A Message from the President

Hello and welcome to the Secured Courier Limited & Greenteam Web Site. I'm Gregory Linton, Owner, President & CEO.

We at Secured Courier and Greenteam Courier are pleased with this website and with all of the information that is available on it. We hope that you will be too. We hope that you enjoy using and operating on this site for all of your courier needs. A great deal of time and effort has gone into it's design with you the customer in mind. I have been in this business since the early 80's as a driver,dispatcher, office manager and since 1986 as the owner of Secured Courier.

Now I‘m very pleased to announce that we have expanded, opening another location in Toronto’s West end to better serve our clients needs there as well as in Etobicoke, Mississauga and Vaughan!

In addition, we have just opened our Greenteam Courier division in the city core. This is Toronto’s first environmentally driven courier service using 100% People Power.
Go to www.greenteamcourier.com for all of the exciting news about this “Green” concept!

I know only too well what you require from your courier supplier on an ongoing basis day in and day out. The key words here are RELIABLE, PERSONALIZED, FRIENDLY SERVICE and COMMUNICATION.

It has been and continues to be my mandate to provide each and every one of my clients with these very important principles. With that in mind we have developed this very easy to use and effective site to fulfill all of you delivery requirements no matter how big or how small.

You know many times I have been complimented on the name of my firm and asked why I chose the name Secured Courier. The answer is simply that I wanted you the customer to feel and be secure in knowing that we were going to make sure that your important package or document arrived safely and on time each and every time. Its really that simple.

So once again I welcome you and please call me any time personally to answer any questions or concerns that you may have with regards to any aspect of this site or the service that we provide.

I am always available, and oh yes please remember- we are only as good as your last delivery!

Thank you sincerely,

Gregory Linton
President & CEO
Secured Courier Limited.

A Letter to David Miller

Mr. David Miller
Mayor
Toronto City Hall
2nd Floor
100 Queen St. W.
Toronto, ON
M5H2N2

Dear Sir:

RE: The GreenTeam Courier Helps Make A Difference

One of the concerns of residents of Toronto that you have addressed and committed to work to resolving is the issue of the environment, in particular matters such as pollution, grid lock, and creating an "environmentally sustainable city".

Secured Courier is a Toronto based company that has been serving the business community for 20 years. In this time we have seen the negative impact of more traffic, more vehicles and more pollution as it denigrates the quality of life in the city. We have decided that there is a contribution that we can make.

In the next few weeks, we will be introducing THE GREENTEAM COURIER Company!
In point form here is what we hope to accomplish:
We will immediately remove 60 vehicles from the downtown core throughout the business day!
All packages in the GreenTeam Zone (Queen's Quay to Eglinton - Bathhurst to Bayview) will be delivered without using automobiles. Packages coming from outside the zone will be transferred to "peddle power" at the edge of this zone.
Bicycles, Foot Delivery and riding the TTC - our couriers will be on the job.

We will:

Reduce grid lock!

Free up temporary parking!

Reduce emissions on an ever increasing basis as we grow the business.

Deliver packages faster than by vehicle

Reduce costs - lower fees (no fuel surcharges or high insurance costs)

Increase awareness that "You can make a difference!"

Encourage companies to not only contribute to the solution but also to tell the world that they are a member of our GreenTeam.

Reduce waste paper by handling all orders through our website

Promote events that highlight the benefit of our company and its contribution to the city.

Contribute 5% of our corporate profits to the Toronto Tree Advocacy Planting Program and make all of our clients aware of this project. Demonstrating how easy it is to truly make a difference.

The Tree Advocacy Planting Program and Greenteam Courier, what is it?

As part of our overall strategy with Greenteam Courier, we felt that eliminating courier delivery vehicles and hence their harmful vehicle emissions from the Greenteam Delivery Area just was not going to be enough. There had to be more that we could do.

We said, “Ok we have cut down and eliminated the need for vehicles in the downtown core and we have replaced them with “more” cyclists, walkers and even Metro pass couriers but what about the air that we breathe? By getting, the cars out this will help but what else can we do?

Let’s do more to improve the air quality here in our great city. Let’s plant a forest!

That is when I met Deputy Mayor Joe Pantalone and he explained his Tree Advocacy Planting Program to me.

The Tree Advocacy Planting Program is a city-wide initiative to replenish our shrinking urban forest. With the help of Mayor Miller, Deputy Mayor Pantalone, Toronto City Council, corporate sponsors and thousands of volunteers, more than 350,000 trees and shrubs have been planted since 1999.

A flourishing urban forest is paramount to a healthy city. With each tree that we plant, we create a living legacy for generations to come. I believe this is a proactive, positive initiative that we should do. We will donate a minimum 5% of our corporate profits to TAPP and we will plant additional trees on behalf of all of our Greenteam Clients. We will invite you to participate in the plantings as well, bring your kids! I can tell you that I never felt better then when I was planting trees in Colonel Sam Smith Park earlier this spring with all those people. It was a great feeling and you can go back and see the trees growing over time!

Please keep your eye on this web site for information regarding our first “Official Greenteam Planting” coming this September. We are planting over 1500 trees and shrubs at a site specifically chosen for us in the Eglinton Flats area at Scarlett Road and Eglinton Avenue West. More details are coming.

Thanks and have a great “Green” day.

Greg Linton
President & CEO
Secured Courier Ltd. & Greenteam Courier Ltd.
3106 Dundas Street West
Toronto, ON
M6P 2A1
416-363-3278