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Green Procurement

Part A: Green Procurement Capacity Building


Activity 2008-09
Level
as %
2010-11
Level
as %
Description/Comments
Training for Procurement and Materiel Management Staff N/A 100% As part of the training included in the certification program for the Federal Government Procurement and Materiel Management Community, all the PG's at Environment Canada (as well as other government departments) are obliged to take the training course on Green Procurement as offered by the Canada School of Public Service. Completion of this course will continue to be required for all PG's in the Department.
Training for Acquisition Cardholders N/A N/A In the past, EC has provided in-house training on Green procurement to many of its acquisition cardholders. This training is no longer delivered given that spending on acquisitions cards only constitutes about half of 1 percent of low-risk spending.
Performance Evaluations 100% 100% Currently, there is no formal system in place to track performance evaluations. However, the appropriate management personnel are committed to applying green procurement commitments to work plans and evaluations for 2010-11.
Procurement Processes and Controls 2 out of 2
(100%)
4 out of 5
(80%)
EC is currently involved in several planning and policy exercises that incorporate environmental management considerations. The Integrated Investment Planning (IIP) process, underway since June 2007, supports departmental, horizontal and government-wide priorities, considers areas of highest risk, serves program outcomes and supports sustainable development. The objective of investment planning is to achieve value-for-money and sound stewardship through effective investment planning that ensures resources for existing and new assets are allocated in a diligent and rational manner. In addition to the evaluation process that ranks a request based on its capacity to fulfill government commitments, provide sound financial performance, and measure accurate environmental risk, a supplemental review of all requests is also performed by a Senior Policy Advisor in the Environmental Affairs Division for any other environmental impacts that may not be apparent or obvious.
Environment Canada's Information Technology (IT) Assets Management Policy ensures an integrated approach to the procurement, deployment, operation, maintenance and disposal of IT assets that take into consideration the environmental impact at each stage of an asset's lifecycle. For example, all new IT asset acquisitions take into consideration reduced power consumption, longer service life, re-use, minimal and or recycled packaging and environmentally-friendly disposal. As more energy-efficient and more environmentally-friendly models are made available on the PWGSC standing offer for IT Hardware, EC will continue to consider and utilise the National Master Standing Offer for its IT hardware purchases.
Other departmental processes are also underway such as the Real Property Framework, the National Accommodations Framework, and the Asset Lifecycle Management Tool. All of these are currently in development and will incorporate environmental considerations.

 

Part B: Use of Green Consolidated Procurement Instruments


Good/Sevice 2008-09
Level
2010-11
Target
as %
Description/Comments
$ %
IT Hardware N/A N/A 100% As a matter of course, the use of PWGSC's green consolidated procurement instruments (i.e. mandatory standing offers) is the norm in the department's contracting process and strongly suggested to managers for its integrated environmental considerations as well as for its time-efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Current data systems create challenges for measurement of this type. EC will, however, continue to adopt new procurement instruments as is both feasible and in keeping with movement in the federal government towards increasing use of such instruments.

 

Part C: Reduction Initiatives for Specific Goods (Optional/Where Applicable)


Consumable/Asset 2008-09
Level as Ratio
# per FTE
2010-11
Target
Description/Comments
Paper, Printers N/A N/A EC has been implementing an internal procedure where all printers installed on new computers incur a default setting for double-sided print preference. This reduces the amount of paper being consumed per print job. A pilot project on printer consolidation has been underway since June 2007, where the number of network and local printers, fax machines and photocopiers are reduced. This too reduces the amount of paper consumed. The sum of these measures allows EC to consume about half the standard per employee in office-based work or about 5,000 sheets per employee. Due to its very low environmental risk and excellent success, a target has not been set.