Purpose, Eligibility, and Benefits

The South Carolina Environmental Excellence Program (SCEEP) is a voluntary program for companies committed to continuous environmental improvement in order to protect and preserve South Carolina's environment.

Purpose:

To encourage companies to become environmental leaders by making a voluntary commitment to promote and practice pollution prevention, energy and other resource conservation, and to strive for continuous environmental improvement.

Eligibility:

Any South Carolina organization, company or facility committed to reducing its waste streams through pollution prevention activities, and/or through reducing energy or other resource consumption with the goal of improving South Carolina's environment is eligible to participate.

A "facility" is defined to mean any site, manufacturing or natural resource management operation, or any business or municipal activity that is regulated under any provision of the state's environmental laws.

Benefits:

Participation in the Environmental Excellence Program provides the following benefits:

• Public recognition among customers, business associates, the community, and the state's regulatory agencies that your company or facility is committed to environmental leadership
• Participation in and membership on the Environmental Excellence Council which provides networking opportunities with other members, and forums to discuss regulatory issues and to exchange ideas
• Access to S.C. DHEC senior leadership
• Opportunities for regulatory flexibility on identified issues
• Eligibility for awards such as the SC Energy Office special energy conservation awards
• Opportunities for other environmental activities including corporate mentoring, technology transfer assistance, and information exchanges
• Use of the SCEEP logo