File #: 26-0019    Version: 1 Name: DES Environmental Justice Policy Framework
Type: Report Status: Filed
File created: 12/9/2025 In control: Environment and Sustainability Committee
On agenda: 12/18/2025 Final action: 1/15/2026
Title: REPORT Department: Department of Environment and Sustainability Report Title: Cook County Department of Environment and Sustainability, Environmental Justice Policy Framework Report Period: 2025 - 2026 Summary: The Department of Environment and Sustainability (DES), on behalf of the Offices Under the President, presents the Environmental Justice (EJ) Policy Framework, a collection of strategies to redress historical and present injustices and promote environmental equity throughout Cook County. This policy will inform OUP decision-making, enabling proactive, community-led solutions for the future. The EJ Policy Framework was co-created by an Internal Working Group made up of representatives across multiple County departments and agencies, and a Community Advisory Committee, following DES's engagement with Cook County residents through surveys, town halls and public input. It is intended to be a living document maintained by DES that will be accessed regularly and reviewed...
Sponsors: FRANK J. AGUILAR, ALMA E. ANAYA, SCOTT R. BRITTON, JOHN P. DALEY, BRIDGET DEGNEN, BRIDGET GAINER, BILL LOWRY, DR. KISHA E. McCASKILL, STANLEY MOORE, JOSINA MORITA, KEVIN B. MORRISON, SEAN M. MORRISON, MICHAEL SCOTT JR., TARA S. STAMPS, MAGGIE TREVOR, JESSICA VÁSQUEZ, DONNA MILLER
Indexes: SUZANNE MALEC-MCKENNA, Director, Department of Environment and Sustainability
Attachments: 1. Enviromental Justice Policy Framework_FINAL 12.15.25

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REPORT

 

Department:  Department of Environment and Sustainability 

 

Report Title:  Cook County Department of Environment and Sustainability, Environmental Justice Policy Framework 

 

Report Period:  2025 - 2026 

 

Summary:  The Department of Environment and Sustainability (DES), on behalf of the Offices Under the President, presents the Environmental Justice (EJ) Policy Framework, a collection of strategies to redress historical and present injustices and promote environmental equity throughout Cook County. This policy will inform OUP decision-making, enabling proactive, community-led solutions for the future. The EJ Policy Framework was co-created by an Internal Working Group made up of representatives across multiple County departments and agencies, and a Community Advisory Committee, following DES’s engagement with Cook County residents through surveys, town halls and public input. It is intended to be a living document maintained by DES that will be accessed regularly and reviewed annually in the second quarter of each fiscal year and refined as needed. 

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