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Green Procurement

Part A: Green procurement capacity building

Performance measures for Part A

1a. Number of procurement and materiel management staff with formal green procurement training (e.g., Canada School of Public Service (CSPS) course C215 or an in-house, tailored alternative) relative to total number of procurement and materiel management staff.

1b. Number of acquisition cardholders with formal green procurement training (e.g., CSPS course C215 or an in-house, tailored alternative) relative to total number of acquisition cardholders.

2. Number of performance evaluations of managers and functional heads of procurement and materiel management that incorporate environmental considerations relative to total number of performance evaluations of managers and functional heads of procurement and materiel management.

3. Number of organizational procurement processes and controls that incorporate environmental considerations relative to total number of organizational procurement processes and controls that should address environmental considerations. Alternatively, departments and agencies can report on progress to improve the integration of environmental considerations in management processes and controls relative to procurement.

Activity	Target as % (as reported in 2010–2011 RPP)	Actual Results as %	Description/Comments
Training for procurement and materiel management staff	No data available	33%	The Public Service Commission (PSC) did not report on training for Procurement Staff in the Report on Plans and Priorities (RPP) Currently, 33% of the PSC’s procurement and materiel management staff have formal green procurement training (CSPS course C215)
Training for acquisition cardholders	No data available	No data available	The PSC did not report on green procurement training for acquisition cardholders in the 2010-2011 RPP
Performance Evaluations	No data available	No data available	No environmental considerations formed part of the Chief of Procurement Services Performance Evaluation
Procurement Processes and Controls	No data available	No data available	As stated in the 2010-2011 RPP, the existing PSC Sustainable Development Policy and related guidelines developed in 2007 remain in effect. In addition to providing recommendations to employees on ways to go "green" within their office environment, the policy identified corporate "greening" initiatives that took effect immediately upon release of the new policy. For the PSC, these initiatives include the recommended use of refillable/remanufactured cartridges for all printers and photocopiers, the return of used cartridges for recycling, the purchase and use of recycled paper products as well as the reduction of paper use through the setting of printer defaults to duplexing (double-sided) The PSC has implemented several initiatives to address environmental issues associated with the procurement of goods and services: All of the PSC's solicitation documents include the following clause regarding green procurement and services: Green Procurement and Services: “The contractor should make every effort to ensure that all documents prepared or delivered are printed double-sided on Ecology certified recycled paper or on paper with equivalent post-consumer recycled content to the full extent to which it is procurable"; The PSC only provides electronic references of its General Conditions, Supplementary Conditions and Terms of Payment in all of its solicitation documents; In the future, the PSC will only provide electronic references of its General Conditions for contractual agreements. This will reduce the document size from approximately 20 pages to approximately 8 pages; All of the PSC's contractual documents are printed double-sided; Whenever possible, the PSC posts its solicitation documents on-line (MERX); Even though the PSC has significantly reduced the number of printers in use and continues to do so, it has initiated a review of its photocopier fleet with intent to optimize it with regards to usage and to identify potential redundancies (especially considering the move to Gatineau in 2013); The PSC participates in the Green Procurement Forum; and The PSC purchases most of its goods using standing offers established by Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) that relate to green products/services. The PSC continues to address green procurement through its internal investment planning processes and has met the initiatives outlined in the 2010-2011 RPP: The PSC has identified a Green Procurement Representative; The PSC has identified an Associate Deputy Minister-level environment champion; The PSC continues to make use of Request for Volume Discount for information technology (IT) equipment with PWGSC; The PSC has put in place a Hardware Evergreen Plan; and The PSC continues to dispose of all PSC IT equipment no longer in use through the “Computers for Schools” Program or the PWGSC “E-Waste” Program

Part B: Use of green consolidated procurement instruments

Performance measures for Part B

Dollar value of purchases against green consolidated procurement instruments (as designated by PWGSC) for specified goods or services relative to total dollar value of purchases for them.

Dollar value of purchases that incorporate environmental considerations for goods or services relative to total dollar value of purchases for them. (This performance measure applies when a green consolidated procurement instrument, as designated by PWGSC, was not used or was unavailable for the specified goods or services.)

Goods/Services	Target as % (as reported in 2010–2011 RPP)	Actual Results as %	Description/Comments
Goods (including IT products)	No data available	No data available	In light of the PSC’s buying patterns, the PSC did not see the need to establish its own specific green procurement targets, since it relies mainly on pre-established PWGSC Standing Offers and Supply Arrangements for the acquisition of the majority of its goods

Part C: Reduction initiatives for specific goods

(optional/where applicable)

Performance measure for Part C

Total quantity of a consumable purchased (e.g., paper) or an asset owned or leased (e.g., printing devices) relative to total number of full-time equivalents (FTEs).

Consumable/Asset	Target as % Reduction or # per FTE	Actual Results as % Reduction or # per FTE	Description/Comments
Printing devices	No data available	No data available	The PSC did not establish targets in the 2010-2011 RPP Currently in the National Capital Region (NCR), the PSC operates on the basis of 7.6 FTEs per printing device The PSC is also presently undertaking a review of its printing devices and is aiming to establish a target of approximately 30 FTEs per printing device for the NCR once it moves to a new building in Gatineau in 2013