asu sd presentation 2008

SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS: ADAPTING UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE

DEVELOPMENT BASELINE INDICATORS FOR COUNTRIES TO MEASURE SUSTAINABLE

DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CITY OF PHOENIX

Graham TwaddellEnvironmental Technology Management

Arizona State University East

Chair: Dr Nicholas Hild

PRESENTATION OVERVIEW

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Literature Review

Chapter 3: Methods

Chapter 4: Results

Chapter 5: Conclusions and Recommendations

INTRODUCTION

Statement of Problem

Scope of Work

Objectives

Limitations & Assumptions

LITERATURE REVIEW

United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (2001) Indicators of Sustainable Development Framework and Methodologies

European Commission (1997) Indicators of Sustainable Development: A Pilot Study Following the Methodology of the United Nation’s Commission on Sustainable Development

Sustainable San Mateo County (2003) Indicators for a Sustainable San Mateo County: A Yearly Report Card on Our County’s Quality of Life

Sustainable Seattle (2004) Indicators of Sustainable Community 1998: A status Report on Long-Term Cultural, Economic, and Environmental Health for Seattle/King County

METHODS

25 stakeholders were identified from the categories:

Decision Maker Expert Parties Affected

Questionnaires were designed and administered via e-mail after satisfying ASU Institutional Review Board

Stakeholders were requested to rank each potential indicator with relation to its relevance to the city of Phoenix

RESULTS

Rank Scale

0 = indicator not understood1 = relevance to the city of Phoenix not known2 = no relevance to the city of Phoenix3 = low relevance to the city of Phoenix4 = medium relevance to the city of Phoenix5 = high relevance to the city of Phoenix

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P01 P02 P03 P04 P05 P06 P07 P08 P09 P10 P11 P12 P13 P14 P15 P16 P17 P18 P19 P20 P21 P22 P23 P24 P25 AverageRounded Average

Potential Sustainability Indicator

Social (CSD)5 4 5 5 3 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 4.64 5 Percent of Population Living below Poverty Line 4 5 0 5 3 5 1 4 5 0 5 1 3 2 4 4 3 0 1 4 4 5 4 4 5 3.24 3 Gini Index of Income Inequality 5 5 5 3 3 5 5 3 4 5 4 5 4 3 5 5 5 4 4 3 5 5 5 5 5 4.40 4 Unemployment Rate 3 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 5 5 5 5 3 4 4 3 3 4 5 3 3 5 3 5 5 3.92 4 Ratio of Average Female Wage to Male Wage 4 3 3 4 3 4 5 3 5 5 5 5 4 3 5 4 4 5 4 3 3 5 4 3 5 4.04 4 Nutritional Status of Children 4 3 4 3 2 3 5 4 5 5 5 1 3 4 5 3 3 5 3 3 3 5 4 3 5 3.72 4 Mortality Rate Under 5 Years Old 5 4 4 3 2 3 4 3 5 5 4 1 2 4 5 5 3 4 3 3 3 5 4 3 5 3.68 4 Life Expectancy at Birth

3 3 4 3 2 5 5 4 3 5 4 3 2 3 5 4 5 5 3 3 3 4 5 3 5 3.76 4Percent of Population with Adequate Sewage Disposal Facilities

5 3 5 3 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 3 5 3 5 5 3 5 4.12 4 Population with Access to Safe Drinking Water

5 5 4 5 4 4 5 2 5 5 5 4 3 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 4.52 5Percent of Population with Access to Primary Health Care Facilities

5 4 4 4 3 5 5 3 5 5 4 4 2 3 5 5 5 5 4 5 3 5 3 4 5 4.20 4 Immunization Against Infectious Childhood Diseases 3 4 2 4 4 3 4 3 5 5 5 5 3 3 5 3 3 4 4 4 3 5 4 3 5 3.84 4 Contraceptive Prevalence Rate 3 3 4 3 4 4 5 3 5 5 4 4 3 4 5 3 3 5 4 4 5 5 4 4 5 4.04 4 Children Reaching Grade 5 of Primary Education 5 5 4 5 4 3 5 4 5 5 5 5 3 4 5 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 3 4.48 4 Adult Secondary Education Achievement Level 5 5 4 4 3 4 5 3 5 5 5 5 3 4 5 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 5 4.48 4 Adult Literacy Rate 3 3 3 1 3 3 4 5 4 4 3 4 2 2 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 5 3 3.24 3 Floor Area per Person 5 4 4 5 3 4 5 3 4 4 3 1 4 4 5 5 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 4.16 4 Number of Recorded Crimes per 100,000 Population 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4.84 5 Population Growth Rate 2 3 3 4 5 4 5 4 5 0 4 5 4 2 5 0 4 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 4 3.84 4 Population of Urban Formal and Informal Settlements

Social (Additional)5 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 5 5 5 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 3 4 4 5 3 3 3 3.76 4 Percentage of Population that Volunteer5 3 0 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 3 4 5 3 0 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 5 3.68 4 Attendances at Indicator Arts Venues4 4 3 4 4 3 4 3 4 5 4 5 3 4 5 3 3 4 1 5 4 5 4 4 5 3.88 4 Funding Sources and Amounts Received for the Arts5 5 3 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 4.56 5 Number of Places at Affordable Day Care Facilities5 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 5 5 5 3 5 5 5 5 4.76 5 Housing Affordability (Percentage of Annual Income)

4 3 3 5 5 4 5 3 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 4 3 5 4 3 4 5 5 1 5 4.16 4Number of New Homes Built on Previously Developed Land

3 4 3 5 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 2 3 4 5 3 4 5 3 4 5 4.00 4Number of Women in Public Appointments and Senior Positions

5 5 4 5 3 4 5 3 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 3 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 4.48 4 Hours of Work Required for Basic Needs3 5 3 5 5 4 5 3 5 5 5 5 3 5 3 3 4 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 4.36 4 Per Pupil Funding (Percent Per Pupil)4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 5 5 4 1 5 4 5 3 3 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 4.24 4 Number Businesses Offering Education Opportunities5 3 3 5 3 4 5 3 4 4 5 1 4 4 5 5 4 4 5 4 5 5 3 5 5 4.12 4 Number of Recorded Substance Abuse and DUI Cases4 4 3 5 4 4 5 3 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 5 4.40 4 Reported Child Abuse Cases5 3 3 5 4 4 5 3 5 5 5 1 4 4 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 3 5 5 4.28 4 Percentage of Juveniles Related to Recorded Crimes4 3 3 5 4 3 4 3 5 5 5 1 4 5 5 4 4 4 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 4.16 4 Substance Abuse Treatment Provided4 4 3 5 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 4.64 5 Percent of Population with Health Insurance4 3 3 1 4 3 5 4 5 4 5 1 3 3 4 4 3 5 1 3 5 1 4 4 5 3.48 3 Number of Work Fatalities and Injury Rates 4 4 4 1 4 3 5 3 5 4 5 4 5 3 4 4 3 4 1 3 4 1 4 3 5 3.60 4 Number of Working Days Lost Through Illness2 3 3 4 4 3 5 4 5 4 4 4 3 2 3 3 4 4 1 5 4 3 3 4 5 3.56 4 Number of Reported Water Leakage Incidents5 4 3 5 4 3 5 3 5 5 5 1 5 4 4 4 3 5 4 4 5 5 3 5 5 4.16 4 Percent Expended on Health Care4 3 3 1 3 3 4 3 5 4 4 1 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 3.24 3 Percent of New Births Under National Average Weight


Environmental (CSD)

2 4 3 5 4 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 3 2 5 3 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 4.24 4 Emissions of Greenhouse Gases 2 4 3 5 4 4 5 3 5 5 4 5 3 2 5 3 5 5 5 4 5 5 3 5 5 4.16 4 Consumption of Ozone Depleting Substances 5 5 3 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4.76 5 Ambient Concentration of Air Pollutants Urban Areas 4 2 3 3 3 2 4 3 3 4 3 5 3 2 2 4 5 4 5 2 3 4 3 5 5 3.44 3 Arable and Permanent Crop Land Area 3 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 5 3 2 2 3 4 4 5 3 3 4 5 5 5 3.64 4 Use of Fertilizers 3 4 3 4 3 4 5 3 5 4 4 5 3 2 2 3 4 4 5 3 3 4 5 5 5 3.80 4 Use of Agricultural Pesticides 2 2 3 3 2 4 5 2 4 3 2 4 2 2 2 2 5 4 5 2 5 2 4 3 5 3.16 3 Forest Area as a Percent of Land Area 2 2 3 1 2 3 3 2 4 3 2 3 5 2 2 2 5 4 5 2 5 2 3 2 5 2.96 3 Wood Harvesting Intensity 2 4 4 4 4 3 5 2 1 5 2 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 5 2 5 3 5 3 5 3.44 3 Land Affected by Desertification 2 4 3 1 5 3 5 3 4 0 5 5 5 2 4 2 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3.84 4 Area of Urban Formal and Informal Settlements 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 1 3 2 2 2 2 1 5 2.28 2 Algae Concentration in Coastal Waters 2 2 4 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 1 3 2 2 2 2 1 5 2.28 2 Percent of Total Population Living in Coastal Areas 2 2 3 1 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 4 2 3 2 5 1 3 2 2 2 2 1 5 2.40 2 Annual Catch by Major Species

5 4 5 5 4 5 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4.76 5Annual Withdrawal of Ground and Surface Water as a Percent of Total Available Water

3 4 0 1 3 5 5 3 4 0 4 1 5 2 5 0 0 5 5 4 3 5 5 5 0 3.08 3 BOD in Water Bodies 3 3 0 1 3 5 5 4 5 0 4 3 5 2 5 0 0 5 5 4 3 1 5 5 5 3.24 3 Concentration of Faecal Coliform in Freshwater 4 3 0 5 4 4 5 4 4 0 5 5 4 2 4 4 0 5 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 3.72 4 Area of Selected Key Ecosystems 4 3 3 5 4 4 5 4 4 4 5 5 3 2 4 4 3 4 3 5 5 5 4 4 5 4.04 4 Protected Area as a Percentage of Total Area 4 3 3 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 5 5 3 2 4 4 3 1 4 4 5 5 4 3 4 3.80 4 Abundance of Selected Key Species

Environmental (Additional)5 3 3 4 5 4 4 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 4 3 4 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 4.36 4 Area of City Parks and Open Spaces5 4 3 4 4 3 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 4.44 4 Area of Pedestrian-Bicycle-Friendly Streets2 5 3 0 4 1 3 3 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 2 0 4 0 4 4 5 4 4 5 3.36 3 Area of Impervious Surface5 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 5 4 5 4 4 5 4 5 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 5 4.44 4 Employment Concentration5 2 4 4 3 3 4 3 4 5 4 5 3 2 5 5 4 4 1 3 4 1 3 4 5 3.60 4 Percent of Local Farm Production

5 5 0 5 4 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 4 4 5 5 4 5 4 3 4 4 3 5 5 4.24 4Implementation of Environmental Management Systems or Similar Type of Standards


Economic (CSD)

5 4 5 1 4 5 5 3 1 4 4 1 5 4 5 5 3 0 1 5 4 1 3 4 4 3.44 3 GDP per Capita 5 3 5 1 4 5 5 3 1 5 3 1 4 4 5 5 3 0 1 5 4 0 3 1 4 3.20 3 Investment Share in GDP 4 3 5 1 4 4 5 3 1 4 5 1 4 4 4 4 3 0 1 4 4 5 3 3 4 3.32 3 Balance of Trade in Goods and Services 4 3 5 5 4 3 5 3 1 4 4 1 4 5 4 4 5 0 1 4 4 5 4 4 4 3.60 4 Debt to GNP Ratio 2 3 5 2 4 3 5 3 1 4 4 1 3 2 4 0 0 0 1 4 4 0 4 1 4 2.56 3 Total ODA Given or Received as a Percent of GNP 3 4 0 5 4 3 4 3 5 5 5 5 4 2 5 3 3 0 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 3.84 4 Intensity of Material Use 5 5 4 5 5 3 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 4.60 5 Annual Energy Consumption per Capita 2 4 4 5 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 2 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4.40 4 Share of Consumption of Renewable Energy Resources 4 4 4 5 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 0 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 4.48 4 Intensity of Energy Use 5 4 3 5 3 5 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 3 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 4.44 4 Generation of Industrial and Municipal Solid Waste 5 4 4 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 4 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 4.56 5 Generation of Hazardous Waste 5 3 4 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 4 5 5 4 5 4 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 4.44 4 Management of Radioactive Waste 5 3 3 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4.60 5 Waste Recycling and Reuse 5 5 4 5 4 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4.72 5 Distance Traveled per Capita by Mode of Transport

Economic (Additional)2 3 4 5 4 3 5 4 4 4 4 3 5 5 3 3 4 5 5 5 4 4 3 5 5 4.04 4 Number of Sustainable Tourism Projects


Institutional (CSD)

4 4 0 5 3 5 5 3 5 5 5 1 3 5 5 4 0 4 1 4 4 5 3 5 5 3.72 4 National Sustainable Development Strategy 2 4 0 5 3 5 5 3 5 5 3 1 3 3 2 4 3 0 1 3 4 5 3 5 5 3.28 3 Implementation of Ratified Global Agreements 4 3 3 5 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 1 4 5 5 5 5 4 3 3.96 4 Number of Internet Subscribers per 1000 Inhabitants 4 3 3 5 4 5 5 4 4 4 3 4 3 2 4 4 4 1 4 3 5 5 5 4 3 3.80 4 Main Telephone Lines per 1000 Inhabitants

5 4 4 5 4 3 4 5 5 5 4 5 4 3 4 4 3 1 4 5 5 5 3 3 4 4.04 4Expenditure on Research and Development as a Percent of GDP

3 3 5 4 2 5 5 3 5 4 4 3 3 2 5 3 3 1 4 3 5 5 3 3 3 3.56 4 Economic and Human Loss Due to Natural Disasters Institutional (additional)

5 4 0 4 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 3 0 5 4 3 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 4.20 4Development and Implementation of Green Building Policies

4 4 2 4 4 5 5 3 5 5 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 5 4.04 4 Percent Using Public Library4 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 5 3 3 5 4.44 4 Percent of Registered To Vote Population Voting

RESULTS

Rank Scores

On average, participants selected:

12 indicators as having a high relevance to the city of Phoenix 57 as having a medium relevance 16 as having a low relevance 3 indicators as having no relevance to the city of Phoenix.

The participants, on average, did not identify any indicators as:

having unknown relevance to the city of Phoenix being not being understood

RESULTS

Four Dimensions of Sustainable Development

Participants selected:

90% of the social indicators

89% of the institutional indicators

73% of the economic indicators

60% of the environmental indicators

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Final Sustainability Indicators

Reduce the number of sustainability indicators (SI) for the city of Phoenix and identify a set of suitable SIs determined by the stakeholders

19 SIs ranked as having low and no relevance to the city

of Phoenix were eliminated

Remaining 69 SIs were identified by stakeholders as having medium and high relevance to the city of Phoenix

22 SIs with an average rank score of less than 4.00 were eliminated


Final Sustainability Indicators

By solely considering SIs with an average rank score of 4.00 – 5.00 (standard medium relevance – maximum

high relevance), the final quantity of SIs identified by the stakeholders to measure sustainability for the city of Phoenix was 46

Final Set of Sustainability Indicators for the City of Phoenix

Social (CSD) Percent of Population Living below Poverty Line Unemployment Rate Nutritional Status of Children Population with Access to Safe Drinking Water Percent of Population with Access to Primary Health Care Facilities Immunization Against Infectious Childhood Diseases Children Reaching Grade 5 of Primary Education Adult Secondary Education Achievement Level Adult Literacy Rate Number of Recorded Crimes per 100,000 Population Population Growth Rate

Social (Additional) Number of Places at Affordable Day Care Facilities Housing Affordability (Percentage of Annual Income) Number of New Homes Built on Previously Developed Land Number of Women in Public Appointments and Senior Positions Hours of Work Required for Basic Needs Per Pupil Funding (Percent Per Pupil) Number Businesses Offering Education Opportunities Number of Recorded Substance Abuse and DUI Cases Reported Child Abuse Cases Percentage of Juveniles Related to Recorded Crimes Substance Abuse Treatment Provided Percent of Population with Health Insurance Percent Expended on Health Care

Environmental (CSD) Emissions of Greenhouse Gases Consumption of Ozone Depleting Substances Ambient Concentration of Air Pollutants Urban Areas Annual Withdrawal of Ground and Surface Water as a Percent of Total Available Water Protected Area as a Percentage of Total Area

Environmental (Additional) Area of City Parks and Open Spaces Area of Pedestrian-Bicycle-Friendly Streets Employment Concentration Implementation of Environmental Management Systems or Similar Type of Standards

Economic (CSD) Annual Energy Consumption per Capita Share of Consumption of Renewable Energy Resources Intensity of Energy Use Generation of Industrial and Municipal Solid Waste Generation of Hazardous Waste Management of Radioactive Waste Waste Recycling and Reuse Distance Traveled per Capita by Mode of Transport

Economic (Additional) Number of Sustainable Tourism Projects

Institutional (CSD) Expenditure on Research and Development as a Percent of GDP

Institutional (Additional) Development and Implementation of Green Building Policies Percent Using Public Library Percent of Registered To Vote Population Voting


New stakeholder indicators

32% percent of the stakeholders suggested new SIs

Suggested SIs:

race, ethnicity, culture and socio-economic issues

water consumption issues


Summary of Findings

Stakeholders selected:

25 SIs from a possible 58 CSD indicators (43%)

21 SIs from a possible 30 additional indicators (70%)


Recommendations for Future Study

Future research could: Consider aspects such as race, ethnicity, culture, age,

gender, religious beliefs, socio-economic status and sexual orientation

Utilize the workgroup practice

Identify and add additional sustainability indicators derived from those most frequently suggested by the stakeholders

QUESTIONS

Thank you for your attention

Questions and Comments

S U S T A I N A B I L I T Y

“IT’S EASY BEING GREEN”

Graham L. Twaddell

WORKSHOP OUTLINE

Define sustainable development

Benefits of sustainability

How to achieve sustainability

WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT?

Sustainable development, or sustainability, is the simple idea that, as human beings, we place a high value on our own quality of life and that of future generations.

WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT?

Sustainability can be visualized as a web of interconnected systems that work together to produce and enhance a sustainable world.

Key aspects of this web include:

S O C I A L

Employee Benefits, Health Care,

Community Involvement, Education…


E C O N O M I C

Production Costs, Profits vs Loss,

Compliance Costs,Sales…


E N V I R O N M E N T A L

Waste,

Energy Efficiency,

Environmental Degradation…


I N S T I T U T I O N A L

Disaster Preparedness and Response,

Safety Training,

Information Access…

The Pursuit of Sustainability

Economic

Environmental

Institutional Social

SUSTAINABILITY

The next generation matters as much as the next quarter…

In order for companies to maintain a competitive edge and ensure longevity they need to adopt a management system that addresses not only economic issues, but issues that address environmental, social, and institutional matters also.

Reasons to be Sustainable:

1. Limitless Longevity…Company survival: Sustainability is a rapidly growing key business concept. As other companies implement and practice sustainability, those that do not will simply fall behind and lose the ability to aggressively compete.


2. Smart Savings…Being clean and green will save your company money…e.g., less energy, less water, less waste, less clean up, less liability and exposure.

Plant Earth’s natural resources are finite…and thus costly!


3. Natural Neighborhood…For your kids and your community, enhancing you and your loved ones’ lives, as well as setting a moral and ethical example.


4. Recognition Rewards…Enhance market share, client and public relations, and company reputation.


5. Excel and Exceed…Going beyond compliance, by setting – and exceeding - industry standards, your company has a tangible impact on rival businesses.

Make your own reasons…

To be sustainable, our actions must reflect what is important to us; qualities such as clean air, clean water, health, security and prosperity.

Industry and Sustainability

As the world has become more industrialized, there have been increasing environmental pressures such as harmful emissions and waste, which have had global, regional or local impacts.


Global, regional or local impacts include: Local level - urban air pollution, contamination

of soils and rivers and land degradation; Regionally - acid rain and water contamination; Globally - climate change, ozone layer

depletion, loss of biodiversity, increased movement of hazardous waste and increased land-based marine pollution.


There is a mutually reinforcing relationship between social and industrial development.

Industrialization has the potential to promote, directly and indirectly, a variety of social objectives such as employment creation, poverty eradication, gender equality, labor standards, and greater access to education and health care.


In this regard, the overriding challenge is to promote the positive impacts while limiting or eliminating the negative impacts of industrial activities on social development.


The overriding task facing the industry today is to maximize the positive influence of industrial activities on economic and social development, while minimizing the negative impact of production and consumption on the environment.

ENVIROSURE Sustainability Audit

SOCIALMax

ValuePoints

Attained

Employee Salary 10

Employee Benefits 10

Healthful and Safe Working Environment 10

Health and Wellness Program 10

Volunteer in Community 10

Education Opportunities 10

Ride Share Program 10

Employee Salary Direct Deposit 10

TOTAL 80


ENVIRONMENTALMax

ValuePoints

Attained

Hazardous Material Inventory Service (HMIS) & Tier II 10

Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan 10

Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures Plan 10

Air Permits 10

Water Permits 10

Pollution Prevention (P2) Plan 10

Hazardous Waste Management 10

Landscaping 10

TOTAL 80


ECONOMICMax

ValuePoints

Attained

Percentage Profit 10

Energy Consumption 10

Water Consumption 10

Generation of Waste (municipal and hazardous) 10

Waste Recycling and Reuse 10

Inventory Control (Just In Time Ordering) 10

Electronic banking and mailing 10

Alliance of Sustainable Businesses 10

TOTAL 80


INSTITUTIONALMax

ValuePoints

Attained

Sustainable Development Strategy and Steering Committee 10

Disaster Preparedness and Response Plan 10

Employee Safety Training 10

Contractor Identification Pass and Safety Briefing 10

Community and Employee Access to Information 10

% of Employees Registered to Vote to Employees Voting 10

Employee Gender Equality 10

Employee and Community Cultural Awareness 10

TOTAL 80

WORKSHOP OUTLINE

Define sustainable development

Benefits of sustainability

How to achieve sustainability

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