Intuit Canada's Green Journey

Improving the environment we work in

Our work environment is the one we spend most of our waking hours in. That's why Intuit Canada invests in eco-friendly solutions - from our facilities to our in-house recycling programs.

Goodbye, paper cups! Intuit Canada provides each employee with a reusable water bottle and coffee mug, eliminating nearly 1 million paper cups each year.

Cutting paper waste in half. Each employee is encouraged to print and photocopy on both sides of the paper. What's the impact? Consider that the average North American uses nearly 12,000 sheets of paper each year¹ - and divide that number by 2. See? Double-sided printing is a small change with a big effect.

Reducing office supply use. Reusing envelopes. Making notes on scrap paper. Using 100% recycled paper products. We do countless little things - and, in doing so, we've reduced our total office supply use by 23% over last year. And when we can't find a way to reuse gently-used office supplies or empty toner cartridges, we donate them to charities who can.

Building better buildings. Our Edmonton headquarters qualified for the Commercial Incentive Program in recognition of our energy-efficient building design, aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

And, of course, we've actively implemented recycling programs for paper, cardboard & beverage containers throughout our Canadian offices.

Responsibly using paper and ink

Product packaging - from boxes & manuals to in-store displays - requires not only paper but also inks, glosses and other materials that contribute to our eco-footprint. Here's how we're working to lessen our impact.

Papers from well-managed forests

The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) of Canada certifies papers that contain FSC-certified wood fibre from well-managed forests and/or papers with post-consumer recycled content.

Intuit Canada has proudly switched to using only FSC-certified papers for our QuickTax boxes. In time, we hope to print all our materials on FSC-certified paper.

Learn about the Forest Stewardship Council

Non-metallic inks & water-based glosses

Metallic inks & UV coatings are used to give printed materials improved luster. However, these products are not environmentally friendly.

That's why we've switched. This year, the packaging for nearly all Intuit Canada products - including ProFile, QuickBooks and QuickTax - uses vegetable-based inks rather than metallic inks and water-based aqueous coatings rather than UV coatings.