To qualify as corporate leaders, companies must have a substantial number of facilities in Performance Track. Corporate leaders must also show a strong record of compliance with environmental regulations; robust corporate management of environmental issues; past and future commitments to environmental performance improvement; and public outreach and reporting on environmental achievements.
Based since 2000 on the participation of individual facilities, the Performance Track program currently has more than 350 members in 46 states and Puerto Rico. To date, EPA says that members have collectively reduced their water use by 1.3 billion gallons and their generation of solid waste by nearly 970,000 tons, increased their use of reused or recycled materials by nearly 77,000 tons, and reduced greenhouse gas emissions by the equivalent of 67,000 tons of carbon dioxide. Small, medium and large facilities in the major industries are represented, of which 40 percent are manufacturers of chemical, electronic and electrical and medical equipment. The public sector is also represented by members such as national defense installations, postal facilities and municipalities.
For more information, go to www.epa.gov.
