Canadian Tire Corporation - Corporate Waste Intern

Canadian Tire (CT) is one of Canada's leading and most iconic retail brands, providing consumer products and services. Canadian Tire's sustainability strategies seek to address complex challenges and innovative opportunities in waste management, reduction in GHG emissions from operations and merchandising, circularity, and positive contributions to the communities CT serves in. Canadian Tire Corporation has set an ambitious goal of achieving 90% waste diversion by the end of 2022. 

In my role, I drafted a strategy comprised of waste optimization and a series of pilot projects to tackle Canadian Tire Petroleum's complex waste profile, while taking into account the unique characteristics of the petroleum business. The work consisted of overlaying and analyzing waste-related metrics with operational metrics for decision-making, presenting and communicating project plans, as well as collaborating cross-functionally to implement said strategies through iterations of optimization and pilot projects.