First Ecologo Certified Festival!

The Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival (THODBF) is very proud to announce that it has become the first festival to achieve certification by EcoLogo, one of North America’s largest, and most respected environmental standard and certification marks.

EcoLogo provides customers – public, corporate and consumer – with assurance that an event bearing their logo meets stringent standards of environmental leadership. To be awarded EcoLogo certification, the THODBF has met criteria in a variety of categories including materials, waste, energy and transportation, and will undergo on-site audits to ensure compliance.

“On behalf of the EcoLogo Program, I am proud to recognize the Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival as the first to be certified under the EcoLogo Program’s standard for Events,” says Scott McDougall, President of TerraChoice, managers of the EcoLogo Program. “Tim Hortons, the Festival organizers, and the paddlers themselves can be proud of creating and participating in this great greener event. EcoLogo certification means leadership in the use of renewable electricity, offsetting carbon emissions, waste reduction and disposal, and the use of environmentally greener products and services.” 

Join us onsite from June 18th-20th to learn more about what we've done to achieve this certification!