2022-2023 Departmental Plan: Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy
Greening Government: The Government of Canada will transition to low-carbon, climate resilient, and green operations
FSDS target(s) |
FSDS contributing action(s) |
Corresponding departmental action(s) |
Contribution by each departmental action to the FSDS goal and target |
Starting point(s) Performance indicator(s) Target(s) |
Program(s) in which the departmental actions will occur |
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By 2022, departments have developed measures to reduce climate change risks to assets, services and operations |
Increase training and support on assessing climate change impacts, undertaking risk assessments of climate change and developing adaptation actions for public service employees, and facilitate the sharing of best practices and lessons learned |
By 2021, departments will take action to understand the wide range of climate change impacts that could potentially affect federal assets, services and operations across the country 1i. Climate change impacts and adaptation inform investment planning |
Factor climate variability and change into policy, programs, and operations to adapt to climate change and to stay consistent with the government’s risk management approach of enhancing the protection of public assets and resources and strengthening planning and decision-making |
Climate Change Mitigation 1i. Support Agency-wide contribution towards net-zero emissions (e.g., to support the carbon-neutral 2050 objective) by: promoting the reduction of business travel in procurement; encouraging of the use of online facilitation where feasible; developing a hybrid work environment; and hosting virtual engagement sessions and meetings (baseline starting point 2021–22 – Yes) |
Assessment Administration, Conduct, and Monitoring; Indigenous Relations and Engagement; and Internal Services |
1ii. Climate change impacts and adaptation inform investment planning |
1ii. Percentage reduction in paper consumption and printer peripheral products (e.g. ink) (baseline starting point 2021–22 – 5%) |
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Actions supporting the Goal: Greening Government (actions that support the Greening Government Goal but do not directly support a FSDS target) |
Departments will use environmental criteria to reduce the environmental impact and ensure the best value in government procurement decisions |
Integrate environmental considerations into procurement management processes and controls 2. Incorporate environmental considerations into the development of any common-use of procurement instruments |
Motivate suppliers to reduce the environmental impact of their goods, services and supply chains |
Sustainable Procurement 2. Volume of expenditure through Standing Offers and Supply Arrangements (SOSAs) that include environmental criteria (baseline starting point 2021-22 – 100%) |
Internal Services |
3i. Integrate environmental considerations into procurement management processes and controls |
3i. Percentage of Paperless Procurement transactions: The Agency has initiated paperless procurement with online advertising of bid solicitations, online bid submissions, electronic recordkeeping of all procurement transactions and digital signatures for signatories on contracting documents (baseline starting point in 2021–22 – 100%) |
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3ii. Integrate environmental considerations into procurement management processes and controls |
3ii. Creation of Agency Policy on Green Procurement, which will cover the following types of topics: reducing and reusing materials; life cycle costs in procurement; and examples of environmental considerations (e.g., end-of-life disposal) (baseline starting point 2022–23) |
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Actions supporting the Goal: Greening Government (actions that support the Greening Government Goal but do not directly support a FSDS target) |
Support for green procurement will be strengthened, including guidance, tools and training for public service employees |
Ensure decision makers, material management, and specialists in procurement have the necessary training and awareness to support green procurement 4. Ensure functional specialists at the Agency have received green procurement training |
Green procurement incorporates environmental considerations into purchasing decisions and is expected to motivate suppliers to green their goods, services and supply chain |
Sustainable Procurement 4. Percentage of specialists in procurement and materiel management who have completed training on green procurement (baseline starting point 2021–22 – 100%) |
Internal services |
5. Ensure acquisition cardholders receive green procurement training |
5. Total acquisition cardholders who have received green procurement training to date (starting point 2021-22 – 100%) |
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