Sikinik Kungattuk: The Smiling Sun (Silver Honor Award)

As a brand with a commitment to continuously reducing our impact on the environment, we also recognize the need to address the climate crisis beyond our own footprint. This commitment inspired us to partner with the Nunatsiavut Government to help the indigenous communities living in Nain, Hopedale, Makkovik, Postville, and Rigolet across the Nunatsiavut region in Northern Labrador, Canada who relied exclusively on diesel fuel, which can only arrive by boat or plane, to power their homes. Together, we worked towards creating a sustainable, economical, and energy-independent future for these communities in a way that aligned with their values of respectful and mindful land use. By converting energy usage from diesel fuel to renewable solar energy, this initiative embodied the Inuit philosophy of only taking what’s essential and leaving minimal impact on the earth and symbolized our shared goal of safeguarding the environment.

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