What is IC doing to green its operations?
Industry Canada is committed to reducing resource consumption and waste in its operations. It has a comprehensive greening operations plan in place that is continuously improved, and which is consistent with the government-wide priorities regarding building and vehicle fleet operations For example, the 2006 federal Green Procurement Policy requests that departmental sustainable development strategies report on actions concerning three specific outcomes: (1) green procurement targets for 40 key commodities representing 90 percent of the government’s purchases; (2) retooling of the executive vehicle fleet to exclude cars over three years old unless they are four-cylinder, hybrid or e-85 (ethanol-powered) vehicles; and (3) five new federal buildings that will meet leading building standards and an energy assessment conducted for all existing buildings. Industry Canada will contribute to these government-wide goals and improve other aspects of its greening operations programming.
