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.
Corporate Leader Resources
Performance Track Corporate Leader Guide (PDF) (14 pp, 286K). Describes the designation, criteria, and nomination/application process in detail.
Corporate Leader Profiles
Baxter Healthcare Corporation
· Factsheet (PDF) (1 pp, 55K)
· Corporate
Leader Application (PDF) (28 pp, 211K)
· 2005
Corporate Leader Performance Report (PDF) (8 pp,
268K)
· 2006
Corporate Leader Performance Report (PDF) (8 pp,
236K)
· 2007
Corporate Leader Performance Report (PDF) (8 pp,
464K)
· 2006
Sustainability Report (PDF) (44 pp, 13.9MB) · 2007
Sustainability Report (PDF) (43 pp, 2.1MB)
· Corporate
environmental site Acceptance
speech (PDF) (2 pp, 38K) by Mike Gatling,
corporate vice president of global manufacturing
operations, Baxter Healthcare Corporation, April
12, 2005
Johnson & Johnson
· Factsheet (PDF) (1 pp, 46K)
· Corporate
Leader Application (PDF) (23 pp, 209K)
· 2005
Corporate Leader Performance Report (PDF) (8 pp,
280K)
· 2006
Corporate Leader Performance Report (PDF) (7 pp,
590K)
· 2007
Corporate Leader Performance Report (PDF) (8 pp,
644K)
· 2006
Sustainability Report (PDF) (36 pp, 2.9MB) · 2007
Sustainability Report (PDF) (44 pp, 3MB)
· Corporate
environmental site
Rockwell Collins
· Factsheet (PDF) (1 pp, 47K)
· Corporate
Leader Application (PDF) (23 pp, 212K)
· 2005
Corporate Leader Performance Report (PDF) (7 pp,
227K)
· 2006
Corporate Leader Performance Report (PDF) (7 pp,
512K)
· 2007
Corporate Leader Performance Report (PDF) (9 pp,
376K)
· 2006
Environment, Safety, and Health Report (PDF) (24
pp, 920K)
· 2007
Environment, Safety, and Health Report (PDF) (28
pp, 2.4MB)
· Corporate
environmental site
Xanterra Parks and Resorts
· Factsheet (PDF) (1 pp, 57 KB)
· Corporate
Leader Application (PDF) (37 pp, 638K)
· 2006
Corporate Leader Performance Report · 2007
Corporate Leader Performance Report (PDF) (7 pp, 436K)
· Corporate
environmental site
Xerox Corporation
· Factsheet (PDF) (1 pp, 128K)
· Corporate
Leader Application (PDF) (44 pp, 556K)
· 2007
Report on Global Citizenship (PDF) (66
pp, 992K)
· Corporate
environmental site
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.
* 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).