Sustainable Development

Sustainable Development Strategy 1997

OBJECTIVE 4.4 – Promoting the use of goods and
services that are eco-efficient
Date target reported	Target	Date target reported	How this target advances sustainable development	Future directions
4.4.1	Provide staff with new tools and training to promote green procurement of goods and services, during 1998.	Mar 31/99	Promotes sustainable development by providing employees with tools and information to procure environmentally friendly goods and services.	NRCan will participate in government-wide efforts to implement mechanisms for eco- efficient procurement, and as part of SDS - Now and for the Future, will prepare a strategy to promote the use of eco-efficient goods and services within its own operations.
4.4.2	Purchase green power generated from renewable and alternative energy, by 1998.	Mar 31/99	Reduces greenhouse gas emissions and provides market opportunities for renewable energy technologies.	In 1998, NRCan signed a ten- year agreement to purchase 10,000 MWh of wind-generated electricity annually from ENMAX, Calgary's electricity supplier.This arrangement is intended to displace coal-based electricity with electricity from environmentally-friendlier sources for NRCan's facilities in Alberta. Beyond this commitment, NRCan has negotiated 10-year agreements on behalf of the Government of Canada for the production of about 50,000 MWh annually of wind-generated electricity for federal facilities in Saskatchewan and Prince Edward Island.