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Best Practices for Leading Sustainability Efforts

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Given the number of sustainability projects and initiatives underway within most federal agencies, the key question becomes: How should managers in the federal government implement and measure the benefits of sustainable practices? In attempting to tackle this question and assist government executive charged with wrestling with it, we present a new Center report, Best Practices for Leading Sustainability Efforts, by Jonathan M. Estes.

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Caswell  Holloway
New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
Commissioner

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