Transcript The Federal Government: What We’re Doing to Promote EMS

Promoting Sustainability in
the Federal Government
Edwin Piñero
Federal Environmental Executive
www.ofee.gov
Environmental Management Workshop
March 8, 2005
Highlights
• We’ve made great progress getting here
• Lots of folks are working on
sustainability in the Federal government
• And we’ve got a big vision
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Federal Leadership
“[I]t is the continuing policy of the Federal
Government, in cooperation with State and
local governments, and other concerned
public and private organizations … to create
and maintain conditions under which man
and nature can exist in productive harmony,
and fulfill the social, economic, and other
requirements of present and future
generations of Americans.” NEPA, 1969
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“Sustainability” according to
OFEE
• Sustainable environmental stewardship
includes those concepts, strategies, tools,
practices, and approaches that lead to
environmental improvement in a manner that
is sustainable over time, considers the long
term effects as well as the shorter term, more
immediate effects, and that contributes
positively, even if indirectly, to the social and
economic condition.
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Over the last 30 years …
• Our economy grew 164%
• Our population grew 39%
• Our energy consumption increased 42%
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We’ve made incredible progress
• Key air pollutants have decreased 25%
• Toxic releases are down 48%
• Number of citizens who benefit from
modern wastewater treatment doubled
(86 million to 165 million)
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Incredible Progress
• Energy use has grown at 1/4 of
economic growth
• Renewable energy generation is up
30%
• Our health is improving – life
expectancy is a record 77.4 years
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Federal Government’s Progress
• Cut building energy intensity by 23%
• Cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2.8
million metric tons
• Tripled renewable energy purchases
• 125 Federal buildings are Energy Star
• Significant waste reduction and
recycling accomplishments
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… But Challenges Remain
So the Federal Government should:
• Lead by example
• Be a good steward
• Be a good neighbor
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So who’s working on
sustainability in the Federal
government?
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Office of the Federal
Environmental Executive
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Created by Executive Order in 1993
Reports to White House CEQ
Funded by EPA
Responsibilities & mission have grown
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What We Do
Mission: Promote sustainable environmental
stewardship throughout the Federal government
Strategic Tool: Environmental management
systems
Sustainable Practices:
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Waste prevention and recycling
Green purchasing
Green buildings
Electronics stewardship
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How We Do it
• Training and awareness
• Sharing success stories, lessons
learned, and best practices
• Measuring and reporting
• Facilitating dialogue
• Creating and expanding networks
• Liaison within the Administration
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What OFEE is Not
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A regulatory body
A rulemaking body
An enforcement body
A funding source
A legislative or lobbying entity
An EPA “office”
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Other Groups….
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Federal Network for Sustainability
ECOS-DOD Sustainability Work Group
Interagency Sustainability Work Group
Federal Green Building Council
Office of Science and Technology Policy
EPA Office of Sustainability (ORD)
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EPA’s P3 Strategy
• Beyond P2
• People, Prosperity, and Planet
• Student design competition
– www.epa.gov/p3
• Working to pull together various efforts
– www.epa.gov/sustainability
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State Department’s
Partnerships
• Link environmental stewardship, economic
growth, and social development to lift people
out of poverty
• $5 billion increase (3 years) in development
assistance
• $15 billion (5 years) to fight HIV/AIDS, TB and
malaria.
• More than 20 partnerships – from Congo
Basin Forests to Coral Reefs
• www.sdp.gov
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DOD’s Sustainable
Installations Program
• 8 bases
• Working with communities, setting 25year goals
• Zero waste, 100% renewable energy
• Army Sustainability Initiative
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Sustainability and EMS:
Connecting the vision, goal,
and strategy to get there
Current Condition
• We have existing operational framework
• We have existing performance goals
and metrics (Executive Orders, etc)
• We have been doing much in terms of
performance improvement (compliance,
community relations, stewardship)
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Factors for Consideration
So we have both:
• The need to manage our ongoing
activities in a more systematic way, and
• The need to continue to improve our
performance towards long term,
environmental stewardship
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EMS in Practice
• An Environmental Management system
is the management approach to
determining, prioritizing, implementing,
and improving upon those
environmental issues that will lead to
sustainable environmental stewardship.
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Why EMS in the Federal
Community?
• Support meeting agency missions and
Administration policy and commitments
• Realize environmental and cost benefits
• Use as a strategic planning and action tool
• Address compliance management concerns
• Framework to realize pollution prevention and
continual improvement
So therefore,
• Required by Executive Order
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EO 13148 (April 2000)
• Federal agencies to implement EMS at
appropriate facilities by 12/31/05
• Incorporate EMS into agency directives
and policies
• Does not mandate ISO 14001or third party
certification
• Interagency work group develops policy
and guidance
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Is this effort for real?
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Presidents Clinton and Bush support
CEQ/OMB April 1, 2002 letter
2003 OMB A-11 budget guidance
Many departments and agencies have issued
EMS directives – many also have policies
• Annual Report and Scorecards
• Expansion of EMS concepts, continued and
stronger Administration emphasis
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Challenges in Federal
Facility EMS Implementation
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Realize Connection to mission
Resources ($) and management support
Dealing with “political” issues
Scale of the effort
Multi-Tenant Facilities and contractors
Verifying the systems
Performance vs. conformance
Staff Turnover (including leadership)
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Where are we now?
• 250+ Federal facilities with an EMS
• 25 are certified to ISO 14001– many others
use 14001 as their foundation
• Hundreds of others are working on new EMS
• In 2003, >1,000 Federal personnel trained
• Developing/ sharing tools and case studies,
modules for integration
• Interagency Workgroup and OFEE issued
self-declaration protocol in September 2003
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Using EMS as the Framework for
Sustainability
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Health & Safety
Compliance
Security
Energy
NEPA (Adaptive Management)
Green Buildings
Green Purchasing (and EPP)
P2, Waste Prevention, and recycling
Electronics Stewardship
Real Property asset management (EO 13327)
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Other Federal EMS Efforts
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Help to maximize use of EMS (“modules”)
Partners for Environmental Performance
PMC Compliance Management Initiative
EPA- Innovation Action Council initiative to
test EMS performance
• EPA EMS support for Sectors Program
• US-Israel Project on integrating security
issues into an EMS
• MSWG and OFEE initiative to enhance
Federal EMSs by community input
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Some Interesting Efforts..
• GSA/DLA Battle Creek, MI pilot project
to integrate tenant/host agency EMSs
• Office Building EMS examples
• Innovative approaches to defining
“appropriate facilities” (TSA, FAA, GSA)
• EMS as a the foundation of National
Forest long term planning
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Federal EMS Opportunities
• Programmatic
– Enhance the environmental footprint of the
Federal Government
– Change Federal business practice to consider full
range of environmental issues (not just
compliance)
– Use EMS as framework or platform for ensuring
implementation and performance for policy
initiatives
– Use EMS to improve community relations
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Five Strategies for
Sustainability
1. Integrate our environmental work
2. Integrate environmental issues into
our mission
3. Integrate environmental issues across
jurisdictions
4. Integrate decisionmaking across time
5. Integrate sustainability into our lives
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