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 Partner
 Rising Steward
 Steward
Criteria
To
become a Rising Environmental Steward, an organization must
meet the following criteria:
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Not
be under any environmental criminal indictment or
conviction. DENR's
Internal Workgroup reviews and retains the right to
reject an applicant following a compliance review. Applicants will submit information on any
environmental violations or reportable non-compliance for
review on a case-by-case basis by the Advisory
Board and DENR's
Internal Workgroup. The Advisory Board will use the
program's significant
violations definition as a guideline.
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Demonstrate
commitment to meet and go beyond compliance.
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Set
site-specific measurable environmental performance goals
that must be adopted into the framework of the
environmental management system, include pollution
prevention or process efficiency improvement
activities and demonstrate a commitment to go beyond
compliance. Goals should demonstrate annual improvements
to performance, be appropriate to the nature, scale and
environmental impact of the organization and result in
reductions of an organization’s environmental impact.
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Demonstrate a mature, certified ISO14001 EMS or ESI Stewardship Plan. Organizations that do not have a certified ISO14001 EMS must be a member of the ESI at the Partner level and have an approved ESI Stewardship Plan prior to the opening of the ESI annual application period. DENR will provide or approve a verification team to determine if the applicant meets all the requirements identified on the ESI Stewardship Plan Checklist.
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Agree
to report
annually on progress toward the organization’s
environmental performance goals, reductions in
environmental emissions or discharges of releases, solid
and hazardous waste disposal, use of energy and water and
any reportable non-compliance events.
Benefits
DENR's
Division of Pollution Prevention & Environmental
Assistance will assist small businesses and local
government agencies with program application development.
Rising Environmental Stewards will be eligible for the
following:
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Technical assistance on maintaining and improving an EMS or Stewardship Plan, pollution prevention and "green" approaches, energy and water conservation, environmental management and treatment technologies, and maintaining compliance with local, state and federal regulations;
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Assistance on reaching Steward level criteria and
developing Steward application;
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Specialized training;
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Networking opportunities;
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Access to Environmental Steward mentors;
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Use of a Rising Steward program logo;
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Recognition of program participation and presentation
of award by DENR
Secretary;
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Coverage by U.S.
EPA and DENR
self-reporting policies;
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Single point of contact within DENR; and
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Other benefits as deemed appropriate by the
Secretary
based on recommendations from the Advisory Board.
Members
Apply to the ESI program!
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