NJDEP-Compliance&Enforcement


Governor’s Environmental Excellence Awards (GEEA)
Planning & Sustainable Communities
River-Friendly Business Certification Program
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