Northwest Environmental & Energy Professionals (NEEP) is a business alliance of highly skilled and experienced specialists.  The State of Oregon officially supports NEEP as a “Flexible Network” created for the purpose of being more effective in solving problems, cutting costs, and responding quickly and economically to our clients’ environmental and energy management needs.  We offer our clients the range and quality of services provided by larger firms but at a more competitive cost.

 

Client Benefits

 

• Responsive to Client Needs--Our foremost goal is to listen to our clients needs and support their objectives in a way which makes the most sense for their operations.

 

• Experienced Professionals--Our members average over 18 years experience in each respective discipline.  The knowledge and creativity developed over the years have enabled us to provide innovative approaches to meeting our clients’ needs within their budgets.

 

• Competitive Rates--Our flexible network structure eliminates costly overhead and executive management markups without sacrificing technical quality and creativity.

 

• Staffing Continuity--Contracts are made directly with the people who will provide the services.  Our clients can be assured that project staffing will be consistent throughout their association with NEEP.

 

• Unified Project Management System--Whether you need one, several, or all of our services, NEEP’s single, comprehensive management system will provide consistent and reliable information from which to assess your project’s progress.

 

• Solutions for the Future--We go beyond regulatory compliance support to help you in managing the future with economics-based environmental management systems.  NEEP will help your company develop an EMS that meets ISO 14000, the new international environmental standard.

 

Today, sound environmental and energy management is more than just facilitating regulatory compliance.  It is also recognizing the economic and environmental benefits to be achieved from good management practices.  In collaboration with our clients, we focus on the issues from their perspective as we work to solve existing problems, or develop programs to help environmental managers take control of their responsibilities and administer them in a systematic and pro-active manner.  Our turn-key capabilities and full range of environmental disciplines focus on two important areas:

 

• Environmental Management Systems (EMS), an economics-based business management philosophy that fully integrates an organization’s environmental management practices with other business operations.

 

• Environmental Services, including site investigations, regulatory compliance, audits, environmental impact studies, and permitting services.

 

Environmental Management Systems (EMS)

 

NEEP will develop and assist with the implementation of an EMS for your business.  An EMS is essential to any environmental certification program, such as ISO 14000.  The components of an EMS include:

 

Gap Audit--EMS implementation starts with an evaluation of your company’s existing organizational structure, policies, environmental systems, and procedures relative to the ISO 14001 audit specifications.  We can prepare a report indicating both the degree to which your company’s EMS meets these standards and recommendations for corrective actions.

 

EMS Preparation--After completing the gap audit we can help you develop an EMS that meets all applicable ISO 14000 Standards.