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BOSTON GREEN RIBBON COMMISSION OVERVIEW April 19, 2012 OVERVIEW • Convened by Boston Mayor Menino and Amos Hostetter, Barr Foundation founder. • High-level business, institutional and civic leadership. • Voluntary effort with no regulatory authority. Private meetings to encourage candor and peer to peer interactions. • Two meetings per year, with Working Groups active between meetings. BOSTON GREEN RIBBON COMMISSION Mission: Convene leaders from Boston’s key sectors to support the City’s Climate Action Plan. • Advise Boston on the implementation of its Climate Action Plan • Advocate within key sectors to align sector strategies with Climate Plan goals • Highlight best practices within and across sectors BOSTON GREEN RIBBON COMMISSION COMMISSION MEMBERS • Joseph Aoun, President, Northeastern University • Robert Brown, President, Boston University • David Colella, Chairman, Greater Boston Conventions & Visitors Bureau • Anne Finucane, Global Strategy and Marketing Officer, Bank of America • John Fish, President, Suffolk Construction • David Fubini, Director/Boston, McKinsey and Co. • Paul Gaynor, CEO, First Wind • Gary Gottlieb, MD, President and CEO, Partners HealthCare • Jeremy Grantham, Founder and Chairman, GMO, LLC • Joe Grimaldi, President & CEO, Mullen Advertising • Rev. Ray Hammond, Pastor, Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church • Amos Hostetter, Trustee, Barr Foundation (Commission Chair) • Deborah Jackson, President, Cambridge College • Michael Keating, Esq., Partner, Foley Hoag; Chair, The Boston Foundation • Andrew Kendall, President, The Trustees of Reservations • Tom King, U.S. President, National Grid • Wendell Knox, director and Former CEO, Abt Associates Inc. • Bryan Koop, Sr. Vice President, Boston Properties • Ted Landsmark, President, Boston Architectural College • Katherine Lapp, Executive Vice President, Harvard University • Alan Leventhal, Chairman & CEO, Beacon Capital Partners • Vivien Li, Executive Director, the Boston Harbor Association • Mindy Lubber, President, Ceres (Commission Vice Chair) • Tom May, CEO, NSTAR • Thomas Menino, Mayor, City of Boston, (Ex-Officio) • Michael Mooney, Esq., Managing Partner, Nutter McClennen & Fish (Commission Vice Chair) • J. Keith Motley, Chancellor, University of Massachusetts – Boston • Peter Nicholas, Founder & Chairman, Boston Scientific • Kevin Phelan, Co-Chairman, Colliers International • Bud Ris, CEO, New England Aquarium • Israel Ruiz, Executive Vice President and Treasurer, MIT • Kate Walsh, President and CEO, Boston Medical Center FUNDING PARTNERS • The Barr Foundation • The Boston Foundation • The Chorus Foundation • The Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment • The Kendall Foundation • The Ruth Lilly Philanthropic Foundation • The Bank of America Foundation BOSTON’S CLIMATE ACTION PLAN • Goal: 25 percent greenhouse gas reduction by 2020 from 2008 baseline • Savings in the Commercial and Industrial sector are 51 percent of goal • Recommends 23 policies to meet target goal • Includes building labeling 8 A FOCUS ON THE LARGE C/I SECTORS Total Boston Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions (100%) Commercial/Industrial Sources (55%) Top 150 C/I Organizations (25%) Health Care Higher Education Commercial Real Estate Government Hospitality, etc. GOAL: All top 150 accounts are on target to exceed the City goal of 25% GHG emissions reductions by 2020. THREE LEVELS OF FOCUS City-Wide Sector Residential Transportation Commercial & Industrial Enterprise 10 GREEN RIBBON COMMISSION STRUCTURE Green Ribbon Commission Sector Working Groups Health Care Higher Education Issue Working Groups Commercial Real Estate and Hospitality Policy Adaptation Communications COMMON WORKING GROUP STRATEGIES • Sector research • Sector data on energy use and GHG emissions • Recruiting Pacesetters • Facilitating access to utility and other incentives • Sharing best practices • Cross-sector initiatives GRC 2012 GOALS • Build our knowledge of the top 150 C/I accounts: Duplicate CRE research in the health care and higher education sectors • Coordinate on support to the top 150 accounts: Pacesetter commitments from leaders in each sector Continued development of Sector Working Groups • Complete development of a performance management system: McKinsey benchmarking study Dashboard for Climate Plan implementation items Metrics for GHG goals • Launch the communications strategy • Develop a long-term business design for the Commission CONTACT INFORMATION John Cleveland Executive Director Green Ribbon Commission [email protected] 616-240-9751 www.greenribboncommission.org