The petition focuses on the 2022–26 Federal Sustainable Development Strategy, which states that one of the federal government’s targets is to achieve net‑zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 in the procurement of goods and services. The petition makes the following claims:
- The target applies to all ministers, and as such, applies to Environment and Climate Change Canada.
- The federal government’s and Environment and Climate Change Canada’s programs and initiatives are insufficient to meet the target.
The petition asks whether Environment and Climate Change Canada would consider undertaking additional measures to ensure the target is met. According to the petition, several carbon accounting approaches could eliminate or reduce product carbon footprints. The petition asks whether Environment and Climate Change Canada would consider implementing any of these approaches.
It states that Scope 1, Scope 2, and transportation-related Scope 3 emissions across the different tiers in a supplier’s supply chain contribute to the products’ carbon footprints. The petition notes that a robust net‑zero procurement system would incentivize suppliers of all sizes to reduce their emissions, because the current Standard on the Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and the Setting of Reduction Targets applies only to major suppliers despite small- and medium-sized enterprises being responsible for 42% of Canada’s emissions. The petition asks whether Environment and Climate Change Canada would consider deploying such a procurement system across all levels of government in Canada. The petition references the Net‑Zero Ambition Assessment Tool, which scores how suppliers involved in final assembly and sales could reduce their Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions to net zero by 2050. The petition asks whether Environment and Climate Change Canada would consider deploying and using this tool with all its suppliers.