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Green Procurement
Part A: Green Procurement Capacity Building
| Activity | 2008–09 Level as % |
2010–11 Target as % |
Description/Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Training for procurement and materiel management staff | 100% | 100% | The Department of Finance Canada commits to ensuring that 100% of procurement and contracting functional specialists will complete green procurement training (through Canada School of Public Service course C215) within 6 months of joining the Procurement and Contracting Section. |
| Training for acquisition cardholders | No data available | 75% | Acquisition cards provide a convenient and practical method of procuring and paying for goods and services. They simplify the process of procuring and paying for goods and services, thereby generating savings in procurement and expenditure processing. The use of acquisition cards is recommended for purchases of day-to-day operational goods and services. They are not used for large dollar purchases, complex transactions, fleet-related operating expenses, travel or capital assets. Therefore, the C215 Green Procurement course is not recommended as the standard. Alternatively, in-house information sessions on green procurement will be held to ensure that cardholders have a basic understanding and appreciation of green procurement and take into account environmental considerations when making procurement decisions. The goal for 2010–11 has been set at 75%, taking into account employee turnover and availability. |
| Performance evaluations | No data available | All identified managers and functional heads will have environmental consideration clauses incorporated into their performance evaluations for the 2011–12 fiscal year. | The Director, Contracting and Procurement, will have environmental considerations included in his/her performance evaluation in 2010–11. A method of monitoring and evaluating the inclusion of environmental/green procurement considerations in performance evaluations will also be developed. Consideration will be given to possible approaches for adding environmental considerations to performance appraisals for other functional procurement staff in 2011–12. |
| Procurement processes and controls | By March 31, 2011, all identified management processes and controls relating to procurement will have incorporated environmental considerations. | Identify procurement processes and controls that will be modified to include environmental considerations, and modify processes accordingly. Establish a system for monitoring the inclusion of environmental considerations in new management processes and controls. |
Part B: Use of Green Consolidated Procurement Instruments
| Good/Service | 2008–09 Level |
2010–11 Target as % |
Description/Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $ | % | |||
| IT hardware and peripherals | No data | 95% | Finance uses Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) procurement instruments whenever possible. For purchases outside of PWGSC standing offers, efforts will be made to ensure that IT hardware purchases incorporate environmental considerations, such as ENERGY STAR, the use of non-hazardous materials, and restrictions on hazardous substances as described in the Waste in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive, the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive, the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT), and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Standards. | |
| Vehicles | No data | 100% | The Department will continue the practice of purchasing hybrid executive vehicles. | |
| Furniture | 95% | The Department uses PWGSC procurement instruments whenever possible. Purchases made outside of the standing offers will take into account environmental considerations. | ||
Part C: Reduction Initiatives for Specific Goods
| Consumable/Asset | 2008–09 Level as Ratio # per FTE |
2010–11 Target |
Description/Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Photocopy paper | No data available* | Baseline to be re-established and efforts made to reduce paper usage by using electronic media and encouraging staff to consider the requirement for printed copies prior to printing or copying. | |
| Print/copier devices | No data available | Baseline to be established and efforts made to reduce the number of print/copier devices per FTE. | |
| *The use of consumables such as photocopy paper was previously tracked and reported on behalf of the Department of Finance Canada, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat and Canada Public Service Agency. Recent changes to the service model require a review of the data-capturing process and the establishment of new baselines for each department. | |||