An assessment of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Environmental Performance Track Program / Scott Hassell ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hassell, Scott, 1974-

Series:

Technical report (Rand Corporation)

Report

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy--United States.

Environmental policy.

Industrial policy--United States.

Industrial policy.

National Environmental Performance Track (Program : U.S.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (136 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Assessment of the US Environmental Protection Agency's National Environmental Performance Track Program

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : RAND, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This report addresses the conceptual basis, design, and implementation of the National Environmental Performance Track program. The voluntary program sought to encourage facilities to improve their environmental performance and provide a more collaborative relationship between facilities and regulators. While the program had mixed success, EPA should continue to seek out new approaches to complement and enhance traditional regulatory approaches.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One - Introduction; Purpose; Context for Assessing Performance Track; Solicitation, Study Questions, and Scope; Organization of This Report; Chapter Two - Voluntary Environmental Programs; U.S. Environmental Policy and the Development of Voluntary Environmental Programs; Academic Views on the Development of Voluntary Environmental Programs; Early Experiences with Voluntary Programs; Chapter Three - An Overview of Performance Track; The Creation of Performance Track

Aiming for Excellence Recommended Creating a Performance TrackInitial Announcement of Concepts for a Performance Track System; EPA Announces Performance Track's Achievement Track but Defers Development of the Stewardship Track; Program Philosophy; Major Program Features; Admission Criteria; Member Benefits; Environmental Improvement; Major Program Activities; Recruiting; Marketing; Knowledge Sharing; Application Processing; Site Visits; Review and Processing of Annual Performance Reports; Membership Trends; Member Improvements; Program Resources

The Stewardship Track Evolved into the Corporate Leader DesignationProgram Termination; Chapter Four - Methodology; Literature Review of Voluntary Programs; The Challenge of Evaluating Voluntary Environmental Programs; Research on the Effectiveness of Voluntary Programs Remains Inconclusive; Previous Evaluations of Performance Track; Performance Track Interviews and Information Collection; Development of the Logic Model and Identification of Core Program Elements; Stakeholder Interviews; Pilot Interviews; Individual Interviews; Focus Groups; Interviewee Confidentiality

Characteristics of the Interviewed PopulationAnalysis Framework; Chapter Five - Assessment of Performance Track's Concept and Design Phases; An Expanding Academic Literature Explores Why Firms Join Voluntary Programs and Why They Might Improve the Environment; Private-Sector Participation in Voluntary Programs Depends on the Relative Costs and Benefits of Participation; Voluntary Programs Might Be Able to Improve Environmental Quality; Concept Phase; Recruiting and Screening; Member Benefit Development and Delivery; Facilitation of Environmental Improvement; Findings; Design Phase

Recruiting and ScreeningMember Benefit Development and Delivery; Facilitation of Environmental Improvement; Findings; Chapter Six - Assessment of Performance Track's Implementation Phase; Recruiting and Screening; Performance Track Rejected 16 Percent of Applicants, Removed 10 Percent of Members, and Had 7 Percent of Members Voluntarily Withdraw; Several Stakeholders Believed That Some Members Violated the Compliance Criteria or Were Undeserving of Membership; Some Stakeholders Found Performance Track's Marketing Messages to Be Inconsistent with Its Member Facilities

Perceived Inconsistencies Began to Undermine Performance Track and Its Brand

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-109).

ISBN:

1-282-94046-5

9786612940460

0-8330-5071-0

OCLC:

676700790

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access