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Table 7: Green Procurement

Meeting Policy Requirements

1. Has the Department incorporated environmental performance considerations in its procurement decision-making processes?
   
   Yes
   
   In general terms, goods purchased centrally in Industry Canada’s Self-Service Stores Operation use the mandatory Standing Offers for office supplies, where many of the products purchased have green/environmental attributes. Continuous effort is being made to purchase green products or utilize recycled programs in the Self-Service Stores.
   
   The Computer Media Group is a supplier that Industry Canada (within the NCR) uses on a regular basis. Industry Canada ships the supplier an average of 3,500 toner cartridges per year. Each cartridge is sent back to the appropriate manufacturer to be cleaned and refilled as recycled toner or recycled for its usable parts or, at the very least, melted down for recycled plastic.
   
   For the purchase of executive vehicles, Contracts and Materials Management (CMM) influences the decision making and encourages executive vehicle purchases to be alternate-fuelled vehicles. For example, Industry Canada has 5 executive vehicles: 4 are hybrid and 1 is E85 (ethanol fuelled).
   
   At Industry Canada, procurement activity is decentralized, presenting challenges in managing the kinds of products that are being purchased. However, in order to have procurement delegation, one must follow a 2-day mandatory contracting course. The course includes the Green Procurement Policy.
   
2. Summary of initiatives to incorporate environmental-performance considerations in procurement decision-making processes:
   
   Nil
   
3. Results achieved:
   
   Nil
   
4. Contributions to facilitate government-wide implementation of green procurement:
   
   On April 23, 2009, Public Works and Government Services Canada coordinated the first Green Procurement Forum meeting in cooperation with colleagues from Environment Canada and Natural Resources Canada.
   
   Industry Canada is now a member of the Green Procurement Forum, sent representatives to the first meeting and will continue to do so. Participants at the meeting provided valuable feedback.
   
   Through group discussion and information sharing, Industry Canada obtained valuable information concerning the implementation of green reporting and how other departments implemented this initiative.

Green Procurement Targets

     5. Has the Department established green procurement targets?

         No. To date, Industry Canada does not have a method in place for tracking and
         reportingon green procurement activity.

     6. Are these green procurement targets the same as those identified in your
         SustainableDevelopment Strategy (Table 6)?

         No. For green procurement, there are no departmental targets in place.

     7. Summary of green procurement targets:
         Nil

     8. Results achieved:
         N/A

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