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Table 4: Sustainable Development Strategy

Pursuant to the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy Act, Environment Canada must develop and table a Federal Sustainable Development Strategy (FSDS) by June 2010. The FSDS will set out federal sustainable development goals and targets and an implementation strategy for meeting each target, as well as identifying the minister responsible for meeting each target. NRCan must prepare and table a sustainable development strategy (SDS) that complies with and contributes to the FSDS in 2011.

NRCan's Sustainable Development Strategy (SDS), Achieving Results, was tabled in Parliament in December 2006 and remains valid until the end of 2009. The document is NRCan's action plan for sustainable development and sets out long-term goals, long-term objectives, intermediate outcomes and targets for 2007-2009.

For the period 2009-10, NRCan will continue to advance its greening government efforts and monitor current SDS targets. Additionally, NRCan will be examining a more strategic, results-focused and integrated approach for its next SDS to further mainstream sustainable development into its planning and reporting processes.

The table below reflects the expected results of SDS targets scheduled for completion by March 31, 2010 and linkages to the department's Program Activity Architecture.

SDS Goal 1: To enable Canada's natural resource sectors to contribute to a competitive economy and advance positive social and environmental outcomes

Federal SD goal	Performance measurement from current SDS	Department's expected results for 2009-10	NRCan 2009-10 Program Sub-Activities
Sustainable development and use of natural resources	Percentage of maps completed at 1:50K and 1:250K scales for all Canada.	Complete at 97.5% the 1:250K and 1:50K NTS map coverage for all of Canada. (SDS Outcome 1.2.3)	Geographical Information: Information on Canada's natural resources and landmass contribute to the country's development
Water – Clean and secure water for people, marine and freshwater ecosytems	Population of the national groundwater inventory of the results of the detailed assessments and availability on the internet. Increase in number of water supply, aquifer protection and land use decisions informed by the assessments.	Detailed ground water assessments completed for three key national aquifers: the Okanagan basin (British Columbia), the Paskapoo (Alberta) and the Sandilands (Manitoba) aquifers. (SDS Outcome 1.2.4)	Geosciences Are Used to Understand Environmental Issues: Geoscience knowledge is developed and used in environmental assessments, and Canada's underground water aquifers are mapped and understood
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions	Completion of the National Forest Carbon Monitoring, Accounting and Reporting System. Increase in the level of funding (public and private) in support of research, development, demonstration and commercialization of forest biomass as an alternative energy source.	Create and demonstrate biomass and carbon accounting tools that encourage policy makers and practitioners to consider forest management strategies that enhance forest carbon sinks and increase the supply of biomass available for bio-energy. (SDS Outcome 1.3.1)	Economic Market Value of Canada's Forests: The economic market value of Canada's forests increases Energy Science and Technology: Canadians derive new economic, environmental and social benefits through federal energy Science and Technology

SDS Goal 2: To achieve Canada’s position as a world leader in sustainable resource development and use.

Federal SD goal	Performance measurement from current SDS	Department's expected results for 2009-10	NRCan 2009-10 Program Sub-Activities
N/A	New alliances struck in key developing areas of the world (i.e. Africa, Latin America, China and./or India) resulting in four new agreements	Four new strategic alliances struck with key regional organizations in developing countries with the goal of applying geomatics/geoscience tools to address sustainable development and/or governance. (SDS Outcome 2.1.1)	Internal Service: Public policy services
N/A	Implementation of the program of technical collaboration with Russia on forest resource management issues important to both countries in areas such as the boreal forest, forest certification, wildland fire, model forests and carbon sequestration. Championing of the need to combat illegal logging in international policy for a, such as by continuing support of the Europe and North Asia-Forest Law Enforcement Governance Ministerial process.	Share expertise with other forest nations and address global forest issues, such as illegal logging. (SDS Outcome 2.1.1)	International influence: Canada is a globally recognized leader of forest sector sustainability
N/A	Active engagement in trade policy review of 28 countries, in trade and investment negotiations for 8 new treaties, and in strategic development of world and regional trade and investment law.	Strengthen the potential for Canada's trade and investment policies to promote sustainable development of natural resources. (SDS Outcome 2.1.4)	Internal Services: Public policy services
Sustainable development and use of natural resources	Expansion of Canada Wood, a program aimed at offshore market development. Enhancement of Value to Wood, a technology development and transfer program aimed at enhancing the competitiveness of value-added wood manufacturers. Creation of a program to promote higher utilization in non-residential applications in North America. Increase in investment through innovative public collaboration, in R&D and S&T to strengthen Canada's international forestry competitive edge (i.e. expansion of the Canada Wood Fibre Centre, consolidation of three national forest research institutes.)	Deliver and extend programs to address the long-term competitiveness of the forest sector. (SDS Outcome 2.1.4)	Economic Market Value of Canada's Forests: The economic market value of Canada's forests increases Canada's Forest Products in the Global Markets: Global markets for Canadian forest product expand Innovation From Forest to Market: Innovation is robust and grows along the continuum of the forest sector – from forest to market and/or end use Forest sector innovation system: An integrated national forest innovation system that sets strategic priorities for the sector
N/A	A new partnership with Canadian and international academia to develop and pilot-test a strategic analytical framework that assesses the potential contributions to sustainable development of natural resources aspects from new and existing trade and investment instruments. An online resource that highlights key priorities for sustainable development of natural resources in trade and investment treaties and institutions.	Enhance knowledge of key priories for natural resources in trade and investment instruments (i.e. Free Trade Agreements and Foreign Investment Protection and Promotion Agreements.) (SDS Outcome 2.1.5)	Internal Services: Public policy services

SDS Goal 3: To integrate economic, environmental and social considerations into departmental decision-making and to continuously improve operations.

Federal SD goal	Performance measurement from current SDS	Department's expected results for 2009-10	NRCan 2009-10 Program Sub-Activities
N/A	Percentage of staff and managers that have taken the course. Percentage of staff and managers that have a better understanding of SD issues, as measured by a survey.	Offer expanded NRCan SD capacity course to 100 staff. (SDS Outcome 3.1.1)	Internal Services: Public policy services
Strengthen federal governance and decision-making to support sustainable development	Integration of sustainable development into select performance accords. Development of process for broader integration.	Develop a proposal to integrate sustainable development considerations into key NRCan senior managers' performance accords. (SDS Outcome 3.1.1)	Internal Services: Public policy services
Strengthen federal governance and decision-making to support sustainable development	Number of briefings. Percentage of targeted staff that have received training.	Increase senior management understanding of departmental obligations under the Cabinet Directive on the Environmental Assessment of Policy, Plan and Program Proposals by providing briefings to senior management, and by offering related training to NRCan policy staff. (SDS Outcome 3.1.1)	Internal Services: Public policy services
Strengthen federal governance and decision-making to support sustainable development	Number of briefings. Percentage of targeted staff that have received training.	Increase senior management understanding of departmental obligations under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act by providing briefings to senior management and by providing updated Environmental Assessment (EA) training to NRCan staff with EA responsibilities. (SDS Outcome 3.1.1)	Internal Services: Public policy services
Strengthen federal governance and decision-making to support sustainable development	Completion of a research report on past and on-going external consultations taking place in the department. Completion of an external consultation policy statement. Publication of a policy toolkit for NRCan staff.	Develop a departmental consultation policy. (SDS Outcome 3.1.3)	Internal Services: Public policy services
Strengthen federal governance and decision-making to support sustainable development	Completion of application.	Building upon completion of the consolidated database, develop an online integrated and interactive application of facility environmental information. (SDS Outcome 3.2.1)	Internal Services: Facilities/Asset management services
Strengthen federal governance and decision-making to support sustainable development	Completion of cycle of audits. Reduction in number of significant findings from previous audit cycles.	In order to evaluate the effectiveness of the updated EMS in improving environmental performance, complete a full three-year cycle of Environmental Compliance Audits of selected facilities. (SDS Outcome 3.2.1)	Internal Services: Facilities/Asset management services
Strengthen federal governance and decision-making to support sustainable development	Development and implementation of a communications plan. Number of communications products issues to promote and raise awareness of green stewardship.	Implement a Green Stewardship communication strategy in all NRCan facilities, across all sectors. (SDS Outcome 3.2.1)	Internal Services: Public policy services Internal Services: Facilities/Asset management services
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions	Annual, percentage reduction in energy consumption. Annual percentage reduction in GHG emissions across NRCan's building inventory.	Perform energy audits for all high energy-use custodial facilities. (SDS Outcome 3.2.2)	Internal Services: Facilities/Asset management services
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions	Completion of document. Implementation of coordinated, sustained communications to staff of available transportation options.	Implement a sustainable transportation strategy for NRCan. (SDS Outcome 3.2.3)	Internal Services: Public policy services Internal Services: Facilities/Asset management services

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