Summary Report and Implementation Plan - Partners in Project Green

5.0 Business Stewardship
The institutional/commercial/industrial (ICI) sector
represents the largest land use surrounding airport
lands. Given their prominence and the unique
challenges they present to implementing site and
lot-level stormwater control, spills abatement and
habitat enhancement in valleylands, the ICI sector
represents a key partner in the implementation of
the recommendations of this report. The sector
also represents a potential long-term steward
of the watershed and a partner of TRCA in
protecting, restoring and enhancing the health of
the watershed.
Lester B. Pearson International Airport is ISO 14001
certified and has implemented various programs to
improve its environmental performance, invested
in state-of-the-art pollution abatement equipment
and is committed to future environmental
improvements in the watershed within the confines
of its business operations. The intent is to expand
GTAA’s leadership in environmental stewardship by
encouraging businesses to adopt sustainable best
management practices.
Toronto and Region Conservation has initiated
several business outreach programs across the
Greater Toronto Area (GTA): the Frenchman’s Bay
Project in Pickering, Langstaff EcoPark in Vaughan,
West Toronto Business Environment Group and
the Bartley Smith Greenway. Likewise, TRCA has
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