Selection criteria
Cascades, through its donations and sponsorships program, wishes to contribute to various initiatives in one of the preferred sectors identified by the company.
Submit an application
All applications are carefully considered by our decision-making committee. For this reason, we ask that you submit your application at least eight weeks before your activities begin. All those making requests will receive a response, whether positive or negative, within the prescribed time frame.
Cascades, your partner for small and large successes
The communities in which Cascades is established are central to its social commitment. Year after year, Cascades fulfills its role as a responsible citizen by aligning with environmental and social causes and by encouraging the human and economic development of the communities in one of its preferred sectors.
4,2
million dollars in donations and sponsorships annually
More than 200
sponsorship partnerships
More than 30 %
investment in environment and education
Selection criteria
Cascades is a responsible corporate citizen who wishes, through its donations and sponsorships, to contribute to the economic, social and environmental development of communities. To this end, it has established the following selection criteria for applications to potentially be approved by the Donations and Sponsorships Committee.
- Cascades supports organizations, not individuals
- Cascades gives preference to projects that are deployed in the regions where it operates, or in an adjacent region.
Cascades concentrates its investments in the following
four sectors:
Sustainable development:
Cascades encourages the leadership of foundations and organizations that focus on areas of expertise pertaining to climate change, recovery of residual materials, land conservation and the development of the local and circular economy.
Education and entrepreneurship:
Cascades aims to recognize and praise student engagement. Every year, the company awards grants to not-for-profit organizations or scholarships to a group of students who have distinguished themselves in carrying out a project. Cascades is also proud to foster the engagement of the next generation of entrepreneurs.
Amateur sports and physical activity:
Advocating a holistic approach to sports and the promotion of a healthy lifestyle, Cascades wishes to support the leadership of the sports community, the management of sports programs and the offering of athletic scholarship programs to support athletes. The focus is on amateur sport, physical activity and sporting events.
Community organizations:
Cascades is committed to participating in the mission of community organizations in the areas where it operates, in order to foster a fairer, healthier and more inclusive environment. To achieve this goal, Cascades would like to contribute through product donations, cash donations or the participation of its employees in volunteer activities.
The purchase of a personal-use good or service completed in an auction for a for-profit activity;
The purchase of advertising or an advertorial in a magazine or special publication;
A contribution to an organization or event that goes against Cascades’ values and philosophy;
Involvement in an event that requires ticket sales by Cascades employees;
Support for religious or political organizations;
A request originating in regions where Cascades does not operate;
Support for professional sports teams, for-profit businesses or municipal or government services;
Requests requiring an unreasonable response time (submitted less than two months before the event);
Personal contributions to a financing or a fundraising activity.
Contributions that support a single person rather than a cause (funding a child’s school trip abroad for educational purposes, registering a child for a sporting, cultural or community activity, etc.).
Submit an application
Cascades does its best to fulfill as many requests as possible within the limits of available budgets and corporate priorities regarding social commitment. Although your project may fall under one of our focus areas and meet our donation and sponsorship selection criteria, there is a chance it might not be accepted.
Examples of initiatives
Cascades does its part for a waste-free nature
Cascades was the official partner of PurNat from 2015 to 2024, an organization that provides a cleanup service for illegal dump in Canada
David Suzuki Foundation
For nearly 10 years, Cascades has been a partner of the David Suzuki Foundation, a major player in the field of sustainable development. Its mission: to protect nature’s diversity and the well-being of all life, now and for the future.
20th anniversary of Fondation Aléo x Cascades: Investing in the next generation of talent
As part of the 20-year collaboration between the Fondation Aléo and Cascades, the Québec multinational, a total of $100,000 in scholarships and services has been awarded to 24 Québec student athletes at the Auberge Saint-Gabriel in Montréal.
Centraide at Cascades
This video introduces Alain Lemaire, a founding member of Cascades. Mr. Lemaire explains why Cascades is involved in Centraide Centre-du-Québec’s fundraising campaigns.
Forces AVENIR
Cascades is celebrating more than 10 years of partnership with Forces Avenir, an organization that recognizes student involvement. Each year, Cascades awards the Environment AVENIR scholarship to a student or group of students who have distinguished themselves in carrying out an environmental project.
Tour CIBC Charles-Bruneau in Kingsey Falls
Cascades has been a proud partner of the Fondation Charles Bruneau for many years. Every year, Cascaders enthusiastically take part in the Tour CIBC Charles-Bruneau, with the goal of giving all children with cancer a better chance of recovery. During the 2017 edition, the cyclists passed through Kingsey Falls.