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Green Procurement
| 1. How is your department planning to meet the objectives of the Policy on Green Procurement? |
| The Department of Finance, the Treasury Board Secretariat and the Canada Public Service Agency have taken a common approach to meeting the objectives of the Policy on Green Procurement as outlined in the departmental sustainable development strategies for 2007–2009. It is important to note that the policy applies to a life-cycle management approach to procurement of goods and services. It encompasses and applies across all four stages of the procurement process: planning, acquisition, use and disposal (ref: http://www.pwgsc.gc.ca/greening/text/proc-e.html). |
| 2. Has your department established green procurement targets? |
| The departments have established five common targets. |
| X Yes No In progress |
| 3. Describe the green procurement targets that have been set by your department and indicate the associated benefits anticipated. |
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(1) Green procurement training for 100 percent of materiel managers and procurement staff, and 60 percent of acquisition cardholders.
Benefits – Awareness, application and tracking of the policy's implementation. (2) Increase purchase of green office furniture by 50 percent. Benefits – Increased purchases of furniture to result in improved air quality benefits and decreased long-term costs. (3) Configure IFMS to facilitate green procurement tracking/reporting. Benefits – Departmental-wide ability to track green procurement purchases of products and services. (4) Multifunction Document Manager Pilot Program. Benefits – Improved paper-use, air quality benefits, improved efficiency, improved energy use and cost savings. (5) Ninety percent of gasoline purchases to be ethanol-blended, where available. Benefits – Reducing dependence on fossil-based fuels. |
