| PATHWAYS |
START-UP
Tier |
SMART PRODUCTION
Tier |
SUSTAINABILITY
Tier |
METRICS |
| Environmental Management System (EMS)(required) |
Start process to develop EMS and become certified within three years.
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Third party ISO 14001 certification (non-ANAB accredited auditor bust be approved by DEP.)
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Third party ISO 14001 certification (non-ANAB accredited autor must be approved by DEP.)
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Obtain ISO 14001 EMS Certificate or DEP deemed equivalent. |
| Governor's Carbon Challenge (GCC) (required) |
Begin inventory of all direct and indirect carbon emission sources.
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Sign GCC Agreement and satisfy program criteria.
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Add EPA "Green Power" and other climate neutral energy sources to GCC Agreement.
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As defined in the GCC program. |
| Mentoring |
Receive free assistance from Smart Production or Sustainability Environmental Leaders.
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Assist three Start-Up tier participants with their EMS or other environmental topics.
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Assist five participants with their EMS or other environmental topics.
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Number of mentored facilities. |
| Product Stewardship |
Research Product Stewardship and begin utilizing concepts.
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Conduct product design with fewer toxics, and make products more durable, reuse and recyclable.
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Take shared responsibility for the impacts to human health and the natural environment that result from the production, use, and end-of-life management of the product. Products are durable, reusable and/or recyclable.
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Report actions taken. Report types and percentages of products that satisfy Product Stewardship criteria. |
| Workers & Community |
Provide employees Environmental Information via ongoing and regular communications.
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Formal EMS employee training and ongoing cross-functional teams (minimum monthly.) |
Life long Learning, Business/Community Harmony, Smart Production tier plus Public Advisory Committee. LEED certified Workplace. |
Frequency and type of communications/interactions. |
| Transportation (employees) |
Alternative commuting focusing on reducing energy consumption promoted to employees and basic program begun including preferred parking for car-pooling.
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Company provides alternative commuting options for employees that reduces energy consumption such as telecommuting, carpool services, & flextime.
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Company provides a robust alternative commuting option program that meets the qualifications of EPA's Best Workplaces for Commuters or equivalent program. |
Miles saved per employee. |
| Transportation (company) |
Traditional shipping yet researching ways to lessen energy footprint.
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Company identifies and utilizes transportation methods that reduce transportation energy.
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More aggressive transportation commitment defined to include sustainability concepts.
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Transportation energy used and emissions per unit of product shipped. |
| Toxics/Hazardous Waste |
Develop a toxics inventory and baseline and begin reduction activities.
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Actively search and substitute with less toxics materials. Conduct waste reduction activities.
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Elimination of TRI toxics in product. Elimination of non-reusable hazardous waste. |
TRI toxics used per units produced and/or pounds of hazardous waste shipped per units produced. |
| Inputs, Raw Materials & Products |
Evaluate raw material input to product vs. waste, begin value-added analysis.
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Minimize material in product (particularly non-renewable) and maximize material yield.
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Closed Loop (raw materials and wastes are utilized.) |
Amount of non-renewable materials per units produced. |
| Air Emissions |
Invenotry air emission sources and begin planning voluntary emission reductions.
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Largest emission sources have pollution control equipment with the goal to ensure the discharge is as benign as possible. Implement voluntary control projects. Reduce toxic air emissions.
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Zero or below threshold hazardous and/or criteria air pollutant emissions. Implement voluntary control projects. Reduce toxic air emissions. |
Toxic air emissions (Hazardous Air Pollutants) per units produced. Voluntary program reduction results. |
| Water Emissions |
Begin inventory of voluntary control projects and begin planning (stormwater, etc.). Demonstrate water conservation strategies.
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Major discharge sources have pollution control equipment with the goal to ensure the discharge is as benign as possible. Implement voluntary control projects including stormwater. Reduce water use & discharge.
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Zero or below threshold priority pollutant and TRI toxics discharged. Implement voluntary control projects including stormwater. Reduce water use & discharges. |
TRI & priority pollutant discharges per units produced. Water use reduction reports. Voluntary program reduction results. |
| Solid Waste |
Track non-hazardous solid waste types and shipments. Demonstrate active recycling or reuse. |
Reduce the amount of non-hazardous solid waste sent for disposal. |
Majority of solid waste (>70%) is recycled. |
Solid Waste per units produced. |
