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Table 2: Green Procurement
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The Secretariat approaches green procurement through its responsibilities outlined in Section 8 of the Policy on Green Procurement and through commitments made to advance green procurement in its departmental sustainable development strategy.
The Secretariat continues to provide advice, as appropriate, on the performance management framework for greening operations. Government-wide green procurement training is available. Stand-alone courses are in place and available through the Canada School of Public Service and Campusdirect for the provision of green procurement training to procurement and materiel management practitioners and for line managers, where necessary. Further, green procurement is a mandatory component of a certification program for the procurement, materiel management, and real property communities. The Secretariat has issued guidelines for planning and reporting on green procurement performance in the 2008–09 reports on plans and priorities and the corresponding departmental performance reports. The Secretariat made a number of departmental commitments that will advance green procurement through its Sustainable Development Strategy 2007–09. These commitments are shared with the Department of Finance Canada and the Canada Public Service Agency. |
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The Secretariat has established the following green procurement targets:
1. Green procurement training for 100 per cent of materiel managers and procurement staff and 60 per cent of acquisition cardholders
Benefits—Awareness, application, and tracking of the policy implementation
2. Increase purchase of green office furniture by 50 per cent
Benefits—Increased purchases of furniture with improved air quality benefits, improved quality, and decreased long-term costs
3. Configure Integrated Financial Material System (IFMS) to facilitate green procurement tracking and reporting
Benefits—Department-wide ability to track green procurement purchases of products and services
4. Multi-function Document Manager Pilot Program
Benefits—Reduced paper use, improved air quality, improved efficiency, reduced energy use, and cost savings
5. 90 per cent of gasoline purchased be ethanol-blended, where available
Benefits—Reduced user-generated greenhouse gas emissions
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