ENGAGING IN OUR COMMUNITIES
Earth Day
One of our key Sustainability initiatives is an annual
program supporting Earth Day engagement events.
We encourage all our offices to invite friends, family,
and clients to take part in Earth Day volunteer activities
to build awareness in our offices and communities.
Earth Day provides a great opportunity to work with
our colleagues across the company in support of our
Vision of Solving the Challenges of Making the Earth a
Better Place to Live. In April 2018, TRC celebrated Earth
Day with its third company-wide initiative in which each
office was encouraged to participate in a local event to
support environmental awareness and stewardship.
Over 600 employees from 34 offices participated
in Earth Day activities in April 2018
These initiatives included community cleanups, office
recycling, bike-to-work events, and many more. These
initiatives deepen employee engagement, promote
health and safety, minimize our footprint, and support
TRC’s 2020 Sustainability Objectives.
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2018 Sustainability Report
A few highlights include:
■ ■ The Lakewood and Fort Collins, CO offices held an
Earth Day Challenge during the week of April 16 – 20,
encouraging employees to engage in sustainable
activities and log their progress. Eligible activities
included avoiding disposable products, reducing
trash, volunteering at Earth Day events in the
community, going “paper free,” and utilizing low-
pollution transportation. The top scorers received
a reusable bag filled with products that encourage
conserving, reusing, and recycling every day.
■ ■ On April 20 and 21, a group from our Baton Rouge,
LA office participated in an event called BioBlitz.
TRC employees and their family members joined
local naturalist scientists to document biodiversity
and identify as many species as possible at the
Greenwood Community Park. The goal of the
event was to foster appreciation for Baton Rouge’s
biodiversity through hands-on exploration. This effort
also helped to provide valuable baseline data to a
local conservation program on the distribution of
species in the area.