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Environment Canada's Sustainable Development Strategy 2007-2009

Environment Canada's Sustainable Development Strategy 2007-2009 highlights for Canadians key commitments that the Department will undertake over the next three years to strengthen the integration of sustainable development in the planning and delivery of the Department's strategic outcomes. Commitments in the Strategy focus on two key aspects of Environment Canada's approach to sustainable development: strengthening the Department's capacity to integrate social and economic considerations into our decision making processes; and, continuing to provide the environmental information, programs, and services that enable Canadians to better integrate the true value of the environment into their decision making.

SDS 2007-2009 also highlights Environment Canada's commitment to the coordinated federal approach for the fourth round of departmental SDSs, a government-wide initiative, led by Environment Canada, to strengthen coherence and accountability across departmental sustainable development strategies. This collaborative effort resulted in a set of common federal sustainable development goals and an associated reporting format that will enable government-wide reporting on key federal sustainable development issues for the first time since the establishment of the sustainable development strategy process.