Challenges Going Forward

The NRTEE is committed to putting its best green foot forward.  However, we recognize that we will be challenged by a range of factors which may limit progress and that must be taken into account. These include:

• Few meaningful, appropriate, or readily captured metrics against which to track progress;
• Limits to the range of items over which the NRTEE has control, given its status as a tenant and as a federal agency that is regulated by government-wide policies, and;
• The fact that a large proportion of the organization’s carbon footprint is attributable to business travel, and that the NRTEE relies on person-to-person interaction between members and stakeholders to carry out its business effectively.

Next Steps

The GSC will continue to seek opportunities to reduce the NRTEE’s environmental footprint, and find ways to measure and track its progress.