Environmental Compliance
Accomplishing More with Less via Natural Capital Strategies
The consideration of the ecosystem services provided by natural capital has the potential to support identification of creative and cost-effective approaches to achieve environmental compliance. Whether a company is looking for possibilities to generate economies of scale, efficiencies in achieving corporate objectives, or opportunities to address non-compliance issues, natural capital and its associated ecosystem services could highlight projects previously unrecognized as solution providers within the compliance arena. Examples of how natural capital could support a derivation of benefit within the compliance arena include:
- Utilizing green infrastructure rather than gray infrastructure to manage and treat storm water and non-point source pollution
- Designing a Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP) based on compensating impacted natural capital or reduction in ecosystem service levels rather than paying a penalty
- Designing a green roof to minimize energy use for facility cooling to achieve a sustainability metric
Joule Tree provides support with the following:
- Natural Capital Inventory
- Natural Capital Dependencies and Impacts
- Green Infrastructure Systems
- NPDES Permit Violation offsets
- Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEPs)
- Stakeholder Interface and Regulatory Negotiations