International Golf
Maintenance (IGM) is committed to the continuous enhancement of the
environment, conserving natural resources and protecting precious wildlife
habitat. We are leaders in environmental performance through stewardship,
education, employee involvement and the utilization of Integrated Pest
Management (IPM) as well as sound Best Management Practices (BMP). We are committed to providing high quality services in a manner that
ensures a safe and healthy workplace for our employees and minimizes our potential
impact on the environment.
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We
recognize that economic development needs to be compatible with human welfare
and a healthy environment. To ignore this is to risk increasing social,
environmental and financial costs. Our role in managing and reducing
environmental risk is one we take seriously and we regularly work in
conjunction with governmental agencies, organizations and individuals to ensure
our goals are achieved. We are committed to work together with all of those who
share our commitment and endeavor to identify realistic, sustainable solutions
to the challenges facing the golf industry.
We commit
ourselves as stewards of the environment to:
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Promote
environmental awareness among our employees and encourage them to work in an
environmentally responsible manner with a firm commitment to train, educate and
inform our employees about environmental issues that may affect their work
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Communicate
our environmental commitment to clients, customers and the public and encourage
them to support in their own way
- Encourage and reward our supply base for working with us
to implement changes in their operating procedures that will improve
environmental and sustainability initiatives
- Promote efficient use of materials and resources
throughout our facility including water, electricity, raw materials and other
resources, particularly those that are non-renewable
- Integrate the consideration of environmental concerns and
impacts into all of our decision making activities
- Avoid unnecessary use of hazardous materials and
products, seek substitutions when feasible, and take all reasonable steps to
protect human health and the environment when such materials must be used,
stored and disposed of
- Ensure that we have environmental champions in each and every property and
at each and every level in the organization
Everyday at each of IGM’s golf courses, our managers are
acutely aware of the impact our operations can have on the local, regional, and
global environment. That is why we apply chemicals fastidiously and consistently
with Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - the practice of scouting the golf
course, discovering pests, determining thresholds when the pest populations
reach damaging levels, and taking appropriate measures. These measures range
from altering irrigation patterns and adjusting mowing heights to employing
competing biological agents and applying traditional pesticides. The IPM
strategy employs these measures in a sequence that has the least impact on
natural environmental conditions to attain the desired result of reducing and
maintaining pest populations below damaging levels.
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The ultimate desire
of IGM is to provide a foolproof, customer-driven service that will free up
course managers to care for customers, the property and our environment. Properly
designed and implemented, our environmental commitment program will help our
customers to keep the facility in compliance with the ever-changing
environmental rules and regulations and assist in achieving certification with
the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf Courses.
