The Ontario Chamber of Commerce has presented it's top business award to Bruce Power.
The company has been named the 2016 recipient of the Ontario Business Achievement Award for Sustainability.
The return to service of four dormant nuclear units by Bruce Power between 2003 and 2012 provided 70% of the power the province needed to shut down the coal stations, dramatically improving the quality of Ontario’s air.
It also added 3,000 megawatts of carbon-free electricity to Ontario’s grid.
The Sustainability Award goes to a business that has demonstrated that being a leader in sustainability makes good business sense.
"We are honoured and frankly humbled to receive this award and we accept it on behalf of our 4,000 employees who proudly make it their mission each and every day to safely provide the province with clean, reliable, low-cost electricity while at the same time maintaining a healthy environment,"said James Scongack, vice president of corporate affairs at Bruce Power.
"Closing coal-fired power plants represents one of the largest greenhouse gas reduction initiatives in North America," said Scongack. "The closures have eliminated more than 30 megatonnes of annual GHG emissions, which is equivalent to taking seven million vehicles off Ontario’s roads."
