August 18, 2004—For the first time, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is recognizing corporations for environmental leadership under the National Environmental Performance Track program. The new designation will recognize companies that have shown their commitment to Performance Track through multiple facilities memberships and have demonstrated environmental excellence such as reducing water, energy, and solid waste use. The benefits of joining may include linking the Performance Track Web site to each company’s environmental Web site and recognition of their environmental efforts.
To qualify, at least five of the company’s facilities must be Performance Track members, and 25 percent of the company’s operations must be Performance Track members and/or members of similar performance-based state programs. Selected companies designated as Performance Track Corporate Leaders will commit to improve their environmental performance and that of their suppliers and/or customers, and increase their level of membership in the current program to at least 50 percent of their US operations within five years of designation.
