Molson in the Community

Photo L-R: Molson Brewery employee; John Drover and  Deputy Minister Bill Parrott, Environment and Conservation Dept, Government of NL; John Buckley, Brewery Manager.

Photo L-R: Deputy Minister Parrott and John Buckley

Want to make a difference!? Start by your own actions! That is an integral part of Molson’s Energy and Environmental Conservation Program — The Power to Make a Difference . The program is in it’s second year and thanks to employee engagement we are doing our bit in the community. In Newfoundland and Labrador our St. John’s Brewery welcomed a visit by Deputy Minister Bill Parrott, and John Drover, Director of Policy and Planning, both of whom work in the Environment and Conservation Department of the Provincial Government. They had a opportunity to tour the brewery and gain insights into a number of different initiatives. A key component is bringing awareness to employees – share our consumptions results – also receiving employee feedback for opportunities on conservation, recycling, and waste reduction.

Hey … we all need to do our bit at work and home to make a difference.

Sur la photo (de gauche à droite) : Sylvie Fréchette (médaillée olympique en nage synchronisée); Annie Pelletier (médaillée olympique en plongeon et porte-parole de la Fondation de l’athlète d’excellence du Québec); Monique Dépatie (chef des Relations communautaires pour Molson); Émilie Heymans (championne du monde et médaillée olympique en plongeon); Pierre Dubé (Directeur général de la Fondation de l’athlète d’excellence du Québec).

C’est avec beaucoup de fierté que nous avons accueilli la Fondation de l’athlète d’excellence du Québec à notre Salle John-Molson le mardi 21 avril dernier, lors de leur cocktail printanier annuel. Lors de cette activité, un total de 11 athlètes se sont partagés des bourses représentant un total de 30,500$. Un bon coup de pouce pour des athlètes qui se passionnent des performances sportives, tout en s’investissant dans leurs études! Une formule gagnante pour leur assurer un meilleur futur! Molson est fière de faire sa part en encourageant les organismes qui encouragent et prônent une qualité de vie saine.

Daniel Pelland, Molson Chief Brewing Officer; Paul Green, Director of Sales for Enbridge Gas Distribution; Doug Dittburner Chief Engineer Molson Toronto Brewery; Peter Goldman, Industrial Sales Manager Enbridge; Sam Galik, Director of Engineering & Maintenance, Molson Toronto Brewery; and Ken Robbins, Brewmaster Molson Toronto Brewery.

Most of us get a bill from the gas company, but Molson was recently in the infinitely more enjoyable position of receiving a cheque for $27,940 from Enbridge Gas Distribution in Toronto. Our Chief Brewing Officer, Daniel Pelland along with members of the management team at the Brewery accepted the cheque on Monday April 20 from Enbridge Gas Distribution. (photo)

This special payment was an incentive for recent boiler improvements made at the Toronto brewery – the boilers are the large steel tanks you see thru the brew house windows when driving by the brewery on the 401. The project involved retrofitting the heat exchanger, and as a result of the retrofit, we acquired the capability to preheat water for the boiler from 45³F to 145³F. Basically, it means the boiler now doesn’t have to work as hard, enabling Molson to save substantial amounts of natural gas. Annually, this improvement amounts to savings of 279, 402 m3 of natural gas, which does good for the business and our planet. The natural gas savings means a reduction of 531 000 kg of C02 emissions each year – the equivalent of 2,681 cars off the road. This improvement is part of Molson ongoing Brewery Energy Conservation Program. The incentive payment from Enbridge will be invested in yet more energy-saving projects.

Actually, this is not the first time Molson has received a cheque from the gas company. Enbridge has a very extensive program to encourage consumers like Molson to reduce their energy use. So, Molson has many more diverse projects either in the works or under consideration, including boiler efficiency improvements, installing meters, improving insulation, water reuse, and flash steam recovery.

Thanks to our energy saving efforts, it won’t be long until the gas company will be writing us another cheque!

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Thanks to Sebastien Charbonneau in employee communications we have lots of great pics on the Molson Flikr site. This one depicts very well the volunteer effort by employees on Friday afternoon to literally pitch in and help clean up the areas around our brewery and head office at 33 Carlingview. In the background you will also see “Donation Station” where we collected unneeded items from employees and members of the community to re-purpose with local charities. Cheers to a great weekend and a wonderful day today to spend with neighbours in bending over, picking up and pitching in to make our community a little cleaner. Cheers @MolsonFerg

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A new twist to supporting the @MayorMiller Comunity Clean and Earth Day this year at Molson was a local Charity angle. Our MP Dr. Kirsty Duncan mentioned that local charities could use support through unwanted household items. So…Barb, Carole and Amir took on the challenge of setting up a “Donation Station” in the parking lot at 33 Carlingview, location our Molson Toronto Brewery and Head Office. We asked employees via inter office email and the public through twitter and our blog to drop off items. The donation of items was truly amazing and the charities were really delighted to see that those items will make a difference in managing their day to day operations. Thanks to our Molson employees and members of the community who helped make a difference this week. To capture this success we have picture here of our Member of Parliament Kirsty Duncan along with our President and CEO Kevin Boyce, Chief Legal and Public Affairs Officer Scott Ewart, Amire Remtulla, Carole Berry, Barb Stiehl and representatives of several local charities. Thanks also to Seb Charbonneau for capturing the event in photos. This was after our employees completed their 20 minute clean up. Cheers @MolsonFerg