Supplementary Information Tables - Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy

4. Theme IV: Targets and Implementation Strategies

Goal 7: Waste and Asset Management

Target 7.2: 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.

Scope and Context

The Supreme Court of Canada procures over $5M in goods and services per year, in several commodity categories. Although greening of our procurement can be integrated throughout our activities, the Supreme Court of Canada is focusing on three prospective areas of greening its procurement: toners and cartridges, office supplies and office furniture.

Link to Department's Program Alignment Architecture

Program: Internal Services

Performance Measurement

Expected result

Environmentally responsible acquisition, use and disposal of goods and services.

Performance indicator	Performance level achieved
Departmental approach to further the implementation of the Policy on Green Procurement in place as of April 1, 2014.	Yes March 31, 2014
Number and percentage of procurement and/or materiel management specialists who completed the Canada School of Public Service Green Procurement course (C215) or equivalent, in fiscal year 2014–15.	2 100%
Number and percentage of managers and functional heads of procurement and materiel whose performance evaluation includes support and contribution toward green procurement, in fiscal year 2014–15.	1 100%

Departmental green procurement target

By March 31, 2015, 90% of toner cartridges are recycled at end of life.

Performance indicator	Performance level achieved
Volume of toner cartridges recycled relative to the total volume of all toner cartridges purchased in 2014-15.	100%

Departmental green procurement target

By March 31, 2015, 35% of office supply purchases will include criteria to reduce the environmental impact associated with the production, acquisition, use and/or disposal of the supplies.

Performance indicator	Performance level achieved
Dollar value or volume of office supply purchases that meet the target objective relative to the total dollar value or volume of all office supply purchases in 2014-15.	34.3%

Departmental green procurement target

By March 31, 2017, 70% of office furniture purchases that meet the target objective relative to the total dollar value or volume of all office furniture purchases in 2014-15.

Performance indicator	Performance level achieved
Dollar value or volume of office furniture purchases that meet the target objective relative to the total dollar value or volume of all office furniture purchases in 2014-15.	98%

Implementation strategy element or best practice	Performance level achieved
7.2.1.1 Integrate environmental considerations into procurement management processes.	Achieved
7.2.1.5. Leverage common use procurement instruments where available and feasible.	Achieved
Best Practice 7.2.4. Increase awareness of the Policy on Green Procurement among managers.	Achieved

Target 7.3: Sustainable Workplace Operations

As of April 1, 2015, the Government of Canada will update and adopt policies and practices to improve the sustainability of its workplace operations.

Scope and Context

Although the Supreme Court of Canada is a non-FSDS department and is therefore not obligated to implement this target, it has implemented some initiatives aimed at improving the sustainability of its workplace operations.

Link to Department's Program Alignment Architecture

Program: Internal Services

Performance Measurement

Expected result

Departmental workplace operations have a reduced environmental impact.

Additional activities	Performance level achieved
Removal of local printers: By March 31, 2015, the SCC will develop and implement a phased approach to reduce the number of local printers	Achieved The SCC is constantly looking at ways to remove local printers and promote the use of network printing devices.
Automatic shutdown of workstations: By March 31, 2015, the SCC will develop and implement a phased approach to shutdown workstations left powered.	Achieved Shutdown schedules are in place that covers the majority of the workstations.
Reduce consumption of virgin paper: Increase the use of recycled paper for non-court related sectors by March 31, 2015.	Achieved
Packaging and box returns: Boxes and packaging are returned to furniture suppliers for re-use. Plans are to increase this by March 31, 2015 by encouraging the return of packaging material to our supplier (s) of office supplies.	Achieved
Electronic Waste strategy: SCC follows PWGSC Electronic Waste Strategy for disposal of surplus electronic and electrical equipment (EEE) through programs such as Computers for Schools (CSF) and Crown Assets Distribution Directorate (CADD).	Achieved The SCC continues to use the services of PWGSC Electronic Waste system for disposal of surplus equipment.