Sustainability
Improve Your Environmental Footprint and Increase Profitability
- Do you need to ensure compliance with environmental regulations?
- Are you ready to decrease your plant’s carbon footprint or waste usage?
- Do you want to attract new business and increase profitability?
Environmental Compliance Assessments
Identify and reduce federal and state environmental compliance risks in your facility. Use your compliance programs to avoid costly fines, while also demonstrating your Sustainability Development Goal (SDG) commitments.
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Environmental compliance violations can cost manufacturers anywhere from $18,000 to $100,000 per day. What would costs like this do to your bottom line?
GaMEP sustainability engineers will help you identify environmental regulatory requirements that apply to you and give an unbiased view of at-risk areas such as air emissions, stormwater runoff, pollution, hazardous waste, solid waste, and more. Once you have identified opportunities for improvement, sustainability training and implementation programs can help you mitigate risks and coach your team to develop the inspections and reporting processes necessary for compliance.
GaMEP will:
- Identify regulations that apply to your organization.
- Recognize situations that are not in compliance with regulations.
- Outline a plan to take corrective and preventative measures.
- Support and facilitate environmental reporting.
- Provide the tools necessary for your team to keep up with the latest regulations through compliance coaching.
By conducting an environmental compliance assessment, you will:
- Become compliant
- Avoid costly fines
- Attract new business
- Increase profitability
ISO 14001 Implementation
Utilize the ISO 14001 environmental management system (EMS) to create a systematic approach to handling the environmental aspects of your business activities and stay at the forefront of environmental factors or concerns that could negatively affect your business.
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Conforming with an EMS like ISO 14001 can help your business not only reduce environmental impact, but also expand locally, nationally, or internationally. GaMEP’s ISO 14001 experts can help you create a systematic approach to handling the environmental aspects of your business activities. We provide environmental management system training and implementation to help you continually improve your environmental performance and enhance your reputation with customers, employees, and stakeholders.
GaMEP will:
- Conduct a gap assessment and develop a customized EMS program.
- Complete environmental management system training and coach your team through an EMS implementation plan.
- Conduct internal audits and management reviews.
- Perform a readiness audit to ensure you are prepared for a certification audit.
- Correct system issues before the certification audit.
By using GaMEP’s ISO 14001 implementation service, you will:
- Identify the causes of environmental issues
- Improve compliance
- Build confidence with stakeholders
Water & Wastewater
Assessments
Learn to develop a plan to take corrective actions and reduce costs associated with the water coming into and out of your plant.
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Are your utility costs through the roof? Are you interested in solutions to clean up wastewater streams, giving your company a reputation as a sustainable facility? You can both save money and ensure compliance with the Clean Water Act (CWA) by assessing where your water-related dollars are going and examining your operations from a sustainability perspective.
GaMEP will:
- Assess your water-related situation from an environmental point of view.
- Determine alternative solutions for treating wastewater.
- Outline a plan to take corrective actions.
- Work on a roadmap specific to your team and company.
By conducting a water & wastewater assessment you will:
- Generate cost savings
- Reduce your environmental footprint
- Become more competitive
GHG & Carbon Footprint Assessment and Analysis
Assess your current greenhouse gas (GHG) and carbon footprint and find ways to reduce emissions or lower impact through decreasing energy use or by switching to renewable energy sources.
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Are you tasked with meeting a corporate carbon reduction goal or interested in reducing your environmental impact? GaMEP’s sustainability project managers will help you understand the current state of your GHG and carbon emissions and provide a detailed report of how to make improvements.
GaMEP will:
- Measure and identify major emissions across indirect and direct sources.
- Provide a plan to reduce emissions through targeted strategies.
- Support your company in achieving its sustainability goals and targets.
By completing a GHG & carbon footprint assessment and analysis, you will:
- Gain clarity around carbon reduction goals
- Become a more sustainable company
- Set your company up for long-term success
Integrated
Management Systems
Do you have more than one management system in your plant? If so, by making minor modifications you can integrate your systems, reducing duplication of efforts and saving your company time and money.
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Do you have multiple management systems (i.e. quality, energy, environmental, health and safety) with asynchronous documentation and reporting activities?
If so, by making some modifications you can combine manuals, forms, and processes into one streamlined management system, reducing duplication of efforts and saving your company time and money.
GaMEP will:
- Identify the organization’s different management systems and determine how they are working within the company’s overall business.
- Pinpoint opportunities where the systems can be streamlined and easily integrated.
- Identify key personnel to establish a team-based approach.
- Develop a roadmap to integrate the systems throughout the organization.
By integrating your management systems, you will:
- Save time
- Streamline processes
- Enhance communication
- Improve performance
Sustainability
Strategy
Develop sustainability goals based on what is practical and meaningful for your business.
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GaMEP’s sustainability experts can help your team break down sustainability goals and build short- and long-term plans to meet those goals and incorporate them into your overall business strategy or Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives. Work with our team to create a roadmap to achieve milestones such as zero waste to landfill or net-zero emissions.
GaMEP will:
- Provide technical support to create processes to reach your company’s goals.
- Make sure your company’s goals align with global standards.
- Support and guide the application of industry best practices.
By creating a sustainability strategy, you will:
- Define your sustainability goals
- Incorporate them into your strategic plan
- Create a roadmap for success
Waste Minimization & Circular Economy Strategy
Design reduction strategies to minimize waste that can be incorporated into your company’s current lifecycle processes
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Are you looking for innovative ways to reduce waste, conserve resources, or tap into new revenue streams? Assess your business’ opportunities to recycle scrap materials, design products for recyclability, or utilize other methods to improve sustainability and contribute to a circular economy.
GaMEP will:
- Identify strategies based on your product and processes such as recycling, composting, or repurposing.
- Assess your company’s lifecycle and recommend where reduction strategies should be implemented.
- Help your team implement new programs to achieve your waste minimization and circular economy goals.
By implementing waste minimization tactics, you will:
- Reduce landfill waste
- Increase resource recovery
- Support sustainable resource management
Permit Application
Assistance
Navigate any type of environmental permit application process with ease and confidence.
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Understanding what environmental permits apply to your company and how to apply for each can be a difficult task. Our sustainability experts will provide technical assistance to help your team prepare for specific environmental permits and ensure compliance with applicable regulations.
GaMEP will assist with:
- Air permit applications (operating permits including Title V and SIP permits)
- Stormwater permits
- Spill prevention permits
- Control and countermeasure (SPCC) permits
- Other industry-specific permits
- Environmental reports (Tier I and II, TRI)
By utilizing our permit application assistance service, you will:
- Ensure you are applying for the right permits
- Understand how to navigate the process
- Achieve compliance with environmental regulations related to your business
Sustainability Training & Events
GaMEP hosts events and training courses designed specifically for manufacturers.
View our upcoming events and open enrollment training sessions below.
Looking for customized training options? Contact your region manager for more information.
ISO 14001:2026 Workshop: Practical Implementation and Transition Guidance
Designed to teach participants about the new standard, including key revisions, and implementing or updating their environmental management system.
ISO 14001:2015 Foundations Certified Training (EM) TPECS
Designed to teach participants about the impact of human activities on the environment and to explain the essentials of environmental management systems.
ISO 14001:2015 Certified Internal Auditor (AU) TPECS
Designed for those responsible for planning and scheduling an audit program as well as conducting and leading management system audits for an environmental management system.
ISO 14001:2015 Certified Lead Auditor (TL) TPECS
Designed for those who want a comprehensive training in the theory and practice of auditing using the ISO 14001:2015 standard. An understanding of the responsibilities of an environmental auditor will be gained as well as the techniques and methodologies required to effectively audit an EMS.
Success Stories
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Circular Economy: Boost the Bottom Line
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