Lassonde receives a Gold Award from Excellence Canada
Lassonde is proud to be winning a Gold Award from Excellence Canada in the “Healthy Workplace” category, for the second time.
Excellence Canada’s mission is to help organizations in all sectors become the best-in-class by implementing standards of excellence. Excellence Canada is a not-for-profit organization that certifies and recognizes outstanding achievements by organizations across Canada that embody these attributes: they are customer focused, competitive, economically and environmentally sustainable, are good corporate citizens and actively pursue strategies to improve the mental and physical health and safety of their employees to create a healthy workplace culture that attracts and retains the best people.
The Healthy Workplace® Award
This award is based on Excellence Canada’s Canadian Healthy Workplace® Standard developed in partnership with Health Canada and in association with professionals from the health and wellness sectors.
The award was presented to Jean Gattuso, Chief Operating Officer of Lassonde Industries Inc., at the annual Excellence Canada ceremony held in Toronto on November 1st.
“We are especially proud to be winning the Excellence Canada Healthy Workplace gold award for the second time, said Jean Gattuso. It is such great validation for Lassonde’s unceasing efforts to foster health and wellness among our employees and in the larger community. This prize belongs above all to all the employees who make up the Lassonde team; all the programs in the world wouldn’t amount to much without their participation, enthusiasm and determination. I’m sure that, like me, they will feel motivated by this award to set the bar for our company ever higher.”