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The mandate for the Sustainability Roundtable was transferred from the Environmental Task Force and then transferred to the Roundtable on the Environment. The following material is provided for archival purposes.


The City has created a dynamic sustainability strategy to pursue quality of life issues in Toronto.
   
Council's approved initiatives include a Sustainability Advocate, a Sustainability Lead, a Sustainability Roundtable, and Standing Committee Sustainability Representatives.

The City is partnering on a wide range of local initiatives and promoting sustainability with other municipalities around the world. City staff have compiled a list of sustainability initiatives around the world in one document, Snapshot of Sustainability.

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* * Toronto's Environmental Plan and background reports
The Environmental Taskforce (1998-2006) provided City Council with a Sustainability Goal, documented in the Environmental Plan: Clean, Green and Healthy. The goal stated that:
The City of Toronto's environment, community and economy should be healthy and vibrant and should meet the needs of today without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.
"The Sustainability Goal", Environmental Plan: Clean, Green and Healthy, City of Toronto, 2000.

Access information about the Environmental Taskforce, which completed its work in 2000, and the Environmental Plan.



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Sustainability Roundtable meetings * Sustainability Roundtable meetings
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Defining Sustainability * Defining Sustainability
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Measuring Sustainability * Measuring Sustainability
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