Environmental Management
Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC) is committed to incorporating best environmental management practices, including pollution prevention, into its operations in order to protect the environment.
FAC established an environmental management system (EMS), based on the International Organization for Standardization's (ISO) 14000 series, to fulfill this commitment.
FAC's EMS is designed to manage the environmental affairs related to our physical operations. The EMS encompasses policies, practices, procedures, and processes for implementing environmental management principles, monitoring and reporting on progress, and ensuring that environmental goals are being met effectively and efficiently. It also provides a framework to ensure that environmental risks and liabilities are properly identified, minimized, managed and/or eliminated.
The EMS is focused on twelve priority areas: contaminated sites, fuel storage tanks, ozone depleting substances, energy, procurement, land use management, water, solid waste, sustainable buildings, hazardous materials, emergency response and vehicle fleet. Environmental objectives, targets and action plans are developed and updated annually for each priority area, taking into account the local infrastructure, size of mission and economic feasibility.
We encourage you to explore the additional sections under Environmental Management, as well as the other topics on the Sustainable Development site that illustrate the diverse efforts being made to integrate sustainable development principles into the way the Department operates.
You can also visit our Related Links page for additional information and Contact Us if you have any questions or suggestions regarding sustainable development, environmental management and the Department.
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