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Building A Green Team

Building A Green Team. How do we start?. Get senior level support (Owner, President) and make it known throughout your organization/company that you have this support. Recruit team members. Evaluate what environmental practices are already in place. Are you in compliance?. Team Members?.

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Building A Green Team

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  1. Building A Green Team

  2. How do we start? • Get senior level support (Owner, President) and make it known throughout your organization/company that you have this support. • Recruit team members. • Evaluate what environmental practices are already in place. Are you in compliance?

  3. Team Members? • Facility manager – person who handles heating, cooling, maintenance, parking lots. • Purchasing decision-maker • If you lease, ask your commercial property manager to participate in some way. • Representatives from each department. • Designate one person to coordinate.

  4. http://politicalhumor.about.com • Don’t assume anything—walk around. Check stormwater outflows, hazardous waste (fluorescent lighting), fleets, waste, energy use? Dumpster dive!

  5. Environmental Policy Statement • Look at other company’s environmental policies as examples. • Write it down and frame it, put it in the lobby where customers can see it. • Post it on your website. • Inform your employees. • Don’t bury it in a book, post it where staff and your customers an be reminded of it on a regular basis.

  6. Write an Environmental Plan • Conduct a short in-house training on environmental aspects and impacts for team. • Regulatory requirements vs. voluntary best practices. 10% vs. 90% • DDOE can help with basic best practices and direct you to help for specific sectors.

  7. Keep it simple – recommend 10 steps or practices. • Take notes of your meeting and share with the staff. • Don’t try to do everything; people will get “tired” – the deadly green fatigue.

  8. What’s in the Plan? Energy efficiency retrofits E-cycling Recycling “Green meetings” Carbon offsets Waste reduction Reduce water consumption Purchase renewable energy Stormwater Best Management Practices Green purchasing Environmental compliance Materials substitution IPM/landscaping Green roof

  9. Measure • Track your data (gallons, kilowatts, btus, miles). Energy efficiency expressed as GHGs reduced. • Track the difference – show that your efforts help the “bottom line” of the company. • Reduce risk, reduce costs, save money $$$.

  10. Share your story • Write a case study – good or bad • Post it on the website • Network with similar business types facing similar pollution/waste issues. “You don’t need to reinvent the wheel.” • Apply for an award – Mayor’s Environmental Excellence Awards

  11. Questions? Comments? Contact: Mary Lynn Wilhere Business Outreach Office of the Director Government of the District of Columbia District Department of the Environment 51 N Street, NE, 6th Floor Washington, DC  20002 Office: 202-535-1939 Marylynn.wilhere@dc.gov www.green.dc.gov

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