The Federal Sustainable Development Strategy and the CRA

Canada's first Federal Sustainable Development Strategy (FSDS) was tabled in Parliament on October 6, 2010 to fulfil the requirements of the Federal Sustainable Development Act (2008). The Act seeks to change the way that sustainable development (SD) is accounted for within federal departments and agencies.

As a result of the FSDA, the CRA, like other departments and agencies, will now table its SD Strategy through its Reports on Plans and Priorities (Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada), and will report on SD performance through its Departmental Performance Reports.

The goals, targets, and implementation strategies of the FSDS are organized around four priority themes. The CRA is implicated in Theme IV: Shrinking the Environmental Footprint - Beginning with Government (Environment Canada). Our contributions are further explained in the CRA 2011-2012 Report on Plans and Priorities (RPP).

IV. Shrinking the Environmental Footprint – Beginning with Government

 

This icon is used throughout the RPP for 2011-2014 to indicate CRA activities that contribute to the Theme IV of the FSDS.

The SD Strategy, RC4087, Sustainable Development Strategy 2011-2014, April 1, 2011 - March 31, 2014, sets an agenda to achieve the new FSDS targets that involve the CRA, continue greening our operations, and to further integrate SD into our decision-making and accountability processes.

For more information on the CRA contribution to the FSDS and other SD initiatives, go to Greening Government Operations Supplementary Table (Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada).