Organizational Assessment Tool for Sustainability (OATS)

The Organizational Assessment Tool for Sustainability (OATS) was designed by Partners for a Sustainable Washington County Community (PSWCC) to provide organizations with a flexible framework to help guide planning and facilitate thoughtful decisions for managing sustainability in their organizations.  The OATS provides a framework for each organization to self-assess its progress, benchmark against peers and develop executive alignment and commitments.  The approach uses a set of characteristics that represent progression and achievement on broad sustainability practices and environmental issues members identified as important (i.e., land, water, air and materials management). To date, the environmental strand of this tool has been completed, piloted and released for use by the public. Work is ongoing on the social strand of this tool.

Read the current OATS Organizational Chart for an overview of the project scope and future direction. Updated 1/26/17