Awards, Memberships & Press
Clean Air Yard Care in the News
Clean Air Yard Care started offering Victoria’s first zero emissions, carbon neutral yard care service back in 2010, and began making an impact from the very start. We won our first environmental award within a year of starting up, with the second soon to follow. On this page you’ll find a list of those awards, as well as links to media releases and information about some of the accolades we have received over the past decade and a half.
Awards for Clean Air Yard Care
2010 – Designated as first Carbon Neutral Landscaping Company by the Pacific Carbon Trust
2011 – Designated Climate Smart business by BC Sustainable Energy
2011 – Winner, Synergy Foundation Ecostar Award – Climate Action
2011 – Winner, Saanich Environmental Award for “Sustainable Business Practices & Green Energy Leadership”
2013 – Finalist, Top Five, Small Business BC Award for Best Green Business
2019 – Finalist, Greater Victorian Business Awards for Sustainable Business Practices
2023 – Finalist, Greater Victorian Business Awards for Sustainable Business Practices
2024 – Winner, Synergy Foundation Ecostar Award for Innovation
Clean Air Yard Care featured by the Victoria EV Association
Check out the Victoria Electric Vehicle Association’s terrific video, spotlighting Clean Air Yard Care and our contribution to the clean energy transition in our sector.
In the video, Clean Air’s CEO, Richard Larkin, talks about our development as a company, and how we have benefited from, and helped to spearhead, the remarkable transformation in green technology that is transforming the landscaping industry.
2023 Victoria Chamber Award Nomination Video
2019 Victoria Chamber Award Nomination Video
Memberships
Clean Air Yard Care maintains appropriate licensing and registration with all regulatory authorities in BC and Canada. We also maintain affiliations and memberships with reputable organizations that add to the quality of our business, in particular those that have a direct association with the environment and climate change initiatives.
Engaging in professional memberships is an important function of our business because it gives us valuable professional contacts in our field and we gain access to a wealth of useful information as it pertains to the landscape industry, our environment, renewable energy and the yard care industry as a whole.
