Office of Greening Government Operations
The Office of Greening Government Operations (OGGO) was created in April 2005 within Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC).
OGGO's mandate is to accelerate the greening of the government's operations by working closely with other federal departments, particularly Treasury Board Secretariat and Environment Canada.
What is Greening Government Operations?
It's an opportunity to establish government-wide priorities, accountabilities, targets, timelines and reporting requirements to assist the Government in its commitment to become a model of environmental excellence in its own operations. The greening of government operations encompasses a wide range of activities including:
- Reducing energy resources consumption
- Reducing greenhouse gas and other air polluting emissions
- Green procurement
- Remediating contaminated sites
- Waste management
- Environmental performance of the vehicle fleet
OGGO is:
- Providing advice and guidance to departments on a wide range of activities related to the greening of their operations
- Supporting the development of policy and performance management related to greening government operations
- PWGSC provides environmental services to federal government departments throughout its regional operations in:
- Atlantic Region: Internet site is presently not available. Please consult PWGSC's Internet site for more information.
- Quebec Region
- Ontario Region
- Western Region
- Pacific Region (accessible to federal government employees only)
