| Résumé | The National Research Council of Canada's (NRC) 2023 to 2027 Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy (DSDS) highlights the ways in which the department will contribute to the Government of Canada's Federal Sustainable Development Strategy (FSDS), including specific actions that will be taken to address all 3 dimensions of sustainable development— social, economic and environmental— as well as indicators and targets that will be used to measure success. This is the NRC's second DSDS; its first, developed in 2019, covered the period of 2020 to 2023 and included 26 commitments to support sustainable development.
This DSDS includes 59 sustainability commitments to be achieved over the next 4 years, each with its own performance metrics and targets. The DSDS reflects the NRC's key sustainable development priorities, including accelerating the development of clean, renewable fuels, and energy storage materials; developing the technologies needed to grow supply chains for low‑carbon mobility and sustainable transportation; supporting the Canadian aviation and construction sector's decarbonization transition; investing in and supporting the growth of Canada's clean tech sector; increasing the value of plant-based proteins and their co-products, supporting strong and resilient Northern and Indigenous communities; improving the delivery of secure, affordable and high-speed internet services in rural and remote communities across Canada through new technologies; fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace; and, transforming NRC operations to ensure they are sustainable and climate resilient.
Transparency and accountability are central to the FSDS and corresponding departmental strategies; therefore, progress made against the NRC's DSDS commitments will be captured in 2 reports to be published in fall 2024-25 and 2025-26. These reports will outline key sustainability success stories, achievements to-date and areas where concerted effort will continue to be directed. |
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