Program directory · National Defence
Environmental Management and Climate Action
- Department
- National Defence
- Program code
- BUS06 (ND)
- Core responsibility
- Sustainable Bases, Information Technology Systems and Infrastructure
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
The Environmental Management and Climate Action program ensures Defence activities are conducted in an environmentally responsible and sustainable manner. The program provides direction to the Defence Team, sets environmental policies, strategies and plans, and supports implementation at Defence establishments. This includes environmental compliance to statutory requirements, meeting sustainability policy commitments, and contaminated sites and unexploded ordnances management.
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2018-19. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).
| Program | Relation | Years with data | Actual spending over those years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Management and Climate Action | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $750M |
No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.
Significant changes in scope and budget
Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.
| Year | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | Indicators added: % of commercial light-duty vehicle fleet acquisition that is hybrid, plug-in hybrid and/or electric | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Indicators dropped: % of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Indicators added: % of reduction in contaminated sites liability based on the closing liability of the previous year; % of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction relative to a 2005 baseline | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Indicators dropped: % of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction; % of reduction in contaminated sites liability | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Renamed from “Environmental Sustainability and Protection” to “Environment and Sustainable Management”. | GC InfoBase program names by year |
| 2024-25 | Renamed from “Environment and Sustainable Management” to “Environmental Management and Climate Action”. | GC InfoBase program names by year |
| 2025-26 | Indicators added: % of conventional light-duty vehicle fleet acquisition that is Zero-Emission Vehicle (ZEV); % Reduction of National Safety and Security Fleet Greenhouse Gas Emissions by the Department of National Defence relative to 2005 levels of Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Indicators dropped: % of commercial light-duty vehicle fleet acquisition that is hybrid, plug-in hybrid and/or electric; % of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction relative to a 2005 baseline | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Planned spending $92.3M, against $127M in 2024-25 (−28%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
| 2026-27 | Indicators added: % Reduction in Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Department of National Defence's Real Property and Conventional Fleet relative to 2005 levels of Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Planned spending $119M, against $92.3M in 2025-26 (+29%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
Success criteria
The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.
Historical: targets against results
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | ≥ 10% | 2023 | 11% | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 10% | 2024 | 10.3% | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 10% | 2025 | 10.9% | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | ≥ 30% | 2022 | 29.9% FY 2021-22 saw a large drop in % of light-duty fleet that is hybrid/electric because pick-up trucks which weren’t previously included in the light-duty fleet category were added in 2021. The addition of pick-up trucks to the light-duty fleet, which in the last few years did not have hybrid/electric purchasing availability from manufacturers, reduced FY 2021-22’s result. | Not met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 50% | 2023 | 0% Results not available at the time of production of this report. | Not met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 50% | 2024 | 64% | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 50% | 2025 | 42% DND’s ability to acquire hybrid and zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) is constrained by what Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) can source through the Government Motor Vehicle Ordering Guide (GMVOG). Ongoing production challenges have led manufacturers to slow or halt green vehicle output, directly impacting DND’s progress toward its targets. This trend is likely to continue in light of th… | Not met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | ≥ 40% | 2025 | 39.1% Deadline to meet target as set by the Greening Government Strategy Directive is March 2026. | Not met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | ≥ 30% | 2020 | 33% | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 30% | 2021 | 34% | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 10% | 2027 | — | Planned |
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 100% | 2030 | — | Planned |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 100% | 2050 | — | Planned |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 100% | 2050 | — | Planned |
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $159M | $131M |
| 2019-20 | $118M | $108M |
| 2020-21 | $93M | $82.4M |
| 2021-22 | $93.5M | $103M |
| 2022-23 | $108M | $96.4M |
| 2023-24 | $127M | $102M |
| 2024-25 | $141M | $127M |
| 2025-26 | $92.3M | — |
| 2026-27 | $119M | — |
| 2027-28 | $145M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $160M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 28 | 64 |
| 2019-20 | 63 | 50 |
| 2020-21 | 4 | 50 |
| 2021-22 | 52 | 52 |
| 2022-23 | 49 | 52 |
| 2023-24 | 55 | 55 |
| 2024-25 | 58 | 57 |
| 2025-26 | 58 | — |
| 2026-27 | 62 | — |
| 2027-28 | 63* | — |
| 2028-29 | 63* | — |
Planned spending, plan by plan
Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans
| Plan | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $158,873,255 | $138,609,662 | $55,092,962 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $118,368,810 | $34,200,082 | $36,317,562 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $93,045,838 | $88,766,432 | $83,071,189 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $93,503,241 | $98,668,127 | $110,969,399 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $108,189,688 | $122,612,996 | $143,425,630 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $127,052,590 | $143,730,625 | $54,589,845 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $140,689,892 | $54,663,788 | $56,243,725 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $92,321,850 | $99,006,186 | $117,317,914 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $119,156,739 | $145,249,942 | $159,895,602 | ||||||||
| Actual | $131,267,735 | $108,068,783 | $82,357,514 | $102,614,361 | $96,423,579 | $101,978,180 | $127,366,035 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
