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2008 Environmental Steward ForumOn June 10, 2008 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 third 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); Fleet Readiness Center East, Cherry Point (2004); GKN Driveline - Sanford Precision Forming Facility (2005); and Smithfield Packing – Wilson (2007) met with the Secretary to discuss the Environmental Stewardship Initiative.
The meeting was held at the Cameron Village Library in Raleigh. The topics discussed included effective strategies implemented by stewards at their facility for water conservation, reducing the carbon footprint of the ESI participants, and the state of the environment in North Carolina in 10 years. 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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