2018-19 Departmental Results Report: Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy
1. Context for the Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy
The 2016–2019 Federal Sustainable Development Strategy (FSDS):
- sets out the Government of Canada’s sustainable development priorities
- establishes goals and targets
- identifies actions to achieve them, as required by the Federal Sustainable Development Act
In keeping with the objectives of the act to make environmental decision-making more transparent and accountable to Parliament, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research supports reporting on the implementation of the FSDS and its Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy, or equivalent document, through the activities described in this supplementary information table.
2. Sustainable development in the Canadian Institutes of Health Research
The CIHR’s Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy for 2017 to 2020 describes the department’s actions in support of achieving second Goal of the FSDS: Low-carbon government. This supplementary information table presents available results for the departmental actions pertinent to this goal. Last year’s supplementary information table is posted on the department’s website. This year, CIHR is also noting which United Nations Sustainable Development Goal target each departmental action contributes to achieving.
3. Departmental performance by FSDS goal
The following table provides performance information on departmental actions in support of the FSDS goal listed in section 2.
| FSDS target | FSDS contributing action(s) | Corresponding departmental action(s) | Support for United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (UN SDG) target | Starting point(s), target(s) and performance indicator(s) for departmental actions | Results achieved |
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Reduce greenhouse gas emissions from federal government buildings and fleets by 40% below 2005 levels by 2030, with an aspiration to achieve it by 2025 |
Improve the energy efficiency of our buildings/operations |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Modernize our fleet |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Support the transition to a low-carbon economy through green procurement |
Integrate environmental considerations into procurement management processes and controls |
Percentage of CIHR’s internal procurement training sessions, provided to Managers and Directors General, which include the roles and responsibilities related to the implementation of the Policy on Green Procurement. Target: 100% |
100% Achieved. Increased awareness of the Policy on Green Procurement through internal procurement training sessions where Green Procurement is highlighted (on-going as of April 1, 2014) |
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Train procurement and materiel management functional specialists on green procurement |
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 fiscal year 2018–19. Target: 4 (100%) |
4 (100%) Two specialists completed the course in previous fiscal years and were with the department at the end of fiscal year 2018–19. The new hires have completed the course in Summer 2018. |
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Increase awareness of the Policy on Green Procurement among managers |
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 2018–19. Target: 2 (100%) |
0% To date, green procurement has not been included in their performance plans. |
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Existence of organizational approach to maintain or improve the sustainability of workplace policies and practices |
Select and operate Information Technology (IT) and office equipment in a manner that reduces energy consumption and material usage |
Reduce the number of in-use IT physical servers compared to 2017–18 fiscal year. Target: 50% reduction |
26% reduction Reduced to 40 physical servers (from 54). Target missed mostly due to delay in Oracle database virtualization project. |
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Improve full-time equivalent position to printing unit ratio from 2017–18 target of 10:1. Target: 20:1 |
26:1 Achieved. 550 employees / 21 business centre printers |
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Reuse or recycle electronic and electrical equipment in an environmentally sound and secure manner |
Percentage of toner cartridges recycled relative to the total number of all toner cartridges purchased. Target: 100% |
100% All toner cartridges are recycled. |
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Improve existing paper usage by using security employee card, green meetings and other digital initiatives |
Reduce internal paper consumption compared to 2017–18 fiscal year. Target: 5% |
3.7% reduction of total number of pages from 2017–18 to 2018–19. Target of 5% not met. |
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Demonstrate innovative technologies |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Promote sustainable travel practices |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Understand climate change impacts and build resilience |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Improve transparency and accountability |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Develop policy for low‑carbon government |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
4. Report on integrating sustainable development
During the 2018–19 reporting cycle, CIHR had no proposals that required a Strategic Environmental Assessment and no public statements were produced.
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