Sustainable Development | Casino de Montréal

For several years now, the casinos have been working with Moisson food banks across Québec in their fight against food insecurity—a cause they both deeply care about. Through this partnership, the casinos have given employees opportunities to positively impact their communities and take part in volunteer and community service activities.

Some of these activities include food drives, fundraisers, and an annual volunteer day for casino and head office employees. In the fall of 2018, over 220 employees spent time sorting foodstuffs at the Moisson warehouse, took part in the Guignolée des médias, cooked meals, and organized food drives at local grocery stores. Through these activities, employees helped collect close to 15,000 kg of foodstuffs and raise over $5,000.

The Casino de Montréal has been long acknowledged as one of Montréal’s main tourist attractions, with an offer of services that provides clear support for tourism by topping off the city’s overall restaurant and entertainment facilities.

As such, the Casino contributes to the international reputation of Montréal and even Québec as tourist magnets.

On September 24, almost 180 employees rallied to a single cause: food security. The Société des casinos du Québec (SCQ) took the opportunity of volunteer day to announce ongoing support for the four Moisson organizations in the province.
For the past several years, our casinos and Moisson organizations have joined forces in volunteer activities. The new partnership on the theme Quatre casinos, quatre Moisson focuses the SCQ’s social engagement efforts on a cause that reaches many people.
Many initiatives will be undertaken internally at the SCQ to support Moisson organizations, including organizing recurrent volunteer activities, fundraising events and foodstuff collection drives.         

The Casino de Montréal replaced individual water bottles by reusable glasses in its gaming areas, an initiative that drew active participation from both employees and customers.

The project, which was rolled out in all Québec casinos, will eliminate nearly 1.2 million plastic bottles annually.

For the first time, the Casino de Montréal eco-certified some of its internal meetings attended by more than 30 employees. This included initiatives that met Level 2 responsible event management standards, particularly in the areas of accounting and the Carbone boréal greenhouse gas emission offset project.

This is just the beginning. Next year, the Casino will work to eco-certify other internal events.