Baka Mobile is honoured to win the City of Toronto's Live Green Award for Toronto's Greenest Corporation

In 2012, Baka Mobile took a giant leap in its carbon footprint reduction through the installation of a first of its kind solar charging station in North America. Furthermore, it converted 60 percent of its fleet to extended range electric vehicles. Baka's Solar Charging station has the capacity to charge up to 8 vehicles under its canopy and generates enough electricity for 160,000 EV kilometres per year. Baka's solar charging station is open to the public and with its convenient location (just off the 427 at Rathburn Road) it's easy for local and travelling EV car owners to stop for a free charge. The additional benefit is any unused energy is fed back to the grid. Baka also has an assistance program to help their employee's transition into EV cars.

Baka has several services and programs that help customers reduce waste. Their device and accessory recycling program removes thousands of phones and electronics from landfills each year. As an added incentive to go green, Baka offers cash for returned devices through its Trade-Up Program.

Baka Mobile through the incorporation of Trak It Wireless with the Fleet Freedom application helps thousands of companies use detailed vehicle information to optimize routes and automate vehicle maintenance therefore cutting fuel consumption, reducing idle time and their greenhouse gas emissions.

So far in 500 days of using the Solar Charging station and EV cars, Baka has produced over 50,000 kilowatts of green energy helping to save 10 metric tons of C02. This is equivalent to the carbon savings generated by the planting of 500 trees. These numbers are growing every day.

"Baka is committed to sustainability and green technology, and is proud to lead by example and honoured to receive this award as recognition" said, John Marion, president, Baka.

John Marion is matching the award prize and donating it to Greenpeace Canada.