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Social responsibility
At the SAQ, we want to contribute to social well-being. Every day, we take concrete actions related to the social, environmental and economic challenges facing Quebec. Because beyond our commercial mission, we are keen on making a positive difference to the community.
In the spotlight
Because every action counts, we try, day after day, to minimize our environmental footprint
by adopting solutions to reduce our consumption and production of waste.
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Read moreIn the heart of the SAQ Campus, our head office in Montréal’s Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough, a greenhouse buzzing with activity 10 months a year and a huge kitchen garden to help feed the neighbourhood are finishing their first season of operation. Discover what’s growing in our garden!
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Read moreOver the years and in several regions, our employees have built ties with local organizations. We’ve collected first-hand accounts from a pair of store teams that have come to see our BAQ campaigns as a symbol of solidarity with their community.
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Read moreMore refined offerings, better marketing and customers looking to “drink local”: Quebec beverage alcohol products are popular for a reason. Vintners, distillers and cider makers are crafting excellent products in your own backyard. And the success they’re enjoying is a source of great pride.
The SAQ publishes several documents that provide an overview of its social responsibility activities.
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Read moreAs the saying goes, every action counts, even small ones. And it’s by combining all these small actions that we can achieve great things and have a real impact. Rethinking the number of fridges in our stores may be a small action but it’s also one more step toward reducing our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the environmental impact of our business activities.
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In the heart of the SAQ Campus, our head office in Montréal’s Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough, a greenhouse buzzing with activity 10 months a year and a huge kitchen garden to help feed the neighbourhood are finishing their first season of operation. Discover what’s growing in our garden!
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Read moreIf you’re one of our customers who shop at SAQ.COM, you’ve probably said to yourself: “What the heck is this?” when you opened your package in the past few months. It’s our new packaging to protect your bottles from damage during delivery.
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More refined offerings, better marketing and customers looking to “drink local”: Quebec beverage alcohol products are popular for a reason. Vintners, distillers and cider makers are crafting excellent products in your own backyard. And the success they’re enjoying is a source of great pride.
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Read moreWith the rollout of the expanded deposit-return system still planned for the fall of 2023, a new round of pilot projects has just been launched in Quebec City and Victoriaville.
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Read moreWine has been around for thousands of years and the perceptions surrounding the product are sometimes stubborn! Discover some of the myths and realities that still persist around wine and lightweight glass.
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Read moreThe next time you visit an SAQ store, have some fun by hand-weighing a few wine bottles. You’ll quickly realize they don’t all weigh the same. Welcome to the world of lightweight glass, a more ecological form of packaging!
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Read moreWe are committed to serving our customers well and selling responsibly. That is why we make a point of training our personnel about our sales ethics and informing the public of it through awareness campaigns.
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Read moreFind out how we seek to adopt the best business practices in order to carry out our mission.
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Read moreOnce upon a time, 70,000 wine bottles found a new life in Montréal bridges.
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Read moreWhen it comes to the environmental performance of its buildings, the SAQ aims for excellence by implementing the best eco-responsible practices in their design, construction, operation and management.
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Read moreWhat happens to the bottles we sell matters to us today, as it has for more than 30 years. Actually, the SAQ was one of the companies that brought curbside recycling to Quebec in 1991. And in the years since, we’ve increased our initiatives and partnerships and invested more than $150 million in collection and recycling.