Primary Services

Our services are designed to enable organizations to reduce operational costs, environmental impacts and improve sustainability performance.

Our team is composed of experienced sustainability experts, graduate assistants provided by local universities, as well as collegiate interns from across the state.

Contact us to request a free sustainability assessment at your company! We'll work with you to design a sustainability pathway that suits your operations.

Contact OEWRI's sustainability team

Pollution Prevention site assessments

Free, non-regulatory and confidential on-site assessment of manufacturing operations. The goal is help you reduce waste, energy consumption and costs.

Our Pollution Prevention site assessments are a service that qualifying manufacturers in the state of Missouri can receive for free.

This process is designed to review the manufacturing operations to identify inefficiencies and opportunities that can help your company reduce waste, conserve energy and save money.

During the assessment, the team can perform ultrasonic leak detection of compressed air and gases to identify losses and associated energy. The team can also perform infrared scans of building envelope, and industrial heating/cooling and insulation.

Assessment process

Assessments are performed by qualified OEWRI personnel, along with trained students.

The following are the steps in which this service is conducted:

1. An initial meeting is conducted between your organization and our team to discuss the desired service and qualification eligibility.
2. If eligible, an in-person visit is scheduled with our team at your facility.
   1. Prior to the site visit, the OEWRI team will send out a pre-site questionnaire to collect preliminary data including 12 months of utility data.
3. The site visit is performed by qualified professionals and university students.
4. Approximately 2-4 weeks later, our team provides a detailed report of our findings and recommendations to be considered by your organization.
5. The OEWRI team will follow-up with each company to discuss further assistance and needs as desired.

Reducing waste at the source will save your company money while reducing environmental impacts and improving your overall sustainability performance.

Sustainability key performance indicators and strategic plan

As the saying goes, “You can’t manage what you don’t measure.”

This program works with your team to establish key performance metrics to track the continual improvement of your sustainability program.

The goal is to establish metrics that drive ongoing improvements while reducing operational costs. Once these metrics are established, the team will assist in the development of achievable goals/targets.

A strategic plan will be developed to ensure the goals are reached and a strong continuous improvement structure is in place to ensure ongoing performance.

These plans can be incorporated into existing Environmental Management Systems like ISO 14001 if the company is already certified or planning to pursue certification in the future.

Sustainability gap analysis

This service allows organizations to identify areas where they may need to improve their environmental, social and economic sustainability programs while also identifying successful sustainability efforts that can be immediately communicated to internal and external stakeholders.

Sustainability training services

We provide periodic workshops through the Missouri Association of Manufacturers and other partners. We can also develop customized training for your employees at your organization.