The purpose of this study was to identify the current state of sustainability integration into Canadian government procurement and make recommendations on how to deepen current integration in order to accelerate the advancement of existing sustainability goals. We reviewed 50 publicly available Requests for Proposals (RFPs) issued between 2016 and 2019 and evaluated the significance of sustainability integration and the expanse of considerations using two measurement schemes. Our analysis suggests that sustainability integration into RFPs is currently superficial with limited integration into the evaluation process. We also found that the integration of sustainability was narrow with significant gaps in the breadth of environmental and social impact areas that were considered. As such, we provide insights and recommendations that will enable governments to accelerate the advancement of sustainability through the use of procurement.

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评估加拿大公共部门采购的可持续性整合程度

本研究的目的是确定可持续发展融入加拿大政府采购的现状，并就如何深化目前的整合提出建议，以加快推进现有的可持续发展目标。我们审查了 2016 年至 2019 年期间发布的 50 份公开征求建议书 (RFP)，并使用两种衡量方案评估了可持续性整合的重要性和考虑范围。我们的分析表明，将可持续性整合到 RFP 中目前是肤浅的，与评估过程的整合有限。我们还发现，可持续性的整合范围很窄，在考虑的环境和社会影响领域的广度上存在重大差距。因此，