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| Sustainability toolkit part 2 |
 Canadian co-operatives[1] are leading organizational models of sustainability, helping to shape healthy communities by integrating a holistic understanding of sustainability into practice.
The purpose of this Guide is to serve as a roadmap and toolbox to help co-operatives reduce their overall environmental impact.[2] This is the second part of a Sustainability Toolkit prepared by the Canadian Co-operative Association (CCA). It provides an operational framework for co-operatives to deploy in order to improve their overall environmental performance, and to continue to lead by example.
 Part one of the toolkit, Environmental Governance, Management, and Leadership Guide for Canadian Co-operatives, focuses on the governance, management, and leadership systems and processes that co-operatives can deploy to improve their overall environmental performance and contribute to sustainable communities. CCA has also profiled the environmental sustainability efforts of nine Canadian co-operatives in an Environmental Casebook.
This Guide consists of the following sections.
[1] Although both guides in the Sustainability Toolkit refer to co-operatives throughout, it is intended that this term encompass all types of co-operatives including credit unions.
[2] This Guide is to serve as a reference point; therefore, most co-operatives will need to seek out expert consultation to begin implementing different elements in this toolkit.
About the Author and Acknowledgements
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