CEEP: -Encourages investigation, evaluation, development and implementation of policies and programs supportive of the environmental industry and enhanced environmental quality; -Sponsors programs, prepares reports and provides opportunities for collaborative efforts among industry, government, trade organizations and associations, institutions of higher learning and/or research, interested firms and individuals and the public in support of such policies and programs; and -Facilitates and participates in programs sponsored by governmental agencies and others that bear on its corporate purposes and objectives.