Manitoulin Transport reached a donation milestone this year, donating a total of $100,000 to the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) over several years.
The transportation and logistics provider has supported the conservation group since 2011, making annual financial gifts during the Christmas holidays in lieu of holiday gifts for their clients.
The NCC has a mandate to “secure important natural areas through their purchase, donation or other mechanisms, and then manage these properties for the long term.”
In a release, Jeff Smith, executive-vice president of the Manitoulin Transport and Manitoulin Group of Companies, called the conservancy “a highly respected organization known to produce tangible results.”
"Our company is national in scope and we care deeply about the communities across Canada where we do business and where our staff and customers live,” he said.
“The holidays are a time for giving and it simply makes sense to support NCC in their mandate of nature preservation which benefits us all and aligns with our company's core value of operating with integrity."
NCC’s midwestern Ontario program director, John Grant, commended Manitoulin Transport as an industry leader.
“Manitoulin Transport has shown great leadership, not just within their own industry but among companies in general, by getting involved and staying involved with NCC and our important work,” Grant said.
“It is very gratifying to have the support of a company of such calibre as Manitoulin Transport and we look forward to many more years of partnership with them."
Smith noted that Manitoulin Transport has long made efforts to operate in a socially responsible manner. It is the first transportation in Canada to be certified in ISO 14001, a world-renowned environmental management standard.
“Contributing to NCC enables us to go a step further and help protect ecologically important land in Canada and the species that call it home — for its intrinsic value, and for the benefit and enjoyment of generations to come,” Smith said. “We hope our support of NCC inspires others to do the same."
Manitoulin Transport is headquartered in Gore Bay on Manitoulin Island.
