Canada

2024

11Active policies mapped
4Disclosure
5Transition planning
3Public procurement

Disclosure

Transition planning

Public procurement

Domain Assessment

The Monitor assesses how ambitious, comprehensive, and stringent net zero regulations and policies are across different jurisdictions and domains, considering up to 265 data points for each policy tool.

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Climate-related disclosure	Criteria fulfilled	Criteria fulfilled	Criteria fulfilled	Criteria fulfilled	Criteria fulfilled	Criteria fulfilled	Criteria fulfilled	Criteria fulfilled	Criteria fulfilled
Transition planning	Criteria fulfilled	Criteria fulfilled	Criteria fulfilled	Criteria fulfilled	Criteria fulfilled	Criteria fulfilled	Criteria fulfilled	Criteria fulfilled	Criteria fulfilled
Public procurement	Criteria fulfilled	Criteria fulfilled	Criteria fulfilled	Criteria fulfilled	Criteria fulfilled	Criteria fulfilled	Criteria fulfilled	Criteria not fulfilled	Criteria not fulfilled

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- Criteria fulfilled
- Criteria not fulfilled

Policy Tool Assessment

11 policy tools

Our law firm network identifies and analyses policy tools relevant to each domain to allow the Monitor to assess their ambition, stringency, and comprehensiveness.

Policy Tool Name	Domain	Year in force	Net zero aligned	Domain ambition 1	Domain ambition 2	Mandatory	Enforceable	Data transparency & verification	Variety of targeted entities / activities	Scope 3/non-carbon GHGs	Offsets
Anti-greenwashing provisions in the Competition Act	D	2024	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Buy Clean Initiative	PP	2024	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Canadian Security Administrators Staff Notice 51-358	D	2019	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Green Procurement Policies	PP	2018	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Greening Government Strategy & Incentives	PP	2017	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Guideline B-15 Climate Risk Management	D	2023	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Indigenous Climate Leadership Initiatives	TP		No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Net-Zero Challenge	TP	2022	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Regional Energy and Resource Tables	TP	2022	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Requirements under the Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act	D, TP	2021	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Requirements under the Sustainable Jobs Act	TP	2024	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Legend D Disclosure TP Transition Planning PP Public Procurement Ambitious Stringent Comprehensive Criteria not fulfilled

Legal Expert Network

Torys

Domains covered:

Disclosure
Transition Planning
Public Procurement

Authors

Claire Seaborn (Lead)
Tyson Dyck
Ian T. D. Thomson