Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy
Green Procurement
As of April 1, 2014, the Government of Canada will continue to take action to embed environmental considerations into public procurement, in accordance with the federal Policy on Green Procurement.
Performance Measurement
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Departmental approach to further the implementation of the Policy on Green Procurement in place. | Yes. The TSB's approach to implementing green procurement is to target the use of Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) procurement instruments, the delivery of training to key personnel and the inclusion of green procurement objectives in the employee performance evaluation of the functional head of procurement and materiel management. |
Number and percentage of procurement and/or materiel management specialists who have completed the Canada School of Public Service Green Procurement course (C215) or equivalent, in the given fiscal year. | 3 100 % |
Number and percentage of managers and functional heads of procurement and materiel whose performance evaluation includes support and contribution toward green procurement, in the given fiscal year. | 1 100% |
Performance indicator | Performance target |
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Encourage and leverage common use procurement instruments where available and feasible. | Yes |
Performance indicator | Performance target |
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The department has a process in place to follow the Federal E-waste Strategy | Yes |
Strategic environmental assessments
The TSB’s mandate is to advance transportation safety through the conduct of independent investigations into selected occurrences in the air, marine, rail and pipeline transportation modes. Given its mandate, the TSB does not have plans, programs or policies subject to strategic environmental assessments.