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Performance Track Corporate Leaders

May 2008: Xerox Named Fifth Performance Track Corporate Leader. Read the Xerox Press Release and Listen to an Audio Podcast Interview with Performance Track Director Dan Fiorino.

In 2004, EPA created the Performance Track Corporate Leader designation as a way to recognize companies that exhibit policies and behavior at a corporate level that are associated with environmental excellence and are substantially committed to Performance Track. The Corporate Leader designation enhances Performance Track by providing EPA with additional opportunities to work more effectively with corporate leaders in improving environmental performance beyond regulatory requirements. It recognizes and promotes corporate activities not often or fully integrated at the facility level, such as improving the environmental performance of a company's suppliers and/or customers.

Membership Criteria

The criteria for designation as a Performance Track Corporate Leader are:

• robust corporate management of environmental issues;
• demonstrated environmental performance improvements and goals for further improvements;
• efforts to help improve the environmental performance of its value chain (including suppliers and customers);
• corporate public outreach and environmental reporting;
• strong overall environmental compliance record by the corporation, including its facilities that are not currently members of Performance Track;
• at least five facilities of the corporation are each a member of Performance Track, making important contributions to the program, and reflect leadership by the company;
• total facility membership from the corporation in Performance Track and similar state performance-based environmental programs* represents at least 25% of its U.S. operations** or at least 25 of its U.S. facilities; and
• plans to increase the corporation's level of membership in Performance Track and similar state performance-based environmental programs to at least 50% of its U.S. operations or at least 50 of its U.S. facilities within five years of designation as a Performance Track Corporate Leader.

Nomination and Application Process

Around mid-year, EPA asks companies that meet the Performance Track membership criteria and believe they would meet the other membership criteria to consider nominating themselves for the Corporate Leader designation. EPA reviews the self-nominations and publicly available information and asks up to three companies to apply for the designation based on which companies appear to be the strongest candidates.

Review Process

In addition to reviewing whether the company applicant passes the criteria, EPA will evaluate additional considerations. As part of the verification that the company has a strong compliance record with environmental regulations, we benchmark the company's compliance record to its "composite" sector.

Applicants will identify one past achievement in improving their environmental performance and one past achievement in helping their value chain improve their environmental performance. In addition, they will establish two goals to improve their environmental performance and two goals to help their value chain improve their environmental performance. They also will commit to increase their level of membership in the facility program to at least 50% of their U.S. operations (or at least 50 facilities) within five years of their designation as a Performance Track Corporate Leader.

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* Similar state performance-based environmental programs are determined by those elements that correspond to the Performance Track program criteria, i.e., facilities have environmental management systems in place, demonstrate continuous improvement in their environmental performance through past achievements and future goals, report quantitatively on progress on their future goals, have a strong compliance record, and conduct community outreach.
** Expressed as percentage of U.S. facilities (manufacturing, “major,” or all); or employees (full-time equivalents) in U.S. facilities (manufacturing, “major,” or all).

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