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PRESENTATION CONCERNING SUSTAINABILITY AT NAPOLEON
Garry Scott, Vice President of Marketing from Napoleon provided a presentation concerning Napoleon and how they drive sustainability by empowering consumers, innovative product development, listening to the consumer and actively demonstrating their actions locally and globally.
Mr. Scott discussed slides concerning the following topics:
• The sustainable local practices at Napoleon;
• Napoleon’s evolving manufacturing to be more environmentally sustainable through fabrication, waste diversion and packing, and electricity consumption;
• The key areas Napoleon has reduced in electricity, general waste, and cardboard in 2022 versus 2021;
• A flow chart illustrating Napoleon’s continuing efforts to minimize waste between 2013 to 2022;
• Examples of Napoleon’s contributions to the betterment of the local community;
• Pictures illustrating the sustainable products available at Napoleon and their impacts on the environment;
• Napoleon’s goals to increase sustainable products by 2025 and to create new jobs and roles dedicated to support; and
• Napoleon’s active engagement with Ontario’s “Clean Home Heating Initiative” and its expansion to Barrie on May 2, 2023.
Members of Council asked a number of questions of Mr. Scott and received responses.