The Québec government adopted the Sustainable Development Act in April 2006. The Act lists 16 principles to guide the actions of the public service's departments and agencies in implementing the Government Sustainable Development Strategy 2008–2013, which came into effect in January 2008. As a government-owned corporation, Hydro-Québec is subject to the Act and the strategy.
Based on three fundamental issues—develop knowledge, promote responsible action, foster commitment—the Government Sustainable Development Strategy contains 9 strategic directions and 29 objectives. It calls on the entities concerned to publish their sustainable development action plans by March 31, 2009. These must specify:
- the objectives they intend to reach in order to apply the strategy;
- the activities planned to reach the objectives;
- the means used to measure to what extent they have been reached.
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