Find out about major site remediation plans and the associated labor and training requirements. Find out where companies are headed with regard to hazardous waste and disposal trends and how workplace training is changing to meet the needs of a growing industry. The business risks associated with environmentally impaired properties are unique and more complex than classic risk management loss exposures. There has been much focus on technical issues with environmental remediation as an end unto itself when the focus should be on integrated management that balances a multitude of issues, especially those that set the foundation for the remediation process contingent on follow-on restoration, redevelopment, and reuse.
Sustainable development accentuates the concept of redevelopment as remediation.
Such development is a coordinated action among business, government, communities, and individuals leading to meeting present needs without compromising a future generation's ability to meet their own. While an organization by itself cannot deliver sustainable development, they can contribute to it by defining essential needs, seizing opportunities, and mitigating environmental threats. Corporations are essential in this effort because of their financial and human resources, reach, and technology. As a model to be replicated elsewhere, EnviroJobs will take this partnership model to other sectors of the country. Short-term training with the potential for upward mobility will be emphasized within a sustainable context.