Accessibility Standards Canada: 2020 to 2021 Departmental Plan - Departmental sustainable development strategy
Name of department
Accessibility Standards Canada
Date
February 2020
Context
Accessibility Standards Canada does not have to follow the Federal Sustainable Development Act or have a full departmental sustainable development strategy. However, it respects the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy (FSDS). It does this by following the Policy on Green Procurement.
(“Green” means reducing the impact on the environment.)
The Policy on Green Procurement supports the Government of Canada’s effort to reduce its impacts on the environment. Accessibility Standards Canada supports the policy’s objectives and sustainable development. It does this by making sure its decisions to buy goods and services help to reduce impacts on the environment. It does this through the actions described in the 2019 to 2020 “Greening Government” goal.
Integrating sustainable development
Accessibility Standards Canada is a new departmental corporation that will:
- consider how the plans, policies and procedures it creates could impact the environment; and
- make sure that the decisions it makes consider the goals and targets of the FSDS
Commitments
| FSDS target | FSDS contributing actions | Corresponding departmental actions | Contribution by each departmental action to the FSDS goal and target | Starting point(s), target(s) and performance indicator(s) for departmental actions | Link to the department’s Program Inventory |
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Actions that support the Greening Government goal and the Policy on Green Procurement |
Departments will use environmental criteria to reduce impacts on the environment and to ensure best value in government procurement decisions. |
We will continue to make sure that we have sustainable workplace practices (for example printer ratios, paper usage and green meetings). We will choose and operate IT and office equipment that uses less energy and material. We will use PSPC (Public Services and Procurement Canada) tools with green measures when buying things (for example, furniture). |
We will directly contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 12 by:
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When green procurement tools are available, 80% of contracts for a commodity we buy will use these tools. We will use as little paper as possible. We will use recycled paper and material when available. |
Internal services |
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Actions that support the Greening Government goal and the Policy on Green Procurement |
Departments will better support green procurement. They will do this by giving employees advice, tools and training on how to do this. |
Procurement specialists and support staff will take the following training within a year of starting their job:
We will give managers information and advice on how to support green procurement. |
We will directly contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 12 (Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns). |
If we hire a procurement specialist, that person has to take green procurement training within the first year of starting the job. |
Internal servic |