TOPIC
DEFINITION
TOPIC
DEFINITION
Employee Engagement, Development, and Well-being
The gases in the earth’s atmosphere originating from human activities that trap heat and raise the temperature of the planet’s surface. The MDTA’s emissions mainly come from operations, services, and construction of roadways.
The practices in place to provide consultation and engagement with employees to understand their opinions on critical issues, enhance employee development, increase employee satisfaction, and influence retention rates and overall productivity.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Land Use and Natural Resources
The concept of how land and resources are managed and utilized, including critical dependencies and impacts for the MDTA’s operations, construction, and users. For the MDTA, this involves the agency’s land use and management practices.
The policies and measures in place to ensure harm prevention, including the promotion of physical health, mental, and emotional well-being of employees and contractors. This includes reporting on injury rates and work-related fatalities. The measurement of energy consumption and implementation of initiatives to increase energy efficiency and decrease the use of fossil fuels. The energy resources derived from fossil fuels – such as coal and oil and gas – are non-renewable. The energy resources derived from natural sources that are replenished at a higher rate than they are consumed are renewable. For the MDTA, this means energy and renewables associated with the agency’s fleet and operations.
Employee Health and Safety
Long-Term Monitoring and Maintenance
The long-term protection, mitigation, and enhancement measures of existing infrastructure.
Energy and Renewables
The propagation of unwanted or excessive sound/light and/or physical oscillations with the potential to negatively affect human health and activity or animal life. For the MDTA, this involves the noise, light, and/or vibration pollution coming from construction activities and roadways. The policies and measures in place to prioritize and maintain customer and community health, safety, and well-being. This includes consideration for the wellness of external stakeholders at all stages of the project lifecycle. For the MDTA, this involves ensuring the safety of roads and facilities for travelers, as well as the safety of construction and other activities for customers and surrounding communities. The procurement of contractors and vendors, materials, goods, utilities, and services with positive environmental or social benefits. For the MDTA, this involves review and auditing of a supply chain to ensure vendors, contractors, and subcontractors are socially conscious, environmentally sustainable, and follow good governance/compliance measures. The circular economy is a system where materials never become waste and nature is regenerated, decoupling economic activity from the consumption of finite resources. For the MDTA, this involves strategies and policies aimed at minimizing waste and maximizing resource efficiency. The quantities of water withdrawn, used, and discharged; practices to conserve water; consideration of water sources that could be impacted by withdrawal or discharge; and potential water quality concerns. For the MDTA, this likely means water management and use in operations and construction.
Noise, Light, and Vibration Pollution
The framework for ensuring an organization conforms to applicable laws, policies, and procedures, both at the legal and organization level, and that an organization and its employees act and make choices with integrity.
Ethics and Compliance
Public Safety
The concept that everyone, regardless of race, color, national origin, or income, has the right to the same environmental protections and benefits, as well as meaningful involvement in the environmental policies that shape their communities. For the MDTA, this involves identifying and addressing any disproportionate adverse effects of the agency’s programs, policies, and activities on minority and low-income populations.
Environmental Justice
Sustainable Supply Chain
Waste and Circularity
Water
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Governance, Risk, and Impact Report
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Governance, Risk, and Impact Report
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