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Green Procurement Reporting For Departments and Agencies Not Bound by the Federal Sustainable Development Act
Departments and agencies bound by the Policy on Green Procurement but not the Federal Sustainable Development Act must complete mandatory reporting on meeting the requirements of Section 7 of the Policy on Green Procurement using this section.
Strategies and/or Comments
The Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor) uses the services of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development (AANDC) procurement staff.
- Approach: The Agency's approach to implementing green procurement is to target several practices which include: the use of PWGSC procurement instruments; ensuring that employees have the tools and knowledge to work in compliance with green procurement objectives; making certain that a high percentage of shared-use office equipment is multifunctional; ensuring an adequate ratio of office employees to printing units; and implementing measures for greening meetings.
- Management Processes and Controls: The Agency will use PWGSC green procurement instruments where it is not in contradiction with land claims objectives. In some cases, the use of these instruments may contradict the objectives of comprehensive land claims agreements in communities where CanNor has offices. In these instances, CanNor will determine how to meet the principles of green procurement while responding to the objectives of these agreements.
- Setting Targets: The Agency has the following targets:
- to ensure that the contracting review committee incorporates considerations for green procurement in all deliberations on all contract proposals;
- to ensure that employees have the tools and knowledge to work in compliance with the policy on green procurement; and
- to ensure that the Director of Corporate Services supports the Agency in integrating green procurement practices.
- Training: CanNor utilizes the services of AANDC procurement staff. However, the Agency will ensure that employees within CanNor have the tools and knowledge to work in compliance with the policy on green procurement when engaging in procurement activities.
- Performance Evaluations: The Agency will ensure that an objective to take environmental considerations into account for all procurement activities is included in the performance management agreement of the Director of Corporate Services (the Agency's head of procurement and materiel management) when the position is staffed.
- Meeting Targets: The Agency will report against these targets in the Departmental Performance Report.