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Green Procurement

How is your department planning to meet the objectives of the Policy on Green Procurement?

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) has addressed the Policy on Green Procurement requirements as part of the department’s Sustainable Development Strategy (SDS) 2007-2010, Target 2.3.2 Develop and implement a green procurement policy for INAC. Target fulfillment has progressed under the leadership of the Procurement and Contracting Review Committee (PCRC) and its associated working groups. The PCRC is composed of regional Responsibility Centre Managers (RCMs), procurement experts and environmental management specialists collectively mandated to implement a renewed procurement and contracting function within the department.

INAC has completed a preliminary in-house policy review of green procurement in December 2008. With support from the PCRC, INAC will use the findings of the review to help integrate Policy on Green Procurement requirements into departmental procurement policies and procedures.

Has your department established green procurement targets?


    In progress

Describe the green procurement targets that have been set by your department and indicate the associated benefits anticipated.

INAC must establish targets for the acquisition of environmentally preferred goods and services in order to both implement Policy on Green Procurement requirements and meet INAC’s SDS Target (indicated above).

Although no targets have been established to date, departmental green-procurement targets are in development and will encompass environmental performance clauses in service contracts as well as the application of minimum environmental performance standards for commodity groups and classes such as passenger vehicles and information technology (IT) hardware. These departmental green-procurement targets will also complement new government-wide environmental performance standards.