Canadian Grains Sustainability Metrics Platform

The Canadian Grains Sustainability Metrics Platform is a data-based platform that provides measurements of Canadian grain production sustainability performance, populated with information that is responsive to market requirements.

Sustainability is defined as: social responsibility, environmental sustainability and economic viability. Sustainability performance of Canadian Grain Production is presented in twelve sustainability reports:

1. Greenhouse Gas Emissions & Air Quality
2. Agrochemical management
3. Nutrient Management
4. Water quality & Quantity
5. Waste & Pollution
6. Soil Health & Productivity
7. Land Use and Biodiversity
8. Financial Viability
9. Work Safety & Security
10. Working conditions
11. Labour Relations
12. Community Relations

Three types of data is used to highlight sustainability performance:

1. The legal and program infrastructure in which the industry operates (such as pesticide registration and application regulations and labour standards)
2. Aggregate outcomes of the activities of the industry (such as greenhouse gas emissions and amount of land under conservation tillage)
3. Aggregated practices of producers (such as how many producers have adopted various beneficial management practices)