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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

This goal captures commitments from the Greening Government Strategy, as well as reporting requirements under the Policy on Green Procurement.
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)		 Program(s) in which the departmental actions will occur
Greening Government Use environmental criteria to reduce the environmental impact and ensure best value in government procurement decisions
  • Integrate environmental considerations into procurement management processes and controls
  • Include green procurement objectives in the performance management agreements of all procurement managers and functional heads.
  • Use PSPC procurement instruments as its primary mechanism and leverage the environmental considerations incorporated into these Standing Offer and Supply Arrangements
  • Update Procurement guides and training documentation and communicate these to managers to increase awareness of the Policy on Green Procurement.
  • Follow an approach that includes the use of PSPC procurement instruments, specific training for functional specialist staff, and the inclusion of environmental considerations in the performance evaluations of key individuals.
  • Continue to require all new functional specialist staff take training in green procurement within one year of being hired.

By committing to green procurement actions, FINTRAC is ensuring the environmentally responsible acquisition, use and disposal of goods and services.
  • Use of Standing Offers and Supply Arrangements (SOSAs) that include environmental criteria
  • Procurement managers and functional heads have performance evaluation which include support and contribution toward green procurement, in the given fiscal year.
  • Internal Services
Support for green procurement will be strengthened, including guidance, tools and training for public service employees
  • Update Procurement guides and training documentation and communicate these to managers to increase awareness of the Policy on Green Procurement
 FINTRAC commits to ensuring all key personnel receive training on Green Procurement within the first year of hiring.
  • Number and percentage of procurement and/or materiel management specialists have completed the Canada School of Public Service Green Procurement course (C215) or equivalent, in the given fiscal year.
  • Internal Services
Modern and resilient infrastructure Use environmental criteria to reduce the environmental impact and ensure best value in acquiring and operating real property assets.
  • Relocation of FINTRAC offices to repurposed Crown office space will be accompanied by implementing low carbon lighting and energy efficient HVAC systems. In addition the implementation of working remotely as an ongoing strategy will reduce GHG emissions related to transportation and travel
 FINTRAC will work with PSPC real Property to track GHG related achievements and to make these available as a part of annual reporting
  • Plans to relocate FINTRAC’s headquarters in 2025 are already under way. The “HQ on the Move” initiative will address all aspects of FINTRAC’s relocation and operations at the new site
  • Internal Services
Greening Government Use environmental criteria to reduce the environmental impact and ensure best value in acquiring and operating its IMIT systems
  • Updating FINTRAC’s IMIT infrastructure will migrate some IT systems from in-house stand alone servers to Shared Services Cloud devices that utilize energy efficient systems and which are designed to consolidate IMIT equipment so that maintenance and repairs are centralized and can be accomplished either remotely or with minimal travel
 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
  • FINTRAC has received funding to update its IMIT environment to current standards and security, reliability and energy efficiency are primary considerations
  • Internal Services
Greening Government Use environmental criteria when transitioning operational processes to modern, electronic, integrated systems
  • FINTRAC is transitioning its processes to modern, efficient, electronic systems that operate almost entirely with electronic records, thereby eliminating the need for paper documents
FINTRAC will work with Shared Services and contractors to transition operational systems to current standards for security reliability and interoperability
  • FINTRAC has received funding to update its IMIT environment which will enable the use of modern electronic tools and horizontal information sharing and integrated program and project management
  • Internal Services, IMIT, Compliance, P&C and Intel

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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