Innovations Through Teamwork
We are making significant gains in the pulp and paper industry through the ingenuity and teamwork of our employees, who consistently strive to be leaders in best practices, technology and innovation.
National Sciences and Engineering Synergy Award
Irving Pulp and Paper Ltd., the University of New Brunswick and Environment Canada’s National Water Research Institute together received national recognition for their ground breaking scientific research that confirmed IPP’s world first technology - reverse osmosis – improved water quality and achieved the kind of natural aquatic environments needed for reproductively healthy fish.
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Top Employer of Youth – Conference Board of Canada
JDI is pleased to be selected by the Conference Board of Canada as one of the 12 Top Employers of Youth in Canada. Since 1996, employees under the age of 25 have grown to account for 30% of JDI’s workforce. To continue this growth, we developed a focused HR strategy to attract, develop and promote young people within our organization. Our efforts include:
- Scholarship programs
- Education partnerships with community colleges
- University co-op programs
- Focused career and leadership development programs
Excellence in Workplace Literacy Award for Irving Paper
This award recognizes and rewards innovative and effective workplace literacy programs. Our mill team won the award for ongoing investment in literacy, training and development. These efforts assist employees in making the transition to new technology that greatly improves communication and productivity in the mill.
Canadian Information Productivity Award (CIPA)
CIPA awarded Irving Paper for its Computerized Information Systems. Winning organizations are recognized for the significant impacts their projects generate for their organizations in solving business problems, improving organizational productivity and stimulating growth or value for the enterprise.
NIDMAR Award for Disability Management
The National Institute of Disability management and Research (NIDMAR) awards outstanding organizations that champion the best principles of workplace disability management and achieved positive, measurable results. JDI's disability management and return to work programs were honoured with this national award because our programs:
- Involve creativity, collaboration and commitment
- Are based on consensus between labour and management
- Promote injury prevention, rehabilitation and safe, early return-to-work
- Reduce the human and economic costs of disability
- Demonstrate executive leadership and vision
Special Achievement in GIS Award
For more than 20 years, geospatial (GIS) technologies have helped JDI ensure more detailed forest mapping for sustainable resource management. JDI was the first forest products company in North America to use the innovative ESRI technology back in 1983. Managing forests in today's ever-changing world is an increasingly complex and demanding challenge involving dynamic environmental, resource considerations, and business decisions, and GIS technology is a key tool in helping us succeed.
“GIS technology is critical to 21st century management of healthy forests and ecosystems. We have a big responsibility to care for both Crown and freehold land. GIS systems and databases help us meet this commitment - ensuring we are responsibly looking after 100’s of variables on the 6 million acres that JDI owns or manages – not only for today but 80 years into the future.”
Blake Brunsdon, Chief Forester for J.D. Irving, Limited
Cavendish Farms – National Honours For Workplace Literacy and Learning
Cavendish Farms, located in New Annan, Prince Edward Island, has received two national awards for its Learning Centre which helps to improve employee literacy skills and opportunities for advancement.
The Learning Centre offers paid class time, supplies and daytime study hours in an on-site classroom. In three years, more than 200 Cavendish Farms employees successfully took part in such programs as basic literacy, academic upgrading and computer skills. Cavendish Farms is a recipient of the Canadian Council on Learning’s “Sharing the Flame” award which recognises pioneering learning programs across the country. The company has also been honoured with Canada Post’s national Workplace Literacy award.
1 Million Man Hours Safe Work Award - Exxon Mobil
Through the winter of “White Juan” and some of the coldest temperatures on record, the men and women of Irving Shipbuilding worked tirelessly. Over 400 people were employed at the peak of this project. The end result is a five story, 2400 tonne production deck and flare boom that now works off the coast of Sable Island.
Exxon Mobil’s award recognized the skill, dedication and perseverance of the employees of the Halifax Shipyard in completing 1 million work hours without a lost time accident. Exxon Mobil has very rigorous standards when it comes to safety and achieving this honour represents a hard won effort by everyone involved.
Platinum Performance for Food Safety
Cavendish Farms manufacturing plants located on Prince Edward Island, Canada is a recipient of the Silliker Platinum Award for Food Safety
Of several hundred food processing facilities audited by Silliker worldwide, only a small percentage achieve a points rating of 95 or more out of a possible 100, which is the minimum requirement for award recognition. Cavendish Farms New Annan Plant No. 1 scored a 98.9; Plant No. 2 scored 98.7.
"Just as platinum is the metal against which all others are judged, these companies set the standard in food handling and management," said Rena Pierami, Division Vice President of Technical Services for Silliker, Inc. "These audits are rigorous and touch every aspect of a facility. "