Performance Report on Sustainable Development April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007
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4. Overall SD Performance 2006-2007 and 2004-2007
In 2006-2007, a total of 55 activities of the SD National Action Plan were scheduled for completion. This included 5 activities that were carried over from 2005-2006. As Graph 1 depicts, as of March 31, 2007, the Agency completed 43 (78%) activities, and progressed on 10 (18%). One activity was dropped, and another deferred for implementation in 2007-2008.
Year-3 performance of 78% of activities completed compared favourably to the 85% (70 of 82) of activities completed for SD Strategy 2004-2007[Footnote 3]. Table 1 compares the completion of planned activities for each goal of the Strategy for both the 2006-2007, and the 2004-2007 periods.
Table 1: Activities planned versus activities completed by SD goal
| Goal | Completed/ planned (%) 2006-2007 | Completed/ planned (%) 2004-2007 |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Reduce the effects of our operations on land, sea, and air | 18/22 (82%) | 26/30 (87%) |
| 2. Our programs demonstrated sustainable service delivery | 6/8 (75%) | 9/11 (82%) |
| 3. All employees apply sustainable development in their job | 7/9 (78%) | 16/18 (89%) |
| 4. Modern systems that support and maintain sustainable development | 12/16 (75%) | 19/23 (83%) |
| Total | 43/55 (78%) | 70/82 (85%) |
We continued to apply the weighted assessments developed under the Index of Sustainable Development Progress (ISDP)[Footnote 4] to assess performance within the period and of the three-year Strategy. Results showed that SD progress under the ISDP was 94% for SD Strategy 2004-2007. See Appendix 2 for more information on the ISDP.
Implementation of Environmental Management Programs
Managing the CRA's environmental impacts goes beyond implementation of our SD Action Plan. In 2006-2007, a total of 8 Environmental Management Programs (EMPs), consisting of 84 targets were also pursued. They addressed the areas of procurement, paper, solid and hazardous wastes, halocarbons, fleet, outside emissions, and storage tanks. During the period 83% were met or mostly met, while 17% were not met. This is marginally lower than 2005-2006 results, when 87% of targets were met or mostly met. Implementation will continue in 2007-2008 for all EMP activities not completed during 2006-2007.
Footnotes
- [Footnote 3]
- The CRA completed 40 of 71 (56%) planned activities for SD Strategy 1997, and 72 of 83 (87%) planned activities for SD Strategy 2004 - 2007.
- [Footnote 4]
- The ISDP weighted activities based on their potential to achieve direct environmental results.
- Date modified:
- 2008-03-27