Environmental Policy
The City of St. Albert adopted a corporate environmental policy in 2003, updated on January 5, 2009. This environmental policy provides overall direction for the City's environmental performance and provides a framework for setting its environmental objectives and targets.
The City is committed to maintaining a healthy natural environment and ensuring its sustainability for future generations.
Administration shall use the environmental policy and its standards to guide the development of any plans, systems or procedures that will prevent or reduce environmental impacts in St. Albert.
The City shall follow these 5 standards:
Pollution Prevention
The City shall prevent the release of pollutants into the air, land or water and shall minimize the use of natural resources throughout its operations;
Environmental Management Systems
The City shall employ environmental management systems and procedures specifically developed to prevent or reduce the environmental impacts from its operations;
Communication
The City shall communicate its environmental policy, objectives and targets to the corporation and the community by issuing regular updates such as an annual environmental report; and
Continuous Improvement
The City shall manage its activities to continually improve its environmental performance.
