Green Procurement Tables for the Departmental Performance Report 2011-2012

Green Procurement Tables for the
Departmental Performance Report 2011-2012

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 / Comments

1. Approach: The Tribunal’s approach to implementing green procurement is to target the use of PWGSC procurement instruments, the delivery of training to key personnel, including Contracting and Administrative Services staff and acquisition card holders, as well as the inclusion of green procurement objectives in the employee performance evaluations of contracting and materiel management personnel.

2. Management Processes and Controls: The Tribunal uses PWGSC consolidated procurement instruments as its primary procurement mechanism and leverages the environmental considerations incorporated into these standing offers by PWGSC. Furthermore:

This fiscal year, the Tribunal’s Finance, Planning and Administration sector (Contracting team) has added Green Procurement considerations to the Tribunal Contracting Checklist, which accompanies all contract files and receives two signatures in order to validate the contracting process.

i. Require the purchase of the most environmentally preferable goods through PWGSC standing offers; and

ii. Require that disposal of equipment is conducted in an environmentally preferred manner.

Since 2010-2011, the Federal Electronic Waste Strategy is followed by the Tribunal for electronic and electrical equipment.

The Statement of Work templates used for contracting for services have been updated and provided to clients and now include environmental considerations.

These management processes and controls were selected through an analysis of the Tribunal’s decision-making processes and controls. The analysis was conducted to identify those processes and controls that should include environmental considerations and referenced PWGSC’s Guideline for Integrating Environmental Considerations into Departmental Procurement Management Frameworks.

3. Setting Targets: In addition to commitments identified in ii., iv., and v., the Department set the following target:

Ensure an increase in purchases made through PWGSC procurement instruments where available.

4. Training: The Tribunal required that all existing procurement and materiel management staff take CSPS course C215 (2 employees in total).

5. Performance Evaluations: Next fiscal year the Tribunal required that each manager of functional specialists (2 managers in total) had an objective included in his/her performance management agreement to ensure environmental considerations are taken into account in all procurement activities.

Part A: Green Procurement Capacity Building

Part B: Use of Green Consolidated Procurement Instruments
Performance Measures for Part B

Part C: Reduction Initiatives for Specific Goods
Performance Measure for Part C