Members

Information on Alliance membership is also included in the 8-page brochure Alliance Marketing Profile, and in other documents. See also About the Alliance and Find an Alliance Document.

 

Alliance Member Organizations:

Arizona Public Service

Intel

Salt River Project

Ping, Inc.

City of Scottsdale

Salem Boys Auto

 

 

 

Benefits to Members

*   Public recognition for outstanding environmental performance

*   Increased environmental credibility as a community good neighbor”;

*   Opportunities for improved financial performance through pollution prevention solutions;

*   Access to environmental regulators in a neutral setting;

*   Opportunities for mentoring with Arizona’s most notable businesses and environmental leaders;

*   Partnership with Earth’s 911 allows for:

    • Development of a single portal for environmental information throughout Arizona;

    • A communications network that includes a bilingual telephonic system as well as a zip code specific Internet system;

    • Deliverance of time relevant and accurate environmental information to the general public

      • The Alliance builds the Arizona-specific content and promotes the network;

      • Earth’s 911 provides the communication infrastructure

    • Promotion of the Alliance and the Alliance members throughout Arizona and the United States;

    • Assisting the Alliance in achieving many of its Strategic Objecties

      • General public education on environmental issues

      • Development of various green building and sustainability projects

      • Environmental Leadership Recognition

    • A tremendous platform to assist in developing and successfully accomplishing future Alliance projects.

Member Organizations

Members are comprised of an elite group of companies and organizations from throughout Arizona that have established themselves as environmental leaders, adopted environmentally responsible practices, demonstrated commitment to environmental quality, and maintained exemplary environmental compliance records.  Members adopt and implement the Alliance Principles, and carry out compliance awareness, pollution prevention, environmental education and mentoring projects.

Expectations of Members

Alliance members must continue to meet the threshold set for applicants, participate in at least one Alliance project each year, and adopt and practice the Arizona Environmental Strategic Alliance Principles.

Membership Criteria

All potential candidates must meet Environmental Leader Mandatory Requirements.  Performance Characteristics must be met as appropriate for the organization’s size.

Environmental Leader Mandatory Requirements

1.  Endorsement of the Arizona Environmental Strategic Alliance Principles.  Member organizations must endorse the Alliance Principles.  

2.  Compliance.  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Arizona  Department of Environmental Quality and the county/city government appropriate for the facility or operation will provide information on the organization's environmental performance relative to their respective jurisdictions. 

Prospective members must demonstrate a substantial compliance with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations over  the previous twelve months.  Applicants must resolve all compliance orders against the organization prior to membership review.  Continuing members must maintain a good compliance status in all applicable criteria.

3.  Published Environmental Policy.  Applicants shall have a published environmental policy. 

4.  Environmental Measurement System.  Applicant organizations should subscribe to the axiom "what gets measured gets managed."  The Alliance expects its members to quantify the environmental impact of the organization's Arizona operations (facilities) and to make the information available to its stakeholders, such as customers, employees, and communities.  Prospective members should provide goals and targets for reducing their environmental impacts and porting environmental benefits.

5.  Environmental Stewardship.  Members should actively participate in environmental programs enhancing the communities in which they reside.  Volunteer efforts, community projects, and sponsorships, industry trade groups, and mentoring involvement are a few examples of stewardship.

6.  Pollution Prevention Program.  The concept of "reduce, reuse, and recycle" has existed for 25 years.  At a minimum, a prospective member should demonstrate programs consistent with the pollution prevention theory of the Three R’s:  reduce, reuse, and recycle; members should employ source reduction as the primary means to prevent pollution.

7.  Transparency.  “Transparency” addresses the degree of openness and candidness that Alliance members exhibit during interactions with various stakeholders and acts as a measure of the organization's environmental performance.  The Alliance seeks to increase transparency without compromising attorney/client privilege, revealing trade secrets or disclosing audit findings outside voluntary efforts.  Members work to become more transparent in their environmental dealings with stakeholders and communities.

Performance Characteristics

In addition to meeting the mandatory requirements above, candidates must demonstrate environmental leadership by meeting performance characteristics.  Since size and resource disparities exist between small and large organizations, small organizations (those with less than 100 employees) are required to implement six of the performance characteristics and large organizations implement ten of the performance characteristics detailed on the membership application.

Many of the performance characteristics, such as programs to reduce water or energy consumption, waste minimization, or documenting environmental performance often are already in place and may provide cost-savings benefits.  Alliance members report annually on their participation in these programs.

Membership Opportunity

The Alliance seeks organizations from the public and private sectors that share our commitment to environmental protection and demonstrate leadership in achieving environmental sustainability.

The advisory council serves as the membership review and selection body and accepts only those organizations that adhere to the performance standards.  The Alliance is not obligated to accept any applicant, even though the applicant may appear to meet all of the specified criteria.  Further, the advisory council holds the right to maintain the membership of only those organizations whose participation positively affects the credibility and image of the Alliance and its membership.

Membership Application

An application for membership in the Alliance can be found on our Find an Alliance Documents Page, or simply click HERE.

For More Information

For more information on membership, please contact Jim Thrush at 480-422-7293. 

 

 

 

 

 

The Arizona Environmental Strategic Alliance is a 501C3 non-profit organization.  

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