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The Affiliates
Council complements NAEM's
core objective of strengthening the profession of
environmental management, and exists as an additional
resource to NAEM members in achieving their professional
goals. Since its formation in 1996, the Council has
provided environmental managers exposure to state-of-the-art
services and technical capabilities. The Affiliates
represent strategic partners to "in-house" environmental
managers, and are an important source of knowledge
and insight in helping to solve environmental management
problems and in addressing evolving management challenges. NAEM selects
high calibre organizations who demonstrate a long-term
commitment to the Association. As such, membership in
the Affiliates Council is solely available on a company-wide
or corporate level. All those who provide service and/or
products to environmental managers in industry or government
are eligible for membership. Currently, the Affiliates
Council is composed of the full range of service providers
for environmental managers, including: environmental,
engineering, and consulting firms; accountants and law
firms; information management specialists, software developers,
and technologists. The
Affiliates Council recognizes the valuable capabilities
of these environmental professionals. All association
programs and initiatives are based on learning through
peer-to-peer and business-to-business information sharing.
As such, the expertise and skills of Affiliate members
are integrated into NAEM's
programming. The
total number of Council members is restricted such that
an appropriate balance exists between managers and service-providers.
This balance maintains the notion that NAEM's
primary focus is its environmental managers, that Council
members are necessary and meaningful to the extent that
benefits from their efforts actually flow to the environmental
managers. NAEM is
an association of corporate, facility and municipal "in-house" environmental
managers, with membership being either individual or
corporate, in contrast to an association of service and/or
product providers.
Until
further notice, NAEM is no longer accepting new
affiliate council members. If you are interested
in this type of membership please send an email
to
Brianna Gianti.
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