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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 |
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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:
The PSC continues to address green procurement through its internal investment planning processes and has met the initiatives outlined in the 2010-2011 RPP:
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |