Background and How to Participate
The SFPUC is engaged in developing an organizational Sustainability Plan. The common meaning of sustainability is the capability to maintain. In the context of sustainable development, however, sustainability is defined as the goal of meeting current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. For a utility like the SFPUC that provides water, wastewater, and power services, the challenge is to translate this development goal into a planning strategy that frames decisions around current and future service needs, and their effects on the environment, economy, and society (the triple bottom line). read more
This report is the third of four key deliverables in the development of the Sustainability Plan and Program for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC). It presents the strategies and initiatives that are proposed to initiate actions to improve SFPUC’s performance against its Sustainability Baseline Assessment FY05/06. It provides the basis to move into the fourth and final phase of the Sustainability Plan and Program, when SFPUC will develop detailed blueprints to implement the strategies and initiatives, including specific actions and targets, timetables, schedules, costs and positions/parties responsible for implementation.
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This report is the second of four key deliverables in the development of the Sustainability Plan for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC). It presents the baseline assessment of the SFPUC’s sustainability performance using fiscal year ’05-’06, and highlights its strengths and weaknesses against the set of indicators published August 1, 2006. This assessment will be used as the basis for tracking the SFPUC’s performance over time, and to identify priority strategies and targets in the next phase of plan development. Read more
Read more about the SFPUC Sustainability Plan draft framework, draft mapping of issues and draft schedule overview. Read more
