Corporate Social Responsibility Report

Dedicated to making cities more liveable, Evergreen has been one of our top four national programs since 2009.

Evergreen is a not-for-profit organization that is a leading national funder and facilitator of local, sustainable greening projects in schoolyards, parks and communities across Canada. We are proud to align ourselves with such a visionary group involved with such relevant environmental causes.

Good things growing

Starting in 2005, we’ve helped to fund 375 Evergreen Green Grant projects across Canada with some real success stories now taking root. This is a long-term multi-million dollar commitment that’s the largest community granting program of its kind in Canada.

Two projects from 2010 illustrate how the grants can have a positive impact on local communities:

• The province of Ontario needs to plant over a billion trees to achieve the 30 per cent forest cover needed to ensure a healthy ecosystem. Local tree planting initiatives are needed to get the ball rolling and so Walmart awarded a $5,000 Green Grant to the Urban Forest Renewal Program to fund a project in Napanee. Not afraid to get their hands dirty, Walmart volunteers arrived with shovels in hand to help program staff get the trees in the ground.
• In Prince Edward Island, the Friends of Covehead Brackley Bay (FCCB) are helping younger residents appreciate the rich aquatic and terrestrial wildlife in local freshwater ponds. On the strength of a Walmart Green Grant, the Friends developed and installed a pair of interpretive signs at two local ponds. Now schoolchildren are able to visit and identify 26 kinds of flora and fauna – a small step towards becoming meaningfully engaged with their precious local habitat.