Local Initiatives

Mera actively supports organizations and causes that enhance the quality of life in the communities that we live in.  Our team dedicates time, talent, resources, and leadership to community events and initiatives that support causes important to us.

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• Local Initiatives – Power of Pink, Opera Saskatchewan,  JibFest, Salvation Army, United Way, Canadian Cancer Society, Shriner’s Circus, Hospitals of Regina Foundation, YMCA

• Plywood Cup

• YMCA Urban Challenge

• Movember

Global Initiatives

Mera works in communities all over the world, and has made it a priority to give back to and support those communities.  Our global community engagement initiatives support causes that aim to enhance quality of life and to provide opportunities that would otherwise be unavailable.

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• Transition House (Cuba)

• Kyiv Mohyla, University of Ukraine (Ukraine)

• ASHA School (Bangladesh)

• Children’s Charities (Aberdeen, Scotland)

Health and Wellness

Mera encourages a healthy balance between work responsibilities and individual wellbeing, and recognizes the importance of this balance to the overall wellness of our team.  The Mera team is more than a collection of employees, and Mera promotes active and healthy lifestyles both at home and in the workplace.

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• Mera Wellness Committee has been established to actively promote employee health and wellness.  The team schedules activities to stimulate employee wellness, and keeps focus on the general health and well being at Mera.  The Mera Wellness Committee always has an eye open for new and exciting events that can make a healthy contribution to our lives.

• Mera prides itself on providing an inviting work environment with ergonomic office equipment specific to each person’s needs.

• A Mera Health & Fitness Rebate has been implemented that reimburses employees who make commitments to health and fitness activities.

Environment

Mera puts a priority on environmental protection.  This commitment has resulted in initiatives to reduce our energy usage, reduce our solid waste output, improve the local and global community and encourage our clients and colleagues to do the same.

Mera has been affecting positive change in management decisions and encouraging employees to reduce waste and get involved.

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• Lighting Options – In an effort to reduce energy consumption, Mera has installed energy efficient light bulbs in both offices.  Mera is pleased with the outcome and looks forward to incorporating these results into other areas.

  • Compact Fluorescent Lights – Mera has installed CFL’s in all reception areas.  These bulbs consume less energy and last longer than standard halogen bulbs.

  • LED Lights – In its expanded office space, Mera has equipped their boardroom with state-of-the-art high efficiency LED light bulbs.  These bulbs use less than 10% of the energy of a halogen bulb, produce less heat, and are so effective that fewer are required to light the same space.   The LED bulbs use only 14 Watts, compared to the 160 Watts used by a standard halogen bulb.

  • Replacing 19 halogen bulbs with 17 LED bulbs will reduce Mera’s annual energy consumption by almost 5,000 kWh.  That is more energy than it takes to regularly run a medium-sized air conditioner for one year.

• Workspace Improvement – Mera made a special point to reuse, refinish, or repurpose as much materials and office equipment as possible during its office expansion and renovation with the goal of minimizing waste from construction.

  • DIRTT Walls – DIRTT walls are sustainable workspace solutions.  These modular walls are faster and more efficient to put in place, and require virtually no changes to the existing workspace.  Best of all, they are completely transportable and can be moved as workspaces change.

  • Mera refinished and reused the existing doors and reception desk, as well as boardroom tables and other office furniture and equipment.

• Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup – Mera coordinates the Regina Wascana shoreline cleanup.  Mera and volunteers spend the day collecting waste and debris from the shores of Wascana Lake with the goal of beautifying the park.

• Mera has established an office culture of reducing, reusing, and recycling and continues to look for ways to reduce our environmental footprint.

  • Mera offices contain paper, plastic and glass recycling bins.

  • Mera ensures clean, reusable, non-plastic kitchen containers and utensils are always available.

  • Mera has replaced bottled water with a water cooler and eliminated paper/Styrofoam coffee cups.

  • Mera encourages the use of digital copies to reduce printing and wasted paper.