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TABLE 3: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
1. SDS Departmental Goal:
Historically, Defence has focused on integrating environmental considerations into decision-making at every level of the organization as stated both in the environmental vision in Defence Sustainable Development Strategy 2006 (SDS) and the Defence Administrative Order and Directive 4003-0.
2. Federal SD Goal including Greening of Government Operations (GGO) goals:
Implementation of the fourth iteration of our SDS began on April 1st 2007. The four strategic commitments are to:
- develop a framework of land use management putting our lands on a steady state footing of sustainability;
- actively promote the application of innovative Green Building principles and share lessons learned with the broader federal community;
- implement a proactive and comprehensive Green Procurement program across the Defence organization; and,
- actively and innovatively prevent negative environmental impacts of specific activities over which Defence can exercise a mitigating influence.
Each of these strategic commitments relates to one or more federal Sustainable Development goals (specifically the Greening of Government Operations element of those goals). A detailed crosswalk establishing the linkages is included in the Defence SDS at Table 4, page 33 of the document which is available on the Internet at: <http://www.admie.forces.gc.ca/dge/sds-sdd/index-eng.asp>.
3. Performance Measure from current SDS
Defence strategic commitments are supported by a total of 16 sub-commitments that provide concrete indications of the Department’s progress toward achievement of the strategic commitments. Each of these sub-commitments comprises a concise statement of the desired end state. These sub-commitments or targets are set out in detail in Table 1, page 23 of the Defence SDS document. In addition, Guidance sheets to support each of the sub-commitments have been produced to provide those responsible for implementing the target with the name and coordinates of a subject-specific expert for each target, the definition and scope of the sub-commitment, an action plan for achieving it, and a template to ensure uniform data collection.
4. Department’s Expected Results for fiscal year 2009-2010
Since the Department’s strategic commitments are largely multi-year in nature (i.e., exceeding the three-year reporting cycle of the SDS process), the targets cannot be precisely measured as an annual percentage of completion.
Of the 16 sub-commitments in SDS 06, none were exceeded, one has been met, 13 are on track and progress on two (measuring and managing the sustainability of training areas, and expanding Green Building concepts into the total design process) are not satisfactory. The Department will continue to monitor progress against targets from earlier SDS, particularly in the following areas: integrated pest management, hazardous materials management plans and environmental management systems.
The Department also monitors the performance of an additional four activities that are of continuing interest to the sustainable development community but have no specific targets: liquid effluents, treated water, solid waste and spills.
Source: Assistant Deputy Minister (Infrastructure and Environment) Group