Sustainable Development

Table of Contents

• Minister's Message
• Vision - NRCan's Vision of a Sustainable Future
• Introduction
  • Putting Sustainable Development Into Context
  • Moving Forward: NRCan’s Contribution to Sustainable Development
  • NRCan’s Evolving Strategy: The First Three Years
• A Framework for Action
• The Public View
• NRCan’s Six Priorities for Action
• Vignette: The Climate Change Challenge
  • Goal 1: To provide Canadians with information to make balanced decisions regarding natural resources (PDF)
  • Goal 2: To provide Canadians with sustainable economic, social and environmental benefits derived from natural resources (PDF)
  • Goal 3: To provide Canadians with strategies that reduce environmental impacts in the natural resources sector (PDF)
  • Goal 4: To provide Canadians with safety and security in the natural resources sector (PDF)
  • Goal 5: To provide Canadians with a Department that is efficiently and effectively managed (PDF)
• Measuring the Vision
• Appendix A: Measuring our Progress – NRCan’s Performance Measurement Framework
• Appendix B: Operating Principles for Sustainable Development
• Appendix C: Preparations for SDS – Now and for the Future
• Appendix D: Departmental Mandate and Organization