Table 14
Distribution of environmental management practices by establishment size, 2010

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Distribution of environmental management practices by establishment size, 2010
  Number of employees per establishment
Fewer than 100 100 to 499 500 to 999 1,000 or more Total
  percent
Environmental management system 17 39 65 89 23
Life cycle analysis 5 11 28 37 7
ISO 14000 family certification 5 17 36 58 8
Implementation of a pollution prevention plan 15 30 48 71 19
Environmental voluntary agreements 6 14 28 43 8
Green procurement policy 8 13 19 23 9
Eco-labelling of products 5 10 15 13 7
Implementation of an environmental supply chain management policy 7 12 25 29 8
Impacted by a supplier's or client's environmental supply chain management policy 7 11 19 27 8
Energy management or monitoring system 13 28 51 67 18
Energy Audit - past 3 years 14 32 48 56 19
Environmental incentives 6 14 21 27 8
Perform a greenhouse gas emissions inventory 5 22 46 71 10
Participate in carbon-trading or purchase/sell carbon-offset credits for 2010 1 2 6 9 1
Other 2 2 4 6 2
Total 1 41 69 79 95 48
1.
Percentage of establishments that used at least one environmental management practice.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division.
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