About a Sustainable City
Our City recognizes the importance of creating a sustainable community. It is a core strategy for achieving our corporate vision of "being the most appealing, livable and well-managed community in Canada".
Working towards sustainability means living within limits, understanding the interconnections and interdependence among the economy, society and the environment, and the equitable distribution of resources and opportunities. Our vision of a sustainable Richmond is a healthy, safe and enriched island community with an innovative and prosperous economy and thriving natural systems, sustained for current and future generations.
By creating “deep roots” within the organization, we want to ensure that we become a leader in sustainability before engaging with our community partners and citizens to advance sustainability goals. We are focusing on a "Corporate First" approach by accessing actions currently undertaken; methods in which results (indicators) are measured; and targets are set to the following functions:
- Energy (eg. Powersmart for municipal operations);
- Buildings (eg. Sustainable high performance building policy, LEED);
- Transportation/Mobility (eg. Green fleet and employee carpooling programs);
- Procurement (eg. Green Purchasing Policy);
- Infrastructure (eg. Capital Planning Model);
- Financial Sustainability;
- Social Sustainability (eg. Affordable Housing Strategy);
- Human Resources (eg. Professional development, employee health & wellness); and
- Information Technology (eg. Reduction of physical servers).
To find out more about advancing sustainability, visit the accompanying pages or contact the Sustainability Manager.
To navigate the Sustainability topics use the fly out menus on the left or consult the site map for City Services.
