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	Green Star Chandler Concrete Focuses on Sustainability with all their Ready Mixed Concrete Plants Salisbury, NC 1st plant to become a Green-Star Plant, October 2009. Greensboro, NC Mill Street, Blowing Rock, NC, Asheboro, NC, Christiansburg, Va., Burlington, NC., Botetourt, Va., Dublin, Va. all have become Green Star Plants between 2009 and 2011. We are currently working towards having a Green Star rating for all our ready-mixed plants in the near future. This commitment requires the cooperation of our entire team. It is a continuous project and has required us to do things differently. We now follow NRMCA’s 10 Guiding Principles of Environmental Stewardship as we continue our sustainability commitment now and into the future.



	NRMCA Green Star Program Introduction The NRMCA Green-Star Program of the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association has been designed by the Environmental Task Group of the Operations, Environmental and Safety Committee (NRMCA-OES) as a means to support the efforts of the ready mixed concrete industry towards environmental excellence, through the recognition of the use of Environmental Management Systems (EMS) as a tool for environmental benchmarking and continual improvement, and as a means to recognize those who adhere to essential principals of the environmental and sustainability movement of our industry. The NRMCA Green-Star Program will serve as a useful mechanism to recognize those within the industry who have achieved or are actively working towards environmental excellence and/or a demonstrable reduction of environmental impacts, following the principals of sustainability. It will also provide a formal opportunity for the recognition of those companies through a rigorous, structured certification process capable of withstanding third-party oversight. The foundation of the NRMCA Green-Star program was created in collaboration with the Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Highways Partnership and the 10 Guiding Principles of Environmental Stewardship.

	10 Guiding Principles of Environmental Stewardship (Summarization Only) 1. Top Management Commitment Make top management commitments to improve environmental performance through policies and programs. 2. Compliance Assurance Implement environmental auditing, assessment and improvement programs to identify and correct current and potential compliance problems and work to improve overall environmental performance. 3. Enabling Systems Develop and foster implementation of environmental management systems (EMS) which provide a framework for ensuring day-to-day environmental compliance. 4. Measurement and Continual Improvement Develop measures of environmental performance to demonstrate adherence to these Principles. Periodically assess the programs toward meeting the organizations environmental goals and tie results to actions in improving environmental performance. 5. Public Communications Voluntarily make available to the public, information on the organizations environmental performance relative to these Principles (i.e., website). 6. Industry Leadership Work with other companies to improve industry-wide environmental compliance and overall environmental performance. 7. Community Environmental Stewardship Promote and give support to environmental stewardship and sustainable development in the community in which the facility resides. 8. Awareness & Outreach Work cooperatively to ensure that increased awareness is achieved through proactive outreach and community initiatives (i.e., website). 9. Training and Development Key environmental training requirements are identified and programs developed and supported by top management. 10. Research and Demonstration Conduct development initiatives and solutions that drive environmental performance excellence and share lessons learned. The Ready Mixed Concrete Research and Education Foundation will support environmental initiatives.

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Corporate Office: 1006 Church Street, Burlington, NC 27215 • 336-226-1181 sales@chandlerconcrete.com Corporate Office Mailing: PO Box 131, Burlington, NC 27216		Chandler Concrete of Virginia Hardscapes: 700 Block Lane, Christiansburg, VA 24073 • 540-382-1734 1088 Industrial Drive, Danville, VA 24541 • 800-537-5884 Chandler Building Supply: 400 North Long Street, PO Box 139, Salisbury, NC 28145-0139 • 704-636-4713 329 South Main Street, PO Box 460, Biscoe, NC 27209 • 910-428-9601


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