Sustainable Development Action Plan for 2004-2007 - Introduction
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Introduction
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) Sustainable Development Action Plan 2004-2007, outlines the main activities that the CRA has committed to undertake to advance its Sustainable Development Strategy. This national action plan has four goals that are supported by 22 targets and 69 activities. The activities will be reviewed annually, and updated where necessary.
Background
Our vision is to be a globally recognized organization for best practices for sustainable development. Our Sustainable Development Strategy will lead us towards this vision, and our Action Plan will enable us to implement the Strategy. The strategy is a four-part interconnected agenda that focuses on our internal operations, service delivery to the public, our people, and modern sustainable development management. The diagram below shows the relationship between the goals of the Strategy, our expected results by the end of the three years, and our long-term outcomes for sustainable development at the CRA.
VISION: To be a globally recognized organization for best practices for sustainable development.
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Goals |
Results by 2007 |
Long-term Outcomes |
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1. Reduce the effects of our operations on land, air, and water. |
We will achieve systematic management of the effects that our operations have on the environment. This includes strengthened best practices and corrective measures. |
We will achieve a sustainable environmental footprint of our operations, while conserving our use of natural resources. |
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2. Our programs demonstrate sustainable service delivery. |
We will increase our sustainable service delivery commitment to the public by systematically measuring paper savings, influencing our negotiations with partners, and piloting sustainable employee work travel. |
We will achieve efficient and innovative programs, policies, and plans. |
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3. All employees apply sustainable development in their jobs. |
We will achieve stronger leadership and greater buy-in from employees and management. We will continue to improve tools and internal communications for sustainable development. |
Sustainable development is part of our corporate culture. |
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4. Modern systems that support and maintain sustainable development. |
We will complete our sustainable development framework and move to fully electronic reporting systems for sustainable development. We will continue to integrate sustainable development into our business planning and reporting processes. |
We will achieve efficient and innovative programs, policies, and plans. We will achieve transparent management of results through triple bottom-line reporting (economic, social, environmental). |
Goals 1 and 2 demonstrate how we can influence our operations and business to be more sustainable. Goal 1 aims to reduce the effects of our internal operations on land, air, water, and ultimately the surrounding communities. Goal 2 aims to demonstrate sustainable service delivery, and communicate our sustainable development commitment to the public.
Goals 3 and 4 focus on our employees and management of sustainable development. These goals are the means by which we will achieve the first two goals. Goal 3 aims to have all employees apply sustainable thinking in their jobs and beyond. Goal 4 seeks to modernize management frameworks, systems, and processes to enable us to integrate sustainable development into both our operations and service delivery.
- Date modified:
- 2004-02-16