Become an NPEP Champion. 

Help Reduce the Use and Release 

of Chemicals In Our Environment. 

Benefits of Becoming 

an NPEP Champion 

Becoming an NPEP Champion is an excellent 

way to demonstrate to your employees, your 

customers, and your community that your 

organization is an environmental leader helping 

others to minimize their use of chemicals and 

make their operations more sustainable. 

EPA provides numerous opportunities for NPEP 

Champions to earn recognition for their efforts. 

Consider the following benefits:

• Public recognition for leadership in recruiting 

and assisting NPEP partners in achieving 

voluntary chemical reduction goals.

• Entry in EPA’s NPEP Champion of the 

Year Award competition, which recognizes 

individuals and partners who not only lead 

their own organization’s efforts in chemical 

management, but also reach outside 

their organization to discover opportunities 

and encourage others to establish and 

achieve NPEP goals.

• Opportunity to network with other champions, 

partners, and members of the materials 

management community.

• Access to downloadable tools and technical 

assistance.

• Information about your organization and your 

goals posted on NPEP Web site.

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Better Environment, Better Neighbor, Better Business

The National Partnership for Environmental Priorities (NPEP) is a partnership program of the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) focused on reducing the use and release of potentially hazardous chemicals from products, 

processes, and wastes. 

Champion Program

The NPEP Champion Program invites current NPEP 

partners and other organizations to help recruit new 

partners to reduce their use and release of priority 

chemicals. NPEP Champions agree to recruit one 

or more partners who will improve their chemical 

management practices to reduce the potential 

release of priority chemicals into the land, air, or 

water where they could affect human health and the 

environment. Champions, as an option, may provide 

technical assistance to current partners and promote 

the NPEP program.

Becoming a Champion

Follow these simple steps to become an NPEP 

Champion: 

1 Complete the Champion Enrollment 

Application and submit it to EPA. In your 

enrollment application, you will identify two or more 

voluntary goals you can achieve as a champion in 

this program.

2 Recruit One or More New NPEP Partners.

To qualify as an NPEP Champion, you must recruit 

or assist in recruiting one or more partners to join 

NPEP. As outlined in your enrollment application, you 

will initiate a campaign to recruit new partners, either 

working independently or with your EPA Region.

3 Promote Reduction of Priority Chemicals.

As a champion, you agree to promote NPEP and 

voluntary chemical management activities through 

one or more means, which could include any of the 

following:

• Promote NPEP through your corporate Web site.

• Feature NPEP in publications. 

• Provide technical assistance to NPEP partners.

• Create outreach materials promoting NPEP. 

• Distribute NPEP outreach materials at conferences, 

at events, or on your corporate Web site.

• Include NPEP information in presentations at 

conferences or events.

4 Report Achievements and Receive 

Recognition. Once these goals have been 

accomplished, submit a success story sharing your 

efforts. At that point, you will qualify for the chance to 

become NPEP Champion of the Year. EPA highlights 

all accomplishments and success stories on the 

NPEP Web site.

Examples of Champion 

Organizations

• For profit and nonprofit technical assistance 

organizations and service providers. 

• Current NPEP partners.

• State programs and environmental resource 

agencies.

• Businesses who want to recruit peers in their 

industry sector.

Enroll Today! 

To become an NPEP Champion, visit 

www.epa.gov/npep to fill out the 

enrollment application.