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UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Planned initiatives

Associated domestic targets or “ambitions” and/or global targets

SDG 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries

CICS is taking action to combat racism and discrimination in all its forms. This is being achieved by investing in and promoting learning and training opportunities on diversity, inclusion and unconscious bias for its personnel. In addition to training employees, CICS has implemented operational changes, including new recruitment strategies that target the elimination of unconscious bias through the staffing process with the goal of fostering a rich and representative workforce.

CICS also adheres to the spirit of the new Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business (PSIB), which will become effective in 2024-25, and aims to further support Indigenous businesses with procurement opportunities.

These initiatives contribute to advancing:

Canadian Indicator Framework (CIF) ambition: “Canadians live free of discrimination and inequalities are reduced”; and,

Global target 10.2: “By 2030, empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status”

SDG 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

CICS will take action to combat climate change and its impacts by promoting and supporting the Government of Canada Green Procurement Initiative. Concrete measures and targets are detailed in CICS 2020-2023 Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy.

This initiative contributes to advancing:

Canadian Indicator Framework (CIF target 13.1): “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”; and,

Global target 13.2: “Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning”