United Nations 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals

TBS will continue to work with departments to increase the representation of women and members of other equity‑seeking groups in positions of leadership in the federal public service by, among other things:

• continuing to develop and implement initiatives, including a modernized senior leaders’ strategy that will promote career progression and inclusion, and enable leadership development and targeted succession planning and recruitment for women and other equity‑seeking groups
• continuing to advance the implementation of the Pay Equity Act across the public service

For information about activities in this area, see the website of the Centre on Diversity and Inclusion.

Ambition
Gender equality in leadership roles and at all levels of decision-making

Target
Greater representation of women in leadership roles

TBS will work with departments to ensure that they hire, retain and promote people with diverse talents. It will also help them foster inclusion in their organizations by:

• supporting career advancement, training, sponsorship and educational opportunities for Black public servants
• creating programs and fellowships for diverse groups of public servants and for students and new graduates
• supporting a review of the Employment Equity Act and making sure recommendations are implemented promptly
• monitoring the implementation of the updated self‑identification questionnaire, which is designed to increase the accuracy, depth and breadth of the data on the representation of employees from the four designated employment equity groups across the public service
• providing policy guidance and resources to partners and departments on employment equity, diversity and inclusion
• leading a Federal Speakers Forum on Diversity and Inclusion, a platform for public servants to share experiences about diversity, inclusion, accessibility and other related topics
• monitoring the implementation of the Maturity Model for Diversity and Inclusion, a tool organizations can use to assess their progress toward their diversity and inclusion goals
• making sure the directives and guidance under the Policy on People Management align with the objectives of the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Accessible Canada Act

Ambition
Canadians live free of discrimination and inequalities are reduced

Target
No specific target

TBS leads the greening of Government of Canada operations by supporting departments as they implement the Greening Government Strategy, by working to:

• ensure that the federal light‑duty fleet comprises 100% zero-emission vehicles by 2030
• use 100% clean electricity by 2022, where available, and by 2025, at the latest, by producing or purchasing renewable electricity
• maximize waste diversion from landfill and minimize water use
• make Government of Canada procurement of goods and services net-zero emissions by 2050

For more information about TBS’s activities in this area, see the Greening Government Strategy.

Ambition
Canadians consume in a sustainable manner

Target
Zero-emission vehicles represent 10% of new light‑duty vehicle sales by 2025, 30% by 2030 and 100% by 2040

• make sure all new federal buildings will be net-zero carbon and prioritize climate resilience
• require that all major building retrofits minimize greenhouse gas emissions over the building life cycle
• make sure the federal light‑duty fleet comprises 100% zero-emission vehicles by 2030
• work with national safety and security fleet departments to develop plans to reduce their emissions and meet the overall target to be net‑zero by 2050
• understand the risks posed by the impact of climate change on federal assets, services and operations and take action to reduce these risks

For more information about TBS’s activities in this area, see the Greening Government Strategy.

Ambition
Canadians reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and are well‑equipped and resilient to face the effects of climate change

Target
By 2030, reduce Canada’s total greenhouse gas emissions by 40% to 45%, relative to 2005 emission levels. By 2050, achieve economy-wide net‑zero greenhouse gas emissions.

Open data provides critical information for measuring progress toward meeting the sustainable development goals. In 2023–24, TBS will continue to adopt international best practices and publish new datasets on the Open Government Portal.

TBS will also continue to be an international leader in open data and open, inclusive government through the Open Government Partnership and the Digital Nations. TBS currently chairs an international Digital Nations working group that collaborates on existing standards, tools, methodologies and practices for sustainable information technology

For more information about TBS’s activities in this area, see the Open Government Portal.

Ambition
Canada fosters collaboration and partnerships to advance the SDGs

Target
No specific target

In 2023–24, TBS will help integrate the economic, social, environmental and governance aspects of sustainable development into government decision‑making by, for example:

• continuing to develop and promote the Quality of Life Framework
• requiring departments to report on their contributions to sustainable development through the Departmental Plan and the Departmental Results Report and the Supplementary Information Tables to those documents
• making sure Treasury Board submissions take sustainable development into account, where appropriate

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