Canadian Environment Week 2020 - Green Challenge

Thank you for participating to the Green Challenge 2020!

Congratulations on completing the 2020 Green Challenge! As this year’s challenge brought all new content, all new formatting, and an all new working context, we’d like to recognize the cross-departmental effort that it took. A special thanks to Transport Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada for their close collaboration with the Centre for Greening Government team in drafting the interactive and educational content.

About the Green Challenge

This year, we broke records. You were one of the 2,523 public servants from 59 federal organizations that participated – over twice the amount from last year! Parks Canada came in at number one with 433 participants. Way to go!

As a whole, over 747,505 points were collected. Congratulations to Parks Canada for winning the top spot for the most points recorded and to the Office of the Auditor General for achieving the highest participation rate: 33.9%!

Leaderboard

Organizations Total Pts Pts/Part. Part. # Part. %
Parks Canada 129400 433 7.78%
Veterans Affairs Canada 69045 243 8.48%
Auditor General of Canada (Office of the) 66610 187 33.88%
Health Canada 46620 163 2.12%
Finance Canada (Department of) 50655 154 19.01%
Public Services and Procurement Canada 31890 125 0.85%
Environment and Climate Change Canada 37200 118 1.70%
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat 36070 115 5.45%
Global Affairs Canada 34635 110 0.94%
Canadian Food Inspection Agency 19630 72 1.17%
Library and Archives Canada 21345 70 7.33%
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada 19895 70 0.94%
Transport Canada 21535 69 1.19%
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada 21790 65 1.27%
Shared Services Canada 16030 60 0.91%
Fisheries and Oceans Canada 15930 59 0.93%
Public Health Agency of Canada 15455 58 2.72%
National Defence 15255 52 0.06%
Canadian Space Agency 10740 33 4.89%
Defence Construction Canada 7830 31 3.24%
National Research Council Canada 4590 22 0.56%
Natural Resources Canada 4375 21 0.50%
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario 4825 20 8.62%
National Capital Commission 4250 17 3.85%
Canadian Coast Guard 4000 16 0.28%
Canadian Heritage 4000 13 0.70%
Veterans Review and Appeal Board 3900 12 14.29%
Infrastructure Canada 2690 10 1.90%
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 3425 10 0.21%

We'd like to acknowledge the participation of employees of the following organizations to this year's challenge: Measurement Canada, the Translation Bureau, Correctional Service Canada,the Office of the Veterans' Ombudsman, Service Canada, the Military Grievances External Review Committee, Employment and Social Development Canada, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada, the Canadian Army, the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Western Economic Diversification Canada, Indigenous Services Canada, Youth, the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Canada Border Services Agency, Competition Bureau Canada, the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission, Public Safety Canada Canada Post, Canada School of Public Service, Women and Gender Equality Canada, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy , the Office of the Information Commissioner, Occupational Health and Safety Tribunal Canada, the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal.

Get Involved

We hope that you enjoyed learning and engaging under the theme of biodiversity during Canadian Environment Week. We encourage you to fill out the feedback survey to help us improve for next year.
Thank you and see you in 2021.

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