>>WELCOME
TO THE FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL
SYMPOSIUM SUSTAINABILITY TRACK,
MY NAME IS MORGAN EVERETT, I'LL
BE SERVING AS YOUR TRACK
FACILITATOR ACCIDENT YOU'LL BE
HEARING MY VOICE THROUGHOUT THE
DAY.
WE HAVE A PACKED SCHEDULE FOR
TODAY AND A GREAT LINEUP OF
SPEAKERS.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY WITH US
FOR THE ENTIRE DAY OR JUMP
BETWEEN TRACKS FOR OTHER
SESSIONS YOU MAY BE INTERESTED
IN.
WEBINAR LOGISTICS.
DUE TO THE LARGE NUMBER OF
ATTENDEES TODAY YOU WILL NOT BE
ABLE TO UNMUTE YOURSELVES.
IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THE EVENT,
PLEASE CLICK ON THE SEND LIVE
SPEED FEEDBACK BUTTON, A POPOUT
BOX SHOULD APPEAR ON YOUR SCREEN
AND YOU CAN TYPE IN YOUR
QUESTIONS THERE.
WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO SEND YOUR
QUESTIONS AT ANY TIME DURING THE
PRESENTATION AND THE PRESENTERS
AND MODERATORS WILL ANSWER AS
MANY AS THEY CAN AT THE END OF
THEIR SESSION.
IF THE PRESENTERS HAVE GIVEN
THEIR PERMISSION TO MAKE THE
SLIDES AVAILABLE YOU CAN
DOWNLOAD THEM ON FED SERNLTD
UNDER 2022
PRESENTATIONS/PROCEEDINGS TAB.
LET'S GET STARTED.
I'LL PASS IT OFF TO THE FIRST
SESSION OF THE DAY APPROXIMATE
ENTITLED VARYING APPROACHES TO
SUSTAINABILITY, FBI, STATE
DEPARTMENT, USPS, TAKE IT AWAY,
GUYS.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS MARK PITUCH FROM THE
STATE DEPARTMENT.
WELCOME TO THIS PANEL ON VARYING
APPROACHES TO SUSTAINABILITY,
WHERE WE WILL HEAR FROM
REPRESENTATIVES AT THE FBI ON
ITS MULTIFACETED APPROACH
TOWARDS FLEET ELECTRIFICATION
AND SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS,
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICES
BLUE EARTH PROGRAM WHICH
OFFERINGS EXPHAILG RECYCLING
SERVICES AND FINALLY THE STATE
DEPARTMENT'S USE OF DIPLOMACY TO -- ECO AR E DIPLOMACY,
BUILDING CAPACITY TO RESPOND TO
THE CLIMATE CRISIS.
AS ALWAYS, WE HOPE THAT OUR
REMARKS AND DISCUSSION WILL
SPARK BETTER ENGAGEMENT AND
DIALOGUE WITH OUR FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT COLLEAGUES IN THE
AUDIENCE TODAY.
WE ASK THAT ALL OF YOU PLEASE
SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS PER THE
INSTRUCTIONS THAT WERE JUST
GIVEN, AND AFTER INTRODUCTIONS,
WE'LL START WITH THE
PRESENTATIONS FROM THE THREE
AGENCIES REPRESENTED TODAY AND
THEN CONCLUDE WITH THE QUESTIONS
FROM THE AUDIENCE.
TO KICK US OFF, I'LL ASK ALL OF
OUR PRESENTERS TO PLEASE
INTRODUCE THEMSELVES, AND I'LL
GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
MY NAME IS MARK PITUCH AND I
SERVE ON THE STATE DEPARTMENT'S
SUSTAINABILITY TEAM, WHICH WE
CALL OUR GREENING DIPLOMACY
INITIATIVE.
PRIOR TO THIS ROLE, I WORKED IN
THE STATE'S BUREAU OF ENERGY
RESOURCES AND SERVED ABROAD IN
PAKISTAN AND PHILIPPINES.
WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO
COLLEAGUES FROM THE FEDERAL
BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
I CAN KICK US OFF.
HI, EVERYONE, MY NAME IS BROOKE
SIEGEL, I AM THE SUSTAINABILITY
PROGRAM MANAGER WITH THE FBI.
PRIOR TO JOINING THE FBI, I WAS
WITH THE DC DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
AND ENVIRONMENT, WORKING IN
THEIR AFFORDABILITY AND
EFFICIENCY DIVISION.
I'LL PASS IT OVER TO DARCY
SHARP.
>> Darcy Sharp: GOOD MORNING,
EVERYONE.
I'M DARCY SHARP.
I'M THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE
PROGRAM MANAGER HERE AT THE FBI,
AND BEFORE THAT, I WORKED IN THE
GENERAL COUNSEL'S OFFICE FOR THE
U.S. GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL.
AND I WILL HAND IT OVER TO RON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> Ronald Robbins: GOOD MORNING,
EVERYBODY, I'M RON ROBBINS FROM
THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE.
I WORK FOR CORPORATE
SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES
OFFICE IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL
AFFAIRS AND CORPORATE
SUSTAINABILITY HEADQUARTERS
DEPARTMENT.
I'VE BEEN WORKING AT THE POSTAL
SERVICE FOR 30 YEARS WORKING ON
DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
PROGRAMS, AND I'M GOING TO SPEAK
TO YOU TODAY ABOUT OUR SUITE OF
BLUE EARTH SERVICES THAT ARE
AVAILABLE TO FEDERAL AGENCIES TO
HELP YOU MEET YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL
GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND ALSO TO
COMPLY WITH THE RECENT EXECUTIVE
ORDER ISSUED BY THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION.
>> Mark Pituch: THANK YOU, RON.
OUR FIRST PRESENTATION TODAY
WILL BE FROM DARCY AND BROOKE
FROM THE FBI.
SO I WILL LET YOU GUYS TAKE IT
AWAY.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
IF YOU WOULD JUST DISWRUMP ON
THE NEXT SLIDE, I CAN START US
OFF -- DISWROWMP THE NEXT SLIDE.
THANK YOU.
I WANTED TO START US OFF BY
ORIENT YOU ABOUT FBI'S
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM.
FBI HAS A BROAD SUSTAINABILITY
AND ENERGY PROGRAM MANAGED OUT
OF OUR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS UNIT
WHICH FALLS UNDER OUR FINANCE
AND FACILITY DIVISION.
SO OUR TEAM IS COME PRIZED OF
MYSELF, THE SUSTAINABILITY
PROGRAM MANAGER, DARCY SHARP WHO
YOU JUST HEARD FROM AND WILL
HEAR FROM LATER IN THE
PRESENTATION, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL
COMPLIANCE PROGRAM MANAGER AS
WELL AS AN ENERGY PROGRAM
MANAGER.
SO THE FBI HAS 56 FIELD OFFICES
IN MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREAS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH THE
LARGE MORTD BEING LEASED
FACILITIES.
AS SUCH, OUR ENERGY AND
SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAMS LARGELY
FOCUS ON OUR OWNED AND OPERATED
FACILITIES.
WE OFTEN REFER TO THESE AS OUR
BIG SIX FACILITIES.
THIS INCLUDES J. EDGAR HOOVER
BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN WASHINGTON,
D.C., CAMPUSES IN QUANTICO AND
RED STONE ARSENAL IN HUNTSVILLE,
ALABAMA, A FACILITY IN VIRGINIA
AND WEST VIRGINIA AS WELL AS IN
POCATELLO, IDAHO.
IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE.
TODAY WE'LL GIVE YOU A SNAPSHOT
OF TWO PROGRAMS, HIGH
PERFORMANCE SUSTAINABLE
BUILDINGS PROGRAM AND OUR
ELECTRIC VEHICLE PROGRAM.
IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE'LL TALK
TO YOU ABOUT TODAY OUR TEAM ALSO
FOCUSES ON ENERGY AND WATER
CONSERVATION, CLIMATE ADAPTATION
AND RESILIENCE, WASTE DIVERSION,
SUSTAINABLE ACQUISITION AND A
HOST OF OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL
COMPLIANCE AREAS, SO WHILE THESE
TWO PROGRAMS HAVE TAKEN UP MUCH
OF DARCY AND I'S TIME IN THE
LAST COUPLE MONTHS, THEY
CERTAINLY AREN'T THE FBI'S
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS ONLY
FOCUS AREAS.
SO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
BEFORE JUMPING INTO FBI'S
UPDATED APPROACH TO COMPLYING
WITH THE 2020 GUIDING PRINCIPLES
FOR SUSTAINABLE FEDERAL
BUILDINGS, SOME GROUNDING.
WE HAVE 56 FIELD OFFICES AND SIX
OWNED AND OPERATED FACILITIES.
OF OUR OWNED AND OPERATED
BUILDING PORTFOLIO, 17 PERCENT
CURRENTLY MEET THE GUIDING
PRINCIPLES, AND AS YOU CAN SEE
ON THE RIGHT WE'RE CURRENTLY
TRACKING 23 NEW CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS AND ONE EXISTING
BUILDING PROJECT TOWARDS
COMPLIANCE.
THIS IS A REALLY EXCITING TIME
AT THE FBI BECAUSE OUR BUILDING
PORTFOLIO HAS DRASTICALLY
CHANGED FROM EVEN JUST THE LAST
TEN YEARS.
WE'RE DEALING WITH AN AGING
BUILDING STOCK WHILE
SIMULTANEOUSLY BUILDING A NEW
STATE OF THE ART CAMPUS AT RED
STONE FACILITIES IN HUNGTSVILLE
ALABAMA ARE -- HUNTSVILLE,
ALABAMA.
IT'S A RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR FBI
TO GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME
AROUND SO WE HARP ON THE FACT
THAT 21ST CENTURY CAMPUS WILL
REQUIRE A 21ST CENTURY
SUSTAINABILITY POSTURE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEESSMENTS OKAY.
H. PLEASE.
EXCITING STUFF.
FBI'S APPROACH TO COMPLYING WITH
GUIDING PRINCIPLES.
I WON'T BE GOING INTO THE
SPEFNTION ABOUT WHAT THE GUIDING
PRINCIPLES ARE OR WHAT THE U.S.
GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL LEADS
CERTIFICATE S A COUPLE PANELS
HAVE ALREADY GONE INTO DETAIL
ABOUT THESE BUILDING
CERTIFICATES SO I ENCOURAGE YOU
TO CHECK THEM OUT IF YOU'RE NOT
FAMILIAR WITH THEM LMPLET SO --
ALREADY.
WE RECENTLY UPDATED OUR PROCESS
WITH THE INTENTION OF
SIMPLIFYING AND STREAMLINING
COMPLIANCE.
UNDER THE NEW APPROACH, ALL NEW
CONSTRUCTION AND MODERNIZATION
PROJECTS OVER 10,000 GROSS
SQUARE FEET MUST NOW ACHIEVE A
LEAD SILVER CERTIFICATION.
TO ENSURE WE'RE ALSO MEETING ALL
THE STATUTORY AND FBI SPECIFIC
REQUIREMENTS WE'VE IDENTIFIED
MANDATORY LEAD CREDITS THAT THE
PROJECT TEAM MUST OBTAIN IN
ORDER TO MEET THE GUIDING
PRINCIPLES.
AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE BUILDING A
NEW BUILDING AT THE FBI IS NO
SMALL FEAT AND THERE'S OF COURSE
MANY SECURITY REQUIREMENTS WHICH
CERTAINLY TAKE PRIORITY BUT WE
DO PRY TO PUSH OUR PROJECT TEAMS
AT THESE FACILITIES TO MAKE THEM
AS SUSTAINABLE AS POSSIBLE WHILE
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT SOME
FACILITIES MAY NOT BE ABLE TO
MEET ALL OF OUR REQUIREMENTS SO
I TRY AND WORK WITH OUR PROJECT
TEAMS AND ARCHITECTS TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE REQUIREMENTS WE'RE
PUTTING IN MAKE SENSE FOR THAT
SPECIFIC BUILDING.
WE'RE EXCITED FOR USING
STREAMLINE PROCESS FOR USING
LEID AS PRINCIPLES, WE SEE IT AS
ARE -- ALSO ENCOURAGES
COMPETITIVE PROJECT BUILDING AND
INCREASES LIKELIHOOD OF
ACHIEVING FEDERAL BUILDING --
SUSTAINABLE FEDERAL BUILDING
STATUS.
UNDER PREVIOUS APPROACH WE WERE
HAVING PROJECT TEAMS TRACK
GUIDING PRINCIPLES COMPLIANCE
SIMULTANEOUSING RS WHILE
TRACKING LEAD IF GOING TOWARDS
LEAD AND FOUND PROJECT TEAMS
WERE FAMILIAR WITH THE GUIDING
PRINCIPLES REQUIREMENTS OR WHAT
THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES WERE
REALLY SO THE HOPE IS BY USING
LEAD AS A PROXY, LEAD IS
CERTAINLY A CERTIFICATE THAT
MANY PROJECT TEAMS ARE FAMILIAR
WITH SO WE'LL INCREASE THE
LYINGLY HOOD OF ACHIEVING
FEDERAL SUSTAINABLE BUILDING
STATUS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THIS IS A SCREENSHOT OF THE
CHECKLIST INCLUDED IN OUR
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN AND
CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATION THAT
ALL OF OUR NEW CONSTRUCTION AND
MODERNIZATION PROJECTS OVER
10,000 GROSS SQUARE FEET MUST
FOLLOW.
THE CHECKLIST IDENTIFIES THE
MANDATORY AND PREFERRED CREDITS,
SO IF YOU WANT TO KEEP SCROLLING
I THINK THE NEXT TWO SLIDES ARE
ALSO JUST MORE OF THIS
CHECKLIST.
IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT
ONE, PERFECT.
OH, YOU CAN GO ONE BACK.
THANK YOU.
AT THE CONCLUSION.
PROJECT WE ASK THAT THE PROJECT
TEAMS SUBMIT THIS COMPLETED
CHECKLIST SHOWING THAT THEY MET
THE MANDATORY CREDITS AND IT DID
IN FACT ACHIEVE LEED SILVER.
THIS IS OUR UPDATED APPROACH TO
THE 2020 GUIDING PRINCIPLES
COMPLIANCE, WE JUST ROLLED IT
OUT THIS PAST DECEMBER SO WE'RE
REALLY EAGER TO SEE HOW IT PLAYS
OUT IN THE REAL WORLD.
NEXT SLIDE.
I'LL PASS IT OVER TO DARCY
SHARP, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL
COMPLIANCE AND EVSV ARE PROGRAM
MANAGERS TO DISCUSS ELECTRIC
VEHICLES AT THE FBI.
>> Darcy Sharp: THANK YOU SO
MUCH, BROOKE.
SO OUR PROGRAM HERE AT THE FBI
ACTUALLY STARTED WITH A CONCERN
ABOUT PERSONALLY OWNED VEHICLES.
IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT
SLIDE, PLEASE.
THANK YOU.
SO IT ALL STARTED WITH A SURVEY
SENT OUT TO ALL BUREAU EMPLOYEES
IN OCTOBER OF 2018 JUST TO GAUGE
INTEREST IN PUTTING IN WORKPLACE
CHARGING STATIONS FOR THEIR
PERSONALLY OWNED VEHICLES AND WE
GOT A VERY WARM RESPONSE TO OUR
SURVEY QUESTIONS AND BY THE END
OF 2019 WE HAD MULTIPLE CHARGING
STATIONS WAT OUR MOST
REACCEPT --S AT OUR MOST
RECEPTIVE FACILITIES, THESE WERE
PRIMARILY FOR PERSONALLY OWNED
VEHICLES, AND WE REQUIRE FOR THE
POV SPECIFIC CHARGING STATIONS
THAT THE USE OF CHARGE POINT
STATIONS AND ASSOCIATED DATA
PACKAGES AND WHATEVER CURRENT
BPA IS IN PLACE THROUGH GSA,
JUST TO REALLY STREAMLINE THAT
EXPROSES MAKE IT EASIER FOR ALL
OF OUR FACILITIES THAT ARE
INTERESTED.
NEXT SLIDE MPLET EXECUTIVE ORDER
04157 WAS ISSUED AND WE HAD TO
TRANSITION FROM PRIMARILY
PERSONALLY OWNED VEHICLE
INTEREST TO FLEET
ELECTRIFICATION.
FIRST THING WE DID WAS SEND OUT
A DATA CALL TO ALL OUR OWNED AND
OPERATED FACILITIES, THE BIG SIX
BROOKE WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER
AND ASKED THEM TO COMPILE EV
WISH LISTS SO WHAT WOULD THEY
GET IF THEY HAD AN UNLIMITED POT
OF MONEY?
WE CAN ALL WISH, RIGHT?
THEN WE DEVELOPED OUR STRATEGY
FROM THAT AND IT WAS DECIDED TO
START OUR PILOT AND MOVING
TOWARD ELECTRIFICATION WITH
CAMPUS OR ADMINISTRATIVE
VEHICLES, THINGS LIKE DELIVERY
VANS OR IS HE DANS USED ON OUR
CAMPUSES AND IT WAS DECIDED TO
PUT OPERATIONAL VEHICLES IN A
LATER WAVE OF DEPLOYMENT BECAUSE
LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES GET A
LOT OF EXTREMELY VARIED USE AND
WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE
SURE THAT OUR MISSION WAS NOT
INTERRUPTED IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR
FORM WITH THE ELECTRIFICATION
TRANSITION.
IT WAS ALSO IMPORTANT WITH SUCH
A LARGE ORGANIZATION THAT WE
COULD BRING ALL OF OUR IDEAS AND
OUR KEY PLAYERS TOGETHER IN A
WAY THAT WAS PRODUCTIVE AND
COHESIVE.
NEXT WE ESTABLISHED A WORKING
GROUP IN JANUARY OF 2022, THE
WORKING GROUP IS COME PRIEMSED
OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM MANY --
COMPRISED OF REPRESENTATIVES
FROM MANY MANY DIFFERENT
DIVISIONS, FLEELT, FINANCE,
OPERATIONAL SIDE, SECURITY SIDE
BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE IN --
THERE'S ALWAYS SECURITY
CONSIDERATIONS TO BE TAKEN INTO
ACCOUNT AS WELL AS THE
INDIVIDUAL FACILITIES WE WERE
HOPING TO INSTALL THE
INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE VEHICLES
AND THEN THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE
USING BOTH THE CHARGING STATIONS
AND THEN THE VEHICLES
THEMSELVES, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE
COULD GET A THOROUGH LOOK OF WHO
ALL WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THIS
TRANSITION.
THIS ALLOWS US TO HAVE A TOP
DOWN APPROACH AS WELL AS A
BOTTOM UP APPROACH TO TACKLING
FLEETD EE -- FLEET
ELECTRIFICATION AND MAKE SURE
THAT EVERYONE GETS THE BENEFIT
OF EVERYONE ELSE'S EXPERTISE, SO
WE HAVE A MONTHLY FORM FOR
DISCUSSION WHERE PEOPLE CAN
RAISE THEIR CONCERNS, THEIR
CHALLENGES THEY'RE FACING AND
THEIR SUCCESS SO WE CAN ALL
LEARN FROM EACH OTHER AS THE
PROCESS IS GOING ON AND IT ALSO
HELPS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE
KNOWS THE CORRECTED POINT OF
CONTACT FOR OUR VARIOUS
DIFFERENT PROJECTS INVOLVED IN
THIS PROCESS.
THAT'S BEEN AN EXTRAORDINARILY
HELPFUL THING WE'VE DONE.
WE'VE GOTTEN SOME INCREDIBLE
RANGE OF PERSPECTIVES AND SOME
IDEAS THAT HAVE BEEN GENERATED
ON HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS
PROCESS IS COMPLETED EFFECTIVELY
AND COHESIVELY.
ONE OTHER THING THAT'S IN THIS
WORKING GROUP IS WE HAVE AN
ACTION PLAN.
SO ALL OF THE GOALS OF ALL OF
THE MEMBERS OR GROUPS WITHIN THE
WORKING GROUP ARE PUT TOGETHER
IN ONE CENTRALIZED PLACE WITH
THE CORRECT POINT OF CONTACT AND
STATUS, AND THIS ALLOWS ANYONE
WHO HAS A QUESTION ABOUT
SOMETHING THAT'S GOING ON AT ONE
LOCATION OR ANOTHER OR AN ASPECT
OF THE PROJECTS TO KNOW WHO TO
CONTACT AND IT LETS EVERYONE BE
BETTER INFORMED AS WE TACKLE
THIS ENORMOUS GOAL.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO WE WOULD LOVE TO GET YOUR
QUESTIONS.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM
YOU.
IF YOU COULD PLEASE HOLD THEM
UNTIL THE END, AS MENTIONED
EARLIER, TO MAKE SURE THAT
EVERYONE HAS THE ABILITY TO
DELIVER THEIR INFORMATION.
THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT STUFF
COMING IN THIS PANEL, SO WITH
THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER
TO RON FROM USPS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> Ronald Robbins: ALL RIGHT.
GREAT.
SO I WANT TO TALK TO YOU TODAY
ABOUT OUR SUITE OF BLUEEARTH
MAILER SERVICES THAT WE HAVE
AVAILABLE TO FEDERAL AGENCIES
THAT CAN HELP YOU REDUCE YOUR
CARBON FOR THE PRINT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND SAVE
SOME MONEY ALONG THE WAY.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE, THE
POSTAL SERVICE IS QUITE LARGE.
WE HAVE OVER 34,000 FACILITIES,
WE DELIVER OVER 129 BILLION
PIECES OF MAIL EACH YEAR.
BUT SEPARATE FROM ALL OF THESE
FACTS, WHAT I WANT TO POINT YOUR
ATTENTION TO FOR TODAY IS THAT
WE OFFER A SUITE OF
SUSTAINABILITY MAILER SERVICES
TO OUR CUSTOMERS FOR NO
ADDITIONAL COST UNDER OUR BLUE
EARTH BRAND.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THOSE PROGRAMS WE HAVE AVAILABLE
TODAY INCLUDE OUR BLUE EARTH
SECURE DESTRUCTION MAIL SERVICE
OPTION PROGRAM.
WE HAVE OUR BLUE EARTH CARBON
ACCOUNTING TOOLKIT AND REPORTING
SERVICE FOR OUR MAILERS, AND
THEN WE HAVE OUR BLUE EARTH
FEDERAL RECYCLING PROGRAM WHERE
YOU CAN RECYCLE USING U.S.
MAILT.
NEXT SLIDE -- U.S. MAIL.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO FIRST, LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT
OUR SECURE DESTRUCTION PROGRAM.
NEXT SLIDE.
SO WHAT IS SECURE DESTRUCTION
MAIL SERVICE?
THE POSTAL SERVICE HAS A SECURE
DESTRUCTION MAIL SERVICE THAT
USES STATE OF THE ART MAIL
PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY, WHERE
USING INNOVATIVE, THIS
INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY, WE'VE
BEEN ABLE TO INTERCEPT MAIL
THAT'S UNDELIVERABLE AND THEN
DESTROY IT TO INTERNATIONAL AND
NATIONAL STANDARDS, AND IT'S
APPLICABLE TO FIRST CLASS
LETTERS AND FLATS.
ONCE THE PROCESS IS COMPLETED,
AND THIS WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT
PART WHEN WE DEVELOPED THIS
PROGRAM S WE ALSO CREATE
INDIVIDUAL RECORDS FOR EACH
PIECE OF MAIL THAT'S SECURELY
DESTROYED SO THAT WE CAN GIVE
THAT BACK TO OUR CUSTOMERS SO
THEY CAN HAVE PROOF THAT THAT
INFORMATION WAS SECURELY
HANDLED.
AGAIN, IT ONLY APPLIES TO FIRST
CLASS MAIL BECAUSE THAT'S THE
POSTAL SERVICE'S PROTECTED CLASS
OF MAIL.
IT PERFORMED ENTIRELY IN-HOUSE
BY POSTAL EMPLOYEES AT THE
POSTAL FACILITY, AND THIS ADD-ON
SERVICE IS PROVIDED TO OUR
MAILERS, OUR CUSTOMERS FOR NO
ADDITIONAL FEE.
NEXT SLIDE.
SO WHY WOULD THE POSTAL SERVICE
WANT TO DEVELOP A SECURE
DESTRUCTION MAIL SERVICE WHICH,
YOU KNOW, MAY NOT ALWAYS SOUND,
YOU KNOW, POSTAL SERVICE
DESTROYING THE MAIL?
THE PIECE CANNOT BE DELIVERED.
WHENEVER A FIRST CLASS PIECE OF
MAIL CAN'T BE DELIVERED, BASED
ON THE PRICE FOR THAT TYPE OF
POSTAGE FOR FIRST CLASS POSTAGE,
IT'S RETURNED FOR NO ADDITIONAL
COST.
THE POSTAL SERVICE RETURNS OVER
1.4 BILLION PIECES OF
UNDELIVERABLE FIRST CLASS MAIL
EACH YEAR.
ALL OF THIS RETURN TO SENDER
MAIL COMES WITH A HUGE
ADDITIONAL COST, NOT JUST FOR
THE POSTAL SERVICE, BUT ALSO FOR
OUR MAILER, AND IT CONTRIBUTES
TO THE CARBON IMPACT OF THE
MAILING INDUSTRY.
SO THIS PROGRAM BACK IN 2007,
OUR MAJOR MAILERS APPROACH SAID,
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T REALLY WANT
THIS RTS MAIL BACK BUT WE HAVE
TO PROTECT IT.
COULD YOU PROVIDE US WITH A
SERVICE WHERE YOU COULD SECURELY
DESTROY IT AND JUST TELL US THAT
YOU DID?
THIS TOOK A WHILE.
YEARS, TO SAY THE LEAST.
BUT WE WERE ABLE TO DO IT, AND
WE DID IT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
OUR CUSTOMERS AND OUR MAILERS.
NEXT SLIDE.
SO WHY IS SOMEONE HERE FROM THE
OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY TALKING
TO YOU ABOUT A MAIL SERVICE?
THE REASON THAT THIS PROGRAM IS
BEING MANAGED OUT OF OUR OFFICE,
OUR SUSTAINABILITY, OUR
CORPORATE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES
OFFICE, THERE'S AN ENVIRONMENTAL
BENEFIT.
THE FACT THAT WE'RE PULLING THIS
MAIL OUT MIDSTREAM, IT REDUCES
THE CARBON FOR THE PRINT OF THE
MAIL.
WE ALSO RECYCLE ALL OF THAT MAIL
THAT WE SECURELY DESTROY.
THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT IS VERY
EASY TO EXPLAIN BECAUSE IT SAVES
A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY
FOR BOTH MAILERS AND THE POSTAL
SERVICE.
IT HAS AN OVERALL SOCIAL BENEFIT
BECAUSE IT'S IMPROVING THE
SUSTAINABILITY OF THE ENTIRE
MAIL STREAM, AND, MORE
IMPORTANTLY, THERE'S FEWER TOUCH
POINTS WITHIN THE PROCESS,
REDUCING RISK AND STRENGTHENING
THE SECURITY OF THE MAIL.
NEXT SLIDE.
SO HERE THERE'S A FIVE-STEP
PROCESS.
I THINK YOU HAVE TO -- I THOUGHT
THE ANIMATION WOULD WORK,
THERE'S A FIVE-STEP PROCESS.
JUST KEEP CLICKING, YES.
THE MAIL IS FED INTO OUR
PROCESSING PLANTS WHERE WE HAVE
AN UNDELIVERABLE -- MAIL IS
IDENTIFIED UNDER CONTINUOUS
INPUT OUTPUT SUBSYSTEM HARDWARE.
WE HAVE THIS STATE OF THE ART
SOFTWARE CALLED THE POSTAL
AUTOMATED REDIRECTION SOFTWARE
THAT WE USE.
IT READS THE IMV AND IT TELLS US
EVERYTHING WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
THAT PIECE.
WHEN THAT PEA PIECE IS
UNDELIVERABLE, WE ROUTE IT TO
ONE OF OUR DEDICATED STOCKER
BINS ON THE EQUIPMENT USING A
SPECIALLESS LABEL HERE.
YOU CAN SEE ON TOP WE HAVE A
SPECIAL PRINTER ON THE PIECE
REDIRECTED, IT SAYS SECURE
DESTRUCK, WAY TAKE THAT MAILER,
TAKE IT OVER TO MAIL
VERIFICATION AREA, EACH PIECE OF
MAIL IS INDIVIDUALLY VERIFIED BY
A MAIL PROCESSING CLERK, WE THEN
DESTROY THAT MAIL, RECYCLE THE
SH REDS AND AS I MENTIONED
BEFORE OVER HERE ON THE RIGHT
THAT DAILY ELECTRONIC
NOTIFICATION WE PROVIDE THE
MAILERS WITH A RECORD FOR EACH
INDIVIDUAL PIECE THAT WAS
SECURELY DESTROYED.
NEXT SLIDE.
SO TO JUST GIVE YOU A SENSE OF
THIS SERVICE, WE NOW HAVE OVER
238 MAJOR MAILERS THAT UTILIZE
THIS SERVICE THAT ARE ENROLLED
IN THE PROGRAM, AND THEY COME
PRIMARILY FROM THESE FOLLOWING
INDUSTRY SECTORS THAT HAVE THE
MOST RESPONSIBILITY ASSOCIATED
WITH PROTECTING THE CONTENTS
THAT'S WITH INSIDE A MAIL PIECE.
SO WE'VE GOT GOVERNMENT,
FINANCIAL SERVICES, AND THEN
SERVICE PROVIDERS ACROSS THE
HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY,
TELECOMMUNICATIONS, EDUCATION
AND SO ON.
NEXT SLIDE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT OF THIS?
TO GIVE YOU A SENSE, SINCE THE
PROGRAM STARTED, WE'VE BEEN ABLE
TO ELIMINATE OVER 549 MILLION
PIECES OF RETURN TO SENDER MAIL
THROUGH THE OFFERING OF THIS
SERVICE.
USING TOOLS WE CREATE IN THE
POSTAL SERVICE, WE'VE NORMALIZED
DATA TO GET A CARBON FOOTPRINT
FOR EACH PIECE OF MAIL WE
GENERATE PER PIECE.
WE ESTIMATE THAT THAT'S
EQUIVALENT TO THE POTENTIAL
AVOIDANCE OF OVER 22,000 TONS OF
CARBON DIOXIDE EQUIVALENT OR
GREENHOUSE GASES, AND IT'S
INCREASED OUR RECYCLING WITH THE
SHREDDED MATERIAL BY OVER 14,000 TONS OF M ATERIAL.
SO IF WE LOOK OVER HERE ON THE
RIGHT, WHO IS THE LARGEST
CONTRIBUTOR TO THE SUCCESS, TO
ELIMINATING RTS MAIL AND
GENERATING THIS MAIL THAT'S
UNDELIVERABLE?
TOP OF THE LIST IS GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES.
SOME GOVERNMENT AGENCIES MAIL
MUCH MORE THAN OTHERS, CLEARLY,
BUT THEY'RE THE LARGE
CONTRIBUTOR SINCE THE PROGRAM
STARTED.
THAT YELLOW BOX ARE THAT'S MAIL
SERVICE PROVIDERS, PEOPLE THAT
ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF TAKING
CARE OF PEOPLE'S MAILINGS, SO WE
PUT THEM IN THAT CATEGORY.
THEN WE HAVE THE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY,
FOLLOWED BY THE FINANCIAL
SERVICE INDUSTRY.
SO WE SEE MORE AND MORE OVER THE
LAST FEW YEARS, WE SEE MORE AND
MORE BANKING INSTITUTIONS AND
FOLKS SIGNING UP FOR THE
PROGRAM, BUT THE PROGRAM HAS
CONTINUED TO GROW STEADILY SINCE
IT STARTED.
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SECURE DESTRUCTION.
LET ME MOVE ON TO CARBON
ACCOUNTING.
NEXT SLIDE.
SO CARBON ACCOUNTING IS GEFG YOU
THE OPPORTUNITY -- GIVING YOU
THE OPPORTUNITY TO COLLECT
INFORMATION YOU MAY NOT HAVE
EVER THOUGHT ABOUT COLLECTING,
AND IF A SERVICE -- IT'S A
SERVICE FOR OUR CUSTOMERS WHO
WANT TO KNOW THE CARBON IMPACT
OF THEIR POSTAL SERVICE
MAILINGS.
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TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHAT
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, AS YOU
KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO CARBON
EMISSIONS, YOU HAVE SCOPE 1
DIRECT EMISSIONS, SCOPE 2
INDIRECT, THEN THAT MORE ELUSIVE
HARDER TO GET SCOPE 3 EMISSIONS
FROM SERVICE PROVIDERS, PRODUCT
PURCHASES AND SO ON.
SO FOR WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO
PROVIDE YOU, WE CAN BECOME A
SOURCE OF SCOPE 3 EMISSIONS DATA
FOR YOU BASED ON YOUR MAILING
ACTIVITY.
SO WHAT THIS SERVICE IS IS A
SOURCE OF SCOPE 3 EE MISSES --
EMISSIONS.
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WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?
WELL, IF YOU LOOK AT EXECUTIVE
ORDER 14057, EACH AGENCY HAS TO
REDUCE ITS SCOPE 1, 2 AND 3
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, WHICH
IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DO IF YOU
DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE.
AND ALL WE'RE SAYING HERE IS WE
HAVE A SERVICE, SO IF YOU WANT
TO GET YOUR SCOPE 3 EMISSIONS
FOR MAIL, WE'VE CREATED A UNIQUE
INNOVATIVE TOOL THAT WILL ALLOW
YOU TO DO THAT.
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HOW WERE WE ABLE TO DO THAT?
THE POSTAL SERVICE FOR PROBABLY
OVER A DECADE NOW HAS BEEN DOING
ANNUAL CARBON INVENTORY OF ITS
PROCESSES, SO WE LOOK AT OUR
SCOPE 1, 2 AND 3 EMISSIONS EACH
YEAR, AND WE UPDATE THAT DATA.
AND WE UPDATE THE DATA IN THIS
CARBON ACCOUNTING TOOL BASED ON
ACTUAL INFORMATION.
WE TAKE THAT, WE MAP IT OUT TO
EACH MAIL TYPE TO TRY TO
NORMALIZE THAT DATA AND THEN
APPLY THAT TO THE MAILERS' SALES
RECORDS OR SERVICE PURCHASE
RECORDS ABOUT NUMBER OF PIECES
OF MAIL TYPE.
WE TAKE THAT INFORMATION, WE
GENERATE A REPORT WHERE THE
MAILERS CAN GO ON OUR CUSTOMER
PORTAL, CUSTOMER GATEWAY PORTAL
WEBSITE AND DOWNLOAD THAT
INFORMATION.
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SO GIVE YOU AN IDEA WHAT'S IN
ONE OF THESE REPORTS, IT'S GOING
TO COVER EMISSIONS FROM ALL US
SPIS ACTIVITIES, SO TO CLARIFY,
THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE ANYTHING TO
DO WITH THE MAIL BEFORE YOU GIVE
IT TO US OR AFTER WE DELIVER IT.
IT'S THAT WINDOW IN BETWEEN.
WE GIVE YOU THE CARBON DIOXIDE
EQUIVALENT IMPACT IN METRIC TONS
FOR YOUR PARCELS AND MAIL PIECES
BY MAIL TYPE.
WE ALSO GIVE IT TO LIFE CYCLE
EMISSIONS AND FOOTPRINT
EMISSIONS SO THAT YOU CAN USE IT
FOR JUST YOUR EMISSIONS
REPORTING OR YOU COULD ALSO USE
IT IF YOU'RE IN THE BUSINESS OF
SELLING BACK CARBON CREDITS.
THE REPORT IS ADJUST I BELIEVE
SO YOU CAN CUSTOMIZE IT, IF YOU
WANT A MONTHLY, QUARTERLY,
FISCAL YEAR OR JUST THE YEAR.
LASTLY I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT
OUR FEDERAL RECYCLING PROGRAM.
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SO WHAT IS THE FEDERAL RECYCLING
PROGRAM?
THIS IS A SECURE RECYCLING
PROGRAM FOR FEDERAL AGENCIES AND
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, SO YOU CAN
USE IT FOR YOUR PERSONAL USE IF
YOU'RE A FEDERAL EMPLOYEE, AND
IT PROVIDES AT NO COST RECYCLING
MAIL BACK SERVICES FOR INK AND
TONER CARTRIDGES AND SMALL
ELECTRONICS.
IT'S NOT THE END ALL FOR ALL THE
THINGS THAT A FEDERAL AGENCY HAS
TO RECYCLE, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY A
GOOD SUPPLEMENT TO HELP SUPPORT
YOUR RECYCLING ACTIVITY.
IT WORKS REALLY WELL FOR SOME OF
YOUR REMOTE FACILITIES THAT ARE
FAR AWAY AND DON'T HAVE LARGE
VOLUMES OF MATERIAL, SO IT'S
HARD TO CONSOLIDATE.
SO THIS MAIL SERVICE OPTION IS
AVAILABLE AT NO COST TO FEDERAL
AGENCIES.
YOU SHIP IT SECURELY THROUGH THE
POSTAL SERVICE.
IT'S AVAILABLE TO ALL DOMESTIC
SITES, INCLUDING PLACES AS FAR
AWAY AS ALASKA AND HAWAII, SAMOA
, THE MARIANA ISLANDS,
PUERTO RICO, VIRGIN ISLANDS, WE
HAVE IT COVERED SO THIS TOO
MIGHT BE ANOTHER THING YOU
STRUGGLE WITH IS DWEGHT THINGS
RECYCLED FROM THOSE DIS--
GETTING THINGS RECYCLED FROM
THOSE DISTANT LOCATIONS.
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AS WE SAID BEFORE WE HAVE A FED
RECYCLING.COM WEB PAGE.
THERE'S A PAGE FOR AGENCY ASSETS
AND A BLUE PAGE FOR FEDERAL
EMPLOYEES.
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES CAN GO IN THE
SYSTEM, REGISTER ON THEIR OWN
AND SAY WHAT AGENCY THEY'RE WITH
AND DO EVERYTHING WITHOUT ANY
ADDITIONAL INTERVENTION.
WHEN IT COMES TO AGENCY ASSETS,
THERE'S GOT TO BE ACCOUNTABILITY
THERE, SO WHAT WE HAVE IS WE'VE
ESTABLISHED MEMORANDUMS OF
UNDERSTANDING WITH EACH FEDERAL
AGENCY, AND WE HAVE A DESIGNATED
PERSON AT EACH FEDERAL AGENCY
THAT APPROVES WHO CAN USE THE
SYSTEM RECYCLE AGENCY ASSETS.
AGAIN, THE SAME TYPES OF
MATERIALS CAN BE RECYCLED
THROUGH THAT END, BUT THERE IS
AN ADDITIONAL STEP AND OF COURSE
IF YOUR AGENCY DOESN'T HAVE AN
MOU, YOU CAN CONTACT ME AND
WE'LL WORK TO GET THAT SET UP.
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SO THIS IS JUST QUICK
INFORMATION ABOUT THE MEMORANDUM
OF UNDERSTANDING.
WE DID BACK AND FORTH, WE
DEVELOP A DRAFT, WE GET IT
SIGNED BY THE APPROPRIATE PEOPLE
AND THEN WE WOULD ADD YOU TO THE
WEBSITE AND START SIGNING YOUR
PEOPLE UP.
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SO TODAY, WE HAVE 34 FEDERAL
AGENCIES THAT ARE PARTICIPATING
IN THE FEDERAL RECYCLING
PROGRAM, AND I WON'T NAME THEM
ALL, BUT YOU CAN JUST GO TO THE
NEXT SLIDE AND THEN GO TO THE
NEXT SLIDE.
SO HOW DOES THE PROGRAM WORK?
THE POSTAL SERVICE HAS
CONTRACTED WITH TWO R2 CERTIFIED
RECYCLING SERVICE PROVIDERS.
THE WAY IT WORKS IS THE RECYCLER
PAYS THE POSTAL SERVICE THE
POSTAGE WITH PREPOSTAGE-PAID
LABELS THAT YOU CAN
AUTOMATICALLY GENERATE FROM THE
WEBSITE.
THAT OFFSETS THE RESIDUAL VALUE
THAT THE RE RECYCLER GETS FROM
THE SO THAT'S WHY WE CAN OFFER
IT FOR FREE.
TWO TECHNOLOGIES ARE CLOVER
GROUP AND ARCOA GROUP, THEY'RE
BOTH R2 RECYCLE, A NUMBER OF
OTHER CERTIFICATIONS AND
REQUIREMENTS, THEY'RE ALREADY
DOING WORK FOR OUR FEDERAL
AGENCY TO DIRECT CONTRACTS, SO
THERE SHOULD BE A COMFORT LEVEL
HERE WITH THE SECURITY OF YOUR
RECYCLABLES, BUT THESE ARE THE
TWO THAT TAKE CARE OF THAT
MATERIAL.
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THEN REAL QUICK HERE, HERE IS
WHAT YOU CAN SEND BACK.
THIS IS WHAT THEY WILL ACCEPT.
PRINTER CARTRIDGES, INK JET
TONER CARTRIDGES, LAPTOPS, NOTE
BOOKS, NETBOOK, PC, SERVERS AND
STORNLINGS AND SMALL
ELECTRONICS.
NO CAPITAL -- NO CATHODE RATE
TUBES, NO PRINTERS, BUT THEY DO
ACCEPT ALL THESE OTHER
MATERIALS.
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AND THEN FOR ACCOUNTABILITY, THE
WEBSITE FOR THE FOLKS FROM EACH
AGENCY WHO ARE DESIGNATED AND
AUTHORIZED, THEY CAN GENERATE
RECYCLING ACTIVITY REPORTS THAT
SUM STUFF UP BY MATERIAL TYPE,
SO THIS HELPS YOU REPORT OUT,
AND IF YOU DO AN ANNUAL
SUSTAINABILITY REPORT OR OMB
REPORT, AND WE ALSO GIVE YOU
DETAILED TRANSACTIONAL
DISPOSITION REPORTS THAT TELL
YOU WHAT HAPPENED WITH EACH ITEM
THAT WAS SENT IN AND HOW IT WAS
HANDLED AND, YOU KNOW, FOR HARD
DRIVES, WHETHER IT WAS CLEANED
AND DESTROYED AND SO ON.
SO HERE IS JUST AN IDEA OF THIS
ACTIVITY REPORT WHERE IT'S BREAK
IT OUT BY MATERIAL TYPE AND
GIVING YOU THE WEIGHT OF THE
MATERIAL THAT WAS ACCEPTED,
AGAIN, A SOURCE OF DATA THAT YOU
MAY NOT GET THROUGH OTHER
RECYCLING PROGRAMS.
SO JUST LETTING YOU KNOW WHAT
THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE HERE AND
HOW WE CAN SUPPORT YOU IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR MUTUAL
SUSTAINABILITY OBJECTIVES TIFS.
THEN NEXT -- OBJECTIVES.
NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT SLIDE
OF THE PRESENTATION.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN ANY OF
THESE PROGRAMS, PLEASE CONTACT
THE FOLKS ON THE SLIDE HERE FOR
FED RECYCLING AND SECURE
DESTRUCTION, PLEASE CONTACT ME.
FOR CARBON ACCOUNTING, PLEASE
CONTACT MY COLLEAGUE RICHARD
ORLUSKY AT THESE E-MAIL
ADDRESSES.
THANK YOU.
>> Mark Pituch: THANK YOU,
RONALD, SO MUCH FOR YOUR
PRESENTATION.
I HAD NO IDEA THAT THE POSTAL
SERVICE HANDLED 43 PERCENT OF
THE WORLD'S MAIL.
SO THAT'S SUPER-INTERESTING STAT
THERE.
I'M JUST GOING TO TAKE A FEW
NINTS HERE TO TALK ABOUT --
MINUTES HERE TO TALK ABOUT HOW
THE STATE DEPARTMENT'S GREENING
DIPLOMACY INITIATIVE OR GDI USES
ECO DIPLOMACY TO BUILD
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS AIMED
AT GALVANIZING SUPPORT AND
BUILDING CAPACITY TO RESPOND TO
THE CLIMATE CRISIS.
THROUGH WORK WITH PARTNERS
ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT, THE
INTERAGENCY, AND THE WORLD, GDI
SERVES AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN
DIPLOMATIC AND MANAGEMENT
PRIORITIES, SUPPORTING THE
ADMINISTRATION'S GOAL OF LEADING
BY EXAMPLE ON CLIMATE.
WE USE THE DEPARTMENT'S
LEADERSHIP AS A SPRINGBOARD OR
POINT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH
COUNTRIES' GOVERNMENTS ABROAD TO
HELP THEM MEET THEIR GOALS
REGARDING CLIMATE POLICY.
I'LL START OFF BY GIVING AN
OVERVIEW OF GDI AND THEN BRIEFLY
REVIEW THE TWO PLANS THAT GUIDE
OUR WORK, THE DEPARTMENT'S
CLIMATE AND ADAPTATION AND
RESILIENCE PLAN AND THE
SUSTAINABILITY PLAN.
GDI WAS ESTABLISHED OVER TEN
YEARS AGO WITH THE RECOGNITION
THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAS TO
LEAD BY EXAMPLE IN TACKLING THE
CLIMATE CRISIS.
AROUND THE WORLD, GDI, THE
DEPARTMENTS, UNDERSECRETARY
MANAGEMENT AND EMBASSIES AND
CONSULATES HAVE PARTNERED TO
BUILD GREENER AND MORE
CLIMATE-RESILIENT OPERATIONS, WE
WILL HAVE REIMAGINE INVESTMENT
SUSTAINABILITY TO DEEPEN
BILATERAL ENGAGEMENT ON CLIMATE
ISSUES.
WE CALL THIS ECO-DIPLOMACY.
GDI STEERS THESE EFFORTS IN OUR
OPERATIONS BOTH DOMESTICALLY AND
ACROSS OUR 270 DIPLOMATIC
MISSIONS ABROAD WHICH WE CALL
POSTS IN 190 COUNTRIES.
WE SUPPORT THE UNDERSECRETARY
FOR MANAGEMENT IN THEIR ROLE AS
THE CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER
AND INTERFACE WITH THE WHITE
HOUSE CONSULATE ON ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY.
GDI ALSO SHARES A CLIMATE AND
SUSTAINABILITY WORKING GROUP AND
IT'S FOUR SUB WORKING GROUPS
COMPOSED OF OVER 100
REPRESENTATIVES FROM BUREAUS
WHICH ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
STATE DEPARTMENT'S OPERATIONS.
IN THIS WAY, WE ACT AS A
CATALYST FOR ORGANIZATIONAL
CHANGE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.
WE CONVENE THE STAKEHOLDERS
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S
OPERATIONS AND THEN
COLLABORATIVELY COME UP WITH
SOLUTIONS TO ISSUES RELATED TO
SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE
ADAPTATION AND RESILIENCE.
SO HOW DOES ALL OF THIS LOOK IN
ACTION?
IN ADDITION TO SERVING A
COORDINATION ROLE, GDI IS
PERFORMING THE WORK OF REDUCING
OUR ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT AND
BUILDING RESILIENCE IN MANY
WAYS.
GDI IS DEPLOYING A GROWING
INTERNET OF THINGS NETWORK THAT
AUTO MATES DATA COLLECTION FOR
OUR POSTS AND IDENTIFIES WAYS TO
REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION.
GDI HAS HELPED TO DEPLOY 79 AIR
QUALITY MONITORS AROUND THE
GLOBE, AND WE COORDINATE THIS
NETWORK WITH POST AND IS HAVE
RECENTLY LAUNCHED A MOBILE APP
CALLED ZEF AIR FOR APPLE AND
ANDROID DEVICES.
IT MONITORS DATA AND PROTECTS
FIELD PERSONNEL AND FAMILIES BY
ALERTING THEM TO HAZARDOUS AIR
QUALITY EVENTS.
AS SOMEONE WHO HAS SERVED IN
AREAS WHERE THE AIR QUALITY CAN
BE PRETTY BAD, I'M PERSONALLY
VERY GRATEFUL WE'VE SET UP THIS
NETWORK.
WE ALSO HAVE 102-METER NET
INSTALLATIONS, BEING ABLE TO
BETTER MONITOR OUR ENERGY
CONSUMPTION AT POST AND FIND
WAYS TO SAVE THROUGH ENERGY
EFFICIENCY MEASURES.
GDI ALSO ACTS AS A RESOURCE TO
OUR GREEN TEAMS, ESTABLISHED AT
120 OF OUR DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS
ABROAD, GREEN TEAMS AROUND THE
WORLD STARTED RECYCLING AND
COMMITTING PROGRAMS, INSTALLED
RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEMS,
SOLAR PANELS, MAINTAIN
PROTECTIVE LAND AND POLLINATORS,
ALL IN CONSTANT ENGAGEMENT WITH
HOST GOVERNMENTS AND CIVIL
SOCIETY.
DEMONSTRATING THE TANGIBLE
BENEFITS THAT GREENING EFFORTS
HAVE ON BILATERAL RELATIONSHIPS,
EMBASSIES AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES
AND THE PROMOTION OF AMERICAN
LEADERSHIP AND CREDIBILITY ON
CLIMATE ISSUES.
SIMILARLY, GDI COORDINATES OUR
ECO CAPITAL FORUM, THROUGH WHICH
DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS COLLECTIVELY
ENGAGE THE HOST CITY ON CLIMATE
ADAPTATION AND SUSTAINABILITY.
FURTHERMORE, SINCE 2019, WE HAVE
GIVEN MORE THAN $3 MILLION IN
RESILIENCE GRANTS FOR PROJECTS
AT U.S. EMBASSIES AND CONSULATES
TO HELP ADDRESSEE MERGING
ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS FOR THEIR
OPERATIONS WITH INNOVATIVE
SOLUTIONS.
FINALLY, GDI IS DEVELOPING A
CLIMATE-CONSCIOUS COMMUNITY
ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT.
WE PROVIDE POSTS WITH TOOL KITS
AND GUIDANCE ON BEST PRACTICES
TO GREEN OPERATIONS, OBSERVE KEY
CLIMATE ACTION DAYS AND SUPPORT
BEHAVIOR CHANGE CAMPAIGNS.
WE ALSO ARE WORKING WITH THE
FOREIGN SERVICE SNURGT BS OUR
IN-HOUSE TRAINING CENTER --
INSTITUTE, OUR IN-HOUSE TRAINING
CENTER, TO BOOST CLIMATE
LITERACY ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT.
AT POSTS AROUND THE WORLD, THESE
EFFORTS HAVE DRAMATICALLY
DEEPENED ENGAGEMENT WITH HOST
GOVERNMENTS AND ON BROADER
ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION
PRIORITIES AND HAVE CONTRIBUTED
GREATLY TO PUBLIC OUTREACH.
GOOD DIPLOMACY IN ACTION R I
JUST WANTED TO SHARE OUR
EXPERIENCE AT EMBASSY CATMAN DO
IN THAT -- KATMAND HO ON WHAT
DIPLOMACY CAN OFFER.
EMBASSY USED DATA FROM AIR
QUALITY MONITORS TO HELP ADVANCE
EXPRERCH WORK WITH THE
GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL TO REDUCE,
DR. GEMMA RUTT HE R AND LESLIE
I'VEER SON USED THE EMBASSY'S
AIR QUALITY MONITOR TO DOCUMENT
AND ANALYZE THE CHANGES IN
KATHMANDU'S AIR QUALITY AS A
RESULT OF COVID-19 INDUCED LOCK
DOWNS, THEIR FINDINGS WERE
PUBLISHED IN THE PEER REVIEWED
JOURNAL SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL
ENVIRONMENT IN JUNE OF 2021.
GOING BEYOND RESEARCH, FOLLOWING
THE EMBASSY'S INSTALLATION OF
AIR QUALITY MONITORS, THE
GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL BETTER
PUBLICIZED THE DATA FROM ITS OWN
MONITORS AND THEN ENACTED AN AIR
QUALITY ACTION PLAN FOR THE
COUNTRY.
ADDITIONALLY, THE EMBASSY WON
TWO GRANTS FROM D GDI.
ONE THEY USED TO INSTALL A
48-KILOWATT SOLAR ARRAY,
REDUCING THEIR COMPOUNDS POUND'S
DEPENDENCE ON THE LOCAL
ELECTRICITY GRID AND SAVING THE
POST MONEY ON THEIR ELECTRIC
BILL.
THEY USED ANOTHER GRANT TO
IMPROVE THEIR WASTE MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM TO DIVERT WASTE THAT
WOULD OTHERWISE END UP IN A
LANDFILL AND ALSO HELP TO
INCREASE THEIR COLLABORATION
WITH A LOCAL RECYCLING VENDOR.
BACK TO REFOCUS ON THE BIGGER
PICTURE A LITTLE BIT, I WANTED
TO ZOOM OUT AND SHARE SOME OF
THE DEPARTMENT'S PLANS FOR THE
FUTURE AND HOW WE ARE BROADLY
VIEWING OUR RESPONSE TO CLIMATE
ISSUES.
EVEN WITH FULL COOPERATION TO
PREVENT THE WORST IMPACTS OF
CLIMATE CHANGE, THE EXTREME
WEATHER TAKING PLACE CURRENTLY
IS NOT LIKELY TO BE REVERSED.
MANY CONSULATES OVERSEAS HAVE
EXPERIENCED ONE OR MORE CLIMATE
HAZARDS IN RECENT YEARS.
THE CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND
RESILIENCE PLANS ADDRESSES THE
NEEDS TO MAKE OUR PERSONNEL,
FITLE AND OPERATIONS MORE
RESILIENT.
THIS YEAR'S PLAN COMMITS TO
IDENTIFYING OUR TOP
VULNERABILITIES AND IMPROVING
PREPAREDNESS.
ONE OF THE KEY DELIVERABLES IS A
CLIMATE HAZARDS DASHBOARD
DEVELOPED BY THE DEPARTMENT'S
BUREAU OF OVERSEAS BUILDING
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORTED BY OUR
IN-HOUSE CENTER FOR ANALYTICS.
THE DASHBOARD WILL IDENTIFY
CLIMATE HAZARDS OVER TIME, AND
IT WILL CONDUCT A BASELINE OF
OVERSEAS CLIMATE RISK
ASSESSMENTS TO HELP POSTS ADAPT
FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS.
THE DEPARTMENT IS ALSO SEEKING
TO INCORPORATE CLIMATE HAZARDS
INTO EMERGENCY PLANNING FOR
EMBASSIES AND CONSULATES, THIS
WILL MEAN ADDING CLIMATE RELATED
VULNERABILITIES TO THEIR
EMERGENCY ACTION PLANS AND
ENSURING ADEQUATE PREPAREDNESS
AND TRAINING.
SIMILARLY, THE SUSTAINABILITY
PLAN PUTS THE DEPARTMENT ON A
PATH TO MEETING AMBITIOUS
FEDERAL SUSTAINABILITY TARGETS
WHICH SOME OF OUR PREVIOUS -- I
THINK ALL OF OUR PREVIOUS
PRESENTERS HAVE MENTIONED IN EO
14057.
WE WILL ESTABLISH A BASELINE FOR
OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
DOMESTICALLY AND OVERSEAS AND
DEVELOP STRATEGIES TO REDUCE
THOSE EMISSIONS.
THERE ARE DOZENS OF TARKTS IN
THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, BUT
I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT A FEW.
THE ADMINISTRATION IS SEEKING TO
ELECTRIFY THE FEDERAL VEHICLE
FLEET DOMESTICALLY BY 2035.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE
DIFFICULTIES IN DOING SO, IN
DOING THIS IN THE OVERSEAS
CONTEXT, AND AS SUCH, THE
DEPARTMENT COMMITTED ITSELF TO
ASSESSING EACH POST'S READINESS
TO ADAPT ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES.
WE COMPLETED AN EV SUITABILITY
ASSESSMENT FOR THE MAJORITY OF
OVERSEAS POST TION AND RATED
EACH AS GREEN, QULOAL OR RED
BASED ON THE SURVEY RESULTS, AS
WELL AS DATA ON GRID RELIABILITY
AND THE AVAILABILITY OF LOCAL
CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND
MAINTENANCE.
USING THE RESULTS, WE
ESTABLISHED AN EV PARTNERSHIP
PROGRAM WITH POSTS IN OSLO,
PANAMA CITY, SINGAPORE AND AMAN
TO HELP ADVANCE THEIR EV
TRANSITION.
BY ESTABLISHING PILOT PROGRAMS
IN COUNTRIES WITH DIFFERING
LEVELS OF DEVELOPMENT, WE'RE
DEMONSTRATING THE DEPARTMENT'S
AMBITION TO SHOW THE POSSIBLE.
ON THE ENERGY FRONT, IN ADDITION
TO THE 41 RENEWABLE ENERGY
GENERATION INSTALLATIONS WE HAVE
AROUND THE WORLD ALREADY, THE
BUREAU OF OVERSEAS BUILDING
OPERATIONS IS EVALUATING
RENEWABLE ENERGY INSTALLATIONS
FOR ALL NEW EMBASSY COMPOUNDS.
HOWEVER, THIS RARELY MEETS THE
POST'S ENERGY GOAL.
TO BOOST OUR CLEAN ENERGY, WE
INTEND TO SIGN AT LEAST ONE
OVERSEAS CARBON POLLUTION FREE
ELECTRICITY PURCHASE AGREEMENT
TO GET OFFSITE CLEAN ENERGY AND
IN THE PROCESS CREATE A
FRAMEWORK FOR ENTERING INTO
THESE TYPES OF AGREEMENTS AT
MORE POSTS.
FURTHERMORE, GDI IS DEVELOPING A
METHODOLOGY FOR OVERSEAS GHG
INVENTORY AS WELL AS
ESTABLISHING A BASELINE, WHICH
WILL BE A FIRST FOR THE
DEPARTMENT'S OVERSEAS
OPERATIONS.
THIS WILL ALLOW US TO TRACK
PROGRESS TOWARD REACHING NET
ZERO.
THE PLAN ALSO AIMS TO REDUCE
ENERGY AND WATER CONSUMPTION,
BOTH OVERSEAS AND DOMESTICALLY,
ALONG OF LINES OF WHAT EMBASSY
AMAN WAS ABLE TO DO IN JORDAN AS
AN EXAMPLE, THEN ACTED A
RAINWATER HARVESTING PROGRAM
WHICH REDUCED POTABLE WATER USE
BY 30 PERCENT AND INSTALLED A
WATERLESS CLEANING SYSTEM FOR
THEIR SOLAR INSTALLATION.
IN ALL OF THESE EXAMPLES AND
PLANS, THE UNDERLYING THEME IS
CLEAR, THE STATE DEPARTMENT IS
DOING ITS BEST TO EMBODY THE
CLIMATE POLICIES THAT WE
ADVOCATE FOR ALL OVER THE WORLD.
IN OUR SUSTAINABILITY
OPERATIONS, WE ENGAGE WITH OTHER
COUNTRIES AND BETTER OUR OWN
OPERATIONS.
WITH THAT, I'LL PAUSE AND OPEN
UP THE FLOOR FOR QUESTIONS.
I'M NOT SURE IF I AM STILL
SHARING.
I THINK I'M NOW NOT SHARING, AND
I'M JUST GOING TO OPEN UP THE
CHAT HERE TO SEE THE QUESTIONS
THAT WE'VE RECEIVED HERE.
YOU'LL HAVE TO BEAR WITH ME,
BECAUSE AS I WAS PRESENTING, I
WAS NOT ABLE TO SEE THE
QUESTIONS THAT WERE COMING IN.
MAYBE OUR COLLEAGUES FROM FBI
AND USPS, HAVE YOU GUYS SEEN ANY
PARTICULAR QUESTIONS THAT WE
WANT ANSWERED IMMEDIATELY?
>> YEAH, SURE, I CAN START OFF
BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE
QUESTIONS THAT CAME IN THE CHAT
AND JUST GOING DOWN THE LINE, I
THINK THE FIRST ONE IS FOR ME.
THE QUESTION IS, DOES THE FBI
ACTUALLY HAVE THE GREEN BUILDING
COUNCIL COME OUT AND AWARD LEED
SILVER?
YES, WE DO, UNDER THE NEW
APPROACH WE ARE ASKING THAT THEY
ACTUALLY GET LEED CERTIFIED.
UNDER THE PREVIOUS APPROACH WE
DID LET SOME DPROODGES KIND OF
THE LEED CERTIFIABLE LANGUAGES
IN THERE BUT WE FOUND DIFFICULT
TO REALLY TRACK DOWN THAT
DOCUMENTATION TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE WERE GETTING WHAT WE PAID
FOR.
SO FOR UPDATED APPROACH, WE'RE
ASKING THAT THEY DO ACTUALLY GET
LEED CERTIFIED.
>> I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER
QUESTION THERE.
>> Darcy Sharp: I THINK THE NEXT
QUESTION IS ALSO FOR FBI.
THE QUESTION IS HAS FBI
ESTABLISHED A STRATEGY FOR THE
MANAGEMENT OF SPENT EVI
BATTERIES?
THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
WE HAVE IN GENERAL A VERY ROBUST
RECYCLING PROGRAM, BUT BEING
ABLE TO MAINSTREAM THATLY
SPECIFICALLY FOR ELECTRIC
VEHICLE BATTERIES IS A HIGH
PRIORITY FOR BOTH THE
SUSTAINABILITY GROUP AS WELL AS
THE WORKING GROUP IN GENERAL.
PART OF THE CONCERN IS THAT, YOU
KNOW, MANY OF THESE SERVICES ARE
VERY LOCATION BASED AND WE HAVE
LOCATIONS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY
SO THAT'S PART OF WHY WE'RE
TRYING TO BE SO STRATEGIC IN HOW
WE IMPLEMENT AND INTEGRATE
ELECTRIC VEHICLES INTO OUR
FLEELT.
-- INTO OUR FLEETS.
>> Mark Pituch: WE HAVE A FEW
QUESTIONS FOR RON HERE AS WELL.
WE'VE GOT A QUESTION ON WHEN DID
THE USPS'S BLUE EARTH PROGRAM
START.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, MAYBE YOU
COULD SHARE WHICH COUNTRIES TAKE
THE SHREDDED PAPER FOR
RECYCLING, TWO QUESTIONS AT ONCE
THERE.
>> Ronald Robbins: OH, SURE.
THE PROGRAM LAUNCHED NATIONWIDE
IN NOVEMBER OF 2014 FOR FIRST
CLASS LETTER MAIL.
THAT WAS SUCCESSFUL, SO WE TOOK
ON THE NEXT INITIATIVE TO EXPAND
IT TO FLATS.
SO WE ADDED FLATS TO THE SERVICE
IN NOVEMBER OF 2018.
SO 2014 FOR LETTERS.
2018 FOR FLATS.
IN REGARDS TO THE RECYCLING OF
THE SHREDDED MATERIAL, EVERY ONE
OF OUR PLANTS WHERE WE PROCESS,
SECURE, DESTRUCT MAIL IS A
RECYCLING HUB SITE UNDER ANOTHER
PROGRAM WE HAVE CALLED THE
NATIONAL RECYCLING OPERATION,
AND WE HAVE DIFFERENT CONTRACTS
IN PLACE FOR EVERY ONE OF THOSE
SITES BECAUSE THE RESIERK LING
MARKETS ARE REGIONAL --
RECYCLING MARKETS ARE REGIONAL
AND LOCAL, BUT WE HAVE A FORMAL
RECYCLING SERVICE CONTRACT AT
EACH OF THOSE LOCATIONS WHERE
THEY TAKE THE MATERIAL AND
RECYCLE IT.
SO THE ANSWER IS THERE'S A
NUMBER OF DIFFERENT RECYCLERS
THAT TAKE THAT MATERIAL, BUT
THEY ARE DOING IT UNDER
CONTRACT.
I THINK THERE'S --
>> YEAH, THERE'S ONE MORE
QUESTION HERE IN REGARD TO
AGREEMENT, WHETHER THERE'S AN
AGREEMENT IN PLACE WITH THE U.S.
ARMY AND USPS RECYCLING.
BUT MAYBE YOU COULD EXPAND THAT
A LITTLE BIT AND TALK ABOUT HOW
YOU GUYS WORK WITH DOD IN
GENERAL.
>> Ronald Robbins: WELL, WE HAVE
A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
WITH THE DMENT OF DEFENSE AND
THEY'RE ACTUALLY INVOLVED NOW
WITH USING THE FEDERAL RECYCLING
PROGRAM, SO BEING THAT THE
DEPARTMENTS ARE UNDER THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, I BELIEVE
THAT THERE WOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE,
THAT YOU WOULD COME IN UNDER THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND WE DO
THE COORDINATION THROUGH THAT
DOD MOU.
>> Mark Pituch: THEN THERE'S
ANOTHER QUESTION IN REGARD TO
HOW THE POSTAL SERVICE RECYCLES
MAIL THAT ARE PLACED IN
RECYCLING BINS OUTSIDE A POST
OFFICE.
THE QUESTION IS, IS THAT MAIL
SHREDDED BEFORE IT'S TRANSPORTED
TO BE RECYCLED?
AND CAN THE USPS RECYCLING
SERVICES ALSO SUPPORT DOD
MILITARY INSTALLATIONS FREE OF
CHARGE?
I THINK YOU'VE ALREADY ANSWERED
PART OF THAT, BUT I'LL LET YOU
DO THE ANSWERING.
>> Ronald Robbins: WELL, AS PART
OUR NATIONAL RECYCLING
OPERATION, WE HAVE A DISCARDED
LOBBY MAIL PROGRAM, BUT THE KEY
WITH THAT MAIL IS IT'S BASED ON
THE PREMISE THAT THAT MAIL IS
ALREADY DELIVERED.
SO IT'S UP TO THE CUSTOMER TO
DECIDE WHETHER THEY WANT TO PUT
IT IN OUR CONTAINER IN THE
DISCARDED LOBBY MAIL, SO WE HAVE
DISCARDED READ RECYCLE.
THAT MAIL IS RECYCLED INTACT, WE
DON'T SHRED IT.
IF THE QUESTION IS RECYCLED --
IF THE QUESTION ISES RECYCLED
FROM THE MUNICIPAL CURBSIDE
PROGRAM, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT
WAS THE INTENT OF THE PROGRAM.
JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, MAIL IS
HIGHLY VALUABLE AS A RECYCLABLE,
AND IT GENERATES REVENUE FOR ITS
VALUE.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY HIGHER VALUE
THAN MIXED PAPER.
>> Mark Pituch: GREAT.
I SEE WE HAVE A QUICK QUESTION
IN REGARD TO NEPAL AND WHETHER
OR NOT THEY HAVE AN
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
AND AN ANALOGOUS CLEAN AIR ACT
EQUIVALENT.
BOTH EXCELLENT QUESTIONS.
THEY DO HAVE A DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT, WHICH WOULD BE
ANALOGOUS TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY THAT WE HAVE
HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.
IN REGARDS TO SPECIFIC CLEAN AIR
LEGISLATION, I'M NOT SURE, I'VE
NEVER SERVED IN NEPAL, SO I
DON'T WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT, YOU
KNOW, SPECIFIC LEGISLATION IN A
COUNTRY THAT I DON'T HAVE A DEEP
KNOWLEDGE OF, BUT I WILL SAY
THAT, YOU KNOW, AS A RESULT OF
COLLABORATION WITH OUR EMBASSY
AND WITH COLLEAGUES FROM THE
EPA, THE GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL HAS
BEEN DOING QUITE A BIT MORE IN
TERMS OF CLEAN AIR AWARENESS
RAISING AND ENSURING THAT THEIR
AIR QUALITY MONITOR DATA IS MORE
WIDELY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC
IN NEPAL.
OKAY.
SO I SEE WE HAVE ANOTHER POSTAL
QUESTION HERE REGARDING BLUE
EARTH, RTS DESTRUCTION.
HOW DO YOU ENSURE TO AVOID
ACCIDENTAL OR UNINTENDED
DESTRUCTION REGARDING -- SO
THAT'S ONE QUESTION.
AND THEN ANOTHER QUESTION
REGARDING RECYCLING IS IF A
FEDERAL COMPONENT USES THEIR
DATA IN THEIR REPORTING, DOES
THIS CONSTITUTE DOUBLE COUNTING,
THIS RECYCLING AND LOTS OF
QUESTIONS FOR RON HERE.
>> Ronald Robbins: THE FIRST
QUESTION, AS I NOTED DURING THE
PRESENTATION, WE HAVE A COUPLE
QAQC PROCESSES.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE DO THAT
INDIVIDUAL MAIL PIECE
VERIFICATION.
SO THAT HUMAN-BASED, I MEAN,
WE'RE USING TECHNOLOGY, AND
MACHINES ARE NOT PERFECT, AND
NEITHER ARE HUMANS, BUT SO WE
MIX THE TECHNOLOGY ALONG WITH A
HUMAN TO ACTUALLY DO A QAQC
CHECK TO MAKE SURE WE DO NOT
ACTUALLY INTERCEPT A WRONG PIECE
OF MAIL AND ACCIDENTALLY DESTROY
IT.
SO THAT'S THAT VERIFICATION
PROCESS THAT WE HAVE THAT WE
IMPLEMENT AT EACH SITE.
IN REGARDS TO DATA REPORTING
UNDER THE FEDERAL RECYCLING
PROGRAM, THERE'S NO DOUBLE
COUNTING BECAUSE EACH AGENCY,
YOU CAN RUN YOUR OWN REPORT.
SO IF THE POSTAL SERVICE WANTS
TO COUNT ITS DATA, IT RUNS A
REPORT FOR POSTAL SERVICE.
THEN YOU CAN RUN A REPORT FOR
ALL AGENCIES COMBINED, AND IT'S
GOING ON TAKE WHAT EVERYBODY
DID, BUT YOU'LL GET ALL THE DATA -- YOU'LL GET, ALL THE DATA
IS BROKEN OUT BY AGENCY.
BASE THE ON THE MOU YOU GET A
REPORT FOR DMENT OF DEFENSE, A
REPORT FOR DEPARTMENT OF
HOMELAND SECURITY, YOU CAN
CUSTOMIZE THE REPORT TO GET THE
DATA YOU NEED BUT THERE'S NO
DOUBLE COUNTING THE DATA THAT'S
IN THE DATABASE, YOU JUST WANT
TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN
OUTSIDE THE DATABASE WHEN FOLKS
COMPILE DATA.
>> GREAT.
WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION THAT'S
COME IN IN REGARD TO EV BATTERY
RECYCLING AND DISPOSAL.
THE QUESTION IS IF THERE'S A --
[AUDIO INTERRUPTION]
>> I CAN SEE IT.
SO IN GENERAL, I'M JUST GOING TO
ANSWER WITH A VERY GENERAL
ANSWER BECAUSE THE QUESTION IS
ABOUT SORT OF THE SPECIFICS OF
EV BATTERY RECYCLING AND
DISPOSAL, AND THAT IS VERY MUCH
A GROWING FIELD, AND IT'S
SOMETHING THAT THE SCIENCE IS
WORKING ON A LOT AND CERTAIN
LOCATIONS AND CERTAIN COMPANIES
ARE STARTING TO TO IMPLEMENT IN
DIFFERENT PLACES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT
THE FBI IS KEEPING TABS ON AND
WORKING WITH TO TRY ADJUST AND
ADAPT AND LEARN AND GROW THE
PROGRAM BOTH FOR OURSELVES AND
ALSO JUST PROVIDE INPUT IN
GENERAL.
HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS THE
QUESTION.
THANK YOU.
S.
>> Mark Pituch: I THINK THIS IS
A PARTICULAR PRESSING QUESTION
AND CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT THE
ENTIRE INDUSTRY IS DEALING WITH
AT THE MOMENT.
IN MY TIME AT THE BUREAU OF
ENERGY RESOURCES, IT'S SOMETHING
THAT WE LOOK AT VERY CLOSELY AS
PART OF OUR SUPPLY CHAINS
PROGRAMS.
SO I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT,
YOU KNOW, YOU'LL SEE A WHOLE LOT
MORE REGULATION COMING IN ABOUT
OVER THE COMING YEARS AS THESE
TECHNOLOGIES START TO MATURE,
AND CERTAINLY A HUGE AREA FOR
GROWTH.
>> Darcy Sharp: ARE
ABSOLUTELY -- ABSOLUTELY.
>> Mark Pituch: I DON'T KNOW,
RON, IF YOU HAD ANYTHING TO ADD
TO THAT IN TERMS OF RECYCLING.
I THINK, RON, YOU MIGHT BE ON
MUTE.
RON, I'M SORRY, YOU'RE STILL ON
MUTE.
I CAN SEE YOU TALKING.
OKAY.
IT LOCKS LIKE RON IS HAVING --
IT LOOKS LIKE RON IS HAVING SOME
TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES THERE
GETTING OFF OF MUTE.
OH, THERE YOU GO, RON.
>> Ronald Robbins: YEAH, NO,
I -- OH, LET ME TURN MY PHONE
OFF.
IT WOULDN'T LET ME UNMUTE.
A GREMLIN GOT IN THERE.
BUT ANYWAY, I MEAN, ARE WE
TALKING ABOUT SUPPORTING
RECYCLING OUT OF DOD?
>> Mark Pituch: SO WE HAVE A NEW
QUESTION THAT ACTUALLY JUST CAME
IN.
HOW DOES USPS AND OTHER AGENCIES
ADDRESS RECYCLING MATERIAL AT
REMOTE LOCATIONS AND FACILITIES?
IS IT PRUDENT AND FEES
FEASIBLE -- AND FEASIBLE TO
RECYCLE AT THESE LOCATIONS WHERE
LITTLE RECYCLABLE MATERIAL IS
GENERATED AND THERE ARE NO
NEARBY RECYCLING CENTERS?
>> Ronald Robbins: THAT'S A
GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE THAT GOES
BACK TO THE STRATEGY WE
DEVELOPED, OH, 20 YEARS AGO WITH
THE POSTAL SERVICE.
WE HAVE A HUGE TRANSPORTATION
NETWORK.
OUR NATIONAL RESIGNING CYCLING
OPERATION IS BASED ON USING OUR
REVERSE LOGISTICS, SO WE
ACTUALLY BACK HAUL THE MATERIAL
FROM ALL THOSE FACILITIES INTO
THESE RECYCLING HUB SITES.
SO WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF HUB SITES
WHERE WE CONSOLIDATE THE
MATERIAL, AND BY CONSOLIDATING,
THAT'S HOW WE CAN CREATE A
PROGRAM THAT GENERATES REVENUE.
YOU KNOW, IF WE DID IT LOCALLY,
WE WOULD BE PAYING EVERYWHERE
EXORBITANT COSTS.
BACK HAULING ALLOWS US TO
CONSOLIDATE MATERIAL AND GET TOP
DOLLAR FOR IT.
SO THAT'S BEEN WORKING VERY WELL
FOR US FOR YEARS.
>> Mark Pituch: I'LL JUST ADD
FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT'S
PERSPECTIVE, WE WORK IN A LOT OF
FAR FLUNG AREAS, AND WE'VE HAD A
LOT OF LUCK WORKING WITH THE
LOCAL COMMUNITY TO AK GATE OUR
OWN -- AGGREGATE OUR OWN
RECYCLING NEEDS WITH THOSE OF
LOCAL BUSINESSES AND RESIDENCES,
AND IN SOME CASES HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO ENACT RECYCLING PROGRAMS AT
NO COST OR EVEN AT A VERY DE
MINIMUS REVENUE GENERATE
EXTREME, SO IT'S REALLY
INTERESTING TO SEE HOW RECYCLING
IS EXPANDING ALL OVER THE WORLD.
WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR
RON, AND YOU'RE REALLY PULLING
DOUBLE DUTY HERE.
THE QUESTION IS, DO YOU KNOW IF
THE USPS RECYCLING REPORT
PROVIDES VISIBILITY OF THE ITEM
TURN-IN SOURCES WITHIN DOD?
>> Ronald Robbins: VISIBILITY OF
THE ITEM?
WITH -- I'M LOOKING FOR THE --
SAY THAT AGAIN.
VISIBILITY OF THE ITEM WITH --
>> Mark Pituch: YES, THE
QUESTION IS, DO YOU KNOW IF THE
USPS RECYCLING REPORT PROVIDES
VISIBILITY OF THE ITEM TURNED IN
SOURCES WITHIN THE DOD?
THE WAY THAT I INTERPRET THIS IS
IF THERE'S A WAY TO SEE, YOU
KNOW, WHICH ITEMS WERE TURNED IN
FROM SOURCES FROM A PARTICULAR
AGENCY.
>> Ronald Robbins: WELL, YEAH,
AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE THE
DISPOSITION REPORT, WHICH IS
ITEM SPECIFIC, SO EVERY
INDIVIDUAL ITEM GENERATES A
RECORD ABOUT WHEN IT WAS
RECEIVED, WHAT WAS DONE WITH IT,
WHAT THE SERIAL NUMBER WAS ON
IT, HOW IT WAS HANDLED, AND WHAT
ITS ULTIMATE DISPOSITION WAS.
SO YOU GET ITEM DETAILS.
IF THE QUESTION IS, HAS TO DO
WITH THE GRANULARITY, LIKE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WITH ALL
THE DIFFERENT MILITARY
DEPARTMENTS UNDER IT, THERE IS A
LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE IF YOU
JUST WANTED TO, SAY, RUN A
REPORT FOR DMENT OF ARMY, YOU
MIGHT HAVE TO DO SOME DATA
CULTIVATE VAITION TO GET TO JUST
DEPARTMENT OF ARMY BECAUSE
YOU'RE GOING TO JUST GET A
REPORT FOR DOD.
IF THAT'S ALSO WHAT WAS INTEND
WITH THE QUESTION.
BUT YOU DO GET INDIVIDUAL DATA
FOR EVERY PIECE IN THE
DISPOSITION REPORTS.
>> Mark Pituch: GREAT.
THANK YOU.
I'M COGNIZANT OF THE FACT THAT
WE'RE RIGHT AT NOON HERE, SO I'M
WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO CUT ME
OFF.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE TIME FOR
ONE MORE QUESTION OR IF WE'RE AT
TIME NOW.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE CAN GO OVER A
LITTLE BIT TIME WYES.
SO I JUST WANT TO THANK
EVERYBODY FOR COMING TO THIS
PRESENTATION, AND IF YOU'RE ABLE
TO STAY ON, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP
ON TALKING ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY
BECAUSE I KNOW ALL OF US ARE
VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT IT.
AND WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR
RON, THE MOST POPULAR PRESENTER
HERE.
DOES USPS HAVE POSTAL DISCOUNTS
FOR SENDING RECYCLABLES THROUGH
THE MAIL?
>> Ronald Robbins: NO.
WELL, IT IS A DISCOUNT.
IT'S FREE.
THAT'S THE DISCOUNT.
>> Mark Pituch: THAT SOUNDS LIKE
A DISCOUNT TO ME.
AND IS THAT TRUE FOR ANY
RECYCLABLE THAT A FEDERAL AGENCY
WANTS TO SEND THROUGH?
I THINK YOU MENTIONED THAT THOSE
ARE LIMITED, RIGHT, TO --
>> Ronald Robbins: WELL, IT'S
JUST WHAT THE RECYCLER WILL
ACCEPT BASED ON THAT SLIDE.
IT'S SMALL ELECTRONICS, IT HAS
TO BE MAILABLE, TOO.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN PUT STUFF
IN A PARCEL UP TO 70 POUNDS, BUT
IF IT'S REALLY BIG, IT'S NOT
GOING TO MAKE IT.
WE HAVE DONE SPECIAL REQUESTS,
BUT AGAIN, BIG STUFF IS NOT
MAILABLE.
BUT YOU CAN CREATE A PARCEL UP
TO 70 POUNDS.
YOU CAN CREATE MULTIPLE PARCELS.
YOU CAN ARRANGE FOR A PICKUP OF
30 PARCELS ON PALLETS, YOU KNOW,
BUT THEY ALL HAVE TO BE IN
INDIVIDUAL BOXES THAT FALL
WITHIN THE SHIPPING STANDARDS.
SO AGAIN, NO BOXES, YOU KNOW,
WITHIN THE GIRTH 103 INCHES, NOT
OVER 70 POUNDS.
AND IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING ON
THE LIST.
>> Mark Pituch: RIGHT.
WE HAVE ANOTHER RECYCLING
QUESTION.
THIS ONE IS, CAN THE USPS
RECYCLING SERVICES ALSO SUPPORT
REMOTE U.S. MILITARY
INSTALLATIONS IN ALASKA?
>> Ronald Robbins: WELL, TO HOLD
ME TRUE TO THE SLIDES, THAT
ANSWER WOULD HAVE TO BE YES.
SO IT DEPENDS HOW REMOTE WE'RE
TALKING.
BUT REMEMBER, THE POSTAL SERVICE
PROVIDES SERVICE TO EVERYBODY,
EVERYWHERE, SO I WOULD HAVE TO
SAY YES.
>> Mark Pituch: IT'S ALWAYS A
GREAT ANSWER TO HEAR.
ALL RIGHT.
I THINK THAT WRAPS IT UP FOR OUR
QUESTIONS.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR
PRESENTERS ONCE AGAIN FOR THIS
WONDERFUL PANEL, AND ESPECIALLY
FOR RON FOR ANSWERING ABOUT
10,000 QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE U.S.
POSTAL SERVICE'S PROGRAMS AND
THE FBI'S PLANS FOR
SUSTAINABILITY.
I HOPE EVERYBODY ELSE ENJOYED
THE PRESENTATION AS MUCH AS I
DID, AND UNLESS THERE ARE ANY
FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE
PRESENTERS, I THINK WE CAN WRAP
IT UP.
>> THANKS, EVERYONE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU GUYS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, BROOKE,
DARCY, RONALD, MARK, AND THANK
YOU TO THE AUDIENCE FOR
SUBMITTING YOUR QUESTIONS.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A SHORT
BREAK WHILE WE TRANSITION TO THE
NEXT SESSION, AND WE'LL BE BACK
AT 12:15 EASTERN TIME.
SEE YOU THEN.
>>WELCOME BACK
TO THE FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL
SYMPOSIUM SUSTAINABILITY TRACK
RS I'M MORGAN EVERETT, SERVING
AS THE TRACK FACILITATOR FOR
TODAY.
PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS IS
QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THE
PRESENTATION BY CLICKING ON THE
SEND LIVE FEEDBACK BUTTON.
WE'LL BE MONITORING THE INBOX
AND PRESENTERS WILL ANSWER AS
MANY QUESTIONS AS POSSIBLE
TOWARDS THE END OF THEIR
SESSION.
WE ALSOMENT TO NOTE THAT IF THE
PRESENTERS HAVE GIVEN US
PERMISSION TO MAKE THEIR SLIDES
PUBLICLY AVAILABLE, YOU'LL BE
ABLE TO DOWNLOAD THEM ON FED
CENTER UNDER THE 2022
PRESENTATIONS/PROCEEDINGS TAB.
LET'S JUMP RIGHT INTO OUR NEXT
PRESENTATION ENTITLED CHARTING A
COURSE TO NET ZERO PROCUREMENT
FOR DOD SUPPLY CHAIN GREENHOUSE
GASES.
GO AHEAD, GUYS.
>> MICHAEL, YOU'RE MUTED.
>> Michael Bruckner: I APOLOGIZE
FOR THAT.
HELLO, FOLKS, I'M MICHAEL
BRUCKNER, CONTRACT SUPPORT TO
THE OFFICE OF DEP -- ASSIST
DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR
ENERGY RESILIENCE, I'M EXCITED
TO MODERATE TODAY'S SESSION.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 1457 IDENTIFIES
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS THE
LARGEST LANDOWNER ENERGY
CONSUMER AND EMPLOYER IN THE
NATION, AND DIRECTS AGENCIES TO
TRANSFORM HOW WE BUILD BY,
MANAGE ELECTRICITY VEHICLES,
BUILDING AND OTHER OPERATIONS TO
BE GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE WITHIN
A COMPRESSED TIME FRAME.
THE DEFENSE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
IS PROACTIVELY UNDERTAKING A
NUMBER OF SUSTAINABILITY
INITIATIVES TO BOTH ADVANCE OUR
NATIONAL DEFENSE MISSION AND
ACHIEVE THESE GOALS.
TODAY'S PRESENTATIONS WILL
DISCUSS GREENHOUSE GAS RELATED
INITIATIVES WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
I'M EXCITED TO HAVE DR. KARI
MEIER, WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE
SUSTAINABILITY AND GREENHOUSE
GAS TEAMS IN THE OFFICE OF THE
DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF
DEFENSE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND
ENERGY RESILIENCE.
SHE IS CURRENTLY DETAILED TO
ODASDE E & ER FROM THE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS BRANCH AT
HEADQUARTERS ARMY CORPS OF
ENGINEERS.
SHE'S AN ATMOSPHERIC CHEMIST BY
TRAINING, WITH EXPERIENCE
DEVELOPING QUAWBILITY SYSTEMS
AND PROCESSES -- QUALITY SYSTEMS
AND PROCESSES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
MEASUREMENTS AS APPLICABLE TO
MITIGATION AND REDUCTION
PROGRAMS WITHIN DOD.
WE ALSO HAVE DR. CAROL MARS
TODAY -- CAROLE MARS WHO IS A
DIPLOMATIC POLICY AND POLICY
FELLOW IN THE DOD, ENERGY AND
RERESILIENCE.
PRIOR, DR. MARS WAS THE DIRECTOR
OF TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT AND
INNOVATION FOR THE
SUSTAINABILITY CONSORTIUM.
SHE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
SUSTAINABILITY INSIGHT SYSTEM
KEY PERFORMANCE FOR GOODS SUPPLY
CHAINS AND FURTHERING RESEARCH
INTO SUSTAINABILITY, DR. MARS
FOUNDED CIRCULAR INNOVATION HUB
AT THE CONSORTIUM TO COORDINATE
AND EXPAND WORK WITHIN THE C
INNOVATION PROJECT WORK
PORTFOLIO FOCUS ON HOW TO CREATE
SOCIALLY AND ENVIRONMENTAL
RESPONSIBLE CIRCULAR ECONOMY,
SHE'S ALSO SERVED AS A TECHNICAL
ADVISOR TO THE RESPONSIBLE
BATTERY COALITION WHERE SHE
SUPPORTED THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
AND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
STRATEGY AND CREATED THE THE
ROAD MAP FOR RESPONSIBLE BATTERY
INDEX.
TODAY'S AGENDA WILL BEGIN WITH
DR. MARS' PRESENTATION ON
VOLUNTARY CORPORATE CLIMATE
ENGAGEMENT PROJECT AND LEARNING
FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND THEN
WE WILL TRANSITION TO
DR. MEIER'S PRESENTATION ON DOD
SUPPLY CHAIN GREENHOUSE GAS
BASELINE AND STEPS TO NET ZERO
PROCUREMENT.
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
I'M GOING TO TRANSITION NOW TO
DR. MARS.
>> Carole Mars: ALL RIGHT.
IS THAT LOOK LOOKING GOOD?
>> Michael Bruckner: YES.
>> Carole Mars: GOOD AFTERNOON.
I WILL BE DISCUSSING OUR
VOLUNTARY CORPORATE CLIMATE
ENGAGEMENT PROJECT, HOW DOD IS
GOING TO BE LEVERAGING LESSONS
LEARNED AND EXPERIENCES FROM THE
PRIVATE SECTOR AS WE START TO
THINK ABOUT HOW DOD IS GOING TO
DO SUPPLY CHAIN MEASUREMENT
REPORTING FOR GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS.
SO REALLY THIS JOURNEY STARTED
WITH THE ISSUANCE OF EO14030
WHICH REQUIRES MAJOR FEDERAL
AGENCIES TO REQUIRE THEIR
SUPPLIERS TO PUBLICLY DISCLOSE
EMISSIONS AND CLIMATE-RELATED
FINANCIAL RISK AND FOR THOSE
AGENCIES TO INCORPORATE THIS
TYPE OF INFORMATION IN THEIR
PROCUREMENT DECISION.
NOW, FOR THE DOD, THIS TOUCHES A
LOT OF DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE
ORGANIZATION AS WELL AS THE
SUPPLY CHAINS THAT MOVE GOODS
AND SERVICES INTO DEFENSE, AND
IN OUR OFFICE, THE FOR DOD
DEFENSE PRICING AND CONTRACTING
AS PART OF THE OFFICE OF THE
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
FOR ACQUISITION WAS TASKED WITH
MAKING THIS HAPPEN.
OUR OFFICE, THE ENVIRONMENT AND
ENERGY RESILIENCE OFFICE, IS
PROVIDING SUPPORT AND EXPERTISE
FOR THE DEPARTMENT FOR THIS
DEVELOPMENT WORK.
SO STARTING WITH THIS EXECUTIVE
ORDER, IT WAS CLEAR THAT DOD WAS
GOING TO HAVE TO ENGAGE INTO ITS
SPLOI CHAIN, BUT WHEN YOU --
SUPPLY CHAIN, BUT WHEN YOU
CONSIDER MODERN SUPPLY CHAINS
ARE NOT SO MUCH CHAINS AS NET
AND RATHER COMPLEX NETS AT THAT,
THIS IS A SUPPLY NETWORK DIAGRAM
FOR ONE COMPANY IN ONE INDUSTRY.
SO AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, NOT ONLY
DOES DOD COVER MULTIPLE
INDUSTRIES, BUT MULTIPLE
COMPANIES WITHIN EACH OF THOSE
INDUSTRIES, AND THIS CAN BECOME
COMPLEX VERY QUICKLY.
SO THE QUESTION BECOMES WHERE DO
YOU START?
BECAUSE HOW DO YOU START GETTING
YOUR ARMS AROUND THIS?
AND SO WE DECIDED TO START WITH
A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION.
YOU KNOW, HOW IS INDUSTRY
ORGANIZATIONS, YOU KNOW, IT'S A
FIRST PASS AT UNDERSTANDING WHAT
INFORMATION IS OUT THERE, WHAT
PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES ARE
ALREADY UNDERWAY, AND AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR INDUSTRY AND
ADVOCACY GROUPS AND OTHER
INTERESTED ORGANIZATIONS TO LET
DOD KNOW WHAT WE NEEDED TO BE
AWARE OF IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS
SUCCESSFUL.
SO THE REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
COVERED THREE PRIMARY AREAS,
WHICH WAS THE DISCLOSURE OF
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, THE
ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIAL GOVERNANCE
REPORTING, SO YOUR BROADER
SUSTAINABILITY METRICS
REPORTING, AND THEN SUPPLY CHAIN
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND
SUPPLY CHAIN RISK MANAGEMENT
EFFORTS THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT.
SO STARTING THERE, THE RFI WAS
OPENED AND CLOSED AT THE
BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER LAST
YEAR, AND WE RECEIVED 25
RESPONSES FROM A VARIETY OF
ORGANIZATIONS.
AS FAR AS GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS AND REPORTING GOES,
TWO OF THE SETS OF QUESTIONS
WERE PARTICULARLY OF INTEREST.
SO THE BIG TAKE-AWAYS WERE THAT
THE DIRECT EMISSIONS, WHAT ARE
TERMED SCOPE 1 AND 2, WHICH ARE
REALLY THE EMISSIONS THAT ARE
CREATED DIRECTLY BY ACTIVITIES
OF A GIVEN ORGANIZATION, SO THIS
WOULD BE EMISSIONS GENERATED FOR
THE ELECTRICITY THAT RUNS A
FACTORY, EMISSIONS RELATED TO
SUPPLYING NATURAL GAS TO RUN A
FURNACE, OR OTHER DIRECT
EMISSIONS, AND THAT MIGHT BE AT
YOUR OWN COMPANY OR OWNED AND
OPERATED, THAT YOU ARE
CONTRACTING FULLY WITH.
AND THEN INDIRECT AND THEN SCOPE
2 IS MORE OF YOUR POWER-RELATED.
SO IF YOU BUY YOUR POWER FROM
THE UTILITY GRID, THOSE WOULD BE
CONSIDERED EMISSIONS RELATED TO
THAT POWER WOULD BE SCOPE 2.
SO THIS SCOPE 1 AND SCOPE 2 WERE
WIDELY REPORTED BY COMPANIES AND
USED PRIMARILY THE UWRI
GREENHOUSE GAS PROTOCOL.
THE INDIRECT EMISSIONS, THE WHAT
ARE TERMED SCOPE 3 THAT ARE
RELATED TO ALL THE ACTIVITIES
THAT HAPPEN OUTSIDE OF THE
DIRECT CONTROL OF AN
ORGANIZATION, THERE WAS NO
SINGLE APPROACH, REALLY NO
SINGLE STANDARD, AND IT'S
SOMETHING OF A FREE-FOR-ALL.
AND THEN WHAT WE WERE FINDING IS
THAT COMPANIES THAT DID DISCLOSE
WERE ALSO SETTING GOALS
MEASURING THEIR PROGRESS.
MOST OF THEM WERE ALSO REPORTING
THAT PUBLICLY THROUGH THEIR
SUSTAINABILITY REPORTS.
AND THIRD PARTY AUDITING WAS
PRIMARILY TO VALIDATE THE
EMISSIONS OR THE EMISSIONS
INVENTORY DATA THAT SITS UNDER A
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS NUMBER.
AND THEN ON SUPPLY CHAINS, IT
WAS FOUND THAT ACTUALLY VERY FEW
COMPANIES ARE STARTING TO REACH
BACK INTO THEIR SUPPLY CHAINS
AND START FINDING OUT WHAT
IMABLGHTS THEIR SUPPLIERS ARE --
IMPACTS THEIR SUPPLIERS ARE
HAVING.
FOR THOSE FEW ORGANIZATIONS THAT
WERE, THE SUPPLIER USUALLY USING
SUPPLIER CODE OF CONDUCT TO
REQUIRE THAT OR ENGAGING IN
CAPACITY BUILDING EFFORTS AROUND
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND GOAL
SETTING WERE THE MOST COMMON
WAYS PEOPLE WERE ENGAGING.
SO ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT
CAME OUT OF THIS RFI WAS A
REALLY GOOD VIEW OF THE
REPORTING LANDSCAPE AS IT
EXISTED AND SOMETHING THAT DOD
WOULD NEED TO BE VERY AWARE OF
BECAUSE WE WOULD BE INTERACTING
WITH AND CERTAINLY NOT WANTING
TO CONTRADICT OR OVERRIDE THESE
EFFORTS.
SO REALLY THE BASE FOUNDATION OF
ALL THE REPORTING IS THE
GREENHOUSE GAS PROTOCOL.
THIS WAS PUBLISHED IN 2001 TO
PROVIDE COMPANIES WITH
DIRECTIONS ON ASSESSING
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
PRIMARILY IN SCOPE 1 AND SCOPE
2.
SO YOUR DIRECT EMISSIONS, YOUR
POWER EMISSIONS, AND THEN MORE
RECENTLY, THE TASK FORCE ON
CLIMATE-RELATED FINANCIAL
DISCLOSURE HAS ALSO COME UP,
WHICH IS LOOKING AT EMISSIONS
AND CLIMATE RISK IN THE SAME WAY
THAT YOU WOULD LOOK AT FINANCIAL
OR ECONOMIC RISK.
SO THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN WORKING
WITH PUTTING TOGETHER THEIR
STANDARDS, AND MOST RECENT
RECENTLY WE HAVE JUST HAD THE
SECURITY AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
COME OUT AND SAY THAT THEY WILL
ALSO BE REQUIRING REPORTING.
SO THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE ASKING
WHAT YOU SHOULD BE REPORTING.
ARE SO THEN THE QUESTION, YOU
KNOW, THERE'S WHAT PEOPLE WANT
TO KNOW, BUT THEN HOW DO YOU
IMPLEMENT THAT FOR PRACTICAL.
SO WHAT ARRIVED WAS THE CARBON
DISCLOSURE PROJECT OR, THEY HAVE
REBRANDED IT IS JUST CDP, BUT
CDP IS REALLY THE LARGEST
REPORTING PLATFORM GLOBALLY IF A
COMPANY IS REPORTING IT'S HIGHLY
LIKELY THEY'RE REPORTING INTO
CDP AND ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY FOR
COMPANIES, U.S. BASED COMPANIES
ARE REPORTING THEIR EMISSIONS
ANNUALLY INTO CDP.
SO THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT
ORGANIZATION FOR US TO ENGAGE
WITH BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY
GETTING ALL THE DATA.
AND THEN THERE'S BEEN A SECOND
EFFORT WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY
ACCOUNTING AND STANDARDS BOARD.
NOW, THESE STANDARDS THAT HAVE
BEEN PUT TOGETHER ARE ON THE
FINANCIAL RISK OR IN THE
FINANCIAL RISK MODEL.
SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT CLIMATE
RISK AS PART OF FINANCIAL RISK,
THEY ARE ALSO USING THE
GREENHOUSE GAS PROTOCOL AS SORT
OF THE FOUNDATIONAL BASE, THEY
ARE LOOKING AT IT FROM THIS
FINANCIAL LENS, AND GENERAL
EXPECTATIONS IS THAT THIS IS
WHERE THIS SIDE IS CLOSER TO
WHERE THE SEC WILL BE LOOKING
RATHER THAN A MORE
OPERATIONS-BASED ACCOUNTING
SYSTEM THAT WOULD BE GOING INTO
THE CDP PLATFORM.
SO YOU HAVE YOUR INFORMATION
REQUESTS, YOU HAVE MECHANISMS TO
REPORT AND IMPLEMENT THOSE
GUIDELINES, AND THEN YOU HAVE
YOUR COMPANY LOOKING AT THIS
GOING, OKAY, NOW WHAT?
SO A COMPANY HAS A COUPLE OF
OPTIONS ON HOW THEY'RE LOOKING
AT THEIR EMISSIONS.
THEY CAN EITHER DO IT THROUGH
LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS TO REALLY
GET INTO THAT SUPPLY CHAIN AND
FIGURE OUT WHERE THEIR EMISSIONS
ARE, WHAT OF THEIR SUPPLIERS ARE
DOING EMISSIONS OR HAVE THE
LARGEST AMOUNT OF EMISSIONS, OR
THEY CAN BE PULLING IN FOR SCOPE
1 AND 2 IT COULD BE AS
STRAIGHTFORWARD AS PULLING IN
THEIR ELECTRICITY BILLS TO
FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH ELECTRICITY
THEY'RE GENERATING AND THAT CAN
BE CONVERTED INTO A GREENHOUSE
GAS NUMBER.
THEN THEY CAN REPORT, THEY CAN
REPORT TO EITHER INSTITUTIONS OR
THEY MAY CHOOSE TO HIRE A
SERVICE PROVIDER OR A CONSULTANT
WHO WOULD THEN MANAGE THAT
EFFORT FOR THEM.
AND SO SERVICE PROVIDERS OR
CONTRACTS ARE CERTAINLY A VERY
IMPORTANT PART OF THIS AS WELL
BECAUSE IT IS A LOT AND IT IS A
LOT FOR ANY ONE COMPANY TO
MANAGE EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE
IN.
SO ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IS
FLOWING OUT, BUT IT'S
INTERESTING THAT CDP IS NOT A
ONE-WAY STREET.
THEY ARE WORKING ON MAKING THEIR
INFORMATION AVAILABLE BACK OUT.
BECAUSE THEY HAVE SO MUCH, SO
MANY COMPANIES REPORTING IN,
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS CAN NOW
SUBSCRIBE OR BECOME A MEMBER AND
BE ABLE TO GET INFORMATION BACK
OUT FROM CDP.
SO IF THEY HAVE HOLES IN THEIR
SUPPLY CHAIN OR THEY ARE TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO SCOPE 3
AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR
SUPPLIERS' EMISSIONS ARE WITHOUT
NECESSARILY HAVING TO GO AND ASK
EACH SUPPLIER, YOU KNOW, THESE
ARE WAYS YOU CAN GET STARTED.
AND THEN SERVICE PROVIDERS CAN
BUILD VALUE-ADDED PLATFORMS ON
TOP OF IT, ON TOP OF THE CDP
DATA, BLOOMBERG IS AN EXAMPLE OF
THIS, AS WELL AS A CONSTELLATION
OF STARTUPS AND OTHER CONSULTING
FIRMS THAT START WITH THE CDP
DATA AND INCORPORATE IT INTO THE
WORK THAT THEY DO FOR COMPANIES.
AND THEN MOST RECENTLY HAS BEEN
THE ADVENT OF THE SCIENCE-BASED
TARKTS INITIATIVE.
SO THIS IS -- TARGETS
INITIATIVE.
SO THIS IS AN IDEA THAT YOU'VE
GOT SO MUCH CARBON OR CARBON
EQUIVALENT THAT YOU CAN EMIT
INTO THE ATMOSPHERE WITHOUT
HAVING A MAJOR IMPACT AND THEN
HOW TO -- AND THEN HOW MUCH
CARBON YOU EMIT INTO THE
ATMOSPHERE OR HOW MUCH EACH
SECTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT
AND THEN COMPANIES CAN SET
TARGETS TO REDUCE EMISSIONS TO
MEET THE CARBON BUDGET ASSIGNED
TO THEIR SECTOR.
THAT BUILDS ON THE GREENHOUSE
GREENHOUSE GAS PROTOCOL, USES
INFORMATION THROUGH CDP BUT ALSO
A COMPANY WILL NEED TO ADD
INFORMATION BECAUSE THEY'RE THE
ONES SETTING THE TARGETS.
SO WHAT BECAME OBVIOUS VERY
QUICKLY IS THAT EVERY COMPANY
INCLUDING THE MAJORITY OF, YOU
KNOW, OR NOT -- I CAN'T CLAIM
THE MAJORITY, BUT MANY OF THE
PRIME CONTRACTORS FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IS ALREADY
DOING SOME VERSION OF THIS,
ESPECIALLY WITH THE EFFORT WITH
THE PRESSURE FROM INVESTORS AND
GOVERNMENTS AND ADVOCACY GROUPS,
THERE'S A LOT OF DATA OUT THERE.
THE QUESTION IS WHAT CAN THE
DATA -- THE PROBLEM IS WHAT CAN
THE DATA TELL YOU BECAUSE WHEN
YOU START LOOKING AT HOW THIS
DATA IS CREATED, IT'S NOT SO
VERY CLEAR.
EACH COMPANY CAN CHOOSE ITS OWN
BOUNDARIES, WHAT IS OR IS NOT
INCLUDED THAT FITS WITHIN THE
BROADER GUIDANCE OF THE GHG
PROTOCOL.
GUIDANCE FOR SCOPE -- SCOPE 1
AND 2 EMISSIONS TENDS TO BE A
LITTLE BIT MORE CONSISTENT AMONG
COMPANIES, BUT SCOPE 3 IS A
FREE-FOR-ALL.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THERE'S 13
DIFFERENT POSSIBLE CATEGORIES
FOR SCOPE 3, AND ANY COMPANY CAN
REPORT ON ANY GIVEN ONE OF THOSE
USING ANY NUMBER OF GUIDANCE
AVAILABLE.
SO FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, WE
ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
GET OUR ARMS AROUND THIS.
SO INSTEAD OF OUR ORIGINAL
THOUGHT IN THE RFI WAS TO GO IN
AND ASK FOR DATA, THIS EFFORT
HAS EVOLVED INTO ASKING FOR
INFORMATION ON HOW A COMPANY GOT
THEIR DATA, MANAGED THEIR DATA
AND REPORTED THEIR DATA.
SO WE LAUNCHED THE VOLUNTARY
CORPORATE CLIMATE ENGAGEMENT
PROJECT, TO TROWRN THE TOP
TITLE.
-- TO TROWRN THE TOP TITLE.
THIS IS, WE CURRENTLY ENGAGED IN
ENGAGING WITH COMPANIES TO LEARN
ABOUT THIS.
IT'S A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM WHERE
COMPANIES WHO ARE WILLING TO
TALK WITH US ABOUT THEIR R5
SUBMISSIONS, THE INFORMATION
THEY SUBMITTED THERE, AND
QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW WE DO WHAT
WE -- HOW THEY DO WHAT THEY DO
AND WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE THE
DMENT OF DEFENSE TO KNOW --
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO KNOW AS
WE MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE PRIVATE
INDUSTRY IS WELL AHEAD OF THE
GOVERNMENT ON THIS FRONT, AND WE
REALLY DO NEED TO LEARN AS MUCH
AS POSSIBLE FROM THEM TO AVOID
RE-CREATING THE WHEEL OR ADDING
A NEW WHEEL OR BREAKING A WHEEL
OR ANY NUMBER OF POSSIBILITIES.
AND REALLY, OUT OF THIS, ONE OF
THE MOST USEFUL PIECES OF
INFORMATION THAT WE'RE PULLING
TOGETHER IS THE QUESTION OF
SUPPLIER ENGAGEMENT.
AND FOR US, SUPPLIER ENGAGEMENT
IS GOING BOTH WAYS.
AS I JUST MENTIONED, IT'S ABOUT
TALKING WITH DOD SUPPLIERS ABOUT
WHAT THEY WANT DOD TO KNOW ABOUT
HOW THEY'RE WORKING AND WHAT DOD
SHOULD BE ASKING, COULD BE
ASKING, SHOULDN'T BE ASKING, BUT
ALSO IT'S SHOWING US HOW THOSE
SUPPLIERS ENGAGE WITH THEIR
SUPPLY CHAINS AND WHAT THE
DIFFERENT MECHANISMS ARE BECAUSE
AT THE END OF THE DAY, HOW DO
YOU INCENTIVIZE A COMPANY TO
GIVE YOU THIS TYPE OF
INFORMATION?
AND I THINK THAT'S BEEN ONE OF
THE MOST INTERESTING COMPARISONS
OF JUST TO HIGHLIGHT ONE OF THE
OUTCOMES THAT WE'VE HAD IS TO
TALK ABOUT PROJECT GIGATON, AN
INITIATIVE LAUNCHED BY WALMART
TO GET THEIR BRAND, THE
SUPPLIERS, OR THE BRANDS THAT
ARE ON THEIR SHELVES ENGAGED IN
SETTING GOALS TOWARDS REDUCING
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN
THEIR OPERATIONS AND THEN
ENCOURAGING THOSE BRANDS'
SUPPLIERS TO DO THE SAME.
SO SUPPLIERS CAN EMPLOY -- CAN
GO TO THE PROJECT GIGATON
WEBSITE, SELECT FROM A SET OF
PREDETERMINED GOALS, MAKE THOSE
COMMITMENTS AND THEN THAT
BECOMES PART OF THEIR -- PART OF
THE INVENTORY NET 9 MANAGEMENT
BUT PART OF THE SALES PROCESS
WITHIN WALMART, PART OF THE
BUYING PROCESS.
SO WALMART HAS TAKEN AN APPROACH
OF POSITIVE INCENTIVIZATION.
THEY WANT COMPANIES TO DO THIS.
THEY WANT COMPANIES TO ENGAGE
THEIR COMPANIES, SO A LOT OF IT
IS PUBLIC RECOGNITION,
CONNECTING SUPPLIERS, THEN, YOU
KNOW, HELPING SUPPLIERS CONNECT
TO CAPITAL INVESTMENTS SO THAT
THEY CAN MEET THE GOALS THAT
THEY'VE SET OR WANT TO SET
THROUGH THE PROGRAM.
SO YOU MIGHT CALL THAT THE
CARROT APPROACH.
ON THE OTHER SIDE, WE HAD A VERY
INTERESTING CONVERSATION WITH
MICROSOFT, ONE OF THE FIRST
COMPANIES WE TALKED TO, NOT ONLY
HAD THEY RESPONDED TO THE RFI
BUT MANY OF THE STANDARDS GROUPS
THAT WE HAD BEEN TALKING TO
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED MICROSOFT
BECAUSE THEY HAVE A VERY
FORWARD-LOOKING AND AGGRESSIVE
PROGRAM TO REDUCE CORPORATE
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND
THAT INCLUDES THE SCOPE 3 IN
THEIR SUPPLY CHAIN.
AND THE APPROACH THEY'VE TAKEN
IS TO ACTUALLY PUT THE
REQUIREMENT TO REPORT TO CDP IN
THEIR SUPPLIER CODES OF CONDUCT.
SO THE EXPECTATION IS THAT IF
YOU WANT TO DO BUSINESS WITH
MICROSOFT, YOU'RE GOING TO BE
REPORTING ON CDP.
THEY FELT THAT THIS WAS A GOOD
APPROACH BECAUSE THEN NOT ONLY
ARE THEY BEEN PUTTING, YOU KNOW,
IT'S NOT JUST THE SUPPLIERS
GETTING THEM THE INFORMATION,
BUT IT'S PUTTING IT IN THIS
CENTRAL REPOSITORY SO OTHER
SUPPLIERS AND OTHER COMPANIES
CAN ALSO MAKE USE OF THAT
INFORMATION.
SO IT BENEFITS THEM BUT IT ALSO
BENEFITS THE LARGER ECOSYSTEM
AND EFFORTS TO GET MORE
TRANSPARENCY WITHIN SUPPLY
CHAINS.
THE ONE PLACE WHERE BOTH
COMPANIES VERY MUCH AGREED,
THOUGH, IS THAT THE ORGANIZATION
ACTUALLY NEEDS TO SUPPORT THEIR
SUPPLIERS IN THE REQUEST FOR
INFORMATION.
YOU KNOW, SO LARGER COMPANIES,
WHO MIGHT HAVE A MORE MATURE
REPORTING PROGRAM, ARE LOOKING
FOR ACCESS TO CAPITAL OR, YOU
KNOW, OTHER PILOT PROJECTS OR
EFFORTS TO INNOVATE OR TO
DECREASE EMISSIONS, WHEREAS
OTHER COMPANIES THAT DON'T HAVE
AS MUCH -- HAVE A MATURE PROGRAM
OR SMALL BUSINESSES THAT MIGHT
NOT HAVE THE BREADTH OF
RESOURCES OR EXPERIENCE TO DO
THIS KIND OF MEASUREMENT AND
REPORTING, HOW DO THEY GET
INVOLVED, HOW DO THEY GET -- HOW
DO THEY MOVE FORWARD AND GET
PROGRAMS STARTED AND START
MAKING COMMITMENTS AND MEETING
COMMITMENTS AND MAKING PROGRESS,
BECAUSE REALLY IN MANY WAYS,
THOSE ARE ALMOST MORE IMPORTANT
THAN THE LARGER COMPANIES WHO
ARE ALREADY WELL DEVELOPING
PROGRAMS AND UNDERSTANDING THEIR
SUPPLY CHAIN AND WORKING TOWARDS
THESE GOALS.
SO THE TAKE-AWAY BEING THAT IT'S
MORE THAN JUST THE ASK.
YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE ASK FOR
INFORMATION, BUT THEN YOU ALSO
HAVE TO SUPPORT COMPANIES IN
THEIR ONGOING EFFORTS TO MATURE
AND TO MAKE PROGRESS.
SO THAT WILL BE ONE OF THE EARLY
TAKE-AWAYS FOR DEFENSE.
SO WHAT ARE OUR NEXT STEPS?
WE WILL CONTINUE MEETING WITH
COMPANIES.
WE'LL HAVE A PRELIMINARY REPORT
INTERNAL TO DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE BY THE END OF APRIL,
PROBABLY THAT REPORT WILL BE
FINALIZED BY THE END OF MAY.
I DO NOT KNOW IF ANY OF THAT OR
WHAT PART OF IT WOULD BE MADE
PUBLICLY AVAILABLE OUTSIDE
DEFENSE AT THIS POINT.
I DON'T THINK WE'LL REALLY KNOW
UNTIL WE ACTUALLY SEE WHAT THE
REPORT SHAPES UP TO BE.
BUT IN PARALLEL, THE DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE HAS ALSO STARTED
LOOKING AT HOW DO WE ENGAGE, HOW
DO WE PUT TOGETHER A REQUEST FOR
PROPOSAL TO HELP US START ON OUR
JOURNEY, AND FOR EVERYONE'S
CONVENIENCE, IT HAPPENS TO BE
THE NEXT PRESENTATION.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE'LL BE GLAD TO TAKE QUESTIONS
>> HELLO EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO
THE FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL
SYMPOSIUM SUSTAINABILITY TRACK
AND I'M THE MODERATOR.
SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS AND
QUESTIONS BY CLICKING ON THE
SEND LIVE FEEDBACK BUTTON AND
THE PRESENTERS WILL ANSWER AS
MANY QUESTIONS AS POSSIBILITY
TOWARDS THE END OF THE SESSION.
IF THE PRESENTERS HAVE GIVEN US
PERMISSION TO MAKE THEIR SLIDES
PUBLICLY AVAILABLE YOU'LL BE
ABLE TO DOWNLOAD THEM.
LET'S JUMP INTO OUR NEXT
PRESENTATION ENTITLED
SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS REDUCING
THE FOOT FRIEND AND CLEANING UP
AFTERWARD.
YOU HAVE THE STAGE, GUYS.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS JOHN CONOVER.
I WORK AT THE ARIZONA STATE
PLACE IN ALASKA AND I'M AN
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER.
I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A
LONG TIME.
I HAVE DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL
JOBS IN THE PAST AND NOW I'M THE
SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING
MANAGER AT THE AIR FORCE BASE.
WE HAVE A PROB.
WE HAVE 88,000 GALLONS OF MRARN
THAT WAS CONTAMINATED WITH
RUNWAY DE-ICER AND WE HAVE TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH IT
AND RECYCLE IT.
BEFORE I SAY MORE I WANT TO SAY
ONE OF THE REASONS I ASKED TO DO
THIS WAS MAYBE WHAT I LEARNED
CAN HELP OTHER PEOPLE AND MY
QUESTION TO YOU ALL IS DOES
ANYONE ELSE WORK AT A MILITARY
BASE OR AIRPORT WHERE AIRPLANE
AND RUNWAY DE-ICER IS USED?
THIS AIRPLANE SHOWS A LOT OF
SNOW IT'S LIKE IN AN OUTDOOR
MUSEUM BUT WHEN IT SNOWS
OVERNIGHT THE AIRPLANES NEED TO
GET DE-ICED SO MAY HAVE MUCH
LESS SNOW AND IT'S ETHYLENE
GLYCOL.
SO WE HAVE 88,000 GALLONS OF
ETHYLENE GLYCOL WHICH IS
AIRPLANE DE-ICER AND GOT
CONTAMINATED WITH POTASSIUM
ACETATE.
THEN THEY SAID WE CAN'T SPRAY
THIS ON THE AIRPLANES ANYMORE
BECAUSE THEY COULD GET CORE
OCEAN FROM THE POTASSIUM ACETATE
AND WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO USE IT
ON THE RUNWAY BECAUSE I THINK
IT'S BECAUSE IT'S SLIPPERY.
THIS TANK HOLDS THE CONTAMINATED
DEICER AND SOMEBODY MADE A
MISTAKE AND PUT IN THE RUNWAY
DEICER AND ONE PROB I SEE HERE
IS THAT THE LABEL JUST SAYS
DEICING AND SHOULD SAY -- I
BELIEVE WHEN WE FIX THEM I'LL
ASK THEM TO CHANGE IT TO SAY
AIRPLANE DEICER, ETHYLENE
GLYCOL.
TO DISPOSE OF THIS CONTAMINATED
DEICER WOULD COST $5 A GALLON OR
$440,000.
WE CAN'T USE THE BIG TANK
ANYMORE SO WE HAVE TO GET THE
AIRPLANE DEICER DELIVERED IN
TOTES.
BELIEVE THIS COSTS EXTRA BECAUSE
WE HAVE PAY FOR THE TOTES.
WHEN I STARTED AT THE BASE THREE
AND A HALF YEARS AGO, THIS WAS
AN INSPECTION I DID AND I DIDN'T
KNOW ABOUT THE CONTAMINATED
DEICER.
I SAW SOMETHING WRONG HERE AND
IF ANYBODY CAN SEE SOMETHING
WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE, YOU CAN
SEND IT IN AS A COMMENT.
SO I FOUND -- I USED GOOGLE AND
FOUND A COMPANY IN ANCHORAGE.
IT'S ABOUT 300 MILES AWAY.
A COMPANY IN ANCHORAGE NAMED
U.S. ECOLOGY AND THE BIG
COMPANY'S NAME IS NRC.
THEY COULD DISTILL CONTAMINATED
GLYCOL AND MAKE IT LIKE BRAND
NEW AGAIN.
THEY SAID SEND US A SAMPLE TO
MAKE SURE THEY CAN DISTILL IT.
SO WE WENT TO THE TOP OF THE
TANK AND FILLED UP A MAYONNAISE
JAR WITH THE DEICER AND SENT IT
TO THEM.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE
DISTILLATION PLANT IN ANCHORAGE.
THEY WOULD TAKE OUR 88,000
GALLONS OF CONTAMINATED ETHYLENE
GLYCOL AND DISTILLED IT AND THEN
IT WOULD BE 95% ETHYLENE GLYCOL
AND 5% WATER.
THEY COULD NOT CHANGE IT BACK TO
AIRPLANE DEICER BECAUSE IT'S
VERY HARD TO GET THAT CERTIFIED
AND TESTED SO WE COULD USE THIS
ON OTHER THINGS ON THE BASE
BECAUSE WE COULD USE IT FOR THE
VEHICLE ANTIFREEZE AND ALSO WE
USE ETHYLENE GLYCOL IN THE
HEATING SYSTEMS IN THE HEATING
FLUID LIKE I DON'T KNOW, SOME
PEOPLE, LIKE IN YOUR HOUSE YOU
HAVE -- IF YOU HAVE BASE BOARD
HEATING HAVE YOU WATER GOING
THROUGH THE PIPES.
NOW, IN THIS PART OF ALASKA WE
USE ETHYLENE GLYCOL BECAUSE IF
THE POWER WENT OFF ON A VERY
COLD DAY THEN THE PIPES WOULD
FREEZE AND BREAK LIKE THE HOUSE
I BOUGHT IN ALASKA IT FROZE UP
BEFORE WE BOUGHT IT AND THE
SELLER HAD TO FIX IT.
ANYWAY, NOW THE PROBLEM IS THAT
WE DON'T USE THAT MUCH VEHICLE
88,000 TO GET DISTILLED AND THEN
THEY WOULD GIVE US BACK 70,000
GALLONS AND THEY SAID DO YOU
WANT HALF FOR THE CARS AND HALF
FOR THE HEATING SYSTEMS THEN
THEY ALWAYS PUT IN AN
ANTI-CORROSIVE ADDITIVE AND
DIFFERENT FOR THE ANTIFREEZE
FROM THE HEATING SYSTEMS.
BUT THEN WE HAVE TO PAY $8 A
GALLON WHICH PROBABLY WOULDN'T
INCLUDE TRANSPORTATION.
BUT WE BUY THIS STUFF NOW AT $10
A GALLON SO WE SAVED SOME MONEY.
PLUS WE WOULD SAVE THE COST OF
DISPOSAL.
THE BIG PROBLEM IS WE DON'T USE
70,000 GALLONS AND WE USE LIKE
5,000 GALLONS A YEAR SO THE
PROBLEM IS TO SAVE MONEY FOR THE
BASE WE CAN'T SAVE MONEY FOR THE
BASE BUT IF WE PAY THE MONEY FOR
ALL THIS STUFF TO BE RECYCLED
AND THEN MAYBE WE COULD SHARE IT
WITH OTHER BASES AND THEN THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WOULD GET
THE COST SAVINGS BUT WE DON'T
USE ENOUGH.
SEE, IF WE USED THE RUNWAY
DEICER -- NO, IF WE COULD CHANGE
IT INTO AIRPLANE DEICER WE USE
ABOUT 20,000 GALLONS IN A YEAR
BUT IF WE CHANGE IT TO
ANTIFREEZE OR COOLING/HEATING
SYSTEM FLUID WE ONLY USE 5,000
GALLONS A YEAR SO WE'RE WORKING
ON IT AND I'VE ASKED FOR THE
MONEY AND IT HASN'T BEEN
APPROVED YET BUT IT MIGHT BE.
OH, AND IF ANYBODY ELSE A
SIMILAR PROBLEM, YOU CAN SECOND
ME AN E-MAIL IF YOU WANT TO ASK
ME SOMETHING AND THEN MR. BLAKE
HILLIS AT U.S. ECOLOGY COULD
DISTILL IT FOR US AND WE HOPE TO
SEND IT TO HIM.
OKAY.
THAT'S IT.
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
I THINK WE'RE PASSING IT OFF TO
THE NEXT PRESENTER OF THE
SESSION.
GO AHEAD.
>> OKAY.
>> I BELIEVE KIMBERLY WAS GOING
TO SHARE THE SLIDES.
>> THANK YOU.
I JUST THOUGHT -- ANY WAYS WE'RE
GOOD.
HELLO.
I'M ALBESE GAONA WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY,
SPECIFICALLY WITH THE
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT OFFICE
AT HEADQUARTERS.
I AM THE MANAGE FOR
SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE
RESILIENCE IN THE OFFICE AND IT
MEANS OUR OFFICE COVERS A BROAD
10, 11 SITES ALL OVER THE
NATION.
AND WITH ME I WILL HAVE KIM COLE
PRESENTING AND KIM, PLEASE GO
AHEAD AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
>> I'M SORRY.
I'M KIM COLE AND WORK FOR UCOR
THE CONTRACTOR TO THE OAK RIDGE
OFFICE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
AND I HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE
IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
SYSTEMS AND SUSTAINABILITY AND
WAS INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN THE
PROJECT WE'RE ABOUT TO DISCUSS.
>> SO BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I'D
LIKE TO GIVE THE AUDIENCE A
HISTORICAL CONTEXT.
YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THE
MANHATTAN PROJECT.
THIS WAS A FEDERAL PROJECT IN
THE 1940s WHEN WORLD WAR II WAS
ONGOING AND THE OBJECTIVE OF
THIS PROJECT WAS TO BASICALLY
SET UP A NUMBER OF SITES AROUND
THE COUNTRY TO DEVELOP THE
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY AND
EVENTUALLY THE ATOMIC WEAPONS
THEY WERE LOOKING FOR TO HELP
THEM EVENTUALLY WIN WORLD WAR
II.
WE KNOW THE REST OF THE STORY
OVER THERE.
THIS IS SPECIFIC SITE IS ONE OF
THOSE SITES AND IT WAS SET UP
AROUND 1942 IN THE OAK RIDGE
AREA OF TENNESSEE.
IT WAS A VERY LARGE SITE WITH
MANY MANY FACILITIES AND BY THE
END OF THE WORLD WAR II IT WAS
ALREADY EMPLOYING 22,000
EMPLOYEES.
THERE WAS A LOT OF ACTIVITY
GOING ON THERE.
SO HOW DID THE DEE --
DECONTAMINATION COME TO BE?
OF INTEREST WAS THERE WAS NOT
ENOUGH ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION
OR THE ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS
WERE VERY LAX OR NOT IMPLEMENTED
FOR VARIOUS REASONS INCLUDING
THE URGENCY OF THE PROJECT.
IT WAS SOMETHING THE GOVERNMENT
WAS TRYING TO GET DONE QUICK LY
AND THERE WAS NOT TIME TO PAY
ATTENTION TO THE POTENTIAL
CONTAMINATION AND IT DID TAKE
PLACE AND A LOT OF THE SOIL AND
WATER GOT CONTAMINATED AND WASTE
GOT CONTAMINATED AND THAT'S WHAT
WE'RE WORKING TO CLEAN UP.
THE SITE HAS WORKED TO CLEAN UP
OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
OUR MISSION IS TO BASICALLY
CLEAN UP ALL THE LIABILITY FROM
THOSE YEARS AND THOSE DECADES OF
CONTAMINATION TAKING PLACE.
THE CONTAMINATION TOOK PLACE AT
SITES AND A LOT OF THE
REMEDIATION INCLUDED
CONTAMINATED SOIL AND GROUND
WATER.
THE MAP IS SHOWING THE LOCATION
OF THE REMAINING SITES THAT WE
ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CLEANING UP
AND I WILL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT
THAT IN A SECOND.
SO OVER THE PAST THREE DECADES
OUR OFFICE ACHIEVED A
SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN CLEANING
UP THIS LEGACY.
BASICALLY THE OFFICE ELIMINATED
THE MOST DANGEROUS OF
CONTAMINATED FACILITIES.
AND STABILIZED A LOT OF THE
GROUND WATER AND SOIL
CONTAMINATION AND FOR THE MOST
PART IT HAS BEEN DONE AND THE
PROGRAMS ACTIVE REMEDIATION
REDUCE THE FOOTPRINT BY OVER 90%
WHICH IS THE EQUIVALENT TO OVER
3,000 SQUARE MILES TO NOW WHAT
IS LESS THAN 300 SQUARE MILES
AND OUT OF ALL THOSE SITES WE
ONLY HAVE ABOUT 15 SITES
REMAINING TO CLEAN UP.
THOSE YOU SAW ON THE MAP.
THE IMPORTANT POINT ABOUT THOSE
15 REMAINING SITES IS THAT THEY
ARE PERHAPS THE MOST COMPLEX AND
CHALLENGING CONTAMINATION TO
CLEAN UP AND VERY COSTLY OF
COURSE IT'S GOING TO TAKE A
NUMBER OF YEARS OR DECADES AND A
LOT MORE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO
COMPLETE IT TO FINISH IT.
IT'S GOING TO BE UP TO THE NEXT
GENERATION TO GET IT ALL DONE.
SO TO GIVE YOU MORE DETAIL ABOUT
THE CLEAN UP WORK THAT HAS TAKEN
PLACE, THIS IS A SPECIFIC SITE
IN TENNESSEE.
MY COLLEAGUE, KIM, WHO IS
LOCATED AND WORKING AT THIS SITE
WILL SPEAK TO THAT.
KIM.
>> THANK YOU, ALBESE.
WELL, EACH MISSION WAS TO TURN
THE ETTP SITE INTO A SAFE AND
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY ASSET
AFTER HAVING BEEN A COMMUNITY
LIABILITY FOR SO LONG.
IT TOOK TWO DECADES OF WORK BUT
IN 2020, EM COMPLETE THE VISION
2020 PUBLIC HEALTH -- PROJECT
TO CLEAN UP THE SITES AHEAD OF
BUDGET AND AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
THAT WAS QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT
CONSIDERING TOO IT WAS DOE'S
LARGEST COMPLETED ENVIRONMENTAL
CLEAN UP EFFORT TO DATE AND IT
MARKED THE FIRST REMOVAL AN
ENRICHMENT COMPLEX.
WE'RE PROUD OF THAT.
WE HAD OVER 500 BUILDINGS WHICH
AMOUNTED TO OVER 13 MILLION
SQUARE FEET OF REMOVAL THAT WERE
DEMOLISHED INCLUDING THE K25
GASEOUS DEFUSION BUILDING WITH
97.5 MILLION CUBIC FEET OF
BUILDING.
IT WAS THE LARGEST BUILDING IN
THE WORLD OF ITS KIND AND THERE
WERE SOIL AND DEBRIS DISPOSED.
AND IT'S TRANSFERRED NEARLY 1300
ACHERS TO THE COMMUNITY FOR
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND 650
ACRES ARE SLATED FOR TRANSFER BY
2024.
WE TRANSFERRED ETTP FROM A
LIABILITY TO A MARKETABLE ASSET
AND TRACTING NEW BUSINESSES AND
DEVELOPMENT WHICH WAS THE GOAL
AND NOW HOME TO MORE THAN 20
BUSINESSES AND WE HAVE TWO SOLAR
FARMS PRODUCING 1.2 MEGAWATT
HOURS AND PLANS ARE UNDERWAY TO
DEPLOY A DEMONSTRATION REACTOR
AND PLACED WHERE THE TWO MASSIVE
ENRICHMENT BUILDING ONCE STOOD.
THEY'LL PROVIDE CARBON-FREE
ENERGY TO THE U.S. ELECTRICITY
MARKET AND CREATE 55 JOBS WHICH
OF COURSE DEMONSTRATES THE WAY
WE WANTED TO TURN THE FACILITY
AROUND FROM WHAT IT WAS.
THEN PLANNING CONTINUES FOR
PROPOSED GENERAL AVIATION
AIRPORT.
THAT'S GOING ENCOMPASS 250 ACRES
OF THE SITE AND EM IS SCHEDULED
TO BEGIN CONTROVERSYI INING --
TRANSFERRING THAT TO THE CITY OF
OAK RIDGE.
ANOTHER THING WE'RE PROUD OF IS
THE 100 ACRES THAT HAS BEEN
DEDICATED TO SUPPORT HISTORIC
PRESERVATION EFFORTS AND WE HAVE
A BRAND NEW MANHATTAN PROJECT
NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK AND
NEWLY CONSTRUCTED K25 HISTORY
CENTER CURRENTLY OPEN TO THE
PUBLIC.
THERE'S BEEN SIGNIFICANT
CONTRIBUTION ECONOMICALLY TO THE
AREA.
THE EAST TENNESSEE ECONOMIC
COUNCIL REPORTED DOE NOW CREATES
$7.2 BILLION IN ECONOMIC
BENEFITS AND HIGH-QUALITY JOBS
ANNUALLY TO THE STATE'S ECONOMY
THROUGH THE RESEARCH AND
NATIONAL SECURITY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP MISSIONS
IN OAK RIDGE OF WHICH THE ETTP
WAS A BIG CONTRIBUTOR.
WE HAVE VERY COMPREHENSIVE
ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP
PRACTICES AND HAVE INITIATIVES
AND GREEN SPACE CREATION AND
ENERGY REGENERATION AND USAGE
AND I'LL MENTION MUCH OF THAT
WAS RECOGNIZED WITHIN OUR
ORGANIZATION AS A SUSTAINABILITY
AWARD AND INTERNAL AWARDS WHERE
THEY WERE ENCOURAGED TO COME UP
WITH NEW INITIATIVES TO MAKE THE
PROJECT MORE ECONOMICAL AND A
BETTER OUTCOME.
SO EM HAS PARTNERED WITH THE
STATE OF TENNESSEE TO TRANSFER
3500 ACRES TO CONSERVATION TO
PROVIDE HABITAT FOR THE
WILDLIFE, HIKING TRAILS, BIKE
PATHS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES FOR
RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS AND IN
FACT THIS EARTH DAY WE ARE
PLANNING TO DO A NATURE WALK ON
SOME OF THOSE TRAILS WITH THE
COMMUNITY WHICH IS ANOTHER
EXTENSION OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY
TO SHARE THE THINGS WE'VE
ACCOMPLISHED.
ON THE COMPLETION OF THE FIRST
OF ITS KIND CLEANUP PROJECT HAS
REDUCED ENVIRONMENTAL RISK AND
RETURNED LANDS TO THE COMMUNITY
FOR THE PROMOTION OF
RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES WE
DISCUSSED AND SERVED AS A MODEL
FOR FUTURE SUSTAINABLE
ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP PROJECTS.
ALBESE.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS CHART IS MEANT TO EXPLAIN
WHAT SUSTAINABILITY MEANS TO US
AND IT'S BASICALLY THOSE THREE
PILLARS AND THEY HAVE TO GO
TOGETHER FOR CLEAN UP AND
REMEDIATION AND FOR WORK TO BE
FULLY SUSTAINABLE IN TERMS OF
THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS
OBVIOUSLY THE CLEAN UP AND
REMEDIATION AND CREATING GOOD
JOBS AND LANDS RETURN AND A SAFE
ENVIRONMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY
AGAIN.
IN TERMS OF THE ECONOMIC
ASPECTS, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
WHICH IN TURN LEAD TO NEXT
GENERATION JOBS AND OBVIOUSLY A
TAX BASE BENEFITS FOR THE ENTIRE
COMMUNITY.
HERE'S A LISTING OF THE
SUSTAINABILITY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
THAT TOOK PLACE OVER THE YEARS
AND YOU HEARD SOME OF THOSE FROM
KIM IN TERMS OF CLEANING UP
REMEDIATION AND BASICALLY
RETURNING THE SITE TO A SAFE
STATE IN TURNS OF RENEWABLE
ENERGY AND SOLAR POWER WAS PUT
IN PLACE WITH THE SECTOR AND IN
TERMS OF SUSTAINABILITY
ACQUISITION, PROCUREMENT WAS
PUTTING POLICIES IN PLACE FOR
SUSTAINABLE ACQUISITIONS AND
PROCUREMENT AND THAT LED TO
SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS WE WERE ABLE
TO PUT TO MORE REMEDIATION AND
CLEANUP.
SO WASTE MANAGEMENT, THE OVERALL
GOAL IS TO DIVERT AS MUCH WASTE
AS POSSIBLE.
DIVERT IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE SO
LESS OF THE WASTE GOES TO THE
LANDFILLS.
REGULAR LANDFILLS OR SPECIAL
LANDFILLS FOR CONTAMINATED
DEBRIS OR OTHER WHICH ARE VERY
EXPENSIVE SO WE DID A LOT OF
THAT AND GAINED A LOT OF BENEFIT
FROM THAT BECAUSE WHEN YOU
MANAGE YOUR WASTE PROPERLY, YOU
PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT AND SAVE
MONEY SENDING THAT TO THE
SPECIAL LANDFILLS IS VERY
EXPENSIVE AS COMPARED TO REGULAR
LANDFILL.
IN TERMS OF LAND MANAGEMENT AS
MENTIONED BEFORE, A LOT OF ACRES
ARE BEING TRANSFERRED TO THE
COMMUNITY ALREADY PUT TO WORK
FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THERE IS
STILL MORE TO COME ONCE THE
COMMUNITY WILL DECIDE WHAT'S THE
BEST THING TO DO WITH RECREATION
AND INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES,
ETCETERA.
SO IN THE END, THE QUESTION THAT
REMAINS FOR US OR THE QUESTION
WAS DID WE ACCOMPLISH OUR GOAL
OF CLEANING UP THIS IN A
SUSTAINABLE WAY AND THE ANSWER
FOR US IS, YES, WE BELIEVE SO.
WE'RE NOT ONLY MEETING OUR
RESPONSIBILITY OF CLEANING UP
THE SITE AND CLEANING UP THE
SITE FOR MANY GENERATIONS BUT
ALSO TURNING THIS INTO AN
INCREDIBLE ASSET FROM A
LIABILITY TO AN INCREDIBLE ASSET
FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND OBVIOUSLY HAVING THIS IS A
MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THAT'S THAT.
THE BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE I HAVE
SOME LINKS IN CASE YOU WANT TO
LEARN MORE AND UNDERSTAND MORE
ABOUT THE CLEANUP WORK AND IF
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
>> I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS
RIGHT NOW.
>> OKAY.
>> PASS ON TO THE NEXT
PRESENTER.
>> GREAT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET
STARTED.
HELLO, EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.
I'M KELLY JARAMILLO AND I'M
SPEAK FROM ALBUQUERQUE, NEW
MEXICO.
I WORK FOR THE FOREST SERVICE
AND SOUTHWESTERN REGIONAL OFFICE
AS THE SUSTAINABILITY SPECIALIST
AND SERVE AS THE CHAIRPERSON AS
THE NATIONAL GREENING FIRE TEAM.
IT'S AN INTERAGENCY TEAM AND
CURRENTLY CHARTERED UNDER THE
FOREST SERVICE WASHINGTON OFFICE
BY MITIGATION MANAGEMENT.
I'LL START THE PRESENTATION FOR
SHARING WHY SUSTAINABLE
OPERATIONS MATTER FROM A POLICY
STANDPOINT AND THEN SHARE THE
SUCCESS STORIES AND INITIATIVES
INCLUDING OUR NEXT ZERO WASTE
INITIATIVE.
BY THE END OF THE PRESENTATION I
HOPE THAT YOU WILL HAVE A FEW
IDEAS ABOUT WAYS YOUR
ORGANIZATION CAN REDUCE YOUR
FOOTPRINT THROUGH SUSTAINABLE
OPERATIONS.
WE'LL START BY DISCUSSING SOME
OF THE SUSTAINABILITY DRIVERS
BEHIND THE GREENING FIRE
PROGRAM.
AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL,
SUSTAINABLE LEVEL OPERATIONS
HELP COMPLY WITH THE EXECUTIVE
ORDER 14057.
THIS WAS PUBLISHED IN DECEMBER
AND REQUIRES US TO ACHIEVE 100%
CARBON, POLLUTION-FREE
ELECTRICITY AND NET ZERO
EMISSIONS FROM OVER ALL FEDERAL
OPERATIONS AND WE FOLLOW THE
INTERAGENCY STANDARDS FOR
AVIATION OPERATIONS KNOWN AS THE
RED BOOK.
THIS YEAR THE SECTION ON
INCIDENTMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL
SUSTAIN ACT WAS UPDATED.
YOU CAN SEE THE STANDARDS ALIGN
WELL WITH THE REQUIREMENTS IN
THE EXECUTIVE ORDER AND CALL ON
ALL OF US TO IMPLEMENT GREENING
FIRE SUSTAINABILITY BEST
MANAGEMENT PRACTICES.
SO WHAT EXACTLY IS OUR GREENING
FIRE TEAM TRYING TO DO?
THE NATIONAL GREENING FIRE
TEAM'S VISION IS TO ACHIEVE NET
ZERO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AT ALL
LARGE FIRE INCIDENTS BY 2030.
WE DO THIS BY CONSERVING ENERGY
AND WATER AND SUSTAINABLE
ACQUISITION WHAT WE CALL GREEN
PROCUREMENT AND REDUCING WASTE
ON FIRES.
FROM SMALL SCALE TO LARGE SCALE,
OUR TEAM IS ACHIEVING REAL WORLD
RESULTS ONE STEP AT A TIME.
EVERY ONE OF OUR INITIATIVES HAS
BEEN A GRASSROOTS EFFORTS FROM
GREENING FIRE TEAM MEMBERS AND
AMBASSADORS.
THEY'RE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE A
DESIRE TO HELP ADVANCE
SUSTAINABILITY BEST PRACTICES IN
INCIDENT OPERATIONS AND
PARTICIPATE AS LITTLE OR AS MUCH
AS THEY'RE ABLE AND WE HAVE 130
INDIVIDUALS ACROSS OUR AREAS
THAT HAVE SIGNED UP IN SOME WAY
TO BE PART OF THE GREENING FIRE
PROGRAM.
ON THE FAR LEFT OF THE SLIDE,
YOU CAN SEE OUR BREAK DOWN BY
ORGANIZATION.
WE'RE STEADILY RECRUITING
AMBASSADORS FROM THE FULL
SPECTRUM OF THE AGENCY.
FOR ANYONE WHO HAS NEVER BEEN TO
A GREENING FIRE CAMP I WANT TO
GIVE A BASIC SENSE SO YOU
UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT OF
GREENING FIRE.
WE ALSO REFER TO A WILDFIRE FIRE
AS AN INCIDENT.
IN THE PICTURE ON THE TOP RIGHT,
YOU CAN SEE A PHOTO I TOOK ON
THE COMPLEX IN NORTHWESTERN
CALIFORNIA THIS PAST AUGUST.
THIS IS AN INCIDENT COMMAND
POST.
THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT WAS
SHARED WITH ME BY A NIGHT SHIFT
FIREFIGHTER ON THE SAME FIRE.
SO LET'S GO TO THE FIRE CAMP
TOGETHER REAL QUICK.
IMAGINE, YOU ARE CAMPING IN A
TENT IN A PLACE WHERE DAYTIME
TEMPERATURES CAN BE WELL OVER
100 DEGREES.
DUST, ASH AND SMOKE ARE
EVERYWHERE.
NEARLY EVERYONE IS ASSIGNED TO
THE FIRE IS WORKING 16 HOURS A
DAY AND BECAUSE FIRES CAN MOVE,
YOU'RE ENTIRE CAMP MAY NEED TO
RELOCATE AT ANY POINT.
FIGHTING WILDFIRES CAN REQUIRE
WELL OVER 1,000 FIREFIGHTERS AND
SUPPORT PERSONNEL OVER JUST A
FEW DAYS ON A SMALL FIRE OR
MONTHS ON A LARGE FIRE.
INCIDENTS MAY BE NEAR URBAN
AREAS WITH CONVENIENT ACCESS TO
POWER, WATER, TRASH OR RECYCLING
OR IN REMOTE LOCATIONS.
THEY OFTEN INCLUDE TENTS AND
YURTS WITH COOLING SYSTEMS AND
POWERED BY DIESEL GENERATORS.
SUPPLIES OFTEN ARRIVE IN
CARDBOARD BOXES AND THERE'S
CRATES AND CRATES OF BOTTLED
WATER AND WHAT IS REQUIRED IS
DIFFICULT TO PREDICT.
SO WHEN I DISCUSS A GREENING
FIRE PROGRAM, YOU CAN IMAGINE
THE COMPLEXITY OF TRYING TO
REDUCE WASTE OR FUEL CONSUMPTION
ON INCIDENTS ACROSS SUCH A WIDE
SPECTRUM OF CIRCUMSTANCES.
THE BREADTH AND SCALE OF THE
SUPPLIES AND SERVICES PURCHASED
OR RENTED ON INCIDENTS IS HUGE.
AND WE ARE TRYING TO MOVE THE
NEEDLE TO PUT NET ZERO EMISSIONS
FROM FEDERAL PROCUREMENT AND
REDUCING OUR EMISSIONS FROM
OPERATIONS THROUGH A PROCUREMENT
INITIATIVE.
OUR TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING VERY
HARD TO IDENTIFY COMPANIES AND
PRODUCTS THAT CAN HELP US GREEN
FIRE.
JUST TWO WEEKS AGO WE HOSTED OUR
FIRST EVER VIRTUAL GREENING FIRE
TECH EXPO TO GET SCENE OF THE
GREEN BUSINESSES WE'VE BEEN
FINDING ARE SMALL AND UNFAMILIAR
WITH FEDERAL CONTRACTING AND THE
FIRST DAY WE SHARED INFORMATION
HOW TO NAVIGATE FEDERAL
CONTRACTS IN OUR INCIDENT
PROCUREMENT PROGRAM.
THE SECOND DAY WE HAD PANEL
DISCUSSIONS FROM A VARIETY OF
COMPANIES THAT DEEP DIVE
TECHNOLOGIES THAT WE WERE
RESEARCHING LIKE SOLAR AND
HIGH-EFFICIENCY LIGHT POWERS AND
MOBILE SOLAR AND WIND POWER AND
HYDRATION SERVICES AND ELECTRIC
VEHICLES AND EV CHARGING
STATION.
ON THE NEXT TWO SLIDES I'LL SHOW
YOU QUICK EXAMPLES AND IF YOU'D
LIKE TO SEE THE PRESENTATIONS
YOURSELF, WE'LL HAVE THOSE
RECORDINGS POSTED ON OUR
GREENING FIRE WEBSITE SOON.
HERE'S A FEW OF THE GREENER
ALTERNATIVES TO DIESEL
GENERATORS.
A VARIETY OF COMPANIES OFFER
PRODUCT COULD PROVIDE RELIABLE
RENEWABLE POUR -- POWER FOR
INCIDENTS.
THEY DON'T JUST SAVE FUEL AND
EMISSIONS BUT REDUCE NOISE AND
THAT MEANS POTENTIALLY BETTER TO
SLEEP FOR FIRE PERSONNEL.
THERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO
DRASTICALLY REDUCE HOW MANY
SINGLE USE PLASTIC BOTTLES
THROUGH MOBILE WATER RESOURCE
STATIONS.
TAKE A LOOK AT OUR GREENING FIRE
SUCCESS STORIES.
THIS PAST YEAR IS PART OF THE
GREENING FIRE PROGRAM THE
INTERAGENCY HOT SHOTS IN MON AND
NEW MEXICO RESPECTIVELY DEPLOYED
PORTABLE RENEWABLE POWER
ALONGSIDE RECHARGEABLE RADIO
BATTERIES.
THE HOT SHOT SUPERINTENDENTS
INFORMED ME THE REMOTE AND
RELIABLE AND RENEWABLE POWER
THEM TO GET TO DEVICES SUCH AS
CELL AND SATELLITE PHONES AND
GOVERNMENT-ISSUED BLACK TOPS.
THEY HAVE REDUCED BATTERY WASTE
TO LANDFILLS BY AN ESTIMATED
1500 POUNDS PER YEAR AND
ESTIMATE THEY'RE SAVING $15,000
A YEAR.
THE FIRE MODULE DEPLOYED AN
ELECTRIC BIKE AND SHARED THEY
WERE ABLE TO EASILY COVER MORE
GROUND, TIE IN WITH MORE
RESOURCES AND GEAR AND POST
CLOSURE SIGNS AND TRACK FIRE
GROWTH QUICKLY WITH MINIMAL
EFFORT AND TIME COMPARED TO A
DIRT BIKE, THE E-BIKE COSTS 50%
LESS AND HAD LOWER MAINTENANCE
AND REPAIR COSTS, WAS EASIER TO
TRANSPORT AND REQUIRED LESS
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
AND TRAINING.
THE TEAM RECHARGED THE E-BIKE IN
THE FIELD USING A SOLAR POWER
SYSTEM.
THEY ESTIMATE THIS ONE BIKE
SAVES 100 GALLONS OF FUEL
ANNUALLY AND $15,000 OVER ITS
LIFE IN ADDITION TO ALL THE
OPERATIONAL BENEFITS.
THE SAME FOREST PURCHASED 100
MILITARY GRADE REUSABLE WATER
CONTAINERS TO REPLACE WATER
BOTTLES.
IT'S ESTIMATED THEY'LL SAVE
ALMOST $14,500 ANNUALLY AND
REDUCE WASTE TO THE LANDFILL BY
850 POUNDS PER YEAR.
ON THE SUBJECT OF REDUCING WASTE
WE'VE HAD TURN-KEY INCIDENT
CONTRACTING VEHICLE WE CREATED
WITH STANDARDIZED RECYCLING
EQUIPMENT, SIGNS AND PROCESSES,
HIGHLY QUALIFIED VENDERS AND
COST-EFFECTIVE WASTE DIVERSION
SERVICES.
IN FEDERAL CONTRACTING LANGUAGE
WE LAUNCHED WHAT IS CALLED A
BLANKET PURCHASING AGREEMENT OR
BPA AND IT REQUIRES THE VENDORS
TO DO MUCH MORE THAN JUST DROP
OFF A CARDBOARD DUMPSTER AT THE
FIRE CAMP.
THEY'RE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE
TRASH AND RECYCLE STATIONS
THROUGHOUT THE FIRE CAMP AND
MUST SERVICE THEM TO PREVENT
OVERFLOW AND REQUIRED TO
TRANSPORT RECYCLABLES TO AN
OUTLET AND DOCUMENT THE WASTE
DIVERSION DATA.
IT WAS IMPORTANT THE PROGRAM BE
PROFESSIONAL, TRANSPARENT AND
ACCOUNTABLE SO WE DEVELOPED DATA
TOOLS FOR MANDATORY REPORTING OF
THE TRASH AND RECYCLE QUANTITIES
AND PROVIDE A WASTE DIVERSION
REPORT THAT SUMMARIZES THE DATA
AND PROVIDES INSIGHT INTO THE
CHALLENGES THEY ENCOUNTERED,
LESSONS LEARNED AND
OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT SO
THE FIRE TEAM CAN USE THE
REPORTS TO CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE
THE PROGRAM WELL INTO THE
FUTURE.
LET'S LOOK AT ONE EXAMPLE.
ON THE DIXIE FIRE IN CALIFORNIA
THE PAST YEAR, THE RECYCLING
VENDOR, ZERO HERO PROVIDED
ON-SITE RECYCLES SERVICE FOR
OVER THREE MONTHS STRAIGHT WITH
AN INCIDENTS PERSONNEL OF 1300
PEOPLE AND QUINCY WAS A TOWN OF
1900 PEOPLE.
THREE DUMPSTERS SERVICE THE
WHOLE TOWN.
AN INCIDENT OF THIS SIZE
PRODUCES TWO TO THREE TIMES THE
AMOUNT OF WASTE NORMALLY
PRODUCED BY THE TOWN.
ALL THREE TRASH TRUCK DRIVERS
WERE ADVOCATED FROM THEIR HOMES
AND ONE LOST THEIR HOME
PROVIDING COMMUNITIES LIKE THIS
WITH MORE EMERGENCY WASTE
DIVERSION SERVICES ELEAVE A --
ALLEVIATES THE STRAIN ON THE
TOWN AND THEY TEAMS DIVERTED
NEARLY 157,000 POUNDS OF TRASH
AND THERE FRESH PRODUCE DIVERTED
TO FEED RESCUE ANIMALS.
THE TEAM SAVED ALMOST $147,000
IN AVOIDED LANDFILL COSTS
THROUGH THE RECYCLING PROGRAM.
WE HAVE A GREAT VIDEO ABOUT THIS
ON OUR WEBSITE IF YOU WANT TO
CHECK IT OUT JUST GOOGLE
GREENING FIRE AND IT IS ON OUR
HOME PAGE.
SO THE PAST YEAR, INCIDENT
MANAGEMENT TEAMS AND RECYCLING
VENDORS COLLECTIVELY DIVERTED
WELL OVER 621,000 POUNDS OF
MATERIAL FROM COMMUNITY
LANDFILLS INCLUDING 41,600
POUNDS OF FOOD DONATIONS
DIVERTED TO COMMUNITIES IN
CRISIS.
THE WASTE DIVERSION EFFORT
REDUCED OUR CARBON IMPACT BY
ALMOST 1100 TONS OF CARBON
DIOXIDE EMISSIONS AND BY
DIVERTING THIS WE SAVED BETWEEN
50% AND 80% ON HAULING COSTS AND
THIS SHOWS THE 2021 AND YOU CAN
SEE SCREEN SHOTS.
FOR ME IT'S SUPER EXCITING TO
SEE FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC
LIKE THIS IS WONDERFUL.
I ALWAYS ASSIST THE WASTE THAT
WENT ON AT FIRE CAMPS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MY SON'S SCHOOL RECEIVED A LARGE
DONATION OF FOOD SNACKS LEFT
OVER FROM THE FIRE.
WE GIVE TO THE LOCAL
COMMUNITIES.
WE RECEIVED SIMILAR FEEDBACK
FROM OUR OWN FIRE PERSONNEL WHO
APPRECIATE THE PROGRAM AND
OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN
REDUCING WASTE ON FIRES.
THIS YEAR WE ARE LOOKING TO
EXPAND OUR INCIDENT RECYCLING
BPA NATIONWIDE AND EXPECTING
HIGHER NUMBERS RELATED TO TOTAL
MATERIAL DIVERTED FROM LANDFILLS
IN THE FUTURE.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, A
GREENING FIRE TEAM HAS A VISION
OF ACHIEVING ZERO WASTE BY 2030.
RECYCLING IS ONE IMPORTANT
COMPONENT BUT NOT ENOUGH.
GETTING TO ZERO WASTE REQUIRES A
RE-THINK OF WHERE THE WASTE IS
COMING FROM IN THE FIRST PLACE
AND HOW TO START TO ACCESS
RE-USE OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXTEND
FAR BEYOND TRADITIONAL RECYCLE
OUTLETS.
AND IT'S A COMPANY SELECTED TO
SUPPORT THE EFFORT AS PART OF
THE NET ZERO WASTE DESIGN SCOPE
THEY'RE PERFORMING WASTE AUDITS
AND REVIEWING THE SUPPLY CAIN
AND PROCUREMENTS AND MAPPING OUT
INFRASTRUCTURE AND IDENTIFYING
POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS TO HELP
REDUCE AND RE-USE WASTE.
THEY'VE COMPLETED A NUMBER OF
WASTE AUDITS AT SEVERAL OF OUR
FIRE CACHES.
WHEN FIRE HOSE DAMAGED IT CAN NO
LONGER BE USED TO SUPPORT
OPERATION.
WITH FROM THE AUDITS WE ESTIMATE
PALLE
PALLETS ABOUT 700 MILES OF FIRE
HOSE ARE DISPOSED OF ANNUALLY
AND WE HAVE DAMAGED CAMPING GEAR
AND BATTERIES.
WHILE BATTERIES CAN BE RECYCLED,
THE OTHER ITEMS OFFER A UNIQUE
OPPORTUNITY FOR POTENTIAL RE-USE
THROUGH NEW PARTNERSHIPS.
SO IN ADDITION TO RESEARCHING
WHETHER MANUFACTURERS WOULD
CONSIDER TAKE-BACK AS PART OF A
CIRCULAR ECONOMY WE HAVE BEEN
LOOKING AT POSSIBLE PARTNERS TO
UP-CYCLE, OR REPAIR THE
MATERIALS IN WAYS THAT GIVE IT A
SECOND LIFE AND OUT OF THE
LANDFILL.
IN THIS PRESENTATION I INTRODUCE
YOU TO THE NATIONAL GREENING
FIRE TEAM AND TRY TO PROVIDE
CONTEXT AROUND INCIDENT
OPERATIONS.
I HIGHLIGHTED SOME DRIVERS
BEHIND SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS,
TOUCHED ON OUR GREEN PROCUREMENT
INITIATIVE AND SHARED A FEW OF
OUR SMALL AND LARGE-SCALE
SUCCESS STORIES.
FINALLY, I GAVE YOU A QUICK
OVERVIEW OF OUR NET ZERO WASTE
INITIATIVE.
IN THE FEDERAL SUSTAINABLE SPACE
I FEEL WE OFTEN FOLKS ON
BUILDINGS AND MATERIALS AND I
HOPE THIS PRESENTATION MAKES YOU
THINK ABOUT HOW TO MAKE FEDERAL
OPERATIONS MORE SUSTAINABLE.
WITH THAT, I CONCLUDE MY
PRESENTATION.
I HOPE THAT YOU'LL CHECK OUT OUR
WEBSITE AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO
E-MAIL OUR SHARED IN BOX OR
MYSELF DIRECTLY USING CONTACT
INFO ON THE SLIDE AND I'LL TAKE
ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
THANKS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYONE.
WE CAN NOW MOVE INTO THE Q&A
PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION.
JUST A REMINDER TO ATTENDEES,
PLEASE SUBMIT YOURS VIA THE SEND
LIVE FEEDBACK BUTTON.
WE HAVE SOME QUESTION HAVE COME
INTO THE IN BOX.
I THINK THE QUESTION IS FOR
JOHN.
FIRST QUESTION, CAN YOU SHARE
SOME OF YOUR ETHYLENE GLYCOL OR
SWAP IT WITH JBER?
>>
>> I HOPE SO.
FIRST WE HAVE TO GET THE MONEY
TO RECYCLE IT SO I'M TRYING TO
GET THE MONEY AND THE COLONEL
THE BOSS OF CIVIL ENGINEERS SAID
HE'LL TRY TO GET THE MONEY.
YESTERDAY A WENT TO A MEETING
WITH THE CONTROLLER AND HE SAID
HE COULDN'T GET THAT MANY MONEY
BUT MAYBE THE CIVIL ENGINEERING
COLONEL MAY BE ABLE TO GET THE
MONEY.
I WOULD LIKE IT SHARE WITH JBER
BUT FIRST WE HAVE TO GET THE
OKAY.
>> THE OTHER QUESTION IS FOR
YOU, JOHN, CAN'T YOU HAVE THE
DOA DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
DISPOSITION COLLECT IT FOR YOU
AND PROPERLY DISPOSE OF IT?
>> WELL, DISPOSAL IS GOING TO
COST MONEY.
THE U.S. ECOLOGY COMPANY THEY
SAID FOR $5 A GALLON THEY WILL
COME AND GET IT WITH THEIR
TRUCKS AND THEY'LL DISPOSE OF IT
AND THEN DLA, IF THEY DISPOSE OF
IT THEY WILL CHARGE US MONEY
NOW.
NOW THEY TAKE AWAY FOR EXAMPLE
OUR COOKING OIL FROM THE
RESTAURANTS ON THE BASE AND
CHARGE US MONEY FOR THAT.
SO THEY PROBABLY WON'T DO IT FOR
FREE.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU, JOHN.
I THINK THE NEXT QUESTION IS
GOING TO BE FOR KELLY.
DID YOU FIND SPECIALIZED
EQUIPMENT LIKE NIGHT VISION
GOGGLES, THERMAL VISION CENSORS
HAVE RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES WITH
COMPATIBLE AVAILABLE SYSTEMS?
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND
THANKS TO THE AUDIENCE FOR
POSTING THAT.
I WILL SHARE WE'RE JUST
SCRATCHING THE SURFACE OF
OPPORTUNITIES TO GREENING FIRE
AND THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT
ITEMS BEING USED THAT WE HAVEN'T
DEEP DIVED THIS TOPIC THOROUGHLY
FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT
QUESTION BUT I WOULD AGREE THAT
IT HAS BEEN VERY EASY TO FIND
AA, AAA RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES
BUT WE'RE STILL LOOKING INTO
OTHER OPTIONS.
WE PUT EFFORT INTO RECHARGEABLE
RADIO BATTERIES AS WELL.
I WOULD APPRECIATE FROM THE
AUDIENCE IF YOU HAVE IDEAS OR
SUGGESTIONS AROUND THIS, I'D
APPRECIATE ANY INPUT YOU HAVE.
YOU MAY HAVE MORE INFORMATION
THAN WE HAVE FROM YOUR OWN
EXPERIENCE.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU, KELLY.
THAT LOOKS LIKE ALL THE
QUESTIONS WE HAVE FOR RIGHT NOW.
AND IN THAT CASE, I WANT TO
THANK OUR SPEAKERS YET AGAIN AND
THANK YOU TO THE AUDIENCE.
WE'LL TAKE A SHORT BREAK WHILE
WE TRANSITION TO OUR NEXT AND
FINAL SESSION OF THE DAY AND
BACK AT 2:45 EASTERN TIME.
SEE YOU THEN.
WELCOME BACK TO THE FEDERAL
SYMPOSIUM SUSTAINABILITY TRACK.
WE'LL BE MODERATING THE INBOX
AND PRESENTERS WILL ANSWER AS
MANY QUESTIONS AS POSSIBLE AND
IF THE PRESENTERS GAVE US
PERMISSION TO MAKE THEIR SLIDES
PUBLICLY AVAILABLE YOU'LL BE
ABLE TO DOWNLOAD THEM UNDER THE
2022 PRESENTATIONS/PROCEEDINGS
TAB.
LET'S JUMP INTO OUR NEXT AND
FINAL PRESENTATION ENTITLED
FEDERAL SUSTAINABLE PURCHASING,
PROGRAMS AND TOOLS TO HELP MEET
AND EXCEED YOUR GOALS, PART 2.
TAKE IT AWAY, GUYS.
>> THANK YOU, MORGAN.
AND HELLO EVERYONE.
THANK YOU FOR STICKING AROUND
FOR OUR PRESENTATION ON THE
FINAL DAY OF THE SYMPOSIUM.
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY, SAVE THE
BEST FOR LAST.
THIS IS PART 2 OF A SESSION THAT
HAPPENED YESTERDAY BUT WE'RE
STILL GOING TO CONTINUE THE
TOPIC OF FEDERAL PURCHASING AND
TOOLS TO HELP MEET AND EXCEED
YOUR GOALS.
I'M GOING TO GIVE A QUICK
OVERVIEW OF WHAT ARE THE
SUSTAINABLE PURCHASING
DIRECTIVES WITHIN THE EXECUTIVE
ORDER 14057 AND I WANT TO
INCLUDE THIS FOR NEW MEMBERS AND
THEN WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS TODAY
ON THE EPA SUSTAINABLE
PURCHASING PROGRAMS AND THOSE
INCLUDE SAFER CHOICE, WATER
SENSE, SMART WAY AND THEN THE
PROGRAM I WORK FOR THE
PURCHASING PROGRAM AND WE'RE
GOING TO FOCUS ON OUR TOOL
CALLED THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF
SPECIFICATION STANDARDS AND
EQUAL LABELS.
WE'RE THE SINGLE LARGEST
PURCHASER IN THE WORLD SPENDING
$650 BILLION ANNUALLY AND
PROCUREMENTS ARE 2.5% OF GDP AND
OWN ONE OF EVERY FIVE ACRES IN
THE U.S. AND SPEND OVER $90
BILLION IN I.T. AND THE LARGEST
CONSUMER SPENDING $18.3 BILLION
ANNUALLY.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE THIS
HUGE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD BY
EXAMPLE AND INFLUENCE THE
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS MARKET.
NOT ONLY THAT, WE ALSO ACT AS A
FORCE MULTIPLIER.
ANYTHING WE DO IN THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT RELATED TO
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS AND
PURCHASING IS THEN ADOPT ED BY
STATE PROCUREMENT INDUSTRIES AND
THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
IT'S EVEN MORE IMPORTANT WE LEAD
BY EXAMPLE AND MAKE SURE THAT
WE'RE IMPLEMENTING STRONG
PROGRAMS AND POLICIES WHEN IT
COMES TO SUSTAINABLE PURCHASING.
I'M SURE YOU'VE BEEN HEARING A
LOT ABOUT THE EXECUTIVE ORDER
THROUGHOUT THE SYMPOSIUM,
EL14057 AND THE ACCOMPANYING
SUSTAINABILITY PLAN AND THE MEM
KNOW THAT GOT RELEASED AND A
WANTED TO PULL THE DIRECTIVES
OUT AND THERE'S FUN THINGS GOING
ON.
FIRST OF ALL, IT SETS A NET ZERO
EMISSIONS PROCUREMENT GOAL FOR
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT BY 2050.
ALL THESE PROGRAMS WE'RE
DISCUSSING ARE HELPING WORK
TOWARDS THAT GOAL.
AND THEN THIS IS WHAT THE BULK
OF OUR PRESENTATION WILL BE
AFTER THE STATUTORY MANDATES THE
PROGRAMS WE COVERED ON PART 1
YESTERDAY, PURCHASERS MUST
MAXIMIZE THE PROCUREMENT OF
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES
BY EPA AND THESE ARE THE
PROGRAMS WE'RE FOCUSSING ON AND
SAFER CHOICE, SMART WAY AND OUR
RECOMMENDATION OF SPECIFICATION
STANDARDS DELIVERABLES.
PERFECTLY PURCHASERS ARE NOW
REQUIRED TO USE THESE PROGRAMS
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PRACTICAL
IN OUR PROCUREMENT.
AND THERE'S SO MANY OTHER THINGS
LIKE PRIORITIZING SUBSTITUTE FOR
PRODUCT CONTAIN PFAS AND FEDERAL
SUPPLIERS TO DISCLOSE EMISSIONS
AN CLIMATE RISK AND SET TARGETS
TO REDUCE EMISSIONS.
IT DIRECTS US TO CHANGE FEDERAL
PROCUREMENT RULES TO MINIMIZE
THE RISK OF CLIMATE CHANGE
INCLUDING IN THE SOCIAL COST OF
GREENHOUSE GAS AND PROCUREMENT
DECISIONS AND THE WORKING GROUP
INCLUDING A BIWEEKLY TASK FORCE
TO DRIVE STRATEGY AND
IMPLEMENTATION FOR LOW CARBON
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS.
THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITING NEWS
HAPPENING WITHIN THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
BUT NOW I THINK WE WILL PASS IT
OFF TO CLIVE TO START TO GET
INTO MORE OF THESE EPA
SUSTAINABLE PURCHASING PROGRAMS
AND FIRST CLIVE WITH THE SAFER
CHOICE PROGRAM.
>> I'LL SHARE MY SCREEN.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS TELL
YOU ABOUT THE SAFER CHOICE
PROGRAM AND THE OPPORTUNITIES
THAT IT PROVIDES FOR FOLKS.
IT IS ABOUT SAFER CHOICE WHICH
IS AN EPA LOGAN WE ALLOW ON
PRODUCTS THAT MEET OUR HIGH-BAR
CRITERIA FOR SAFER PRODUCTS.
SO IT'S ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY BUT
IT'S ABOUT MORE THAN THAT.
IT'S ABOUT THINGS LIKE
PROTECTING WORKERS.
I PROBABLY DON'T NEED TO TELL
ANY OF YOU LISTENING ABOUT THIS
BUT SO YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE I'M
COMING FROM, YOU GOT FOLKS WHO
CLEAN FACILITIES ALL DAY LONG.
SOME OF THEM FOR ALL THEIR LIVES
AND THEY GET HIGH EXPOSURES TO
THINGS LIKE CLEANING PRODUCTS
AND BY USING SAFER PRODUCTS YOU
CAN HELP PROTECT THOSE PEOPLE
AND YOU'RE IN A UNIQUE POSITION
AS JENNA PUT IT, BE NOT JUST
HELPING THE FOLKS WHO WORK WITH
THE STUFF YOU PROCURE BUT THE
FOLKS WHO THROUGHOUT THE
PURCHASING WORLD AND FOLKS IN
THE STATE PROGRAMS AND INDUSTRY
FOLLOWING YOUR EXAMPLE AND THIS
IS A WONDERFUL WAY I THINK AN
INCREDIBLE POWER THAT YOU HAVE
TO HELP PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO
SAFER PRODUCTS.
AND OTHER THINGS I'M GOING TO
TELL YOU ABOUT JUST TO LABEL IN
GENERAL THE STANDARD THAT STANDS
BEHIND IT AND HOW TOUGH THAT IS
AND OUR SAFER CHEMICAL
INGREDIENTS LIST THAT'S A LIST
OF SAFER CHEMICALS THAT CAN GET
USED IN THESE PRODUCTS,
DISINFECTANTS THAT ARE SAFER AND
THEN OUR PARTNER OF THE YEAR
AWARDS WHICH SOME OF YOU FOLKS
MAY WANT TO APPLY FOR.
SO WHAT IS THE SAFER CHOICE
LABEL.
THE SAFER CHOICE LABEL IS A
VERIFICATION BY THE FEDS THEY'RE
SAFER CHEMICALS IN PRODUCT AND
THEY'RE ABOUT 2,000 PRODUCTS OUT
THERE ABOUT 1200 IN THE
INSTITUTIONAL SPACE FOR USE IN
OFFICE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND THE
REST OF THE 700 ARE FOR
CONSUMERS.
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF OUT THERE
IN THE INSTITUTIONAL AND
INDUSTRIAL SPACE.
NOW, THIS IS CONSUMER DATA I'M
ABOUT TO SHOW YOU BUT I THINK
IT'S PRETTY RELEVANT FOR THE
SPACE YOU GUYS ARE IN.
IF YOU TALK TO U.S. CONSUMERS
YOU FIND THAT YOU GET A NUMBER
BETWEEN, WELL, IT'S GREATER THAN
A THIRD OF PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THE
SAFER CHOICE LABEL AND THAT
NUMBER IS INCREASING AND I THINK
THE REALLY INTERESTING THING
ABOUT SURVEY DATA THAT WE'VE GOT
ON THE SAFER CHOICE LABEL IS
THAT ONCE FOLKS UNDERSTAND IT
IS, ONCE YOU EXPLAIN IT TO THEM,
YOU HAVE A HIGH PROPORTION OF
PEOPLE INTERESTED IN USING THE
SAFER CHOICE LABEL AS A WAY TO
HELP THEM CHOOSE PRODUCTS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE LEADING
INDICATORS OF MILLENNIALS AND
PROBABLY PARENTS TOO ARE A
LEADING INDICATOR YOU GET 90% OF
FOLKS INTERESTED IN USING THE
SAFER CHOICE LABEL.
THESE ARE THE PRODUCT CLASSES
WHERE WE LABEL PRODUCTS.
YOU CAN SEE THERE'S LOTS OF
CLEANERS AND DETERGENTS BUT
THERE'S OTHER THINGS TOO LIKE
FOR USE IN HVAC MAINTENANCE
CHEMICALS.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF OUT THERE
THAT MEETS OUR CRITERIA AND A
LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR
PROCURING SAFER PRODUCTS USING
SAFER CHOICE.
NOW, THE STANDARD THAT SAFER
CHOICE PRODUCTS HAVE TO MEET IS
I THINK OF IT AS HAVING TWO
PARTS.
ONE IS ABOUT THE WHOLE PRODUCT
AND ONE IS ABOUT THE INGREDIENTS
IN THE PRODUCT AND FOR THE WHOLE
PRODUCT THE CRITERIA ARE ABOUT
PACKAGING, ABOUT PH, ABOUT
INGREDIENT DISCLOSURE AND EVERY
INT
INGREDIENT IN THE PRODUCT HAS TO
MEET OUR CRITERIA AND MAKE SURE
FOLKS ARE MAKING PRODUCTS THE
WAY THEY TELLING US AND WE AUDIT
EVERY YEAR AND ONE IN THREE
YEARS WE DO AN ON-SITE AUDIT
COVID PERMITTING.
THERE'S A SIGNED AGREEMENT
BETWEEN EPA AND THE PRODUCT
MANUFACTURER TO MAKE SURE THE
PRODUCTS ARE MADE THE WAY
THEY'RE ADVERTISED.
NOW, THE CRITERIA FOR EVERY
SINGLE CHEMICAL THAT GOES INTO
THESE PRODUCTS, THERE IS NO DE
MINIMIS AMOUNT YOU CANNOT ADD A
CHEMICAL TO A SAFER CHOICE
PRODUCT AND GET A BYE.
EVERY ONE HAS TO MEET THE
CRITERIA AND IF THERE'S A PURITY
OR STABILIZER WHICH THERE OFTEN
IS, USUALLY A CHEMICAL MIXTURE
THAN A SINGLE CHEMICAL, THEY ALL
HAVE TO BE EVALUATED BEFORE THEY
CAN BE IN A SAFER CHOICE PRODUCT
AND EVEN FRAGRANCES HAVE TO MEET
OUR CRITERIA AND THEY HAVE TO
MEET OUR INGREDIENT DISCLOSURE
CRITERIA AS WELL.
NOW, I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE
STRINGENT CRITERIA THAT EVERY
SINGLE INGREDIENT IN THE
PRODUCTS HAVE TO MEET.
WE BREAK THEM DOWN INTO CRITERIA
FOR HUMAN HEALTH AND FOR THE
ENVIRONMENT AND THEY HAVE TO
MEET BOTH.
IT'S NOT JUST THIS CHEMICAL
CAN'T BE ON THE LIST OF
PROBLEMATIC CHEMICALS.
IT'S THAT THIS CHEMICAL BY
ITSELF HAS TO BE EVALUATED BASED
ON HUMAN HEALTH AND
ENVIRONMENTAL DATA.
SO ALL OF THESE CHEMICALS IN
THESE PRODUCTS MEET THIS VERY
HIGH BAR FOR CRITERIA.
OUR SAFER CHEMICAL INGREDIENT
LIST THIS IS AN INGREDIENT LIST
MANUFACTURERS USE WHEN THEY MAKE
PRODUCTS TO HELP THEM FIGURE OUT
WHAT THEY CAN USE IN THE PRODUCT
AND THERE'S 1,000 CHEMICALS WE
HAVE EVALUATED AND FOUND TO BE
IN OUR CRITERIA.
AND THIS IS FOR THE ELECTRONICS
CAN USE THINGS FROM THE LIST FOR
CLEANING SECTOR BOARDS, FOR
EXAMPLE AND IN WASHING JEANS,
FOR EXAMPLE IS WHAT LEVIS USES
THESE CHEMICALS FOR.
SO THEY DON'T USE THE SAFER
CHOICE LEVEL BUT USE THE
INGREDIENTS.
WE'RE PLEASED IT HELPS THE
INDUSTRY GIVING INDUSTRY A BAR
TO SHOOT FOR THE CHEMICAL
INDUSTRY IN TERMS OF WHAT IS
SAFER AND MOVING TO SAFER
CHEMISTRY.
THERE ARE ALSO DISINFECTANT
PRODUCTS WE CERTIFY AND WE'RE
SWITCHING TO A LABEL THAT LOOKS
LIKE THE SAFER CHOICE LABEL BUT
WITH THE INCREASE OF USE OF
ANTIMICROBIAL AND DISINFECTANT
PRODUCTS IT'S AN INCREASINGLY
IMPORTANT PART OF OUR PROGRAM
AND WE HAVE 34 PRODUCTS AND WE
EXPECT THE NUMBER TO INCREASE
SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE NEXT YEAR
OR SO.
OUR PARTNER OF THE YEAR AWARDS.
OUR PRODUCT RECOGNITION PROGRAM
OR LABELLING PROGRAM
CERTIFICATION PROGRAM IS FOR
PRODUCTS BUT WE HAVE THIS
PARTNER OF THE YEAR PROGRAM THAT
ALLOWS US TO GIVE CORPORATE
RECOGNITION AND ALLOWS US TO
PROVIDE THE NGOs AND EVEN HAD
GOVERNMENT FACILITIES RECOGNIZED
FOR THE WORK THEY DO LIKE NAVY
FACILITIES HAVE APPLIED FOR AND
WON OUR PARTNER OF THE YEAR
AWARDS.
THE APPLICATION PERIOD HAS JUST
OPENED AND IF YOU'RE DOING
THINGS TO PROMOTE THE SAFER
CHOICE PROGRAM ESPECIALLY MAKING
SAFER PRODUCTS AVAILABLE TO
UNDER SERVED COMMUNITIES AND YOU
MAY THINK OF THE FOLKS WHO CLEAN
YOUR FACILITIES IN THE
CALCULATION, WE WOULD LOVE TO BE
ABLE TO PROVIDE RECOGNITION TO
FEDERAL FACILITIES HERE'S SOME
OF THE WINNERS WE'VE HAD OVER
PAST YEAR FOR PARTNER OF THE
YEAR.
AND HERE ARE A WHOLE BUNCH OF
WEBSITES INCLUDING THE LAST ONE
ON THE LIST HERE IS THE WAY THE
LINK TO APPLY FOR THE SAFER
CHOICE PARTNER OF THE YEAR
PROGRAM AND YOU CAN GOOGLE SAFER
CHOICE PARTNER OF THE YEAR AND
YOU'LL FIND THAT JUST AS EASILY.
ALSO ON THIS PAGE ARE OUR
SPANISH RESOURCES AND WHERE YOU
CAN GO TO FIND PRODUCTS THAT
MEET THE SAFER CHOICE CRITERIA.
LOTS OF RESOURCES AND IF THAT
DOESN'T PROVE ENOUGH, YOU CAN
GIVE ONE OF US A CALL OR E-MAIL
US AT THESE NUMBERS AND WE'D
LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
SO THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND
EXCITING TO TALK WITH YOU FOLKS.
I THINK I'M PASSING IT OFF TO
YOU, STEPHANIE.
>> I THINK SO.
LET THE JUST SHARE MY SCREEN
NOW.
OKAY, SO THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR
BEING HERE.
IT'S GREAT TO TALK TO YOU ALL.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I'VE
COME TO THIS SYMPOSIUM SO IT'S
GREAT TO BE BACK AGAIN.
I'M GOING TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE RESOURCES WATER SENSE
HAS FOR FEDERAL BUILDINGS AND
FEDERAL PURCHASERS.
TODAY I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO
SAVE WATER AND WHAT WATER SENSE
IS AND SOME OF OUR LABELLED
PRODUCTS AND THE PRODUCTS WE
HAVE FOR COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
AND SOME OTHER RESOURCES WE HAVE
FOR COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND
OTHER RESOURCES.
THERE'S A LOT OF SLIDES HERE AND
I ADDED A LOT SO YOU'D HAVE
REFERENCE MATERIAL IF YOU GO
BACK AND GET THE PRESENTATION
HANDOUT THEN YOU CAN USE THOSE
RESOURCES BUT I'M NOT GOING TO
TALK ABOUT ALL OF THAT.
SO I THINK MOST PEOPLE WANT TO
SAVE WATER BECAUSE THEY THINK
IT'S ABOUT DROUGHT AND WATER
RESOURCE SHORTAGES AND THINGS
LIKE THAT AND THAT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT TO A LOT OF AUDIENCES.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE MAP,
DROUGHT AND WATER SCARCITY
AFFECTS A LARGE OF THE COUNTRY
AND CHANGES EVERY YEAR SO PLACES
YOU THINK ARE NOT WATER SCARCE
CAN BE.
IT DEPENDS ON THE WEATHER AND WE
KNOW THE CLIMATE IS CHANGING SO
THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE.
ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT WATER
DIFFERENT FROM ENERGY IS PEOPLE
GENERALLY KNOW THE AMOUNT OF
WATER THEY LIVE AND WORK NEXT TO
AND SO THEY ARE USUALLY MORE
INTERESTED IN CONSERVING THE
WATER BECAUSE THEY HAVE A
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP TO THE
BODY OF WATER.
EVEN IN PLACE WHERE'S IT'S LESS
ECONOMICALLY EFFECTIVE TO SAVE
WATER, PEOPLE ARE STILL WILLING
TO DO IT BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY
HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP
WITH A BODY OF WATER.
WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WATER
EFFICIENT YOU'RE ALSO TALKING
ABOUT ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND
THERE'S OTHER KINDS OF SAVINGS
THAT COME WITH THAT, USUALLY
CHEMICAL, WATER, ENERGY, THINGS
LIKE THAT EVEN SOMETIMES LABOR.
YOU CAN SEE FROM THE CHART
THERE'S A LOT OF WHAT WE CALL
EMBEDDED ENERGY IN WATER FROM
THE EXTRACTION, TREATMENT,
HEATING IN HOMES AND BUILDING
WHICH IS A LARGE PORTION OF THE
ENERGY USE THAT GOES INTO WATER
AND IT ALL HAS TO BE TREATED
AGAIN TO GO BACK INTO THE
ORIGINAL RESOURCE.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF ENERGY
ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
SO WATER SENSE WAS STARTED IN
2006 AND IT PROVIDES A SIMPLE
WAY FOR PEOPLE TO PURCHASE AND
USE WATER EFFICIENT PRODUCTS.
THE LABEL HERE APPEARS ON OUR
PRODUCT AND YOU'LL SEE THE LABEL
AND IF YOU'RE SHOPPING ONLINE
THAT INFORMATION IS IN THE
PRODUCT SPEC SHEET AND SOMETIMES
EVEN AVAILABLE WITH THE SEARCH
ENGINE ON THE COMPANY WHERE
YOU'RE TRYING TO PURCHASE THE
PRODUCT.
THEY'RE INDEPENDENTLY CERTIFIED
AND SINCE IN PLACE WE SAVED
WATER AND 5.3 TRILLION GALLONS
IN SAVINGS AND BECAUSE WATER HAS
A BIG ENERGY IMPACT IT HAS MEANT
A LOT OF ENERGY SAVINGS AND
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AS
WELL.
IT'S PRACTICES, PRODUCTS AND
PEOPLE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION ON
HOW TO AFFECT BEHAVIOR CHANGE
AND WATER EFFICIENCY AND WE HAVE
LABELS FOR RESIDENTIAL AND
COMMERCIAL SPACES AND THEN WE
HAVE IN SOME CASES PEOPLE
CERTIFIED BY PROGRAMS THAT WATER
SENSE HAS APPROVED FOR THEIR
WATER EFFICIENCY CONTENT AND
THAT'S USUALLY IN THE IRRIGATION
AND OUTDOOR WATER USE SPACE.
WE HAVE EIGHT LABELLED PRODUCTS
AND TOILETS ARE THE PREDOMINANT
TOILETS FOUND IN COMMERCIAL
SPACES.
LABORATORY FAUCETS ARE MOSTLY IN
PRIVATE USE LABORATORIES.
YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SLIDE
THERE'S LOTS OF MODELS IN ALL OF
THESE AND WHEN YOU SEE THE
NUMBER OF MODELS, YOU MAY THINK,
OH, THAT'S NOT A LOT BUT THERE'S
MILLIONS OF PRODUCTS WITH THE
WATER SENSE LABEL ON IT NOW AND
YOU CAN FIND WATER SENSE
PRODUCTS AT EVERY PRICE POINT
YOU CAN BE LOOK FOR OR TO FIND
AESTHETIC DESIGN GOALS YOU'RE
LOOK FOR.
WITH WATER SENSE IT'S NOT JUST
ABOUT THE WATER EFFICIENCY,
WATER EFFICIENT PRODUCTS IN THE
PAST HAVE HAD A BAD WRAP BECAUSE
PEOPLE DIDN'T THINK THEY
PERFORMED WELL AND WE LOOK AT
PERFORMANCE CRITERIA MEANINGFUL
TO THE USER.
WE DO A LOT OF INITIAL TESTING
ON PRODUCTS AND WE DO A LOT OF
FIELD TESTING TO SEE WHAT PEOPLE
ARE LOOKING FOR IN THEIR WATER
EFFICIENT PRODUCT OR IN THE
PRODUCTS IN GENERAL IN TERMS OF
PERFORMANCE AND WE TRY TO COME
UP WITH TEST METHODS FOR THAT
AND SET CRITERIA AROUND THAT IN
ADDITION TO THE WATER
EFFICIENCY.
PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE SPEC SHEETS
AND THE FLOW RATE OR EQUIVALENT
BUT YOU LOSE ALL THE PERFORMANCE
FACTOR GO WITH THAT AND IN
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS IT CAN BE A
BIG ISSUE WITH LONG FLOW DRAIN
LINES AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THE
TOILET IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO
MOVE THE WASTE OUT TO THE
BUILDING AND INTO THE DRAIN
LINES.
SO THESE ARE SLIDES TO SHOW HOW
WATER SENSE TOILETS HAVE
PERFORMED OVER TIME AND THE
PERFORMANCE OF TOILETS HAS
INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE
THE EARLY 2000s.
AND THEN THIS IS A LIST OF ALL
THE WATER SENSE PRODUCTS WITH A
STANDARD MODEL FLOW RATES AND
INSTANCES WHERE WE DON'T LABEL
THE COMMERCIAL PRODUCT I'VE
LISTED WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED
AND I WANT TO DRAW YOUR
ATTENTION TO WHAT'S CONSIDERED A
PUBLIC USE LABORATORY FAUCET.
IF YOU GO IN A COMMERCIAL
BUILDING AND THOSE REST ROOMS,
PEOPLE WANT TO SAY THEY SHOULD
BE WATER SENSE LABELLED AND
THOSE ARE HIGHER THAN NECESSARY
FOR COMMERCIAL BATHROOMS.
SO MOST CODES SAY THAT THE FLOW
RATES IN COMMERCIAL BATHROOMS
SHOULD BE HALF GALLON PER MINUTE
AND WHEN HAVE YOU KITCHENS AND
PANTRIES THOUGH WE DON'T LABEL
COMMERCIAL FAUCETS IT'S FOR
LABORATORIES AND A BAR SINK
FAUCET SO IF YOU PUT THAT IN A
PANTRY YOU CAN USE A WATER SENSE
LABELLED BAR SINK FAUCET.
THESE ARE OTHER PRODUCTS WE
LABEL AND THE FLOW RATE.
WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF
INFORMATION ABOUT OUTDOOR WATER
USE.
THAT CAN BE A BIG WATER WASTE.
A LOT OF THAT IS EASY TO MONITOR
BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THE LEAKS
BUT IF YOU HAVE A BIG WATER
PROGRAM AND HAVE POORLY DESIGNED
SYSTEMS THAT CAN BE A BIG AREA
OF WATER WASTE.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THE
OUTDOOR WATER USE AND CHECK YOUR
METERS AND SEE WHERE THE WATER
IS GOING.
TO HELP YOU WITH MANAGING YOUR
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, WE HAVE A
LOT OF COMMERCIAL TOOLS AND
TRAINING AND VIDEOS IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE ENERGY STAR
PROGRAMS WITH WATER EFFICIENCY
AND THERE'S TIPS TO HELP YOU
ASSESS YOUR BUILDING AND WORK
SHEETS AND CHECKLISTS FOR PEOPLE
TO USE AS THEY GO THROUGH THEIR
BUILDINGS.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF LIVE AND
RECORDED TRAINING WEBINARS WE DO
EVERY YEAR AND SO ALL OF THAT
STUFF IS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE
AND YOU CAN GET IT AT THIS LINK
I PROVIDED HERE.
WE CREATED WATER SENSE AT WORK A
COMPENDIUM OF BEST PRACTICES FOR
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.
AND WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF
UPDATING IT BUT THE OLDER
RESOURCE IS STILL AVAILABLE AND
WHAT'S GOOD ABOUT IT IS IT TALKS
ABOUT HOW THE PARTICULAR ITEM
WORKS, WHAT ARE THINGS YOU
SHOULD BE PAYING ATTENTION TO AS
AN OPERATING SYSTEM AND THE BEST
PRACTICES PROVIDED ARE COVER
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE,
RETROFITS AND NEW PURCHASES.
IT TELLS YOU HOW TO MAKE YOUR
SYSTEM OPERATE IN THE MOST
EFFICIENT WAY, IF YOU'RE GOING
TO REPLACE SOMETHING, HOW TO
REPLACE IT WITH SOMETHING THAT'S
THE MOST EFFICIENT AND IF YOU'RE
BUYING OR DESIGNING SOMETHING
NEW, IT TELLS YOU HOW TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT THE MOST EFFICIENT
THING AND THE BEST OPTION FOR
THAT FACILITY.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF
ARTWORK THAT PEOPLE CAN USE TO
ENCOURAGE BEHAVIORS IN BUILDINGS
AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD WAY
TO GET PEOPLE INVOLVED AND TO
MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE TELLING YOU
WHEN THEY HAVE LEAKS IN YOUR
BUILDING.
LEAKS COULD BE A BIG SOURCE OF
WATER WASTE AND USE AND SO YOU
WANT TO DRAW YOUR CLIENTS IN AND
MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THEY
HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY IN WATER
EFFICIENCY.
WE ALSO HAVE A NUMBER OF COVID
RESOURCES NOW ABOUT WITH
GUIDANCE ON STARTING UP YOUR
BUILDINGS AGAIN AFTER THEY'VE
BEEN SHUT DOWN AND SOME
BUILDINGS WHERE WATER'S BEEN
SITTING QUITE A WHILE.
THERE COULD BE A NUMBER OF
PROBLEMS WITH WATER THAT'S GONE
STAGNANT AND THIS GOES HAND IN
HAND TO PREVENT A CONTAMINATION
AND WE HAVE INFORMATION ON
COOLING TOWERS AND LINKS PEOPLE
CAN ACCESS.
SO THEN THIS IS ALL THE WAYS YOU
CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH THE WATER
SENSE PROGRAM AND FIGURE OUT
WHAT YOU MIGHT NEED AND THERE'S
A HELP LINE TO HELP YOU OUT.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DENISE.
>> DENISE, IF YOU'RE SPEAKING,
YOU'RE ON MUTE.
>> THANK YOU.
SORRY ABOUT THAT.
HI, THIS IS DENISE KEARNS WITH
EPAs SMART WAY PROGRAM AND AM
GOING TO TALK TO YOU AND GIVE A
QUICK SYNOPSIS AND BACKGROUND ON
SMARTWAY AND REVIEW THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE INDUSTRY TO
THE ECONOMY AND COVER A BRIEF
IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND
WE'LL FOCUS ON THE CONTRIBUTION
TO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND
CLIMATE CHANGE.
AND AS PART OF MY DISCUSSION
I'LL COVER BRIEFLY THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT'S SPEND ON
TRANSPORTATION AT LEAST WHAT I
KNOW ABOUT IT, DEMONSTRATING FOR
AT LEAST SOME AGENCIES,
TRANSPORTATION PLAYS A REAL
MATERIAL ROLE IN YOUR BUDGETING
AND MOST LIKELY AS A RESULT OF
THAT PROBABLY PLAYS A MATERIAL
ROLE IN YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL AND
SOCIAL IMPACTS AS WELL.
IN CLOSING WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT
HOW YOU'RE AGENCY CAN USE
SMARTWAY TO CALCULATE, TRACK AND
SET GOALS TO MONITOR AND REDUCE
EMISSIONS AND TO ADDRESS CLIMATE
IMPACTS.
LET'S GET STARTED WITH
BACKGROUND ON SMARTWAY.
IT'S A MARKET-BASED
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE EPA AND FREIGHT AGENCY WE
LAUNCHED TO RAISE AWARENESS AND
ENCOURAGE GREATER EFFICIENCY
AROUND FREIGHT MOVEMENT.
IMPORTANTLY THE PROGRAM ENABLES
TOOLS TO CALCULATE AND TRACK THE
FUEL USE, GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS AND OTHER HARMFUL AIR
POLLUTANTS FROM FREIGHT AND YOUR
SHIPPING OPERATIONS.
IN ADDITION TO THE ASSESSMENT
TOOLS, WE HAVE OTHER RESOURCES
BUT THE TOOLS AND SMARTWAYS
CARBON REPORTS ARE KEY TO
PARTNERS.
PARTNERS JOINED SMARTWAY AS A
WAY TO GET A HANDLE ON THE
EMISSIONS FOOTPRINT AND HELP
THEM UNDERSTAND BECAUSE FREIGHT
CAN BE COMPLICATED AND HELP YOU
UNDERSTAND THE EMISSIONS
FOOTPRINT AND COMMUNICATE THE
ACTIONS THAT YOU CAN TAKE TO
IMPROVE THOSE FREIGHT OPERATION
TO REDUCE EMISSIONS, SAVE FUEL
AND HOPEFULLY LOWER COST.
THOSE THE GOALS OF THE PROGRAM
IN A NUTSHELL.
I'LL LOOK AT WHY THIS MATTERS
AND FREIGHT IS ESSENTIAL TO
U.S. JOBS AND AS WE'VE SEEN
DURING THE PANDEMIC FREIGHT CUTS
ACROSS EVERY ECONOMIC SECTOR AND
TOUCHES US ALL.
IT'S THE SUM OF HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUALS AND
COMPANIES WORKING DAY TO DAY
SELLING GOODS AND MATERIALS
AROUND E-COMMERCE.
WE ALL UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE
OF FREIGHT A LITTLE BIT MORE
THAN PERHAPS BEFORE THE
PANDEMIC.
COLLECTIVELY FREIGHT AND
LOGISTICS PUMPS ABOUT $1.5
TRILLION IN THE ANNUAL ECONOMY
AND ROUGHLY 8% OF GROSS DOMESTIC
PRODUCT AND JOBS AND TRUCKERS
AND 44 MILLION JOBS DEPEND ON
FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION.
IT'S A VERY COMPLEX LARGE
INDUSTRY.
THE COMPLEXITY OF THIS DOES
CREATE A LOT OF GAPS IN
INFORMATION AND EFFICIENCIES AND
IMPROVEMENT.
THAT'S WHERE SMARTWAY COMES IN
AND GLOBALLY AND I'M SURE SOME
ON THE LINE ARE INVOLVED IN
GLOBAL MOVES, RELOCATION,
FREIGHT IS SIGNIFICANT.
IT ACCOUNTS FOR OVER A THIRD OF
TRANSPORTATION'S ENERGY USE.
IT'S EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO
GROW IN THE COMING DECADES LIKE
TRIPLE EVEN IN SOME AREAS OF THE
WORLD.
TRANSPORTATION ACCOUNTS FOR
ABOUT A THIRD OF ALL GLOBAL
EMISSIONS AND WITHIN
TRANSPORTATION HEAVY DUTY
VEHICLES, THAT IS TRUCKS, THE
WORKHORSE OF THE FREIGHT SECTOR
AND ENERGY USE IS GROWING AT A
FASTER RATE THAN LIGHT DUTY
VEHICLES OR CARS.
THERE'S INTEREST IN HOW TO
REDUCE FREIGHT EMISSIONS.
IN THE NEXT SLIDE I'M LOOKING
SPECIFICALLY AT THE U.S. WHERE
WE SEE A GREATER RELIANCE OF
PETROLEUM-BASED USE AND
TRANSPORTATION IS TWO-THIRDS OF
ALL THE ENERGY USED HERE IN THE
U.S. AND WITHIN THE
TRANSPORTATION FREIGHT ACCOUNTS
FOR 25% OF THAT USE AND 25% OF
THE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
FROM GAS EMISSIONS AND
RESPONSIBLE FOR PARTICULATE
MATTER WHICH CREATE PUBLIC
HEALTH IMPACTS AS WELL.
SO FOR ALL PARTICIPATING IN THE
WEBINAR MAY BE INVOLVED IN
PROCURING FREIGHT BUT
COLLECTIVELY IT'S A SIGNIFICANT
BUDGET ITEM AND TRUE FOR LIKE
THE DEPEND OF DEFENSE, STATE
DEPARTMENT, GSA, FEMA, V.A. AND
OTHER AGENCIES AND THE
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE.
AND IMPORTANTLY THE SPEND I'M
SHOWING AND I PULLED THIS FROM
AN I.G. REPORT ON POSTAL SPEND
AND OTHER DOLLARS WERE FROM
WORKING WITH DOD AND GSA TO TRY
TO PULL THE NUMBER TOGETHER.
IT'S PROBABLY ADDITIONAL FUNDING
AND ADDITIONAL SPEND.
THE SPEND HERE DOES NOT INCLUDE
THE SHIPPING AND FREIGHT COSTS
THAT YOU'RE SUPPLIERS MAY BE
INCURRING WHICH ALSO COULD BE
PASSED ON TO YOUR AGENCY AND
SHIPPERS HAVE A WAY OF
PARTICIPATING IN SMART WAY TOO.
AND DEPENDING ON THE TERMS OF
YOUR VARIOUS CONTRACTS AND
ADDENDUMS THE COSTS COULD BE
HIGHER.
SO OF COURSE CONTROLLING
FREIGHTS IS IMPORTANT BUT MY
POINT IN BRINGING THIS UP IS
BECAUSE FRAYED COSTS ARE
TYPICALLY TIED TO FUEL USE,
THEY'RE TIED TO EMISSIONS AND TO
CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS
BECAUSE THESE COSTS CAN SERVE
MAYBE AS AN INDICATOR OF
FREIGHT'S ROLE OR THE ROLE
PERHAPS FREIGHT SHOULD PLAY IN
YOUR AGENCY'S OVERALL PLANNING
AND GHG EMISSION REDUCTION
GOALS.
IN FACT, TWO AGENCIES
RESPONSIBLE FOR MOVING A LOT OF
FREIGHT BOTH THE U.S. POSTAL
SERVICE AND GSA CENTER FOR
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT HAVE
BEEN PARTICIPATING IN SMARTWAY
NOW FOR YEARS AND I WANTED GIVE
A SHOUT OUT TO THE AGENCIES FOR
THEIR INITIATIVE IN EXAMINING
AND TRACKING THEIR FREIGHT
EMISSIONS BECAUSE IT'S NOT
REALLY AN EASY TASK AND I THINK
THE EPA MAKES IT EASIER THROUGH
SMARTWAY FOR THEM TO DO THAT.
I ALSO JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT
LIKE I SAID EARLIER THERE ARE
MANY FEDERAL SUPPLIERS AND
CONTRACTORS.
THEY ALSO PARTICIPATE IN
SMARTWAY AND THESE INCLUDE
TRUCKING COMPANIES, OF COURSE,
AS WELL AS DEFENSE CONTRACTORS,
MEDICAL, FOOD AND PAPER
SUPPLIERS AND TYPICALLY
PARTICIPATE IN SMARTWAY AS
SHIPPERS IN WAY THE FEDERAL
AGENCY WOULD BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT
MOVING THE FREIGHT BUT YOU'RE
MANAGING AND ORGANIZING THOSE
CONTRACTS.
THESE COMPANIES PARTICIPATE IN
SMARTWAY BECAUSE THEY'RE ALSO
LOOKING AT FREIGHT EMISSIONS IN
THEIR SUPPLY CHAIN AND THEY WANT
A STANDARDIZED WAY TO CALCULATE
AND MONITOR REDUCTIONS IN THEIR
EMISSIONS OVER TIME AND THAT'S
WHAT SMARTWAY PROVIDES.
AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN A WHILE BUT
OVER THE YEARS I KNOW THERE HAVE
BEEN FEDERAL AGENCIES INCLUDING
SOME BRANCHES OF DEFENSE,
VETERANS AFFAIRS, IF YOU'RE ON
THE CALL, INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
AND OTHER AGENCIES THAT I'VE
TALKED TO ABOUT JOINING SMARTWAY
AND NOW THAT WE HAVE A NEW
EXECUTIVE ORDER, SUSTAINABLE
PROCUREMENT AND GUIDANCE COMING
DOWN AND OMB, IT MAY BE A GOOD
TIME TO PICK UP THE
CONVERSATIONS.
I'LL HAVE MY CONTACT INFORMATION
AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION
HERE FOR ANYBODY THAT WOULD WANT
TO FOLLOW-UP WITH ME ON THAT.
SO HOW DOES SMARTWAY WORK?
WELL, IT PROVIDES PARTNERS WITH
A SET OF TOOLS AND A SYSTEM FOR
MACHINING, BENCHMARKING AND
IMPROVING THE OPERATIONS.
TOOLS, PARTNERS, VOL --
VOLUNTEERS SUBMIT VEHICLE MILES
AND PAY LOAD AND WE USE THE
INFORMATION WITH EPA EMISSION
FACTORS AND OTHER DATA TO
PROVIDE DATA TO PROVIDE EMISSION
INVENTORY AND DEVELOP
ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
SCORES.
THOSE SCORES ARE REPRESENTED AS
PERFORMANCE RANKINGS FOR
DIFFERENT PARTNER TYPES.
WE HAVE LOGISTICS PARTNERS AND
THESE SCORES CAN ALSO BE USED BY
PARTNERS TO INCLUDE
SUSTAINABILITY IN THEIR BUSINESS
PLANS AND OBJECTIVES.
AND ULTIMATELY HELP TO IMPROVE
HOW EFFICIENCY OF HOW GOODS ARE
MOVED AND TO CUTTING EMISSIONS
AN SAVE MONEY IN THE LONG RUN.
PARTNERS USE THE REPORTS TO
ANALYZE EMISSIONS AND DEVELOP
EMISSION REDUCTION STRATEGIES.
SHIPPERS USE THE DATA TO SEE
WHICH CARRIERS AND LOADS ARE
MORE EFFICIENT.
THEY HAVE TO BE LIKE TRUCK
VERSUS RAIL AND BEGIN TO USE
CARRIERS THROUGH THE RANKING
PROCESS TO SHIP MORE OF THEIR
GOODS BY INCORPORATING SMARTWAY
TO THEIR BID PROCESS.
THEY CAN USE INCENTIVES TO
ENCOURAGE CARRIERS TO JOIN
SMARTWAY.
THE GSA HAS DONE SOME OF THAT
AND ONCE JOINED TO IMPROVE,
PARTNERS CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
THE MANY RESOURCES WE OFFER TO
HELP THEM UNDERSTAND AND ADOPT
BEST PRACTICES TO CUT EMISSIONS
AND SAVE FUEL AND DOLLARS AND
PARTNERS TELL US THAT THE
PROGRAM HELPS TO IMPROVE
RELATIONS WITH THEIR CARRIERS.
SO IMPORTANTLY, I THINK ONE OF
THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS
SMARTWAY DOES IS PROVIDE AS A
NATIONAL STANDARDIZED APPROACH
THE FREIGHT INDUSTRY INCLUDING
SHIPPERS AND CARRIERS AND
THIRD-PARTY LOGISTICS PROVIDERS
CAN USE TO ASSESS AND HOPEFULLY
IMPROVE THEIR FREIGHT EMISSIONS,
REDUCE EMISSIONS AN IMPROVE
EFFICIENCY IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN.
EPA WORKED CONTINUOUSLY WITH THE
FREIGHT SECTOR TO IMPROVE THE
PROGRAM OVER TIME AND IT'S BEEN
WIDELY ADOPTED BUT BY NEARLY
4,000 COMPANIES AND A VOLUNTARY
PARTNERSHIP.
THERE'S NO COST TO PARTICIPATE
THOUGH IT DOES REQUIRE THE
COMMITMENT TO COLLECT, ORGANIZE
AND MANAGE FREIGHT DATA.
THROUGH THE PROGRAM SHIPPERS ARE
ABLE TO IDENTIFY GREENER
CARRIERS AND CAN LOOK UP THE
RANKINGS AND THESE CARRIERS WILL
SHARE YOUR SUSTAINABILITY
OBJECTIVES.
SMARTWAY CARRIERS FOUND THEIR
PARTICIPATION CAN GIVE THEM A
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE.
A LOT OF CARRIERS FIND THEY'RE
BEING ASKED TO JOIN THE PROGRAM.
THE PROGRAM ALSO HAS SUCCEEDED
BECAUSE OF THE OVERSIGHT AND
CREDIBILITY WE LEND AS A NEUTRAL
GOVERNMENT AGENCY THOUGH WE HAVE
WORKED HARD WAY BACK WHEN TO
START THE PROGRAM WITH THE
FREIGHT INDUSTRY AND TODAY THE
DATA AND RECORDS ARE WIDELY USED
BY EMISSION REPORTING PLATFORMS
INCLUDING THE WORLD RESOURCE
INSTITUTE, THE GREENHOUSE GAS
PROTOCOL, CARBON DISCLOSURE
PROJECT AND THE REPORTING
INITIATIVE AND SCIENCE-BASED
TARGET INITIATIVE, I THINK WE
HEARD ABOUT THAT.
IT'S IMPROVED OVER THE YEARS.
SINCE 2004 THE NUMBER OF
COMPANIES PARTICIPATING HAS
GROWN CLOSE TO 4,000 NOW.
WE'VE COLLECTIVELY OVER THE
YEARS PARTNERS HAVE SAVED
BILLIONS IN FUEL COSTS AND
REDUCED AIR POLLUTANTS WITH TONS
OF CO2 AROUND NOX AND CM AND
ANNUAL FUEL SAVINGS WITH THAT.
IN CLOSING I WANT TO SAY I HOPE
YOU WILL CONSIDER JOINING
SMARTWAY.
IT'S AND AVAILABLE TO ALL
FEDERAL AGENCIES AND YOU CAN
JOIN AS A SHIPPER, IF YOU'RE
MANAGING FREIGHT, YOU CAN JOIN
AS A LOGISTICS PROVIDER.
SOME WILL JOIN AS CARRIERS.
USPS HAS A PART THAT
PARTICIPATES AS A CARRIER
BECAUSE THEY OPERATE SOME OF
THEIR OWN TRUCKS.
THE PROGRAM DEPENDING ON WHAT
COMES DOWN FROM EO14057 YOU CAN
LOOK AT EMISSIONS OUTBOUND OR
INBOUND FROM PROVIDERS AND USE
THOSE EMISSION FOOTPRINTS FOR
ACCOUNTING AND PLANNING.
AGAIN, MY NAME IS DENISE KEARNS.
THANKS A LOT AND I HOPE I DIDN'T
TAKE UP TOO MUCH TIME.
THANK YOU.
I'LL TURN IT TO JENNA.
>> THANKS, DENISE.
THERE'S A BIT OF AN ECHO.
I'M GOING TO WRAP THINGS UP
TODAY FOR OUR PANEL.
AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE A
REMINDER FOR EVERYONE TO PLEASE
SUBMIT QUESTION TO ANSWER THEM
AT THE END THROUGH THE SEND MY
FEEDBACK BUTTON YOU SHOULD SEE
ON YOUR SCREEN.
SO YOU HAVE PROBABLY SEEN ME AND
HEARD MY VOICE THROUGHOUT THE
SYMPOSIUM ACTING AS A
FACILITATOR BUT NORMALLY I'M A
MEMBER OF THE EPA ENVIRONMENT
PURCHASING PROGRAM AND HAVE A
TOOL FOR FEDERAL PURCHASING AND
IT'S ANOTHER EPA PROGRAM THAT
WAS IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE
EXECUTIVE ORDER FOR PURCHASERS
TO MOVE TO THE MAXIMUM.
THE EPP PROGRAM WEARS A LOT OF
DIFFERENT HATS WHEN IT COMES TO
SUSTAINABLE PURCHASING AND WE
NOT ONLY ENGAGE IN THE
DEVELOPMENT AND UP DATE OF
PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCT AND
SUSTAINABILITY STANDARD AND
RECOMMEND THEM FOR FEDERAL
PURCHASING.
THAT'S THE ELEMENT I'LL FOCUS ON
TODAY AND WE ASSIST THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AND MANY PEOPLE
LISTENING IN TODAY BUY PRODUCTS
AND SERVICES.
WE ASSIST SMALL BUSINESSES IN
SELLING THEIR GREEN PRODUCT TO
THE GOVERNMENT AND MEASURE THE
BENEFITS OF BUYING THE GREEN
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES.
WE SEE THE EPP PROGRAM AS
HELPING TO MEET A LOT OF THE NEW
ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIES THAT
HAVE BEEN COMING OUT.
WE HAVE A LABEL WE CURRENTLY
RECOMMEND AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO
INFLUENCE DUE TO OUR
PARTICIPATION IN STANDARDS
DEVELOPMENT.
WE HIT LOTS OF DIFFERENT
ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIES LIKE
CLIMATE CHANGE, IMPACT
REDUCTION, CHEMICAL SAFETY,
CIRCULAR ECONOMY, ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE.
BECAUSE WE TAKE THIS LIFE CYCLE
BASED APPROACH WE'RE ABLE TO HIT
LOTS OF THESE DIFFERENT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS THROUGHOUT
THE STANDARDS.
I'LL GIVE YOU INFORMATION ABOUT
ECO LABELS.
THERE'S A LOT OUT THERE RIGHT
NOW IN THE GLOBAL MARKET PLACE
THERE'S OVER 460 ECO LABELS OUT
THERE.
IT GETS VERY CONFUSING VERY
QUICKLY.
SOME ECO LABELS ARE JUST
ADDRESSING ONE PRODUCT CATEGORY.
OTHERS ADDRESS MULTIPLE AT THE
SAME TIME.
YOU NEVER QUITE KNOW WHAT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS THEY'RE
COVERING.
ARE THEY COVERING JUST ONE OR
ARE THEY COVERING THE ENTIRE
LIFE CYCLE OF THE PRODUCT?
SO THAT'S WHERE EPA'S PURCHASING
COMES IN.
WE'RE HOPING TO LEVEL THE
PLAYING FIELD AND BRING SOME
CLARITY TO THE COMPLEX MARKET
SITES FOR FEDERAL PURCHASERS.
SO HERE'S OUR PROCESS.
WE HAVE THE 460 PLUS STANDARD OF
ECO LABELS IN THE MARKETPLACE
TODAY.
WE RUN THEM THROUGH THE TWO
FORMS OF OUR ASSESSMENTS.
WE EITHER ADD THEM TO OUR
RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON OUR
VIEW OR USE BY ANOTHER FEDERAL
AGENCY OR WE PERFORM AN
ASSESSMENT AGAINST AGAINST A
FRAMEWORK FOR ECO LABELS AND
I'LL GET INTO THE FRAMEWORK
MORE.
AND THEN ON THE OTHER END OF IT
WE COME OUT WITH A MORE
STREAMLINE SET OF
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FEDERAL
PURCHASERS.
RIGHT NOW WE COVER 30 PRODUCT
CATEGORIES AND INCLUDE OVER 48
PRIVATE SECTOR STANDARDS AND
HAVE THREE SPECIFICATIONS.
YOU CAN SEE THAT'S A SAMPLE OF
OUR PUBLIC-PRIVATE CATEGORIES
AND EASIER TO GO TO A CATEGORY
AND SEE WHAT ECO LABELS WE'RE
RECOMMENDING AND THEN USE THEM
WITHIN THEIR PROCUREMENT.
HERE'S AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT OUR
RECOMMENDATIONS COVER.
48 PRIVATE SECTOR STANDARDS AND
THREE SPECIFICATIONS, 30 PRODUCT
CATEGORIES AND ONE IMPORTANT
NOTE IS WE ALSO INCLUDE ON OUR
WEB PAGES WHEN THERE MAY BE A
STATUTORY PROGRAM APPLICABLE IN
THE CATEGORY OR WHEN THERE MAY
BE ANOTHER EPA LABEL PROGRAM
APPLICABLE SO THE CLEANING
PRODUCT CATEGORY WILL NOTE THE
SAFER CHOICE PROGRAM ALSO
APPLIES IN THAT CATEGORY OR NOTE
THE BIO PREFERRED PROGRAM IS A
STATUTORY REQUIREMENT IN THAT
CATEGORY.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE A FULL
PICTURE TO THE PURCHASES OF
WHICH ECO LABELS THEY SHOULD
USE.
AND HERE'S THE FULL LIST OF
PRODUCT CATEGORIES THAT WE COVER
THERE'S 30 OF THEM.
THE ONES BOLDED WITH AN ASTERISK
ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN
ASSESSED AGAINST OUR FRAMEWORK.
AND THE REST OF THEM AND ONES WE
ADOPTED FROM DOD AND WE HAVE
OTHERS AND WE HAVE CAFETERIA TO
FURNITURE TO ELECTRONICS AND
TRYING TO COVER THE LARGE BASE
OF CATEGORIES THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT BUYS.
HERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
OUR FRAMEWORK.
IT HAS FOUR DIFFERENT SECTIONS.
SECTION 1 COVERS THE STANDARDS
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
SECTION 2 IS WHERE WE ASSESS THE
EFFECTIVENESS IN ADDRESSING
HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.
SO IT'S HELPING TO REDUCE GREEN
WASHING IN THE MARKETPLACE
MAKING SURE THEY'RE ADDRESSING
THE CORRECT ENVIRONMENTAL HOT
SPOTS FOR THE CATEGORY.
SECTION 3 WE ASSESS THE
ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES AND
SECTION 4 IS ALL ABOUT EQUAL
LABEL PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND
IT'S A CONSISTENT APPROACH TO
ASSESSING ENVIRONMENTAL
PERFORMANCE WITHIN ECO LABELS.
WE DEVELOPED THE INTERAGENCY AND
MULTI-TAKE HOLDER CENSUS BASED
PROCESS AND HAD PILOT TESTING IN
2016 AND WE ARE WITHIN THE
FRAMEWORK AND IT ALIGNS WITH
U.S. GOVERNMENT STANDARDS POLICY
ON THE NTTAA AND THEY INCUR BEST
PRACTICES FOR STANDARDS IN ECO
LABELS.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO
EXPANDING OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO
NEW CATEGORIES AND HERE'S --
WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR TO HELP
FEDERAL PURCHASERS IDENTIFY
PRODUCTS THAT DO NOT CONTAIN
PFAS THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN
WHAT WE INTEND TO DO NOW WITH
OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO HELP
PURCHASERS FIND PRODUCTS WITHOUT
PFAS SO WE LOOKED THROUGH THOSE
AND PULLED THE CRITERIA THAT WE
COULD FIND THAT ADDRESSES PFAS
IN SOME FASHION.
WHAT YOU CAN SEE HERE IS A
SCREEN SHOT OF THE WEB PAGE.
WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS THE NAME OF
THE STANDARD AND WHICH
CATEGORIES WE RECOMMEND THE
STANDARD IN AND DIRECT LINK TO
THE PRODUCT TO START TO BROWSE
PRODUCTS AND YOU CAN SEE THE
CRITERIA LANGUAGE WITHIN THE
STANDARD AND IF IT'S REQUIRED OR
OPTIONAL.
WE DID FIND THERE'S VARYING
APPROACHES TO ADDRESSING PFAS IN
PRODUCTS AND CLASS OF CHEMICALS.
SOME SUGGEST PFOS BUT THIS IS
RESEARCH WE PERFORMED THAT SERVE
AS THE BASELINE SO WE KNOW HOW
THE MARKETPLACE IS ADDRESSING
PFSA STANDARDS AND WORK FROM
THERE.
THIS IS MY LAST SLIDE.
WE DO NOT EXPECT THE FEDERAL
PURCHASERS OR CONTRACT MANAGERS
TO BE EXPERTS IN SUSTAINABILITY.
SO THAT IS WHY THIS PROJECT
WE'RE WORKING ON IS IMPORTANT.
AND THIS PUTS PURCHASING
REQUIREMENTS INTO FEDERAL
CONTRACTS.
THERE'S THE CATEGORY MANAGEMENT
LEADERS WHICH IF YOU'RE NOT
FAMILIAR WITH THE TERM CATEGORY
MANAGEMENT IT'S A TERM WE USE
WITHIN GSA AN CONTRACTING.
IT BASICALLY HELPS ORGANIZATIONS
BUY SMARTER FOR OFFICE SUPPLIES
AND TRAVEL AND LODGING AND STUFF
LIKE THAT.
WE WILL BE ASSESSING THE 10
LARGEST CATEGORIES THEY MANAGE.
WE'RE WORK CLOSELY WITH FEDERAL
COLLEAGUES BECAUSE WE CANNOT DO
THIS OURSELVES.
THERE'S LOTS OF CONTRACTS OUT
THERE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO
GREEN.
SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO START
WITH IS REVIEWING BEST IN CLASS
CONTRACT VEHICLES AND DETERMINE
THE REFERENCE FOR RELEVANT
SUSTAINABILITY REQUIREMENTS.
AND WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR ALL
THOSE ONES WE TALKED ABOUT
YESTERDAY AND STATUTORY PROGRAMS
AND ENERGY STAR AND ALL THE
PROGRAMS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
TODAY AND SAFER CHOICE AND WATER
SENSE.
WE WANT IT MAKE SURE THEY'RE
PROPERLY REFERENCED IN THE
CONTRACTS SO WE DON'T HAVE TO
RELY ON ALL THE PURCHASERS TO DO
IT THEMSELVES.
WITH A LITTLE CONTINUE OUR
WORKING GROUP NEXT WEEK
ACTUALLY.
IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE
WORK GROUP IT'S A GREAT GROUP OF
SUSTAINABLE PURCHASING
PROFESSIONALS THROUGHOUT THE
GOVERNMENT.
THEY TALK ABOUT BEST PRACTICES
AND WAYS TO IMPROVE AND IF
YOU'RE WONDERING WHERE CAN I
FIND ALL THE INFORMATION ON ONE
CATEGORY LIKE WHERE CAN I FIND
ALL THE FEDERAL SUSTAINABLE
PURCHASING RESOURCES THERE'S A
ONE-STOP SHOP FOR ALL THE
REQUIREMENTS AND GSA GREEN
PROCUREMENT AND GIVE SUGGESTIONS
VIA OUR CATEGORY MANAGEMENT
EFFORTS.
WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED IN
THIS EFFORT.
IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG-TERM
PROJECT BUT WE THINK IT WILL
HAVE GREAT RESULTS.
AND THERE'S SOME INFORMATION ON
WHERE YOU CAN FIND THINGS I
TALKED ABOUT TODAY.
IF YOU HAVE EVER HAVE QUESTIONS
TO SUSTAINABLE PURCHASING WE
HAVE AN IN BOX AND WE'D BE HAPPY
TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
SO I'M GOING TO STOP SHARING MY
SCREEN TO NOW SEE IF THERE'S ANY
QUESTIONS THAT CAME IN.
WE'LL GIVE 30 MORE SECONDS TO
SEE IF ANY QUESTIONS COME IN.
DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE CLOSING
REMARKS THEY WANT TO GIVE BEFORE
WE END?
>> THANK YOU ON THE LINE FOR
JOINING US.
IT'S A LOT OF AT THE END OF THE
DAY AND LOOKING AT A LOT OF
SCREEN TIME SO THANKS.
>> MAYBE PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF
SUBMITTING QUESTIONS.
WE HAVE ONE QUESTION THAT CAME
IN, IS THE SAME WORK GROUP OPEN
TO THE PUBLIC?
NO, I DO NOT BELIEVE IT IS.
IT IS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ONLY
WORKING GROUP.
OKAY.
WELL, I DON'T SEE ANY OTHERS
COMING IN SO I WILL NOT KEEP YOU
ALL HERE ANY LONGER.
I'LL PASS IT OFF TO MORGAN TO
CLOSE OUT THE SYMPOSIUM.
>> THANK YOU, JENNA.
THANK YOU FOR THE ALL PRESENTERS
AND MODERATORS AND THANK YOU TO
THE AUDIENCE FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE
AND HOPE WE'VE INSPIRED YOU TO
TAKE ACTION.
THIS CONCLUDE THE 2022 FEDERAL
AND VARIETAL SYMPOSIUM.
WE'RE GRATEFUL TO ALL THE
ATTENDEES WHO WERE ABLE TO JOIN
US.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN JOINING
THE PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR NEXT
YEAR'S EVENT E-MAIL JOSÉ JIMENEZ
AT EPA.gov.
THANK YOU AGAIN SO MUCH AND HAVE
A LOVELY REST OF YOUR EVENING.