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Table 4: Sustainable Development Strategy

RCMP’s Sustainable Development Strategy (SDS) was tabled in Parliament on December 20, 2006 on a voluntary basis. This fourth strategy is directly linked with the mandate of the RCMP to enforce law, prevent crime and maintain peace, order and security for all Canadians.

The strategy has a two-pronged approach: it focuses on outcomes of policing programs (community partnership, Aboriginal communities and youth) while developing policies, procedures, programs for better reducing the environmental influence associated with day-to-day operations and activities. Over the course of the Strategy, key departmental priorities are:

• Ensuring healthier and safer communities
• Increasing the ability for sustainable corporate governance
• Meeting and exceeding environmental regulatory obligations and public expectations for environmental stewardship

It is expected that realized social-economic and operational efficiencies and RCMP continuous commitment to ensuring healthier and safer communities will allow the RCMP to further focus on the impacts and opportunities of our asset portfolio, fleet operations and the environmental footprint of our policing programs.

Safe Homes Sustainable Communities (2007-2009)
Royal Canadian Mounted Police 4th Sustainable Development Strategy

Sustainable Development is achievable through making well-planned decisions in the present that will enable communities to flourish over the long term. Characteristics that define Sustainable Communities include a healthy natural environment, stable and supportive social fabric, and economic integrity. In this regard, Sustainable Development is inherent in the very nature of RCMP operations, where for over 135 years, the organization’s relationship with Canadians has focused on supporting and nurturing the long-term health, wellness and public safety of the communities it serves.

Through traditional and non-traditional policing roles, the RCMP ensures both short and long-term outcomes for communities and individuals including the safeguarding of personal rights and freedoms; reduction of crime and the fear of crime; crime prevention; economic security and integrity; and social development. The corporate framework that supports the operational mandate further enables these outcomes through best practices and strategies that aim to protect environmental systems while reflecting community needs and values. With performance plans established under three key priorities of Sustainable Communities, Corporate Governance and Environmental Stewardship, the RCMP’s fourth sustainable development strategy, entitled Safe Homes – Sustainable Communities (2007-2009), continues to focus on enhancing policing operations and corporate management practices with sustainability in mind. This will add a new dimension to the immeasurable value that RCMP officers bring to the lives of individuals and families every day.

SDS Departmental Goals:			Departmental Driver:
Sustainable Communities – Healthier and Safer Communities			The need for long-term health, wellness and security of communities
Corporate Governance – Sustainable Development is a way of doing business for organizations of excellence			The need for organizations to be responsible for their decisions & actions
Environmental Stewardship – RCMP physical operations support long-term conservation, protection and restoration of our natural resource systems			The need to effectively conserve, protect and restore our natural resource systems
RCMP SDS Target	Federal SD goal, including GGO goals	Performance measurement from current SDS	Department’s expected results for 2008–2009
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES
1A. Community Partnerships	Federal Goal V: Sustainable Communities	RCMP Volunteerism Total volunteers/annum (#), Total volunteer hours/annum (hrs)	1.1.1 Effective partnerships with communities supporting sustainable development are increasing annually
1B. Aboriginal Communities	Federal Goal V: Sustainable Communities	Degree of Aboriginal Perceptions Training among regular members Total members (#), Total members completed aboriginal perceptions training (#)	1.1.2 Capacity to provide culturally sensitive police services is increasing annually
1C. Youth	Federal Goal V: Sustainable Communities	RCMP members designated as Youth Officers Total RCMP Youth officers (#)	1.1.3 Capacity to provide specialized policing services focused on Youth is increasing annually
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
2A. Environmental Management Systems	Federal Goal VI: Governance for Sustainable Development	Availability and completeness of environmental information to help guide and support sound decisions Total SD programs requiring risk based mitigation strategies (#); total programs with data requirements identified (#)	2.1.1 Management Systems to effectively address environmental regulatory obligations, government policy requirements and public expectations are in-place by 2010
2B. Sustainable Business Practices	Federal Goal VI: Governance for Sustainable Development	Degree of integration with RCMP business planning Total integrations annually under Environmental Scan, Directional Statement, Balanced Scorecard, Asset Mgmt Plan, Project Delivery System, Treasury Board submissions, RPP, DPR (#)	2.1.2 Integration of Sustainable Development Principles into RCMP Business Practices is increasing annually
2C. Green Procurement	Federal Goal VI: Governance for Sustainable Development and Greening Government Operations Goal: Green Procurement	Materiel managers and procurement personnel with green procurement training Total material managers and procurement personnel (#); total material managers and procurement personnel with green procurement training (#)	2.1.3 Integration of Green Procurement into RCMP's way of doing business is increasing annually
		Degree of utilization of PWGSC Standing offer agreements (SOA) respecting Green Procurement Total PWGSC SOA’s respecting green procurement in-place for RCMP use (#); Total call-ups against SOA’s (count)
		Ethanol blended fuel purchased for RCMP fleet Total E10 fuel purchased (L); Total vehicle fuel purchased (L)
2D. Capacity Building	Federal Goal VI: Governance for Sustainable Development	Sustainable Development oriented training courses developed and delivered to RCMP employees Total SD courses/training sessions developed (#); total course/training sessions delivered by type (#); total participants by type (#)	2.1.4 Integration of sustainable development into training and development for RCMP employees is increasing annually
		Active participation in interdepartmental initiatives Total active participations including Sub-Committee for Canadian School of Public Service SD Training initiative and other cross-departmental projects (#)	2.1.5 Increased support and participation for interdepartmental initiatives and programs for sustainable development
2E. Communications	Federal Goal VI: Governance for Sustainable Development	Sustainable Development communications initiatives developed and delivered to RCMP employees Total communications initiatives developed (#); Total initiatives delivered (#)	2.1.6 Communications for RCMP sustainable development program are improving
ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP
3A. Green Building Design & Energy	Federal SD Goal III: Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Greening Government Operations Goal: Building Energy	Buildings constructed with green considerations Total new buildings constructed (#); Total new buildings constructed with green considerations or objectives (#)	3.1.1 Through awareness, education and policy integration, environmental and energy design ratings of RCMP portfolio are improving
		GHG emissions per annum Measures as per existing GHG calculations	3.1.2 GHG emissions per facility square meter is decreasing annually
3B. Contaminated Sites	Federal SD Goals I & IV: Clean Water & Sustainable Use of Natural Resources	Financial liability of RCMP portfolio within Treasury Board Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan (FCSAP) Program Financial liability of RCMP portfolio within TB FCSAP program ($)	3.1.3 Financial liability (as defined by TB) of known contaminated sites and unknown risk of RCMP portfolio reduced annually
		Sites with completed Step 1 and/or Step 2 assessments Total sites with step 1 and/or step 2 assessments completed (#); total sites within RCMP portfolio (#)
		Degree of sites with completed storage tank inventories for reportable and non-reportable tanks sub-target 1: 100% Reportable tanks by 2007 sub-target 2: 100% of non-reportable tanks by 2009 Total reportable tanks (#); Total non-reportable tanks; total sites with inventories completed for a) reportable tanks and b) non-reportable tanks (#)
3C. Potable Water	Federal SD Goal I: Clean Water	Potable water systems managed in accordance with RCMP standard operating procedures for Potable water systems Total potable water systems (#); Total potable water systems operating in accordance with SOP requirements (#)	3.1.4 Potable Water systems managed in accordance with RCMP policy is increasing
3D. Hazardous Materials	Federal SD Goal II: Clean Air	Management/abatement plans in-place for buildings with confirmed hazardous materials Total plans developed (#); Total buildings with confirmed hazardous materials (#)	3.1.5 Capacity to manage hazardous building materials and hazardous waste is increasing annually
		Facilities with confirmed halocarbon inventories Total RCMP sites (#); Total sites with confirmed inventories (#)
3E. Fleet Management	Federal SD Goals II & III: Clean Air & Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Greening Government Operations Goals: Vehicle Fleets & Green Procurement	Ethanol blended fuel purchased for RCMP fleet Total E10 fuel purchased (L); Total vehicle fuel purchased (L)	3.1.6 Operational strategies for mitigating environmental impacts of RCMP fleet improved by 2010
		GHG emissions per vehicle kilometre. Total GHG emissions for RCMP fleet (CO2-eq); Total fleet kilometres (km)	3.1.7 Reduce GHG emissions per vehicle kilometre from RMCP fleet by 2010
3F. Policing Operations	Federal SD Goal IV: Sustainable Use of Natural Resources	Degree of response to operational calls for service Total calls for service (#); total SD responses or follow-up action (#)	3.2.1 Capacity for providing on-going support to operations to integrate environmental considerations into policing initiatives is improving

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