Abu Dhabi’s Sustainability Challenges and Opportunities: Abu Dhabi Sustainability Index

1. Abu Dhabi’s Sustainability Challenges and Opportunities: Abu Dhabi Sustainability Index 20th April 2011

2. Aim and objective The report provides an initial assessment of Abu Dhabi’s progress towards sustainability, and what could be done to both address any gaps and accelerate performance in areas of strength. It is not meant to prescribe—rather it has been developed to provide context, inform and inspire Abu Dhabi’s strategic planning cycle Abu Dhabi’s Sustainability Challenge and Opportunity – January, 2011

3. Abu Dhabi Performance Management Framework Abu Dhabi’s Sustainability Challenge and Opportunity – January, 2011

4. Sustainability and Framework Abu Dhabi’s Sustainability Challenge and Opportunity – January, 2011

5. Abu Dhabi Whole of Government Scorecard Measures: Extent of Inclusion in the Sustainability Index Abu Dhabi’s Sustainability Challenge and Opportunity – January, 2011

6. Sustainability Index: Measuring Abu Dhabi’s Proximity to Sustainability Abu Dhabi’s Sustainability Challenge and Opportunity – January, 2011

7. Relative Strength Abu Dhabi’s Sustainability Challenge and Opportunity – January, 2011

8. Areas of Improvements Abu Dhabi’s Sustainability Challenge and Opportunity – January, 2011

9. Measuring Abu Dhabi’s Social Development Proximity to Best in Class Sustainability Level Abu Dhabi Best in class Abu Dhabi’s Sustainability Challenge and Opportunity – January, 2011

10. Measuring Abu Dhabi’s Social Development Proximity to Best in Class Abu Dhabi’s Sustainability Challenge and Opportunity – January, 2011

11. Measuring Abu Dhabi’s Economic Development Proximity to Best in Class Sustainability Level Abu Dhabi Best in class Abu Dhabi’s Sustainability Challenge and Opportunity – January, 2011

12. Measuring Abu Dhabi’s Economic Development Proximity to Best in Class Abu Dhabi’s Sustainability Challenge and Opportunity – January, 2011

13. Measuring Abu Dhabi’s Environmental Sustainability Proximity to Best in Class Sustainability Level Abu Dhabi Best in class Abu Dhabi’s Sustainability Challenge and Opportunity – January, 2011

14. Measuring Abu Dhabi’s Environmental Sustainability Proximity to Best in Class Abu Dhabi’s Sustainability Challenge and Opportunity – January, 2011

15. Sustainability Index: Measuring Abu Dhabi’s Infrastructure Development Proximity to Best in Class Sustainability Level Abu Dhabi Best in class Abu Dhabi’s Sustainability Challenge and Opportunity – January, 2011

16. Sustainability Index: Measuring Abu Dhabi’s Infrastructure Development Proximity to Best in Class Abu Dhabi’s Sustainability Challenge and Opportunity – January, 2011

17. Measuring Abu Dhabi’s Government Excellence Proximity to Best in Class Sustainability Level Abu Dhabi Best in class Abu Dhabi’s Sustainability Challenge and Opportunity – January, 2011

18. Measuring Abu Dhabi’s Government Excellence Proximity to Best in Class Abu Dhabi’s Sustainability Challenge and Opportunity – January, 2011

19. Key Levers for Accelerating Progress Towards Sustainability Aggressively transition to a “closed-loop”, zero-waste economy. Facilitate the procurement of increasingly sustainable products and services by both the government and the private sector. Promote stakeholder empowerment and responsibility (e.g., for community stewardship, environmental action and healthy lifestyle). Achieve gender equality in the workplace and society. Foster healthy lifestyles and improve healthcare results by bringing healthcare interventions to the resident’s immediate environment. Reframe relationships and standards relating to immigrant foreign workers. Promote and incentivize transparency and accountability for sustainability performance results of both the government and the private sector. • Recalibrate all emirate-level performancetargetsto long-term sustainable levels. • Seek competitive advantageand international leadership in the key sectors of a “sustainable global economy”: renewable energy, low-carbon industry, sustainability tourism, water management, and smart and sustainable cities. • Adopt true-value (full-cost) accounting and apply across all government financial decision-making and forecasting. • Aggressively transitionto a low-carbon economy. • Enhance demand-side management of energy and water, and reassess infrastructure needs. • Employ next-generation infrastructure, merging smart information technology and environmental technology (e.g., smart grids). • Realize significant sustainability gains through sustainable community design. Abu Dhabi’s Sustainability Challenge and Opportunity – January, 2011

20. Suggested Initiatives Abu Dhabi’s Sustainability Challenge and Opportunity – January, 2011

21. Abu Dhabi’s Sustainability Challenge and Opportunity:Further context and action Abu Dhabi government entities to increasingly incorporate sustainability into strategic planning and performance review Encourage adoption of sustainability management, performance and reporting by the private sector Support and leverage the leadership work of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Group Abu Dhabi’s Sustainability Challenge and Opportunity – January, 2011