Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy 2020 to 2023
Section 1: Introduction to the Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy
The 2019 to 2022 Federal Sustainable Development Strategy (FSDS) presents the Government of Canada’s sustainable development goals and targets, as required by the Federal Sustainable Development Act. The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) adheres to the principles of the FSDS, and while not bound formally by the Act, has developed this Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy (DSDS).
Section 2: Sustainable Development Vision and Context in FINTRAC
All federal departments and agencies have a role to play in ensuring that the Government of Canada leads by example by making its operations low-carbon. FINTRAC has identified a range of measures and practices that support the goal of low-carbon government and will continue to engage its employees in achieving this goal.
Like all departments and agencies, FINTRAC will support the goal of low-carbon government through procurement and operational practices that take into account environmental considerations and support new and innovative environmentally friendly technologies. FINTRAC will also seek to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its operations and from business travel.
Recognizing that climate change will have unavoidable impacts, FINTRAC will work with its partners at PSPC and Shared Services Canada to understand and assess the possible effects of a changing climate on its operations. As part of business planning, FINTRAC will consider climate change impacts in its planning and investments, and identify opportunities to ensure that its operations are resilient to the anticipated impacts of climate change.
Finally, FINTRAC will ensure that its decision-making process includes consideration of FSDS goals and targets in its planning and decision-making.
Section 3: Commitments for FINTRAC
Greening Government: The Government of Canada will transition to low-carbon, climate resilient and green operations
Responsible Minister: All ministers
Greening Government Communities FSDS Target(s) |
FSDS contributing action(s) | Corresponding departmental action(s) | Contribution by each departmental action to the FSDS goal and target | Starting point(s) Performance indicator(s) Target(s) |
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Greening Government | Use environmental criteria to reduce the environmental impact and ensure best value in government procurement decisions |
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By committing to green procurement actions, FINTRAC is ensuring the environmentally responsible acquisition, use and disposal of goods and services. |
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Support for green procurement will be strengthened, including guidance, tools and training for public service employees |
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FINTRAC commits to ensuring all key personnel receive training on Green Procurement within the first year of hiring. |
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Modern and resilient infrastructure | Use environmental criteria to reduce the environmental impact and ensure best value in acquiring and operating real property assets. |
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FINTRAC will work with PSPC real Property to track GHG related achievements and to make these available as a part of annual reporting |
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Greening Government | Use environmental criteria to reduce the environmental impact and ensure best value in acquiring and operating its IMIT systems |
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FINTRAC will work with Shared Services Canada to determine the most effective mix of services and solutions that ensure that the Centre’s need for reliability and security are met and Canada’s commitment to reduce energy consumption an GHG emissions is supported |
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Greening Government | Use environmental criteria when transitioning operational processes to modern, electronic, integrated systems |
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FINTRAC will work with Shared Services and contractors to transition operational systems to current standards for security reliability and interoperability |
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Section 4: Integrating Sustainable Development
FINTRAC is committed to a multifaceted approach to increasing energy efficiency and reducing GHG emissions from all aspects of its operations in the national capital and in regional offices. In addition, FINTRAC will be following an approach that includes the use of PSPC procurement instruments, training for functional specialist staff, and the inclusion of environmental considerations in performance evaluations.
FINTRAC is planning its physical relocation in 2025 with PSPC real property officials to ensure that energy efficiency and reduced emissions are achieved. In addition as FINTRAC updates its IMIT environment from stand alone in-house servers to aggregated Shared Services cloud based data centres, it will increase efficiency and reduce the emissions related to electricity generation. FINTRAC will train its staff so that they continue to purchase environmentally preferable goods and services where security and confidentiality ca be assured and value for money is demonstrated. A value for money approach to procurement means that all life cycle costs will be taken into consideration as well as reducing negative environmental impact.
As part of FINTRAC’s Procurement Guide, greater focus has been put on the responsible use, maintenance and disposal of assets. FINTRAC advises employees to use the duplex printing on photocopiers and printers and to implement energy saving settings for laptops, desktops and other IMIT assets where such steps do not impair security or reliability. When economically feasible and service requirements permits, equipment will be repaired, refinished or reused. When disposing of equipment, alternatives will be considered, such as return-to-supplier or recycling of components where this can be done while complying with security requirements.
FINTRAC will continue to ensure that its decision-making process includes consideration of FSDS goals and targets through the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) process. An SEA for policy, plan or program proposals includes an analysis of the impacts of the given proposal on the environment, including on FSDS goals and targets.
Public statements on the results of FINTRAC’s achievements related to energy efficiency and GHG reduction will be released, when key initiatives are announced. These public statements will demonstrate that the environmental effects, including the impacts on achieving the FSDS goals and targets, of the approved policy, plan or program have been considered during proposal development and decision-making. FINTRAC will work with its Federal partners, PSPC and Shared Services Canada to ensure that environmental impacts are assessed and when security requirements permit, are made public. The confidential nature of FINTRAC’s ongoing work to develop financial intelligence related to money laundering and terrorist financing limits the scope and nature of disclosures related to these activities.
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