1. Measuring Environmental Performance A Survey Overview EFCOG – Environmental ISM WG Judy McLemore Washington Group International Washington Regulatory and Environmental Services Judy McLemore Washington Group International Washington Regulatory and Environmental Services

2. 2 Why A Survey? u Collect information on environmental performance metrics used by EFCOG member companies  Emphasize leading metrics  Identify other metrics as well  Determine how are metrics used  Quantify frequency of measuring/reporting u Supplement EFCOG performance analysis task group's information on current state of environmental metrics u What can we learn from analyzing the data?

3. 3 What was requested? u Key environmental measures / metrics used by sites u Frequency u Leading measures or indicators u Use Site:Date:Submitted By: Email Address: What is the Measure (including units) Include definition & why measure was selected? MediaFrequency Measured (daily, monthly, etc.) Reported - To Whom & Frequency Measure is collected to monitor Is this a leading indicator ? Describe how indicator data is used? Impacts √ EMS Effectiveness √

4. 4 Survey Responses u Nine sites u One hundred twenty five measures u Average of fourteen per site

5. 5 What do we measure? Fifty eight are measures related to environmental media EMS effectiveness and impacts categories determined by sites

6. 6 What do we measure ? EMS EffectivenessImpactsExamplesEMSP2  Sample Management Percentage   Mobil Sources Emissions   Emergency Sampling Requests   Develop energy and fuel conservation plan 

7. 7 Good Environmental Performance Metrics Will u Demonstrate progress toward goals u Be linked to corporate objectives u Improve company performance u Motivate changes in behavior u High quality, consistent and accurate u Relatively easy to collect at a reasonable cost u Clearly stated and understood u Focus on materials, energy, water, waste, emissions Based on benchmarking by Global Environmental Management Initiative http://www.gemi.org/http://www.gemi.org/

8. 8 Demonstrate Progress Toward Goals Survey examples: EMS target to reduce mobile source emissions by 10% by the end of 2008 versus 2004 baseline. Maintain an internal RCRA violation rate of <2% of inspections not meeting criteria. Increase total materials recycled / total materials generated Environmental Release Severity Index – Target 0.3 Increase the percentage of environmentally preferred products purchased “Thirty-five percent of our indicators measure progress toward internal objectives.”

9. 9 Linked to “Corporate” Objectives All support one or more of DOE’s environmental protection goals u Waste prevention u Reduction of environmental releases u Environmentally preferable purchasing u Environmental stewardship in program planning and operational design u Post Consumer Materials Recycling

10. 10 Measure to Improve Performance u Leading measure environmental practices or operations that are expected to lead to improved performance. u Lagging measure results of environmental practices or operations currently in place

11. 11 Measure to Improve Performance LeadingLagging Measure:Process InputEnd-of-Process or Output Approach: Strength: Weakness: Quantitative or Qualitative Quantitative Reflect Current or Future Rather than Past Performance Easy to Quantify and Understand Often Difficult to Quantify and Evaluate Root Causes Not Identified Examples: Toxic Materials Eliminated Tons of High Sulfur Coal Criteria Air Pollutants Enforcement Actions, Fines

12. 12 Manufacturing Maintenance & Repair Infrastructure Support Storage Testing Training & Fielding Transportation Demilitarization Administration & Housing Measure to Improve Performance Air Emissions Water Discharges Solid Wastes Hazardous Wastes Hazardous Raw Materials Non-Hazardous Raw Materials Energy Resources Water Resources Pollution Prevention Emphasis End-of-Pipe Emphasis Leading IndicatorsLagging Indicators Output Input Processes Framework

13. 13 Improving Performance / Changing Behaviors Most companies use leading indicators but there is no consensus on them across industry Two of the greatest barriers in using leading indicators are finding the right mix and not adding extra collection / reporting burden.

14. 14 We mostly use…. Survey Examples - Qualitative u Recommend environmental language to incorporate into contract specifications for FY 07 contracts u Evaluate fresh water usage and develop water use profile u Materials Management - improve management and disposition of excess materials and equipment and improve implementation of vacating space requirements Qualitative Quantitative

15. 15 A few use EPI’s! Environmental Performance Indice - a score representing an aggregation of environmental performance benchmarked against a baseline. – Environmental Index Washington Closure – Hanford Weighting Score 1 - Air Compliance (AC) calibrations complete / total required 0.25 Score 2 - SPCC Compliance plans in compliance vs. plans reviewed 0.25 Score 3 - Ecological and Cultural Clearances permits/clearances implemented correctly vs. permits/clearances initiated 0.25 Score 4 - Sample Management0.25 Ideal Score = 1

16. 16 Other EPI’s used u Environmental Release Severity Index u Environmental Document Timeliness Index u Regulatory Inspection Index u Environmental Document Quality Index

17. 17 How about ECI’s? Environmental Condition Indicators measurement of a quantity or property of a component of the environment (e.g. contaminant concentrations in air, water, groundwater, soil, changes in crop yield or species population size). Only one reported in survey Wildlife Species Richness

18. 18 Who receives the metrics and how often?

19. 19 Normalization u Can make measures more useful for comparison over space / time u Common factors for normalizing are man - hours, units of production, revenue u Nineteen of our measures have been normalized  Per employee  Per capita  Calibrations completed vs. required  Samples meeting requirements vs. reviewed

20. 20 Is there a "right" number of measures ? Our average - 14 per site GEMI Benchmarking - 7 per company u One size does not fit all u More is not necessarily better u Managers say greatest barriers to change are  keeping metrics to a few critical, meaningful measures and  reaching agreement on the most important ones to track, record and report

21. 21 Opportunities u Develop a shared, common understanding of “leading” indicators and how to better identify and use them. u Evaluate site's indicators, are they "good" indicators?  meaningful few (14 / site vs. 7 / company)  material to our operation  drive performance improvements/behavior changes  normalize to make indicators more useful, particularly where scopes change (expand, contract) routinely. u Learn more about using EPI’s  Hanford - Washington Closure  Idaho Completion Project

22. 22 Background

23. 23 Resources u Global Environmental Management Initiative (GEMI)  Benchmarking Survey – Sustainable Development Metrics (January, 2005)  Survey – EHS Metrics and Processes (January, 2003)  Measuring Environmental Performance: A Primer and Survey of Metrics in Use (1998) u Environmental Performance Indicators, Presentation by Maureen Sullivan, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Environmental Security)