Environmental Excellence Program

What is it?

Standardized System

The city must use a standardized program to ensure regulatory compliance due to:
  • The size of the organization and number of city employees
  • The diversity of operations the city performs on a daily basis
  • The complexity of applicable regulations

Legal Obligations

The Environmental Excellence Program ("E2") serves as a framework to ensure the city meets all legal obligations pertaining to the environment through:
  • Policies and procedures
  • Tools and guidance
  • Continual improvement of the system through regular assessments and updates of city operations and applicable regulations

System Benefits

Benefits of E2 include:
  • Providing added confidence that the city is complying with all applicable regulations
  • Ensuring awareness and competency at all levels of the organization
  • Creating a foundation for tracking performance and evaluating related programs, policies and operations