Table 4.8
Environmental management practices by industry
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| Environmental management system | Life cycle analysis | ISO 14000 certification | Implementation of a pollution prevention plan | Environmental voluntary agreements | Green procurement policy | Eco-labelling of products | Annual environmental performance report | Other | Total 1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| percent 2 | ||||||||||
| 2006 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 34 |
| Logging | 47 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 57 |
| Oil and gas extraction | 64 | 25 | 4 | 37 | 44 | 7 | 5 | 55 | 4 | 79 |
| Mining and quarrying | 51 | 19 | 14 | 35 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 47 | 5 | 63 |
| Electric power generation, transmission and distribution | 57 | 30 | 29 | 41 | 43 | 46 | 28 | 53 | 5 | 81 |
| Natural gas distribution | 80 | 24 | 6 | 71 | 26 | 12 | 23 | 51 | x | 87 |
| Food manufacturing | 16 | 5 | x | 19 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 35 |
| Beverage and tobacco manufacturing products | 19 | 0 | x | 9 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 6 | x | 37 |
| Wood products manufacturing | 19 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 37 |
| Paper manufacturing | 30 | 3 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 2 | 50 |
| Petroleum and coal products manufacturing | 54 | 20 | 10 | 51 | 31 | 9 | 13 | 33 | 6 | 74 |
| Chemicals manufacturing | 30 | 15 | 7 | 38 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 59 |
| Non-metallic mineral products manufacturing | 16 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 27 |
| Primary metals manufacturing | 45 | 10 | 31 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 26 | x | 61 |
| Fabricated metal products manufacturing | 10 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 27 |
| Transportation equipment manufacturing | 36 | 16 | 32 | 44 | 26 | 12 | x | 20 | 1 | 54 |
| Pipeline transportation | 95 | 35 | 14 | 58 | 58 | 14 | 0 | 67 | x | 100 |
| Other manufacturing 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 23 |
Number of establishments indicating they used
at least one environmental practice, as a percentage of the total number of
establishments that provided a response.
Number of establishments indicating they used
the practice, as a percentage of all establishments that provided a response.
Includes all other manufacturing industries
not already specified.
Note(s):
The methodology for the Survey of Environmental Protection Expenditures
(SEPE) underwent a thorough redesign for the 2006 reference year.
As a result of these methodological changes and expanded coverage, comparisons
with previous estimates from the SEPE are not recommended. To access a compilation
of previous SEPE data see Statistics Canada, 2008, Human Activity
and the Environment, Catalogue no. 16-201-X20070001,
Tables 4.3, 4.4, 4.7 and 4.8.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, 2008,
Environmental Protection Expenditures in the Business Sector: 2006,
Catalogue no. 16F0006X.
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