#ottghg performance

A Summary of Environmental Sustainability Performance Reports, City of Ottawa

LOCAL Ecology Ottawa: Council Watch Report, 2011 Community Foundation of Ottawa: Vital Signs, 2010 PROVINCIAL Pembina Institute: Ontario Community Sustainability Report, 2007 NATIONAL Corporate Knights: Most Sustainable Cities, 2011 World Wildlife Fund Canada: Earth Hour List, 2011 Conference Board of Canada: City Magnets II, 2010 The Making of Climate Change Policy: A Comparative Analysis, 2012 INTERNATIONAL Siemens: US and Canada Green City Index, 2010 Mercer: Quality of Living Survey, 2010 OTHER TomTom North American Congestion Index, 2012 RANK B B+ RANK 5th of 27 RANK 8th of 11 0 of 10 29 of 50 7th of 11 RANK 12th of 27 3rd of 221 RANK 10th of 26

N.B. Most of the reports listed focus on the city of Ottawa (i.e. the municipality) and not the metropolitan region (i.e. Ottawa-Gatineau). Certain evaluations displayed greater methodological rigor than others. Siemens, Conference Board of Canada, The Making of Climate Change Policy, and the Pembina Institute displayed the highest level of validity of the reports listed; Mercer and the Community Foundation of Ottawa displayed the lowest. The TomTom report presents ratings from worst to best (i.e. Ottawa is the 10th most congested city of the 26), whereas all the other reports listed present their ratings from best to worst.

For more information contact: Martin Canning | 613-316-3929 | @MartinGCanning | canning.martin@gmail.com

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