Performance Track Annual Members' Events

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Each year, Performance Track hosts a Members' Event where members gather for award ceremonies, panel discussions, and breakout sessions on topics important to Performance Track facilities and partners. These meetings are an excellent opportunity for members to meet EPA Performance Track staff, network with their colleagues, and learn about program developments.

2009 Members' Event

May 4-8, 2009, San Francisco, California (in conjunction with the 2009 National Environmental Partnership Summit)

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2008 Members' Event

May 19-23, 2008, Baltimore, Maryland (in conjunction with the 2008 National Environmental Partnership Summit)

Event summary (PDF) (10 pp, 1.7MB)
Conference website

Presentations from the Performance Track Members' Meeting, May 21, 2008

A Performance Track Success Story (PDF) (22 pp, 1.9MB)
How Marathon Petroleum worked with the State of Louisiana to gain expedited permitting for a planned expansion of a refinery. Given by Wally Dows, environmental safety and security manager at Marathon Petroleum Company, and Hal Leggett, secretary of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality.
EPA Performance Track Recognition (PDF) (6 pp, 766K)
When one of Frito-Lay's facilities was accepted into Performance Track, the company make exemplary efforts to publicize it. Given by Steve Capps, corporate environmental manager at Frito-Lay.
Participation of Firms in Voluntary Environmental Protection Programs: An Analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility and Capital Market Performance (PDF) (12 pp, 64K)
Companies with facilities in Performance Track have experienced positive effects on stock prices when EPA announced new members in the program. Given by Fei Yu, visiting assistant professor of economics at Mount Holyoke College.

2007 Members' Event

May 7-11, 2007, New Orleans, Louisiana (in conjunction with the 2007 National Environmental Partnership Summit)

Event Summary (PDF) (10 pp, 728K)
Conference website

2006 Members' Event

May 8-11, 2006, Atlanta, Georgia (in conjunction with the 2006 National Environmental Partnership Summit)

Event summary (PDF) (15 pp, 524K)
Conference website

2005 Members' Event

April 11-14, 2005, Chicago, Illinois (in conjunction with the 2005 National Environmental Partnership Summit)

Event summary (PDF) (14 pp, 486 K)
Conference website

2004 Members' Event

April 20-22, 2004, Baltimore, Maryland

2003 Members' Event

April 9, 2003, Washington, DC

Event summary (PDF) (8 pp, 647K)
Highlights

2000 Charter Event

December 13, 2000, Washington DC

Event Summary (PDF) (12 pp, 149K)
Highlights