During the past two years, communities have faced considerable economic and mental health challenges during the pandemic and SECURE didn’t waiver on its commitments to engaging and giving back in local communities and fundraising efforts during this time.
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We commit to actively building and fostering long-lasting relationships with Indigenous communities through respectful engagement and opportunities for economic participation in support of Truth and Reconciliation. The merger with Tervita in 2021 combined the two companies’ geographic operational footprint and our Indigenous Relations teams came together to increase our capacity to engage with Indigenous communities.
In 2021, we entered into eight new mutually beneficial agreements with Indigenous communities and businesses bringing the total to 21. We classify our formalized Indigenous relationships into three main categories:
1. Economic Participation Agreements
2. Consultation and Engagement Agreements
3. Cooperation Agreements
SECURE updated our supply chain best practice to incorporate a definition of Indigenous Business ownership that aligns with the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB). SECURE continues to identify and track our spending with Indigenous vendors and is aligning processes to verify Indigenous ownership for our vendors through SECURE’s supply chain onboarding platform.
SECURE’s supply chain team has helped improve SECURE’s local and Indigenous supplier sourcing by applying the same scorecard across all suppliers, in turn, validating our economic partnerships and continuing to grow them.
SPOTLIGHTLiard First NationSECURE has been actively working with Iyon Kechika Contracting, an Indigenous contractor from the Liard First Nation near the BC-Yukon border. This partnership experienced a significant positive development in 2021. Our Indigenous partner purchased a roll-off truck trailer for their waste collection business in support of SECURE’s operations in the region. |
SECURE maintains memberships in CCAB, the Circle for Aboriginal Relations (CFAR) and the Northeastern Alberta Aboriginal Business Association (NAABA).
CASE STUDYCoverall Purchase from Whitefish Lake First Nation BusinessThrough consultation engagements for our East Kaybob Pipeline project, which was commissioned in 2020, SECURE identified Goodfish Lake Business Corporation (GLBC), wholly owned by Whitefish Lake First Nation, as an Indigenous-owned supplier of coveralls. One of our goals for 2021 was to solely purchase all new coveralls for the Midstream
SECURE’s 2021 merger with Tervita created a unique opportunity to grow our business relationship with GLBC and support Whitefish Lake First Nation by surpassing our goal and purchasing new coveralls and winter parkas for all transitioning Tervita employees, resulting in a one-time order equivalent to replacing coveralls for three years of operations. In addition, SECURE partnered with GLBC to donate 842 legacy Tervita coveralls and 42 parkas for |
SPOTLIGHTNew Partnership in Nisga’a Lisims Treaty Lands
In 2021, SECURE began partnering with AF Echo Bay, a Nisga’a Nation member-owned business located in northwest B.C. Through this partnership, SECURE will deliver waste management and environmental services within the Nisga’a Lisims Treaty Lands. We also provide employment opportunities and capacity building for the Nisga’a people. By working together, we help the Nisga’a meet their goals while enhancing the services we bring to customers and our operating each in the Pacific Northwest.
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Giving back is engrained in the SECURE culture and 2021 proved no different with over $540,000 invested in communities. Our community investment initiatives throughout Western Canada, North Dakota and Oklahoma fall into the following categories
With its partners, SECURE raised a record-breaking $505,000 through its annual Stampede Charity event for local charities, including: the Alex Community Health Centre, KidSport Calgary, Calgary Food Bank and Providence. Since beginning the event in 2014, we have contributed over $1 million to KidSport. Our generous employees contributed $63,000 in our 2021 United Way Campaign, and with the SECURE match, Team SECURE donated a grand total of $126,000 to the United Way. This employee driven campaign has evolved in the past two years to incorporate more online events, allowing us to include
our employees across our network of field locations.
Looking Ahead
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