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Formal green procurement training is provided annually through the CBSA's National Procurement Workshop. However, due to staff turnover in the past fiscal year, the CBSA achieved a 75 percent completion rate.
Government-wide green procurement training is now available through Campusdirect, the online campus of the Canada School of Public Service. The Office of Greening Government Operations, Treasury Board Secretariat and the Canada School of Public Service developed this online course. It is free of charge for federal departments and agencies. It takes about two to four hours to complete and is mandatory for 2010.
The online green procurement course is a mandatory requirement for satisfactorily completing the CBSA's Purchasing and Supply-1 Apprenticeship Program. 

Green procurement is covered in the mandatory online acquisition card training program. Cardholders do not receive their cards until there is documented proof that they have completed the online training course.

Environmental considerations have been incorporated into the performance appraisal of the functional head of procurement and material management. This will continue in 2010.

The terms and conditions of all requests for proposal and contracts indicate the need to be mindful of producing, delivering, packaging and reducing waste with the sustainable targets in mind. These standard clauses are incorporated into all CBSA contracts.

Two-sided printing/printers are mandated by the CBSA's Innovation, Science and Technology Branch. Dollar figures are unavailable because the Canada Revenue Agency purchases the network printers that the CBSA uses.

The use of recycled paper is encouraged; however, it is not tracked in the CBSA's financial system. Work has been initiated to capture this information for 2010-11.