Table of Contents
- Transport Canada's National Environmental Management System
- Strategic Environmental Assessment
- Theme I - Addressing Climate Change and Air Quality
- Theme II - Maintaining Water Quality and Availability
- Theme III - Protecting Nature
- Theme IV - Shrinking the Environmental Footprint - Beginning with Government
- Other Initiatives that Support the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy
Transport Canada is using the principles of the International Organization for Standardization 14001 series of standards in its National Environmental Management System to incorporate environmental considerations into decisions regarding Transport Canada operations. Transport Canada's National Environmental Management System identifies the following areas of interest:
- Air
- Land
- Water
- Hazardous materials
- Waste
- Procurement
- Environmental Emergency Preparedness
- Resource Use
- Flora/Fauna Management
Transport Canada's National Environmental Management System integrates environmental decision-making into its operations and also facilitates the achievement of Transport Canada's targets under the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy Theme IV - Shrinking the Environmental Footprint - Beginning with Government.
For more information on the department's contribution to the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy - Theme IV, please see: Theme IV - Shrinking the Environmental Footprint - Beginning with Government.