“It was a pleasure working with Monica on this initiative, I really appreciated her strategic thinking and approach, her initiative and her insights and ability to build collaboration among key partners.”
~Nick Xenos
Executive Director, Centre for Greening Government, Treasury Board Secretariat, Government of Canada
The Centre for Greening Government (CGG) is leading efforts to transition to low-carbon and climate-resilient operations within the government of Canada. Recognizing the potential impact of procurement as a tool for advancing these goals, the CGG wanted to engage existing champions in collaborating to advance sustainable procurement.
Shift & Build recommended and convened 6 champion organizations to collectively explore a roadmap for a goal-oriented community of practice to advance sustainable procurement at scale. Over a 9 month period, the team built a foundation for strategic collaboration, outlining a potential draft vision, potential indicators of success, a theory of change and core components of what a collective strategy could be including priorities, possible collaborative projects and a design for a goal oriented community of practice. The team has started collaborating and submitted a number of joint funding proposals to funding organizations.
It was a genuine pleasure to work with the CGG team and champion organizations.