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EVALUATION b. Sustainability CRITERIA reports, AND preferably DOCUMENTATION either verified GUIDANCE
or partially verified by an independent third-party, with clearly expressed targets and
associated performance (e.g. Global Reporting Initiative, corporate GHG emissions reduction targets, corporate energy reduction targets,
A. To what corporate level and waste extent reduction have targets).Clear the project owner illustration and or the description project team of the made governance public organizational of sustainability commitments within the organizations to improve
and clear
sustainable demonstration performance?
of support and commitment from senior management to sustainability.
c. Evidence that the organizations involved in the project have sustainability strategies that are embedded into their business strategy, or
1. Identification and description of key members of the project team.
evidence of a clear link between the strategies.
2. Organizational sustainability principles and policies.
d. Third-party organizational recognition or commitments related to sustainability (e.g. signatory to the UN Global Compact, listed on the CDP
3. Documentation Climate Performance of the following Leadership commitments Index, listed to sustainability on the Jantzi as Social required Index, for the listed relevant on the level Dow of Jones achievement:.
Sustainability Index, etc.)
a. Recognition of past or ongoing projects, or significant initiatives undertaken, to improve sustainable performance (e.g. project write-ups,
B. Have awards, the project or third-party owner and recognition project received team made for sustainable written commitments performance to in address one or more the social, areas)
environmental, and economic aspects of
the b. project? Sustainability reports, preferably either verified or partially verified by an independent third-party, with clearly expressed targets and
associated performance (e.g. Global Reporting Initiative, corporate GHG emissions reduction targets, corporate energy reduction targets,
1. Letters, council meeting minutes, notes from design meetings.
corporate waste reduction targets).Clear illustration or description of the governance of sustainability within the organizations and clear
2. Contract demonstration documents of clearly support articulating and commitment commitments from senior to address management the social, to environmental, sustainability.
and economics aspects of the project.
3. Evidence c. Evidence of a chartering, that the organizations value engineering, involved or in other project relevant have design sustainability session that strategies included that key are members embedded of the into project their business team that strategy, clearly express or
commitments evidence of to a sustainability. clear link between the strategies.
4. A d. project-specific Third-party organizational sustainability recognition report(s) detailing or commitments how the project related will to achieve sustainability its goals (e.g. and signatory what key to the performance UN Global indicators Compact, will listed be used on the to CDP
measure Climate and Performance manage initiatives. Leadership Index, listed on the Jantzi Social Index, listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, etc.)
C. B. Have Has the project team owner developed and project a sustainability team made written management commitments policy commensurate to address the with social, the environmental, scope, scale, and and complexity economic of aspects the of
project? the project?
1. A Letters, sustainability council management meeting minutes, policy notes that includes from design commitments meetings.
to achieving improvements in sustainable performance with clear objectives and
2. targets
Contract for
documents the project.
clearly The policy
articulating references
commitments project stakeholders,
to address the health
social, and
environmental, safety commitments,
and economics environmental
aspects commitments,
of the project.
and
social/community commitments.
3. Evidence of a chartering, value engineering, or other relevant design session that included key members of the project team that clearly express
DESCRIPTION commitments to sustainability.
4. A project-specific sustainability report(s) detailing how the project will achieve its goals and what key performance indicators will be used to
This measure credit provides and manage incentives initiatives..
for establishing sound and credible management and leadership to adequately and competently address issues
surrounding sustainability in all phases of the project. The community will be better served by project teams that are led and managed by people and
organizations
C. Has the project that have
team a strong
developed commitment
a sustainability to the principles
management of sustainability
policy commensurate and have demonstrated
with the the
scope, ability
scale, to effectively
and complexity incorporate
of these
the
principles project?
into projects.
Projects 1. A sustainability are more likely management to achieve policy sustainable that includes outcomes commitments when owners, to achieving designers, improvements contractors, in sustainable and all involved performance in the project with clear team, objectives make strong and
commitments targets for to the achieve project. sustainability The policy references goals. Conversely, project stakeholders, project performance health and is safety most commitments, at risk when sustainability environmental is considered commitments, an and ‘add-on’ social/
or lower
priority community objective. commitments.
This credit assesses the degree to which various members of the project team have committed to making sustainability a priority
within their respective organizations as well as the project itself.
PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT
As project’s advance through the levels of achievement the criteria increasingly assess how deeply sustainability is embedded in the organizations,
and whether project specific commitments and policies are in place. Documentation should become increasingly comprehensive and detailed.Many
Leadership credits reference the importance of decision-making and collaboration within the ‘project team’. The nature of the project team will
depend on several factors including the project delivery method. What is intended in Envision when referencing the ‘project team’ is to capture major
decision-makers involved in the project as well as those that act as primary advisors, consultants, or specialists on behalf of decision-makers. This
will almost always include the project owner, those that act as lead designers (engineers, architects, landscape architects, etc.), and those that
manage and execute the project through construction, but ideally would also include those responsible for funding, operating, regulating, subconsulting,
or otherwise utilizing the project (e.g. community groups). Those with the responsibility and authority to implement sustainability efforts
should coordinate them to ensure their effectiveness. Envision users should take time to review the organizational hierarchy of the project in order to
identify at what levels key decisions regarding project sustainability are being made. This will constitute the starting point of defining the ‘project
team’.
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