Commissioner's message

I am pleased to present to you the Canada Revenue Agency's (CRA) Performance Report on Sustainable Development 2005-2006. This report provides detailed information on the performance made against the commitments contained in the CRA's Sustainable Development Strategy for 2004-2007.

During the period the Agency completed 41 of 49 scheduled activities and achieved an 89% weighted implementation performance score. In doing so, we continued to improve the sustainable development (SD) program in the following areas:

• environmental management, especially in the areas of paper use reduction and green procurement;
• sustainable development integration into several areas of program delivery; and,
• increased employee awareness and engagement.

This past year, the Agency's commitment to excellence in pursuit of sustainable development was acknowledged by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development in her 2005 Report to the House of Commons. The Commissioner reported that the CRA achieved the highest rating for the quality of its 2004-2007 SD Strategy out of 24 federal departments and agencies assessed.

The Agency's SD accomplishments could not have been achieved without the ongoing commitment to the program throughout the CRA. Leadership within the Agency's management and at the grass roots is responsible for our successes to date, and will be essential as we move forward with this important commitment.

I also strongly encourage each CRA employee to participate in regular sustainable development practices. Your involvement requires only a little effort, but could go a long way to improve the social, economic and environmental landscape for generations to come.

For more information on our Sustainable Development Strategy 2004-2007, I invite you to visit the Agency's sustainable development website at www.cra-arc.gc.ca/sds .

Michel Dorais
Commissioner

Date modified:

2007-03-26