CH2M HILL’s Environmental

Management System (EMS)

Environmental Conservation

in Leased Office Space

Find the Eco Impacts!

What do you see? What can we measure?

http://www.nrcan-rncan.gc.ca/

Measure What Goes In

Environmental Management Systems (EMS) Traditionally measure “what goes out”

Hazardous waste created in a production process

Pounds of material recycled

Energy used

CH2M HILL’s Office EMS measures “what goes in”

Amount of paper purchased

Procurement contracts with environmental criteria

How many offices comply with environmental work practices

CH2M HILL is breaking new ground when it comes to

striking a balance between environmental stewardship and

economic progress through new construction. For the last 10

years it has been a world leader in protecting the

environment through smarter management of

environmental impacts of its own operations as well as

those of clients.

In 2006, CH2M's North American operations implemented

a broad effort for reducing waste, institutionalizing

environmental practices, greening the supply chain, reducing

carbon emissions, and measuring impacts. Watch for many

more companies to follow suit.

April 4 ,2007

Construction industry companies of all sizes are turning

shades of green, implementing internal sustainability

practices that range from recycling paper to building LEED-

platinum headquarters buildings. They are driven by an

assortment of ethical, economic and marketing factors, but

whatever their reasons, the shift is resulting in a change in

construction's workplace environment and attitudes….

While a 30-person consulting firm can fairly easily tally its

waste, large companies, such as CH2M Hill, Denver, have

to take a more complex approach just to analyze the

issue of sustainability and then create a formal

mechanism to manage it.

July 5 ,2007

EMS: What is it?

An EMS is a system that:

Incorporates people, procedures, and work practices in a formal structure to identify and address the important environmental impacts of an organization.

Involves all staff as appropriate.

Promotes continual improvement by evaluating environmental performance.

Actively involves senior management in support of the program.

What’s an ISO 14001 EMS?

ISO 14001 is the “formalized” standard – the only one for which a firm can register.

Our EMS approach is modeled on ISO 14001 (“conforms”), but we have not been audited for “compliance”

DoDoTarget ImplementationTraining and CommunicationDocument Control

CheckCheckMonitoring and MeasurementRecordkeeping

PolicyPolicy PlanPlanEnvironmental AspectsLegal & Other RequirementsObjectives and Targets

ActActManagement Review

ContinuousContinuousImprovementImprovement

How Does the Office EMS Get Done?

DoDo

ActAct

CheckCheck

PolicyPolicy

PlanPlan

Identify CH2M HILL’s environmental impacts: Aspects

Establish, implement, and communicate goals for reducing impacts:Objectives and Targets

Check progress towards targets:Measure

Aspects, objectives, and targets are set annually in a collaborative process involving all EMS Implementation Team

members and senior management

CH2M HILL’s EMS has Addressed our Day-to-Day Operations since 2005

Energy use in our offices

Business travel and transportation

Office supplies and equipment:from paper to furniture

Progress on Aspect 1: 2007

Reduce paper use per person by 5%

23% Reduction

Establish recycling program in 10 affiliate

offices

All 10 Recycle

Establish environmental procurement criteria on 30%

of National Agreements

25% Established

Increase recycled paper purchasing from 68% to 75%

73% Purchased

Recycling Accomplishments

Electronic waste recycling in 2007

6,009 pounds: TechnoTrash

60,097 pounds: Dell ARS

Number of offices participating in some kind of recycling or reuse program has increased from 75% in 2005 to 97% in 2007

Greening our Dollars

Incorporating environmental criteria in all new solicitations and renewals. For example: Océ selected for wide-format plotter

contract on the basis of their EMS and environmental performance.

Océ recycles or reuses 95 percent of the equipment it takes back, and the equipment uses organic drums instead of selenium drums.

Auto-start feature results in 50% less energy usage—and faster plots—because there is no warm-up time.

200725% of National

Agreements have environmental

criteria

Overall EMS Accomplishments

Developed environmental guidelines:

Paper selection guidelines for standardizing on recycled stocks

Top 15 CH2M HILL Style Reminders, a companion to the CH2M HILL Style Guide applied to client deliverables

Corporate Real Estate guidelines for office site selection and tenant improvements

Duplex printing standards for offices

Aspect 2: Completed GHG Inventory based on Energy Use

Focus in the Future on What We Can Control and Measure

North American offices Leased spaces, no direct control of facilities or direct

measurement of energy use Headquarters Campus

Full facility management and pay power directly

Aspect 3: Travel and Commuting

Teleworking: We have a full-time program; piloted part-time telework program in Canadian region

Green Travel: Environmental hotels rating available on our Travel page

Video conferencing: Expanding this technology to replace regular face-to-face meetings

Fleet vehicles: Working with vendors for more vehicle options and better maintenance

Commuting to work (alternative transportation): Provide tax-deferred commuter spending account in U.S. and alternative work schedules

Aspect 1Use of consumable materials and durable office equipment, such as paper,

recyclables, office furnishings, and other products

Aspect 2Energy use for lighting, heating,

cooling, ventilation, and equipment

Aspect 3Business Travel

and Transportation

Objective 1.1Reduce office material usage and

waste through reuse, reduction, and recycling

Objective 1.2Reduce environmental impacts by

procuring environmentally preferable office products

Objective 2.1Reduce energy consumption and reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Objective 3.1Increase teleworking,

thereby reducing commuting impacts,

energy use, consumables, and

office space.

Objective 3.2Reduce fossil fuel use

and related greenhouse gas

emissions.

Teleworking Action Plan

Green Meetings Procedure

TARGET 3.1.1

Reduce the square footage

by 5% per employee

in 5 offices as a result of

teleworking, and roll out a part-

time teleworking program.

Green Travel Procedure

IT Collaboration Technology Procedure

Fleet Vehicles Selection,

Operation, and Maintenance Procedure

Commuting to Work Procedure

(Alternative Transportation)

TARGET 1.1.1Decrease paper use per person

by 5% TARGET 1.2.1Establish environmental

procurement criteria for 30% of all national agreements

TARGET 2.1.1Reduce annual energy use by

5% per square foot on the Headquarters Campus

TARGET 2.1.2Reduce CO2 (greenhouse gas emissions) by 4% per square

foot on the Headquarters Campus

Headquarters Campus Energy Reduction and

Carbon Offset Action Plan

Paper Reduction Action Plan

Paper Reduction and Purchasing Procedure for IT

Paper Reduction and Purchasing Procedure

for Publications

TARGET 1.1.2Expand eWaste recycling

program to 85% of US offices

Waste Reduction Procedure for Facilities/Operations

Procurement Action Plan

Purchasing Procedure for Procurement, IT, and Facilities/Operations

TARGET 1.2.2Increase recycled paper purchasing

from 74% to 77%

Environmentally Responsible Office Space Procedure (Selection and Tenant

Improvement)

Environmental Management It’s Good Business

Electronic Waste Recycling Procedure for IT

Electronic Waste Recycling Action Plan

Learn More in our Sustainability Report

http://www.ch2m.com/sd

Questions? Discussion? Ideas?

For more information, contact:Brandy Wilson/BOICorporate EMS ManagerDirect: 208.383.6297Speed: #615 x6297Brandy.Wilson@ch2m.com