SEP-TAINABLE ANNUAL REPORT (JANUARY 2017) ESMS SUMMARY OF PROGRESS: Do You Know Significant Environmental Your Aspects? SEPTA’s Sustainability Program is based on the principle of controlled improvement which is formalized through an Environmental and Sustainability Management System (ESMS). •• ASBESTOSASBESTOS In September 2013, SEPTA’s ESMS received a certification under the •• HAZARDOUSHAZARDOUS && NON-HAZARDOUSNON-HAZARDOUS WASTEWASTE International Organization for Standardization’s (ISO) 14001:2004 SEP-TAINABLE •• MUNICIPALMUNICIPAL WASTEWASTE && RECYCLINGRECYCLING standard for environmental management at its pilot facility, Berridge Shop. •• FUELFUEL && BULKBULK STORAGESTORAGE In September of 2016, Berridge Shop was recertified through 2019. • HAZARDOUS MATERIAL STORAGE • HAZARDOUS MATERIAL STORAGE In order to maintain certification and to prepare for energy and water consumption, implementing the adoption 1 •• GREENHOUSEGREENHOUSE GASGAS recertification, Berridge shop underwent annual third of life-cycle thinking, increasing alignment with strategic ESMS Summary of Progress: && CRITERIACRITERIA AIRAIR POLLUTANTPOLLUTANT EMISSIONSEMISSIONS party surveillance audits. Audits focused on several factors direction of the company and improving communication identified as significant environmental aspects – elements with our internal and external stakeholders as a way of •• WATERWATER CONSUMPTIONCONSUMPTION of Berridge Shop’s activities, products, building or services demonstrating continuous improvement and commitment that have or may have impact on the environment. One to the ISO 14001:2004 standard. •• ENERGYENERGY CONSUMPTIONCONSUMPTION significant environmental aspect, asbestos abatement, To scale SEPTA’s ESMS, SEPTA created an internal was the major focus of the ESMS at Berridge Shop. •• PERMITPERMIT COMPLIANCECOMPLIANCE && RECORD-KEEPINGRECORD-KEEPING environmental management program at all of its bus facilities This abatement project is expected to be completed by named ISO Lite. The program is based on the principles of December 2016. the ISO 14001 certification program and includes: consistent Additional accomplishments at Berridge include improved record keeping, recycling awareness, training and improved labeling and handling of hazardous and non-hazardous signage. ISO Lite is designed to ensure compliance with ISO waste and increased recycling rates at the facility - all of regulations without undergoing the process of certification. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE BERRIDGE SHOP ENVIRONMENTAL which were identified as significant environmental aspects. Moving forward, SEPTA plans to implement this program in & SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, Over the next 3 years, SEPTA will focus on reducing all of its operating locations. VISIT THE SEPTA INTRANET https://inside.septa.org/esms/esms.htm SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM OVERVIEW USE OF PERFORMANCE METRICS The ESMS is an implementation tool for SEPTA’s Sustainability Program, which is based on the triple bottom line – The Sustainability Program uses performance metrics to track progress over time. Metrics are “normalized” accounting for 1) environmental, 2) social, and 3) economic impacts. Working with its partners, SEPTA has used this three- to account for changes in the units of service provided and consumed. Normalization ensures that pillar, “people-planet-prosperity” approach to incorporate sustainability into its vision, mission, and core values. sustainability performance measurement does not obscure SEPTA’s most important function: to provide Since 2011, the Sustainability Program has reduced this broad-based, comprehensive planning framework into twelve goals high-quality transit service to residents of southeastern Pennsylvania. – four across each pillar: Three metrics are used to normalize performance and are selected based on guidance promulgated by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) Recommended Practice on “Quantifying and Reporting SEPTA’S TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE APPROACH TO SUSTAINABILITY Transit Sustainability Metrics” (June 2012): SEP-TAINABLE PASSENGER MILES VEHICLE MILES (VM) REVENUE VEHICLE HOURS (RVH) TRAVELED (PMT) Environmental Social Economic • DEFINITION: VM is mileage • DEFINITION: RVH is hours traveled from the time traveled from the time a vehicle a vehicle enters revenue service to the time it leaves Planet = Environmental People = Social Prosperity = Economic • DEFINITION: PMT is Sustainability Program Overview Sustainability Program the cumulative sum of the pulls out from its garage to the revenue service (i.e., the time when a vehicle is available 2 Taking into account actions Taking into account actions Taking into account actions time it pulls back into the garage, to the general public and there is an expectation of 3 distances ridden by each Metrics Use of Performance and conditions that affect and conditions that affect that affect how people and passenger. including “deadhead” miles (the carrying passengers), excluding “deadhead” miles. the earth’s ecology all members of society businesses meet their needs time that vehicles spend traveling Impact Mitigation and Versatile Workforce and Fiscal Responsibility and • VALUE: A productivity while out of service, such as • VALUE: An efficiency metric that accounts for the Stewardship Solution Livable Communities Regional Competitiveness measure that accounts for returning to a garage or storage combined effects of deadhead reductions and roadway the combined effects of congestion. By excluding deadhead hours, this metric SEP-TAINABLE facility). vehicle miles, vehicle capacity, will capture efforts to reduce inefficiencies through and passenger occupancy. This • VALUE: An efficiency measure improvements to scheduling, routing or other service Goal 1 Goal 5 Goal 9 measure will demonstrate that accounts for the combined planning changes. By accounting for the time spent in Improve Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Integrate with Livable Communities Increase Transit Mode Share efforts to improve efficiency effects of fuel economy and service rather than the distance traveled, this metric & Criteria Air Pollutant Emissions Performance by increasing utilization of overhead reductions (e.g., office reflects any local congestion effects, which will depress Goal 6 Goal 10 existing services. buildings or train stations). performance per unit of time in revenue service. Goal 2 Improve Access to Local Food Via Transit Improve Infrastructure State of Good Repair Reduce Water Usage & Stormwater Runoff Goal 7 Goal 11 Goal 3 Develop a Highly Skilled, Healthy Improve Operating Expense Performance Improve Energy Intensity Performance & Versatile Workforce Goal 12 Goal 4 Goal 8 Achieve Recommended Funding Levels Reduce & Reuse Waste Support Regional Business Equity SUMMARY OF KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS Sustainability Baseline 2015 Target Focus Area Goal Target Indicator (Unit) (FY2009) FY2010 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 Outcome Improve Greenhouse 5% 0.597 lbs 0.596 lbs 0.57 lbs 0.517 lbs 0.537 lbs 0.547 lbs 0.532 lbs 0.439 lbs Gas (GHG) GHG/PMT (lbs CO2-e) improvement 9.534 lbs 9.728 lbs 9.47lbs 8.441 lbs 8.437 lbs 8.366 lbs 8.161 lbs 7.008 lbs In the 1 & Criteria Air GHG/VM (lbs CO2-e) per year 133.99 lbs 137.03 lbs 132.69 lbs 119.65 lbs 120.38 lbs 117.47 lbs 112.43 lbs 98.49 lbs Region: Pollutant Emissions GHG/RVH (lbs CO2-e) Advancing Performance Stewardship Reduce Water Water/PMT (Gallons) 0.079 0.081 0.070 0.066 0.071 .076 .087 0.071 10% reduction Usage & Water/VM (Gallons) 1.251 1.305 1.166 1.099 1.134 1.170 1.319 1.126 2 by 2015 Stormwater Runoff Water/RVH (Gallons) 17.46 18.46 16.36 15.39 16.28 16.60 18.33 15.72 Improve Energy 10% Energy/PMT (kBtu) 2.88 2.78 2.66 2.58 2.62 2.76 2.75 2.59 Intensity improvement Energy/VM (kBtu) 45.80 44.56 44.15 42.76 42.10 42.24 41.62 41.22 ENVIRONMENTAL 3 At SEPTA: Performance by 2015 Energy/RVH (kBtu) 639.28 630.54 619.03 598.78 604.11 599.38 578.81 575.35 Reducing 20% waste Municipal waste Footprint Reduce & Reuse 8.3% diversion by diversion rate n/a n/a 11.6% 14.5% 15% 19.9% 20% 4 Waste (Baseline) 2015 (recycling/total waste) Integrate Invest in one New TOD projects 5 TOD With Livable TOD project n/a n/a 1 2 2 3 4 In the 5 (cumulative) projects Region: Communities per year Building Three new Improve Access farmers markets Livable New farmers markets 3 farmers To Local Food Via on SEPTA 0 3 4 4 4 5 4 Summary of Key Performance Indicators Performance Summary of Key 6 on SEPTA property markets Communities Transit property by 4 2015 Develop a Highly Turnover filled from 50% turnover Succession Succession Mentorship See Goal 7 See Goal 7 SOCIAL Skilled, Healthy succession pool of filled from n/a n/a Pool Pool Program for Interim for Interim 50% 7 & Versatile critical strategic succession pool Planned Established Established Achievements Achievements At SEPTA: Workforce positions Developing Workforce SEP-TAINABLE 10% See Goal 8 See Goal 8 Support Regional Newly-registered DBE improvement 16.6% n/a n/a n/a n/a for Interim for Interim 18.22% 8 Business Equity firm success rate by 2015 Achievements Achievements Increase Transit 10% increase Annual unlinked 82.1 80.1 82.8 83.7 82.9 80.9 80.6 90.3 In the 9 Mode Share by 2015 trips per capita ENVIRONMENTAL Region: 15% Pending Catalyzing Improve MAP-21 MAP-21 MAP-21 proportionate Estimated state MAP-21 Infrastructure State 65% (Est.) n/a 65% (Est.) 67% (Est.) Metrics Under Metrics Under Metrics Under Growth 10 improvement of good repair Federal Of Good Repair Development Development Development by 2015 Requirements SUSTAINABILITY