Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy
1. Introduction to the Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy
The 2016 to 2019 Federal Sustainable Development Strategy (FSDS) presents the Government of Canada’s sustainable development goals and targets, as required by the Federal Sustainable Development Act. The Public Service Commission adheres to the principles of the FSDS, and while not bound formally by the Act, supports reporting on the implementation of the Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy.
2. Sustainable development in the Public Service Commission
The Public Service Commission’s Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy for 2017 to 2020 describes the department’s actions in support of achieving the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from federal government buildings and fleets by 40% below 2005 levels by 2030, with an aspiration to achieve it by 2025. This supplementary information table presents available results for the departmental actions pertinent to this goal. Previous years’ supplementary information tables are posted on the Public Service Commission’s website.
3. Departmental performance by FSDS goal
The following tables provide performance information on departmental action[s] in support of the FSDS goals listed in section 2.
Context: Low-Carbon Government
| FSDS target(s) | FSDS contributing action(s) | Corresponding departmental action(s) | Starting point(s) Performance indicator(s) Target(s) | Results achieved | Contribution by each departmental result to the FSDS goal and target |
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Reduce greenhouse gas emissions from federal government buildings and fleets by 40% below 2005 levels by 2030, with an aspiration to achieve it by 2025 |
Support the transition to a low-carbon economy through green procurement |
Review PSC contracting templates to ensure that current environmental considerations are included. |
Targets (by March 31, 2020): |
All internal contracting templates were reviewed and updated. |
FSDS: Green procurement incorporates environmental criteria into purchasing decisions. Procurement agents who are trained to apply such criteria can award contracts to suppliers with a reduced GHG footprint. This is expected to motivate suppliers to reduce GHG emissions associated with their goods, services and supply chains. |
Centrally purchase copy paper for the PSC’s headquarters, ensuring it contains recycled content and is certified to a recognized environmental standard to reduce the environmental impact of its production. This will also reduce the quantity of deliveries and subsequently reduce greenhouse gas emissions. |
Targets (by March 31, 2020): |
More than 90% of white bond copy paper centrally purchased for the PSC’s headquarters contains a minimum of 30% recycled content and is certified to a recognized environmental standard. |
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Leverage common use procurement instruments, where available and feasible. |
Targets (by March 31, 2020): |
Common use procurement instruments which include environmental considerations were leveraged, where available and feasible. |
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Ensure specialists in procurement or material management have the necessary training and awareness to support green procurement. |
Targets (by March 31, 2020): |
100% of designated specialists received training in green procurement. |
4. Report on integrating sustainable development
During the 2019–20 reporting cycle, the Public Service Commission had no proposals that required a strategic environmental assessment (SEA) and no public statements were produced.
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