3.9 By 2030, substantially reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous chemicals and air, water and soil pollution and contamination.
Note: this target is also applicable in terms of noise pollution.

Every five years, we commit to a noise management action plan, which is based on international best practices and public input, and explores ways to evolve and improve the way we manage noise.
See Listening to our community.

8.4 Improve progressively, through 2030, global resource efficiency in consumption and production and endeavour to decouple economic growth from environmental degradation, in accordance with the 10-year framework of programs on sustainable consumption and production, with developed countries taking the lead.

8.5 By 2030, achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value.

8.6 By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training.

8.9 By 2030, devise and implement policies to promote sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products.

In 2019, we collaborated with Deloitte on a whitepaper, Uncovering underemployment: Tapping into the potential of our workforce. The report explores the causes and impacts of underemployment and recommends a range of practical solutions to address it.
See Unlocking potential.

9.4 By 2030, upgrade infrastructure and retrofit industries to make them sustainable, with increased resource-use efficiency and greater adoption of clean and environmentally sound technologies and industrial processes, with all countries taking action in accordance with their respective capabilities.

We invested $4 million to refurbish the airport’s largest stormwater facility and expanded the storage tanks that hold glycol run-off at our central deicing facility. The run-off is collected and, for the most part, recycled onsite for use in secondary markets.
See Protecting our planet.

10.1 By 2030, progressively achieve and sustain income growth of the bottom 40% of the population at a rate higher than the national average.

10.2 By 2030, empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status.

The Propeller Project, our community investment program, announced a $1 million commitment to better define local underemployment, design new programs to attack it and help the underemployed in communities surrounding the airport to climb the career ladder. We plan to make direct investments and work with airport employers and other partners to champion on-the-ground solutions that make a meaningful difference.
See Unlocking potential.

13.1 Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries.

13.2 Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning.

Our comprehensive sustainability plan, currently in development, sets out a broad range of actions by which we’ll address the potential impacts of aviation activities at Toronto Pearson – all framed by the global commitment to reduce carbon emissions.
See Reducing our carbon footprint.

17.16 Enhance the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources, to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in all countries, in particular developing countries.

17.17 Encourage and promote effective public, public private and civil society partnerships, building on the experience and resourcing strategies of partnerships.

We promote sustainable business practices among local businesses through Partners in Project Green, an initiative co-founded by the GTAA and the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority in 2017.
See Partners driving change.

9.1 Develop quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure, including regional and transborder infrastructure, to support economic development and human well-being, with a focus on affordable and equitable access for all.

The GTAA is working with the Government of Ontario, Metrolinx, other transportation agencies, municipal governments and a range of community stakeholders to better integrate Toronto Pearson with regional transit networks and improve connectivity across the entire region.
See Connecting our communities.

17.17 Encourage and promote effective public, public–private and civil society partnerships, building on the experience and resourcing strategies of partnerships.

8.2 Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading and innovation, including through a focus on high-value added and labour-intensive sectors.

8.5 By 2030, achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value.

8.6 By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training.

8.8 Protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular women migrants, and those in precarious employment.

We conducted the first-ever multi-employer workforce survey at a Canadian airport to provide a baseline to understand more about the airport’s complex work environment, including who the workers are and how they get to their jobs. The learnings will inform future planning and programming to meet the airport’s transit and workforce needs.
See Who works at Toronto Pearson?

9.2 Promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and, by 2030, significantly raise industry’s share of employment and gross domestic product, in line with national circumstances, and double its share in least developed countries.

9.1 Develop quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure, including regional and transborder infrastructure, to support economic development and human well-being, with a focus on affordable and equitable access for all.

9.4 By 2030, upgrade infrastructure and retrofit industries to make them sustainable, with increased resource-use efficiency and greater adoption of clean and environmentally sound technologies and industrial processes, with all countries taking action in accordance with their respective capabilities.

In 2019, the GTAA allocated the equivalent of one per cent of net income to our Innovation Fund for collaborative research projects, proof-of-concept pilots and testing of new systems and processes.
See Igniting innovation.

17.11 Significantly increase the exports of developing countries, in particular with a view to doubling the least developed countries’ share of global exports by 2020.

17.17 Encourage and promote effective public, public–private and civil society partnerships, building on the experience and resourcing strategies of partnerships.