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"Stikeman Elliott LLP has new bragging rights today, becoming the first national law firm in Canada to be certified "carbon neutral."
It means the greenhouse gas output generated from the business of practising law is offset against credits the firm bought from a carbon trading company to achieve the neutral rating."
"The firm introduced a comprehensive recycling program, adopted double-sided printing, reduced font size, adjusted building temperatures, reduced light levels, used more video-conferencing and eliminated bottled water, replacing it with a filtered water system.
Stikeman now diverts 80% of its waste, reducing garbage sent to the dump by 16,900 kilograms annually. The printing changes cut paper use by four million pages in Toronto alone. The modifications saved $100,000 annually."