Sustainable Development

Sustainable Development Strategy 2007- 2009

Achieving Results

• Minister's Message
• I.  Introduction
  • NRCan’s contribution to sustainable development
  • Roles and responsibilities for natural resources in Canada
  • NRCan’s Sustainable Development Strategy: Mapping a sustainable future
  • Government-wide coordination on SD Strategies
  • What you will find in this document - the SDS action plan
  • Issue Scan
    • Stakeholder engagement and NRCan’s SDS
  • Summary Chart: NRCan Goals, Objectives and Intermediate Outcomes
• II.  Commitments
  • Goal 1: To enable Canada’s natural resource sectors to contribute to a competitive economy and advance positive social and environmental outcomes
    • SD Success Story: Benefits of Geoscience to Canadians
    • SD Success Story: Renewable energy for remote or isolated communities
  • Goal 2: To advance Canada’s position as a world leader in sustainable resource development and use
    • SD Success Story: A New Global Forum on Mining
    • SD Success Story: The Canadian Wood Fibre Centre
  • Goal 3: To integrate economic, environmental and social considerations into departmental decision-making and to continuously improve operations
• III.  Measuring our Performance
• Assessing progress towards the departmental and federal goals
• Appendix 1: Departmental Mandate and Organization
• Appendix 2: Evolution of NRCan’s Sustainable Development Strategy
• Appendix 3: Summary of Consultations