Three Ways You Can Celebrate Earth Day All Year Long

AGC’s Contractors Environmental Conference Helps Lead the Way We invite you to join the Associated General Contractors of America in celebrating Earth Day.  Earth Day presents us with an opportunity to rethink the way we do things in our homes and businesses. It reminds us of the importance of building a sustainable environment for ourselves and our future generations.  Here are three ways you can celebrate earth day year-round.   Spearhead your efforts by registering today for the 2014 AGC Contractors Environmental Conference (June 12-13 in Arlington, VA).  AGC’s environmental services and programs can help you lead the way.  Conference attendees will learn how to inventory, prioritize and successfully meet environmental responsibilities in the year ahead.

1. Establish an Environmental Program for Your Company – Keep your permitting, best management practices, training and corrective action information organized and easily applied to each project, as well as tracked on a company-wide level.  Staying on top of compliance or contractual requirements for sustainability is easier with an environmental program.  At the conference, representatives from top companies explain how they started their programs and share a tool developed specifically with contractors in mind. 
2. Make Environmental Compliance a Priority - Compliance shouldn’t have to be a liability.  Protect your company from unnecessary risk of non-compliance by understanding the ever-growing and ever-changing list of environmental regulation. Experts at the AGC Contractors Environmental Conference will help you stay current with compliance requirements so that you can prioritize your efforts. 
3. Incorporate a “Green” Initiative that Can Save Time or Money – Alternative fuels, recycling, reuse of industrial materials, new or emerging environmental technologies are all ways that your company may be able to maximize “green” practices to save time or make money for your firm.  The AGC Contractors Environmental Conference provides the forum for you to explore options that have worked for other construction firms.

Whether it’s excellence in compliance or leading the way as a green builder, take steps this year to bring the environment into your business model.  Other companies are heading the same direction, come and learn from your peers at AGC’s upcoming conference.  Check out the schedule here and additional conference information at www.agc.org/enviroconf2014.