Beyond Compliance

Go Beyond Compliance

Once a business has reached compliance, it's time to take a look at actions businesses can take to go beyond compliance requirements. By doing so, a business may benefit from reduced manufacturing costs, improved energy efficiency, reduced or simplified paperwork, reduced employee absences due to illness, and/or reduced emissions. Resulting benefits vary by business and type and degree of change.

Each business sector has opportunities to implement various P2 protocols, saving money, time and potentially reducing regulations. Beyond compliance is also an opportunity to highlight local businesses that we know have taken the effort to go beyond compliance to futher reduce their impact on the environment.

Some examples of going beyond compliance might include:

• Pollution Prevention – in some cases, implementing "source reduction" and other practices that reduce or eliminate the creation of pollutants allow a business to get below certain emission-reporting thresholds, resulting in reduced registration fees.
  
• Material Substitution – using materials that produce fewer or no hazardous air pollutants or volatile organic compounds, but still result in the same or an improved product, may save a company material costs and/or reduce the administrative burden that comes with compliance.
  
• Manufacturing Method Changes – advancements in manufacturing techniques can often reduce the pollution produced through production process improvements and improved manufacturing efficiency.
  
• Combustion Efficiency Improvements – making equipment operate more efficiently can reduce energy consumption and reduce emissions.
  

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