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Assignment:

Environmental management systems can support organizations with monitoring goal progress, impact, and efficiencies. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) outlines a continuous improvement cycle for organizations to improve environmental performance.

Visit the EPA's website about Environmental Management Systems and read about the continuous improvement cycle.

Imagine you have been hired as a consultant to evaluate the continuous improvement cycle of a project at an environmental organization.

You have been tasked with writing an executive summary of your findings, which will be presented to the organization's leadership. They will use it to implement changes that will improve future processes.

Find an environmental case study related to natural resources from the University Library. Use the Locating a Case Study Guide if you are unfamiliar with how to do this. The case study must have been published within the last 5 years and focus on an organization's impact on either air, water, or soil". In addition to the case study, locate and cite at least 3 references related to the incident.

Write a 1,050 to 1,250 words executive summary that includes the following subheadings and information:

1. Summary of the Case Study
2. Summarize the environmental issue and the natural resource being studied.
3. Describe the impact on the natural resource.
4. Summarize the organization's impact on the natural system.
5. Evaluation of the Continuous Improvement Cycle
6. Note: You will need to go to the organization's website to evaluate.
7. Evaluate the extent to which the organization from the case study managed natural resources to advance environmental outcomes. Use specific examples from the case study as evidence of the organization's effectiveness in meeting each of the following components of the continuous improvement cycle. You may need to locate additional sources to support your responses.
8. Commitment and Policy
9. Planning
10. Implementation
11. Evaluation
12. Review
13. Recommendations
14. Describe how the organization's ability to engage in continuous improvement impacted the natural resource.
15. Describe practices that were inconsistent with the continuous improvement cycle.
16. Provide specific recommendations for how the continuous improvement cycle could be enhanced.