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Table 9: Green Procurement
Meeting Policy Requirements
1. Has the Department incorporated environmental performance considerations into its procurement decision-making processes?
| In progress |
2. Summary of initiatives to incorporate environmental performance considerations in procurement decision-making processes
- development of Green Procurement Strategy; and
- integration of sustainable development into Integrated Investment Planning process.
3. Results achieved
An update on the draft Green Procurement Strategy and Policy is under way to try to better align them with the priorities of the federal greening government operations agenda and federal sustainable development strategy targets.
An analysis of departmental spending is under way, which will help identify potential products and targets.
Green procurement training is encouraged for all procurement and contracting employees. The mechanism for tracking the participation rate of employees continues to be explored.
4. Contributions to facilitate government-wide implementation of green procurement
As a supporting partner department for the Green Procurement Policy, Environment Canada continues to fulfill its role as outlined in the Memorandum of Understanding, along with Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Public Works and Government Services Canada and Natural Resources Canada.
Green Procurement Targets
5. Has the Department established green procurement targets?
| In progress |
6. Are these green procurement targets the same as those identified in your Sustainable Development Strategy (Table 8)?
| In progress |
7. Summary of green procurement targets
N/A
8. Results achieved
N/A