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2009 Environmental Steward ForumOn August 7, 2009 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 Dee Freeman for the fourth 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); Smithfield Packing – Wilson (2007); and Corning Cable Systems, Hickory (2008) - met with the secretary to discuss the Environmental Stewardship Initiative.
The meeting was held at the Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh. The topics discussed included stimulus funds, ESI visibility, greenhouse gases, national legislation, DENR’s strategic goals and emergency management response. 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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