NJDEP-Compliance&Enforcement


Governor’s Environmental Excellence Awards (GEEA)
Planning & Sustainable Communities
Sustainable Jersey

General Stewardship Links	EPA Parnership Programs
Annual Environmental Report	Green Building
Carbon Footprint	Hazardous Material Reduction
Employee Trip Reduction	Life Cycle Assessment
Energy Efficient Manufacturing Processes/Operations	Material Conservation
Energy Efficient Transportation	Mentoring
Environmental Enhancement	Outreach
Environmental Management Systems	Renewable Energy
Environmental Policy	Vendor/Supply Chain
Environmental Purchasing	Water Use

General Stewardship Links

Padosa-guidance for small businesses

http://www.padosa.com/

Annual Environmental Report

Global Reporting Initiative- G3 Sustainability Guidelines

http://www.globalreporting.org/ReportingFramework/G3Guidelines/

EPA Performance Track Annual Environmental Performance Report criteria

http://www.epa.gov/perftrac/program/report.htm

Ceres -Facility Reporting Project

http://www.ceres.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?pid=436&srcid=556

Carbon Footprint

The Carbon Neutral Company - Business Carbon Calculator

http://www.carbonneutral.com/business-carbon-calculator/index.asp

Climate Leaders - EPA Partnership Program

http://www.epa.gov/climateleaders/

Greenhouse Gas Protocol Initiative

http://www.ghgprotocol.org/

Carbon Disclosure Project

http://www.cdproject.net/

Employee Trip Reduction

General information - trip reduction programs

http://www.vtpi.org/tdm/tdm9.htm

NJDEP-Green Commuting in NJ

http://www.nj.gov/dep/baqp/green.html

Best Workplaces for Commuters-Commuter Benefit Briefs

http://www.bestworkplaces.org/employ/benefits.htm

Zipcar-Car Sharing for Business

http://www.zipcar.com/business/

7 Ways to Take Charge of Your Commute

http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tech-transport/reduce-commute-gas-expense.html

New Jersey Energy Master Plan - trip reduction strategies

http://nj.gov/emp/home/docs/pdf/121806commute.pdf

Trip Reduction Strategies-Employee Tracking Form

http://www.itd.idaho.gov/transporter/2008/062708_trans/062708_trackform.pdf

Employee Trip Reduction Resource Book

http://www.healthyairliving.com/business-community/downloads/employee-trip-reduction-handbook.pdf

Energy Efficient Manufacturing Processes/Operations

American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy

http://www.aceee.org/industry/index.htm

Energy Star web site

http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=about.ab_index

Making Your Plant More Energy Efficient - Industrial Energy Management

http://www.aiche.org/uploadedFiles/Energy_Website/Publications/051231_Energy_Efficiency_Rossiter.pdf

U.S. Department Of Energy Industrial Technologies Program

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/industry/program_areas/index.html

Energy Efficient Transportation

Consumer Energy Center - Alternative Fuel Vehicles

http://www.consumerenergycenter.org/transportation/afvs/index.html

U.S. Department of Energy - Vehicle Technologies Program

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/vehiclesandfuels/

U.S. Department of Energy - Alternative Fuels & Advanced Vehicles Data Center

http://www.afdc.energy.gov/afdc/

Environmental Enhancement

Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC)

http://www.wildlifehc.org/

Invasive Species

http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/

New Jersey Environmental Commissions

http://www.anjec.org/

Watershed Rehabilitation Program in New Jersey

http://www.nj.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/watersheds/rehabilitation.html

Environmental Management Systems

International Organization for Standardization - Environmental Management Systems

http://www.iso.org/iso/home.htm

Environmental Management Systems -An Implementation Guide for Small & Medium Size Organizations

http://www.epa.gov/OW-OWM.html/iso14001/ems2001final.pdf

Environmental Management Systems - EPA online tutorial (1 hour )

http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/inforesources/ems/ems-101/index.htm

Environmental Policy

Colorado State University-Writing Guide for an Environmental Policy Statement

http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/documents/policy/index.cfm

Business Environmental Alliance -Developing an Environmental Policy Statement

http://sonoma-county.org/bea/pdf/how-to_1.pdf

Envirowise - How to Write an Environmental Policy

http://www.envirowise.gov.uk/page.aspx?o=Ref012

Environmental Purchasing

EPA Environmentally Preferable Purchasing website

http://www.epa.gov/epp/

EPA Report - Integrating Green Purchasing into Your Environmental Management System

http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/epp/pubs/grn-pur/green-pur-ems1a3a.pdf

EPA Parnership Programs

Summary of EPA Voluntary Programs

http://www.nj.gov/dep/enforcement/stewardship/EPAVoluntaryPrograms.pdf

EPA Partnership Programs

http://www.epa.gov/partners/programs/index.htm#ag

EPA Parnership Programs website

http://www.epa.gov/partners/

Green Building

U S Green Building Council

http://www.usgbc.org/

LEED

http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CategoryID=19

Green Building Initiative - US Green Globes System

http://www.thegbi.org/home.asp

Natural Resources Defense Council Greener by Design: NRDC's Santa Monica Office (Platinum LEED certification)

http://www.nrdc.org/cities/building/smoffice/intro.asp

Green roofs

http://www.greenroofs.org/

Energy Star Buildings and Plants

http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=new_bldg_design.new_bldg_design

Hazardous Material Reduction

EPA - Hazardous Wastes

http://www.epa.gov/osw/hazard/index.htm

University of Washington, Environmental Health and Safety - Hazardous Waste Minimization

http://www.ehs.washington.edu/epohazreduce/index.shtm

Guidance on Inherently Safer Technology

http://www.state.nj.us/dep/rpp/brp/security/downloads/Inherently%20Safer%20Technology%20Guidance%201-12-05.pdf

Life Cycle Assessment

http://www.epa.gov/ORD/NRMRL/std/sab/lca/

Life Cycle Assessment: Principals & Practice

http://www.epa.gov/ORD/NRMRL/lcaccess/pdfs/600r06060.pdf

Life Cycle and Resource Management

http://www.unep.fr/scp/lifecycle/

Environmental Mentoring

http://www.neefusa.org/pdf/envmentorbco.pdf

National Environmental Education Foundation

http://www.neefusa.org/pdf/ICEMconf1.pdf

Material Conservation

EPA Waste Exchange Information

http://www.epa.gov/jtr/comm/exchange.htm

EPA list of Waste Exchanges in NJ

http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/conserve/tools/exchstat.htm#nj

EPA WasteWise Program

http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/partnerships/wastewise/index.htm

Recycling in New Jersey

http://www.nj.gov/dep/dshw/recycling/

Association of New Jersey Recyclers

http://www.anjr.com/

Mentoring

Tips for Successful Enviromental Mentoring

http://www.greenbiz.com/research/report/2001/09/11/tips-successful-environmental-mentoring

Outreach

Michigan DEQ - Environmental Activity Ideas

http://www.deq.state.mi.us/documents/deq-ess-nep-envactivities.pdf

United Nations Environment Programme - Business and
Corporate Social Responsibility

http://www.uneptie.org/scp/business

Environmental Outreach and Stewardship Alliance

http://www.eosalliance.org/

Renewable Energy

RETScreen Clean Energy Project Analysis Software

http://www.retscreen.net/ang/home.php

Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency

http://www.dsireusa.org/

US Department of Energy National Renewable Energy Laboratory

http://www.nrel.gov/

New Jersey's Clean Energy Program - Renewable Energy web page

http://www.njcep.com/

Vendor / Supply Chain

Business of Design Online: How to Find Green Vendors

http://www.businessofdesignonline.com/how-to-find-green-vendors/

EPA - The Lean and Green Supply Chain: A Practical Guide for Materials Managers to Reduce Costs and Improve Environmental Performance

http://www.epa.gov/oppt/library/pubs/archive/acct-archive/pubs/lean.pdf

Water Use

EPA WaterSense Program

http://www.epa.gov/watersense/

Water Footprint

http://www.waterfootprint.org/?page=files/home

Water Efficiency

http://www.envirowise.gov.uk/uk/Water.html