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Sustainable Development Strategy 2000

Sustainable Development Strategy 2000

(As tabled in Parliament on February 14, 2001)

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Table of Contents

Minister's Message

Deputy Minister's Message

Introduction

Departmental Profile
	Who We Are and What We Do

Issue Scan
	Identifying Issues and Priorities

What We have Learned
	An Assessment of Our Initial Sustainable Development Strategy

Consultations
	An Overview of the Consultation Approach and Conclusions

Our Commitments
	Goals, Objectives, Targets and Action Plans

	Goal No. 1: PWGSC will green its operations as a custodian and provider of facilities and common-use office space to federal departments and agencies.

		1.1	Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
		1.2	Reduce Energy Consumption
		1.3	Implement Environmental Management Systems
		1.4	Implement Means to Comply More Effectively with the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act(CEAA)
		1.5	Responsible Management of Hazardous Waste
		1.6	Responsible Management of Asbestos
		1.7	Implement Integrated Pest Management
		1.8	Responsible Management of Contaminated Sites
		1.9	Develop and Implement Environmental Emergency Response Plans
		1.10	Responsible Management of Ozone-Depleting Substances
		1.11	Reduce Water Consumption
		1.12	Responsible Management of Tenant Office Waste
		1.13	Develop and Implement Environmentally Responsible Leasing Practices

	Goal No. 2: PWGSC will green the services it provides to federal departments and agencies, in its role as a common service agent.

		2.1	Expand Use of e-Purchasing-Cataloguing Application
		2.2	Increase Capacity to Deliver Real Property Projects in an Environmentally Responsible Manner
		2.3	Facilitate Green Procurement in Government
		2.4	Green Services as Property Manager of Other Custodial Departments' Properties
		2.5	Reduce Paper Consumption in Services Provided to Client Departments
		2.6	Provide Tools to Green Federal Government Travel

	Goal No. 3: PWGSC will green its internal operations.

		3.1	Reduce Paper Consumption in PWGSC
		3.2	Develop and Deliver Environmental Training Programs for Employees of PWGSC
		3.3	Increase Internal Purchases of Environmentally Responsible Goods and Services
		3.4	Green PWGSC Fleet Activities
		3.5	Increase Environmental Awareness in PWGSC Employees
		3.6	Encourage Green Travel within PWGSC

Measurement, Analysis and Reporting of Performance
	How PWGSC Tracks and Reports Progress