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Green Environmental Management System
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The Vermont Council for Quality is pleased to announce the development of a new product line. Our new program "Green Environmental Management System" includes an organizational self-assessment and education and training. The assessment measures your green management performance in several areas of your organization. We all know that becoming more environmentally sustainable is not only good for the environment, but also good for business. Having “green” management strategies and measures in place is a key business practice. Our Green Organizational Management Assessment and Feedback Report enables organizations that are committed to environmental stewardship to measure their effectiveness of key green business practices and identifies those vital few areas that need most improvement.
The Vermont Council for Quality Green Environmental Management System is a voluntary program that annually recognizes and rewards organizations that have developed high performing environmental management systems to address legal requirements related to health, safety and environment resulting in measureable outcomes that drive continuous improvement in Vermont’s environment, economy and quality of life.
Goals and Objectives:
1. Develop a green organizational performance self-assessment process
a. Develop an online environmental assessment
b. Economical to implement, accurate, and fast
c. Provide feedback on performance gaps, strengths, and opportunities to improve
d. Beta Testing completed by June 2008
2. Develop a strategy to recognize outstanding green organizations
a. Plan a Recognition and Awards Ceremony for 2009
b. Promote best practices
c. Highlight national and local speakers
3. Develop a series of environmental education and training workshops
a. Green Literacy program
i. Individual awareness
ii. Organizational awareness
iii. Community awareness
b. Environmental Performance Program
i. Raising the environmental bar
ii. Understanding environmental performance criteria
iii. Understanding environmental performance measurement
iv. Becoming an internal environmental performance examiner
4. Develop and align VCQ green initiative with existing environmental organizations and resources
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