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First Annual Environmental Steward ForumOn March 7, 2006 top management and environmental representatives from organizations recognized as Environmental Stewards in the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources' Environmental Stewardship Initiative met with Secretary William G. Ross Jr. for the first annual Steward Forum. Representatives from Novozymes North America Inc., Franklinton (2002); ASMO North Carolina Inc., Statesville (2003); City of Gastonia Long Creek Resource Recovery Facility (2004); Corning - Wilmington Fiber Optical Facility (2004); Naval Aviation Depot, Cherry Point (2004); and GKN Driveline - Sanford Precision Forming Facility (2005) met with the Secretary to discuss the Environmental Stewardship Initiative.
"Our wish is that the ESI program encourages more regulated organizations to drive their environmental performance beyond regulatory requirements," said Ross. "We recognize and seek input from our Stewards because they have demonstrated this effort." An Environmental Steward is the highest level of membership in ESI and is intended to recognize organizations that demonstrate aggressive environmental performance goals, beyond compliance activities, a mature environmental management system that is integrated into core business functions and processes to communicate with the local community on environmental activities.
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