companies Limited endeavours to be an active participant in the various communities in which it serves and supports various philanthropic goals. Acting with its employees, it supports and contributes to local organizations through its various operating divisions, including sponsoring numerous charitable fundraising activities and initiating work experience programs for the physically and developmentally challenged.
www.loblaw.com
Roots
 Established in Toronto in 1973, Roots is Canada's leading lifestyle brand, selling a wide range of clothing, leather goods and accessories for men and women of all ages. Co-founders Michael Budman and Don Green have led the extraordinary growth of Roots. Inspired by their teenage summer-camp experiences in Ontario's Algonquin Park, they created a business that celebrates the natural beauty
and culture of Canada.
Roots is a member of Business for Social Responsibility, a non-profit global organization that works with companies committed to respecting ethical values, people, communities and the environment. Over the years Roots has responded to hundreds of requests for charitable support and continues to demonstrate its commitment to the communities in which they operate.
canada.roots.com
TD Bank Financial Group
 TD Bank Financial Group headquartered in Toronto with offices around the world, TD Bank Financial Group offers a full range of financial products and services through the following businesses: Personal and Commercial Banking, Wealth Management and Wholesale Bank.
At TD Bank Financial Group, the future matters. To ensure a lasting, positive impact, TD Bank Financial Group's charitable giving philosophy places emphasis on three fundamental elements of a bright future - children's health, children's education and literacy, and the environment. TD Bank Financial Group gives priority to children's causes, particularly health and education, because the advancement of our society depends on our efforts to nurture and encourage today's young people. Similarly, our environment is an essential foundation on which we can build healthy, enjoyable, and successful lives. We must address crucial environmental issues today by promoting initiatives to repair, preserve, and nurture our natural habitat.
www.td.com
Toronto Hydro
 Toronto Hydro is working to create the "conservation culture" that is necessary for Toronto to successfully meet the energy challenges
Toronto is facing. They are also launching consumer education programs, and investing in renewable energy in the city, including solar and wind power.
www.torontohydro.com
Ace Bakery
 ACE Bakery is a family-owned business that has been specializing in baking handmade artisan breads since 1993. Food reviewers and food lovers have dubbed Ace "Toronto's best bread" - a compliment they take seriously and an honour they are determined to maintain.
One of ACE Bakery's founding principles is that businesses have a social responsibility to support the community that supports them.
www.ace-bakery.com
Summerhill Group
 Summerhill Group is one of Canada's leading companies driving market transformation. They develop and implement social marketing programs
and provide strategic advice which helps transform markets to sustainability. Their areas of focus are energy efficient housing, transportation and healthy indoor environments. The Summerhill Group also manages the activities of three not-for profit organizations in Canada: Clean Air Foundation, Canadian Energy Efficiency Alliance and Healthy Indoors Partnership.
www.summerhillgroup.ca
Toronto Water
 Toronto Water provides Toronto's residents and businesses quality water services, through the supply of drinking water and treatment of wastewater, essential for protecting public health and safety, in an environmentally responsible manner.
Toronto Water works hard to deliver a service that is largely taken for granted. They are addressing the renewal needs of our city's aging infrastructure, increasing growth, continuously improving customer service and promoting stewardship of the environment. Toronto Water's efforts to manage water sustainably will ensure that this precious resource will still be there for generations to come.
www.toronto.ca/water
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