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Why it WorksThe V-REMS partnership is often asked about what makes it a successful partnership. Informal partner feedback suggests the top ten keys to V-REMS’ success are:
| - Focusing partners around the common goals of improving the regional environment and each partner’s respective individual strategic goals, ultimately moving towards sustainability.
- Emphasizing trust-building across partners.
- Including state and Federal regulatory agency participation and endorsement.
- Relying on an informal participation process where partners participate as their resources allow.
- Promoting creative and innovative voluntary approaches to environmental challenges.
- Building a solid business case for partners on their own environmental initiatives and helping partners achieve sustainability in their operations.
- Allowing participants to take leadership roles and champion important initiatives.
- Providing partners with an opportunity to show and be credited for their environmental work.
- Measuring and tracking the Partnership’s progress in improving the regional environment.
- Using facilitation support and the facilitator as a neutral partner.
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