Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
www.tbs-sct.gc.ca
Common menu bar links
Breadcrumb Trail
ARCHIVED - Canadian Food Inspection Agency
This page has been archived.
Archived Content
Information identified as archived on the Web is for reference, research or recordkeeping purposes. It has not been altered or updated after the date of archiving. Web pages that are archived on the Web are not subject to the Government of Canada Web Standards. As per the Communications Policy of the Government of Canada, you can request alternate formats on the "Contact Us" page.
Green Procurement
1. How is your department planning to meet the objectives of the Policy on Green Procurement?
Green procurement has been identified as a key aspect of the CFIA environmental management program. The CFIA Environmental Policy commits the CFIA to working within the federal government framework for greening government operations.
Green procurement is a greening priority of the federal government.
Under the CFIA’s Environmental Management Program, procurement considerations are reflected in plans and strategies for managing other environmental aspects eg. ozone-depleting substances phase-outs, energy audits, waste reduction initiatives and increasing the hybrid fleet.
One of the current CFIA targets for green procurement is aimed at providing procurement personnel and material managers with the knowledge and awareness to apply green procurement consideration in their day-to-day work tasks.
2. Has your department established green procurement targets?
3. Describe the green procurement targets that have been set by your department and indicate the associated benefits anticipated.
Green procurement target # 1 – 100 per cent of material managers and procurement personnel will have attended green procurement training by 2010.
Green procurement target # 2 – It is planned that the environmental criteria for inclusion in competitive requests for proposals initiated by the CFIA be developed and implemented by March 2008.
Establishment and achievement of the green procurement targets are intended to contribute to reducing environmental impacts associated with CFIA operations and activities and to contribute to reducing the consumption of resources and associated costs.
