Index
Cesar A. Poveda
(University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada)
ISBN: 978-1-78743-482-0, eISBN: 978-1-78743-481-3
Publication date: 10 October 2017
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Poveda, C.A. (2017), "Index", Sustainability Assessment, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 445-459. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78743-481-320171024
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Copyright © 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited
INDEX
Academics identification, of sustainable development indicators
, 272–278
Accounting frameworks
, 15
Acid drainage
, 195
Air Quality Health Index (AQHI)
, 197–198
Air Quality Index (AQI)
, 197
Air resource
, 225–228
Alberta Culture and Community Services
, 267
Alberta Department of Land and Mines
, 147
Alberta Employment and Immigration
, 267
Alberta Energy
, 153–155, 177, 201, 210, 211, 267
Alberta energy industry, timeline of
, 403–427
Alberta Energy Regulators (AER)
, 156, 183, 187
Alberta Energy Resource Conservation Board (ERCB)
, 157, 183, 199
Alberta Environment
, 41
Alberta Environment and Parks (AEP). See Environment and Sustainable Resource Development (ESRD)
Alberta Environment and Parks (AEP)
, 157, 267
Dam Safety Branch standards
, 183
Alberta Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI)
, 17, 282
Alberta Health and Wellness
, 267
Alberta Municipal Affairs
, 267
Alberta Sustainable Resource Development
, 41
Alberta Tourism, Parks, and Recreation
, 267
Alberta Transportation
, 267
Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)
, xv, 28
weighing sustainable development indicators using
, 317–339
Analytic Network Process (ANP)
, 28
API gravity
, 192
Area of excellence weight (AEW)
, 132, 375
Areas of excellence
, 241–259
Aspiration level method
, 122
Assessing the Sustainability of Societal Initiatives and Proposing Agendas for Change (ASSIPAC)
, 17
Assessment gap
, 98–99
Assessment methods
, 19–29
Assessment method tool kits, frameworks for
, 15
Assessment tools, classification of
, 29–30
Asset performance management (APM)
, 348
Athabasca Oil Sands Projects (AOSP)
, 175–176
Athabasca River Water Management Framework
, 198
ATHENA
, 29, 40, 70, 117, 244
Atmosphere & air resource excellence (AARE)
, xiii, 129, 130, 247, 291, 323, 328, 332, 333, 352–353, 374, 434
Australian Building Greenhouse Rating (ABGR)
, 70, 117
Balance scorecard (BSC)
, 357–358
Barrel of oil equivalent (BOE)
, 228
BEAT
, 2002, 29, 40, 70
BeCost
, 70
BEES 4.0
, 70
Bellagio Principles for Assessment
, 281
Benefit-costs analysis (BCA)
, 25
Best management practices (BMPs)
, 272–274
Bilspedition
, 11
Biodiversity impact assessment (BIA)
, 18
Biomimicry
, 5, 9
Bitumen valuation methodology (ministerial) regulation (BVMR)
, 179
Blue economy
, 5, 9
Blueprint for Survival
, 110
Boom town effect
, 302
British Standards Institution (BSI)
, 268, 270, 283
Brundtland Commission
, 4, 37, 111, 194, 261, 320
Our Common Future
, 24, 110
BS EN 15643-1:2010
, 244
BS EN 15643-2:2011
, 244, 270, 271
BS EN 15643-3:2011
, 271
BS EN 15643-3:2012
, 244, 271
BS EN 15643-4:2011
, 271
BS EN 15643-4:2012
, 244, 270
BS EN 15643-5
, 244
BS EN 15804:2012 + A1:2013
, 244, 270, 271
BS EN 15942:2011
, 244, 271
BS EN 15978:2011
, 244, 271
BS EN 16309:2014 + A1:2014
, 244, 271
BS EN 16627:2015
, 244, 271
BS EN ISO 14041-43
, 28
BS ISO 15392
, 244
BS ISO 15392:2008
, 244, 269, 271
BS ISO 16745:2015
, 244, 270
BS ISO 16745-1
, 244
BS ISO 16745-2
, 244
BS ISO 20887
, 244
BS ISO 21929-2.2
, 244
BS ISO 21930
, 244
BS ISO 21930:2007
, 244, 271
BS ISO 21931-1:2010
, 244, 271
BS ISO 21931-2
, 244
Building Environmental Quality Evaluation for Sustainability through Time (BEQUEST)
, 15, 22, 24
Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability (BEES)
, 28
Building Research Establishment (BRE)
, 28, 40, 54, 69, 96, 116
Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM)
, xii, 29, 40, 42, 43, 54–58, 69–70, 85, 96, 105, 116, 117, 134, 242, 245, 319, 367
areas of excellence, identification of
, 129
certification process and performance evaluation, information organization for
, 78
energy efficiency processes, increment of
, 75
performance benchmarking
, 79
rating benchmarks
, 58
technical standards
, 55–56
Buildings life cycle
, 70
Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA)
, 211–212
Canada Mining Innovation Council (CMIC)
, 285–286, 307
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP)
, 148
Canadian Dam Association (CDA)
, 183
Canadian Energy Research Institute (CERI)
, 202
Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA)
, 267, 268
Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI)
, 278
Canadian Index of Wellbeing and Sustainable Calgary
State of Our City Reports
, 17
Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum (CIM)
, 284, 306
Canadian Natural Resources Limited (CNRL)
, 175, 213, 215–216, 222, 223
Canadian oil sands projects
, 145–188
brief history of
, 145–148
life cycle of
, 153–187
oil sand milestones
, 148
oil sands
, 148–153
project approval phase
, 157–160
reclamation phase
, 181–187
recovery phase
, 160–174
refining and sale phase
, 179–180
resource and assessment phase
, 154–155
rights and exploration phase
, 155–156
royalties phase
, 178–179
scheme approval phase
, 156–157
shutdown phase
, 180–181
upgrading phase
, 175–177
Canadian Standards Association (CSA)
, 268, 270
Capital, community
, 11–12
Capitalism, natural
, 5, 8
CEN/TR 15941:2010
, 244, 270, 271
CEN/TR 16970:2016
, 244, 271
Cenovus Energy Inc. (Cenovus Energy)
, 213, 217, 226
Centrifuge plant
, 182
Certification process, information organization for
, 78
Chinese Three Star
, 70, 117
Christina Lake Oil Sands Project
, 158, 171, 172
Circular economy
, 6–10
Cities Alliance
, 276
City Development Strategies (CDSs)
, 276
Civil leadership
, 84
Closure
, 253–254
Coker Towers and Stacks
, 178
Cold Heavy Oil Production with Sand (CHOPS)
, 152, 253
Collection
, 78–79
Collins Pine (Forest products)
, 11
Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD)
, 280
Work Programme on Indicators of Sustainable Development
, 279
Community capital
, 11–12
pyramid
, 12
Community impact analysis (CIA)
, 26
Community impact evaluation (CIE)
, 26
Community of interest (COI)
, 285
Comparative assessment methods (CAMs)
, 132, 135, 364–365, 375, 385
Composite indicator (CI)
, 321, 322
Comprehensive Assessment System for Built Environment Efficiency (CASBEE)
, 29, 40, 43, 58–59, 70, 117, 134–135, 319, 367
ConocoPhillips Canada (ConocoPhillips)
, 213, 214, 224
Conseil International du Batiment (CIB) network
, 15
Consensus-based selection, of sustainable development indicators
, 264–271
governmental regulations
, 265–268
organisations and committees for standardization
, 268–271
Conservational neo-liberal economy
, 112
Construction and City Related Sustainability Indicators (CRISP)
, 15
Consumer theory
, 27
Contingent valuation method (CVM)
, 26–27
Continuous performance improvement (CPI)
, xv, xvi, 71, 82–83, 123–124, 306, 310, 311, 314, 322, 334, 344–345, 359, 361, 365, 367, 375, 389
Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
, 270, 277
Cost–benefit Analysis (CBA)
, 25–26
Cost-effectiveness analysis
, 26
Cost-utility analysis
, 26
Cradle to cradle (C2C)
, 5, 8
Credit weighting tool (CWT)
, 134, 135
Criteria’s final scores (CFS)
, 130, 132, 135, 136
Criteria final score (CFS)
, xv, 375, 385–386
Criteria final weights (CFWs)
, 130, 375
Criterion initial score (CIS)
, 130, 133, 375
Criterion weight factor (CEF)
, 133
Critical weight factor (CWF)
, 375, 386
Crude Oil Forecast, Markets & Transportation Outlook (2016)
, 153
CSA ICT Protocol
, 271
CSA Plus
, 4010, 271
CSA Z2010-10
, 271
Cultural change
, 81
Cumulative effects assessment (CEA)
, 18
Cumulative energy demand (CED)
, xi
Cyclic steam stimulation (CSS)
, 152, 155, 160, 167, 170, 173, 253
Data assessment
, 375–377
Data interpretation
, 78–79
Decision Support Systems (DSS)
, 320
Demographic impact assessment (DIA)
, 18
Department of Oceans and Fisheries
, 41
Descriptive indicators
, 114
Design Quality Indicator Framework (DQIF)
, 349
Devon Energy Corporation (Devon Energy)
, 213, 215, 223
Direct weighting methods and AHP methods
, 122
Diversification, need for
, 69–72, 118–119
DPSIR (Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response) framework
, 14
Driving Force-State-Response (DSR) model
, 14, 263
Earnings per share (EPS)
, 346
Eco2 Cities study
, 19
Eco Cities: Ecological Cities as Economic Cities project
, 22
EcoEffect
, 70
Ecological footprint
, 12–13
Economic and fiscal impact assessment (EFIA)
, 18
Economic impact analysis
, 26
Economic impacts, of oil sands
, 201–204
Economic sustainability
, 230–231
Economy
blue
, 5
circular
, 6–10
global
, 8
performance
, 5, 8–9
steady-state
, 5–6
EcoProfile
, 70
Eco-Quantum
, 70
Eco-socio-efficiency
, 313
Education, research & community excellence (ERCE)
, xiii, 129, 130, 248, 291–292, 323, 328, 332, 333, 355–357, 374, 438–442
Electrolux
, 11
ELimination and Choice Expressing Reality (ELECTRE)
, 322, 324
Employees, morale and engagement of
, 82
EN 15643-1:2010
, 244, 270, 271
EN 15643-2:2012
, 244
EN 15643-3:2012
, 244
EN 15643-4:2012
, 244, 271
EN 15804:2012 + A1:2013
, 244
EN 15942:2011
, 244
EN 15978:2011
, 244, 270
EN 16309: 2014 + A1:2014
, 244
EN 16627:2015
, 244
Energy efficiency processes, increment of
, 75–76
Energy resource excellence (ERE)
, xiii, 129, 130, 247, 291, 323, 328, 332, 333, 339, 353, 374, 434–435
Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB)
, 41, 156, 211, 267
Envest
, 2, 70
Environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA)
, 18
Environmental and sustainability rating systems (ESRS)
, xii, xii–xiii, xv, 28–29, 30, 37–64, 232, 241–243, 318–319
around the world
, 42–43
BREEAM. See Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM)
certification process and performance evaluation, information organization for
, 78
civil leadership
, 84
collection
, 78–79
Comprehensive Assessment System for Built Environment Efficiency
, 40, 43, 58–59
continuous performance improvement
, 82–83
cultural and social change
, 81
data interpretation
, 78–79
decision-making process throughout project’s life cycle
, 74
as decision-making tools
, 40–41
developing and implementing, benefits of
, 67–86
distinguished from regulations
, 42
diversification, need for
, 69–72
economic throughout project’s life cycle
, 75
employees and stakeholders, morale and engagement of
, 82
energy efficiency processes, increment of
, 75–76
environmental regulations and sustainability
, 41–42
Green Star
, 29, 40, 43, 60, 61, 70, 117, 129, 319
health and well-being
, 77–78
impact reduction
, 73–74
innovation
, 82–83
LEED. See Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED)
local communities and directly impacted stakeholders
, 84
market and industry transformation
, 80–81
organisations, setting
, 73
performance benchmarking
, 79–80
performance of
, 73–74
positive publicity
, 81
productivity
, 76–77
projects’ triple bottom line
, 73
reporting
, 78–79
risk and opportunity management
, 80
SBTool
, 62–63, 70, 117
sustainability measurement
, 67–69
sustainability objectives, meeting
, 73–74
water consumption, improving
, 76
Environmental Assessment Agency
, 211
Environmental Canada
, 41
Environmental economics
, 112
Environmental impact assessment (EIA)
, 18, 24, 25, 40, 157, 225, 273
Environmental impacts, of oil sands
, 195–199
Environmentally sound and sustainable development (ESSD)
, 263, 320
Environmental management system (EMS)
, 41, 236, 270, 272
Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations (ENGOs)
, 98
Environmental performance indicators (EPIs)
, 272
Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act (EPEA)
, 197
Environmental regulations and sustainability
, 41–42
Environmental risk management (ERM)
, 273
Environmental Status Model (Miljostatus)
, 70
Environmental sustainability
, 40
Environment and Sustainable Resource Development (ESRD)
, 211
Environment Australia
, 273
Environment Canada
, 211, 267, 268
Equality
, 4
Equator Principles
, 17–18
EQUER
, 70
ESCALE
, 70
Euler diagrams
, 39
European Commission
, 15
European Committee for Standardization (CEN)
, 268, 270, 283, 306
European Environmental Agency (EEA)
, 280
European Union
, 18
Eurostat
, 280–281
Excavator Hitachi EX8000
, 166, 167
Farm of points analogy
, 133
Fen reclamation research
, 187
Firebag in situ Project, Alberta
, 171
Fiscal impact analysis
, 26
Fisheries Act
, 267
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
, 211, 267
Fluid storage
, 252
Fluid transportation
, 252
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
, 18
Foster Creek Oil Sands Project
, 159, 172
Gateway Hill
, 186
GBTool
, 70, 117, 319
Geological Survey of Canada
, 146
Global Compact
, 283, 306
Global economy
, 8
Global Ecovillage Network Community Sustainability Assessment
, 17
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
, 212, 233, 283, 303, 306, 311
Great Canadian Oil Sands Company. See Suncor Energy
Green Building Challenge (GBC)
, 62
Green certification
, 118
Green Globes
, 29, 40, 70, 117
Green Home Evaluation Manual (GHEM)
, 70, 117
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
, 70, 192, 193, 197, 213, 227–228
Green Mining Initiative (GMI)
, 285, 307
Green revolution
, 72
Green Star
, 29, 40, 43, 60–61, 70, 117, 319
areas of excellence, identification of
, 129
evaluating categories for
, 60–61
Gripen
, 11
Gross domestic product (GDP)
, 202, 203, 364
Gross national product (GNP)
, 364
Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises
, 283
Health, ESRS impact on
, 77–78
Health impact assessment (HIA)
, 18
Health impacts, of oil sands
, 204–205
Heavy Haulers
, 164
Hedonic pricing method
, 27
Holistic framework
, 15–16
Home Depot
, 11
Hong Kong Building Environmental Assessment Method (HKBEAM)
, 70, 117
Hong Kong Sustainable Development Unit (HKSDU)
, 17
Husky Energy Inc. (Husky Energy)
, 213, 220–221, 223
IKEA
, 11
Imperial Oil Limited (Imperial Oil)
, 213, 221–222, 223
Independency
, 4
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
, 267
Indian Oil and Gas Canada
, 267
Indicators
, 113–117
defined
, 113
descriptive
, 114
normative
, 114
predictive
, 113–114
retrospective
, 114
Industrial ecology
, 5, 10
Industry transformation
, 80–81
Infrastructure & buildings excellence (IBE)
, xiii, 129, 130, 248, 291, 323, 328, 332, 333, 354–355, 374, 436–438
Innovation
, 82–83
need for
, 118–119
Innovation in design & operations excellence (IDOE)
, xiii, 129, 130, 248, 291, 323, 328, 332, 333, 354, 374, 436
In-situ process
, 253
Institute of Materials, Minerals, and Mining (IOM3)
, 283, 306
Integrated approaches
, 18–19
Integrated framework
, 15–16
Integrated impact assessment (IIA)
, 18–19
Integrated Sustainability Assessments (ISA)
, 18, 19
Integrated Sustainable Cities Assessment Method (ISCAM)
, 17
Integration
, 124–126
Interface Corporation, The
, 11
Intergovernmental organizations (IGOs)
, 279
Internal rate of return (IRR)
, 25
International Bitumen Company
, 146
International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI)
, 16
International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM)
, 283, 286, 306
International Energy Agency (IEA)
, 75, 192
Annex
, 31, 244
International Initiative for a Sustainable Built Environment (iiSBE)
, 62
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
, 275
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
, 281
International Labour Organization (ILO) Conventions
, 283, 306
International Monetary Fund
, 15
International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO)
, 236, 243, 263, 268–270, 283, 306
Consumer Policy Committee (COPOLCO)
, 270
InterQuad
, 122
Inter-relation/inter-connection
, 4
ISO/CD
, 14006, 283
ISO/CD
, 21931-2, 243
ISO/DIS
, 16745-1, 243
ISO/DIS
, 16745-2, 243
ISO/DIS
, 21930, 243
ISO/TC 59/SC
, 17, 269
ISO/TR 14062:2002
, 283
ISO/TR 21932:2013
, 243
ISO/TS 12720:2014
, 243
ISO/TS 21929-2:2015
, 243, 269
ISO/WD 14045
, 283
ISO/WD 15392
, 243
ISO/WD 20887
, 243
ISO/WD TS 21929-2
, 243
ISO 10303-203/210/214/223/235/239
, 283
ISO 14001
, 236, 270
ISO 14001:2004
, 283
ISO 14040
, 28
ISO 14040:2006
, 283
ISO 14044:2006
, 283
ISO 14050:2009
, 283
ISO 15392:2008
, 243
ISO 15686-3:2002
, 269
ISO 16745:2015
, 243
ISO 21929-1:2011
, 243, 269
ISO 21930:2007
, 243, 269
ISO 21931-1:2010
, 243, 269
ISO 26000
, 270
Issues or theme-based frameworks
, 14
IUCN (International Union for Conversation of Nature) Monitoring and Evaluation Initiative
, 17
Jackpine Mine
, 222, 224
Japan Sustainable Building Consortium (JSBC)
, 58–59
Key performance indicators (KPIs)
, 70, 211–222, 229, 230, 231, 303, 308–310, 313, 314, 320, 321, 323, 343, 345–349, 357, 358, 376
Knowledge
, 98–99
Land resource
, 222–223
Large Urban Distressed Areas (LUDA)
, 15, 22
LBS method
, 122
LCA-house. See BeCost
Leaders
, 83–84
Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED)
, xii, 29, 40, 43–54, 69, 70, 85, 96, 105, 134, 242, 319, 367
areas of excellence, identification of
, 129
Building Design + Construction (BD + C)
, 45–46, 75, 245
Buildings Operations and Maintenance (O + M)
, 47
certification process and performance evaluation, information organization for
, 78
credit categories
, 50–54
homes
, 48
Interior Design and Construction (ID + C)
, 46, 117
Neighbourhood Development (ND)
, 47–48
performance benchmarking
, 79
LEGEP
, 70
Legoe. See LEGEP
Life cycle analysis (LCA)
, xi, 41
Life cycle assessment (LCA)
, 28, 30, 43
Life Cycle Assessment of Oil Sands Technologies (LCA-OST)
, 278
Life-cycle thinking (LCT)
, 283
Local Agenda 21 (LA21)
, 16
Local communities
, 84
Lost-time injury frequency (LTIF)
, 229, 230
MACBETH (Measuring Attractiveness by a Categorical Based Evaluation Technique) method
, 122, 324
Management interactions
, 254–256
Management performance indicators (MPIs)
, 272
Market transformation
, 80–81
Material Intensity Per Service Unit (MIPS)
, 27–28
McDonalds
, 11
Metal deposition
, 195
Metal Mining Effluent Regulations (MMER)
, 268
Metal Mining Liquid Effluent Regulations (MMLER)
, 268
Methods and Tools for Integrated Sustainability Assessment (MATISSE)
, 18
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
, 81, 137, 279–280, 304, 343
Million barrels of oil equivalent (MMBOE)
, 231
Mineable Oil Sands Strategy (MOSS)
, 147
‘Mineable Oil Sands Strategy and Fort McMurray Mineable Oil Sands Integrated Resources Management Plan’
, 147
Mine Environment Neutral Drainage (MEND)
, 285, 307
Mineral resources
, 6
Mining, Minerals, and Sustainable Development (MMSD)
, 17, 286, 307
Mining Association of Canada (MAC)
, 183, 306–307
‘Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) Guiding Principles’
, 284, 311
Mining haul truck
, 166, 167
Mitsubushi Electric (USA)
, 11
Monetary approach
, 13–14
Multi-attribute utility theory (MAUT)
, 324, 325
Multi-criteria analysis (MCA)
, 27, 28, 134, 319
Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA)
, xv, 71, 120–123, 130, 322–325, 375, 388, 389
Multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM)
, xiv–xv, 122, 318, 320, 322–326, 337, 359, 375
Multi-criteria decision-making analysis (MDMA)
, 322
Multi-disciplinary stakeholder committee (MDSC)
, 376, 377, 379, 385, 386, 388
Muskeg River Mine
, 222, 224
NAE&P (North America Exploration and Production)
, 222
National Energy Board (NEB)
, 179, 211, 267
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
, 24–25
Natural & artificial lighting excellence (NALE)
, xiii, 129, 130, 247, 290, 323, 328, 332, 333, 353, 374, 434
Natural capitalism
, 5, 8
Natural Resources Canada
, 62, 267
Natural step
, 10–11
Navigable Waters Protection Act
, 267
Needs
, 4
Net present value (NPV)
, 25
Nexen
, 213, 216, 223
Nike
, 11
Nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions
, 225
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
, 279
Normative indicators
, 114
Oil and gas resources
, 191–193
Oil sands allowed costs (ministerial) regulation (OSACR)
, 179
Oil Sands Consultations Multi-Stakeholder Committee (MSC)
, 147
Oil Sands Ministerial Strategy Committee
, 147
Oil Sands Research and Information Network (OSRIN)
, 278
Oil Sands Royalty Regulation
, 157
Oil sands royalty regulation, 2009 (OSRR’09)
, 179
Oil Sands Sustainable Development Secretariat
, 147
Oil Sands Tailings Consortium (OSTC)
, 278
Oil Sands Tailings Research Facility (OSTRF)
, 278
Oil well method
, 192
OK Petroleum
, 11
Open-pit mining
, 152, 163
Operational performance indicators (OPIs)
, 272
Opportunities, identifying
, 95–98
Opportunity management
, 80
Organisational sustainability
, 230–231
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
, 15, 283, 306
Convention on Combating Bribery
, 283, 306
Guidelines and Multinational Enterprises
, 306
Our Common Future
, 24, 110
Pairwise comparison matrices
, 332–334
PAPOOSE
, 70
Particular matter (PM)
, 226
PD CEN/TR 15941:2010
, 244, 271
PD CEN/TR 16970:2016
, 244
PD CEN/TR 17005
, 244
PD ISO/TR 21932:2013
, 244
PD ISO/TS 12720:2014
, 244, 271
PD ISO/TS 21929-2
, 244
PD ISO/TS 21929-2:2015
, 244, 271
Pembina Institute
, 17
Performance benchmarking
, 79–80
Performance economy
, 5, 8–9
Performance evaluation, information organization for
, 78
Performance improvement factors (PIFs)
, 130, 132–136
comparative assessment methods
, 364–365
defined
, 375
design of
, 341–368
link to economic metrics
, 365–367
relevance factor or subjective stakeholder variation
, 362–364
types of
, 361, 377
Performance measurement (PMe)
, 341, 342, 344
Permanent housing/buildings
, 252
Placon
, 11
Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) management system
, 236, 272, 344
Planning balance sheet (PBS)
, 26
Political and policy assessment (PPA)
, 18
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
, 199
Positive publicity
, 81
Poverty Reduction Strategy
, 18
PPP (plans, policies and programs), of sustainable development
, 320, 321, 345
Practitioner’s identification, of sustainable development indicators
, 272–278
Predictive indicators
, 113–114
Primary separation vessel (PSV)
, 170
Privacy impact assessment (PIA)
, 18
Product energy analysis
, 30
Productivity
, 76–77
Product material flow analysis
, 30
Project & environmental management excellence (PEME)
, xiii, 129, 130, 290, 292, 323, 328, 332, 333, 350, 374, 429–431
Project & environmental management excellence (PEME)
, 246
Project integration
, 249, 250, 252
Project Management Institute
, 96
PROMETHEE (Preference Ranking Organization Method for Enrichment of Evaluations) method
, 122, 324
PROMETHEE-GAIA (Geometrical Analysis for Interactive decision Aid)
, 325
PROMETHEE-GDSS (group decision support system)
, 325
Provincial regulatory system
, 198
Provisional housing/buildings
, 252
Rank reversal
, 326
Reclamation
, 253–254
Reclamation security
, 196
Reduction of energy
, 70
Refining
, 253
Regenerative design
, 5, 9–10
Regional Aquatics Monitoring Program (RAMP)
, 198, 211
Regional Municipality of Waterloo (RMW)
, 18
Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB)
, 204
Regulations versus ESRS rating system
, 42
Relevance factor relationships
, 362–364
Reporting
, 78–79
Resources & materials excellence (RME)
, xiii, 129, 130, 247–248, 290, 323, 328, 332, 333, 353, 374, 435–436
Retrospective indicators
, 114
Return on investment (ROI)
, 74, 155, 346, 365
Rio Declaration
, 283, 306
Rio Earth Summit
, 1992, 270
Risk management
, 80
RNIM method
, 122
Roads
, 252
Royal Society of Canada (RSC)
, 197
Sandhill fen
, 185
SBTool
, 62–63, 70, 117
Scandic
, 11
Sedimentation
, 195
Sensitivity analyses
, 27
Shell Canada Ltd. (Shell)
, 213, 219–220, 224
Shovel operator shift change
, 164
Sick Building Syndrome (SBS)
, 77
Simulated criterion score calculation
, 135–136
Site & soil resource excellence (SSRE)
, xiii, 129, 130, 135, 246, 290, 323, 328, 332, 333, 350–351, 374, 431–432
SJ (Swedish rail)
, 11
Social change
, 81
Social impact assessment (SIA)
, 18
Social impacts, of oil sands
, 200–201
Social impacts assessment (SoIA)
, 360
Social return on investment (SROI) analysis
, 26
Social sustainability
, 112, 228–230
SO2 emissions
, 227, 254
Solar energy
, 6
South African Sustainable Building Assessment Tool (SBAT)
, 70, 117
South Bison Hills
, 186
Stakeholders
directly impacted
, 84
engaging
, 121–123
involvement
, 375–377
morale and engagement of
, 82
Statistics Canada
, 201
Steady-state economy
, 5–6
Steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD)
, 152, 155, 160, 162, 167, 170, 253
Steam to oil ratio (SOR)
, 226
Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)
, 17
Strategic approaches
, 16–18
Strategic environmental assessment (SEA)
, 18, 24, 25, 40
Sub-division weight (SDW)
, 133, 375
Subjective stakeholder variation
, 362–364
Suncor’s Edmonton Refinery
, 180
Suncor Energy
, 153, 213, 214–215, 224
Surface mining operations
sustainable development indicators for
, 322–323, 349–359
Surface mining process
, 161, 252–253
Sustainability
, xi–xii, 3
appraisal
, 19
defined
, 4, 93, 109–113
measurement
, 67–69
pillars of
, 4
Sustainability assessment (SA)
, 19
defined
, 113
by indicators and rating systems
, 113–117
‘Sustainability A–Test’ EU project
, 19
Sustainability balance scorecard (SBSC)
, 358
Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA)
, 18
Sustainability Indicator Frameworks
, 17
Sustainability management system (SMS)
, 79, 236
Sustainability performance assessment
, 212–222
suggestions for improving
, 234–236
Sustainability rating scale (SRS)
, 134, 135
Sustainability reporting
, 212–222
suggestions for improving
, 234–236
Sustainability reporting shortcomings
, 231–234
Sustainability-Test
, 15
Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS)
, 70, 117
Sustainable Calgary
, 282
Sustainable community indicators (SCIs)
, 276
Sustainable development
, 3
defined
, 37–38
components of
, 121
starting point, defining
, 120–121
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
, 270, 280, 304, 343
Sustainable development indicators (SDIs)
, xiv, xv, 71, 74, 78, 79, 113, 137, 213, 232, 343
applications of
, 307–310
appropriateness of
, 307–310
consensus-based selection
, 264–271
cost of developing, implementing and measuring performance using
, 312–314
designing and implementation of
, 301–315
identification of
, 261–294
organizations
, 278–286
practicability of using
, 310–312
practitioner and academics identification
, 272–278
preliminary groups of
, 289–296
pre-selection of
, 129–130
selection of
, 286–289
for surface mining operations
, 322–323, 349–359
weighing, using AHP method
, 317–339
Sustainable development strategy (SDS)
, 280, 281
Sustainable performance indicators (SPIs)
, 346
Syncrude’s Sandhill Fen Research Project
, 185
Syncrude Canada Ltd. (Syncrude)
, 213, 218–219
Synthetic crude oil (SCO)
, 163–169, 179, 253
System of indicators
, 113
System of Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting (SEEA)
, 15
TACTIC (Treatment of the Alternatives According to the Importance of Criteria) method
, 122, 324, 325
Tailing ponds
, 224–225
Tailings Dam
, 183
Technology impact assessment (TIA)
, 18
Toe-to-Heel-Air-Injection (THAI)
, 152, 174
Total quality assessment (TQA)
, xi, 116
Total quality management (TQM)
, 272
Total recordable injury frequency (TRIF)
, 229
Toward Sustainable Mining (TSM) initiative
, 307, 311
‘Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’. See Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Transport Canada
, 41, 211, 267
Travel cost theory
, 26
Triple bottom line (TBL)
, 18, 67, 73, 96, 193–195, 305
Triple I approach
, 19
UN-Habitat
, 276
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED)
, 279, 320
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
, 25
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Mineral Resources Forum (MRF)
, 286, 307
United Nations Statistical Commission
, 15
UN Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment
, 110
Upgrading
, 253
Urban impact assessment (UIA)
, 18
U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
, 44, 49, 69, 96
UTA (Utility Additive) method
, 122
Vapour recovery extraction (VAPEX)
, 152, 173, 253
Venn diagrams
, 39
Vienna Agreement
, 268
VIMDA (Visual Interactive Method for Decision Analysis) method
, 122
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
, 226
Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights
, 283, 306
Walmart
, 83
Wa-Pa-Su project sustainability rating system
, xiii, xv, xvi, 71, 75, 85, 242
assessment methodology
, 126–134, 374–375
assigning sustainability using
, 377–387
components of
, 102
continuous performance improvement
, 123–124
data assessment and stakeholder involvement
, 375–377
development of
, 100–104
innovation and diversification, need for
, 118–119
integration
, 124–126
knowledge and assessment gap
, 98–99
multi-criteria decision analysis
, 121–123
opportunities, identifying
, 95–98
potential minimum and maximum performance scores
, 387
restrictions and frequency of measurements
, 387–389
rules and restrictions
, 136–137
score calculation worksheet
, 131
SDIs for surface mining operations, structure of
, 322–323
simulated criterion score calculation
, 135–136
structure of
, 373–374
sustainability assessment by indicators
, 113–117
Waste management issues
, 195
Water consumption
, 70
improving
, 76
Water resource
, 223–225
tailing ponds
, 224–225
Water resource excellence (WRE)
, xiii, 129, 130, 246–247, 290, 323, 328, 332, 333, 339, 351–352, 374, 432–433
Weighing of SDIs, using AHP method
, 317–339
development and usage
, 320–322
expected results and contributions
, 334–337
hierarchy of
, 328–329
MCDM methods
, 323–326
measurement scale
, 330–331
pairwise comparison matrices
, 332–334
setting
, 326–328
structure
, 322–323
Western Australia State Sustainability Assessment Working Group
, 18
Whitehorse Mining Initiative (WMI)
, 285, 307
Wood Buffalo Environmental Association (WBEA)
, 198, 211
Work Programme on Indicators of Sustainable Development
, 279
World Bank
, 15, 21–22, 276
World Bank Operational Guidelines
, 283, 306
World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED). See Brundtland Commission
World Conservation Union
, 38
World Green Building Council
, 80
World Resources Institute (WRI)
, 195, 281
World Summit on Sustainable Development 2002 (WSSD)
, 270
- Prelims
- Part I Sustainability Assessment
- Chapter 1 Assessment Approaches, Frameworks and Other Tools
- Chapter 2 Environmental and Sustainability Rating Systems
- Chapter 3 Potential Benefits of Developing and Implementing Environmental and Sustainability Rating Systems
- Part II A New Sustainability Rating System
- Chapter 4 Origins and Fundamentals
- Chapter 5 The Wa-Pa-Su Project Sustainability Rating System
- Part III The Canadian Oil Sands
- Chapter 6 Background and Processes
- Chapter 7 Impacts of Development and Operations
- Chapter 8 Resources Management and Performance: A Report
- Part IV An Application Step By Step: The Surface Mining Process
- Chapter 9 Areas of Excellence and Sub-Divisions
- Chapter 10 Identifying Sustainable Development Indicators (SDIs)
- Chapter 11 Designing and Implementing SDIs: More of a Positive Thing than Not
- Chapter 12 Weighting SDIs Using the AHP Method
- Chapter 13 Design of Performance Improvement Factors (PIFs)
- Chapter 14 A Simulated Case Study of Implementation and Sustainability Assessment
- Appendix A: Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Appendix B: Timeline of the Energy Industry in Alberta
- Appendix C: Descriptions – Pre-Selected Sustainable Development Indicators (SDIs) for the Surface Mining Process
- Afterword
- Index