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Engaging Civic and Business
Leadership
Presentation to the Cleveland Sustainability Summit
September 17, 2014
John Cleveland, Executive Director
www.greenribboncommission.org
DISCUSSION POINTS
• The Opportunity for City Leadership
• The Green Ribbon Commission
Experience
• Factors For Success
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CITIES ARE WHERE THE ACTION IS
• Cities already account for more
than half of global greenhouse
gas emissions
• By 2050 up to 70% of the
population will live in cities
• If it is going to work, it has to
work in cities
• Cities are our “laboratories of
innovation” for sustainability
• What happens in cities and
regions will drive national
policy
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CLEVELAND AND BOSTON FACTS
Factor
Cleveland
Boston
78 SM
44 SM
Municipal Population
396,000
645,000
Density
5,107/SM
13,340/SM
Regional Population
2.1 million
4.6 million
White
37%
54%
Black
53%
24%
Hispanic
10%
18%
Asian
2%
9%
Land Area
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BOSTON’S CLIMATE ACTION PLAN
• Goal: 25 percent greenhouse gas
reduction by 2020 from 2008
baseline; 80% by 2050
• Savings in the Commercial and
Industrial sector are 51 percent
of goal
• Recommends 23 policies to
meet target goal
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COMMISSION ORIGINS
• The City controls <2% of city emissions
• So 98% of the impact will come from actions taken
by other players
• Where do we have this community leadership
dialogue?
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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
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LEADERS IN THE BUSINESS & CIVIC SECTORS
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FULL LIST OF COMMISSION MEMBERS
Joseph Aoun, President, Northeastern University
Robert Brown, President, Boston University
David Colella, Chairman, Greater Boston Conventions &
Visitors Bureau
Penni Conner, Senior Vice President, Customer Group,
Northeast Utilities
John Donahue, CEO, Arbella Mutual Insurance Company
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 Chief Investment Strategist,
GMO, LLC
Joe Grimaldi, President & CEO, Mullen Advertising
Rev. Ray Hammond, Pastor, Bethel African Methodist
Episcopal Church
Amos Hostetter, Trustee, Barr Foundation (Co-Chair)
Deborah Jackson, President, Cambridge College
Michael Keating, Partner, Foley Hoag; Chair, The Boston
Foundation
Andrew Kendall, Executive Director, Henry P. Kendall
Foundation
Scott Kinter, Vice President, Avalon Bay Communities, Inc.
Wendell Knox, director and Former CEO, Abt Associates Inc.
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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
Michael Mooney, Chairman, Nutter McClennen & Fish
J. Keith Motley, Chancellor, University of
Massachusetts – Boston
Peter Nicholas, Founder & Chairman, Boston Scientific
Nam Pham, Executive Director, VietAID
Marcy Reed, Massachusetts President, National Grid
Bud Ris, CEO, New England Aquarium (retired)
Israel Ruiz, Executive Vice President and Treasurer, MIT
Maeve Bartlett, Secretary, MA Exec. Office of Energy &
Environmental Affairs
Brian Swett, Chief, Office of Energy and Environment
Services, City of Boston
Kate Walsh, President and CEO, Boston Medical Center
Marty Walsh, Mayor, City of Boston (Co-Chair)
FUNDING PARTNERS
• The Barr Foundation
• The Boston Foundation
• The Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the
Environment
• The Kendall Foundation
• The Bollard Group
• The Bank of America Foundation
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A FOCUS ON THE LARGE BUILDING SECTORS
Total Boston Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions (100%)
Commercial/Industrial Sources (50%)
Top 50 C/I
Organizations (30%)
Health Care
Higher
Education
Commercial
Real Estate
Government
Hospitality,
etc.
GOAL:
All top 50 accounts are on target to exceed the City
goal of 25% GHG emissions reductions by 2020.
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GREEN RIBBON COMMISSION STRUCTURE
Green Ribbon Commission
Sector Working Groups
Health Care
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Higher
Education
Issue Working Groups
Commercial
Real Estate and
Hospitality
Transportation
Climate
Preparedness
Greenovate
Boston
PART OF THE GREENOVATE BOSTON BRAND
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SOME SUCCESS HIGHLIGHTS
• Communications – Development of the Greenovate
Boston brand
• Politics – Smooth sustainability transition during the first
Mayoral change in 20 years
• Policy – Passage of the Building Energy Reporting and
Disclosure Ordinance (BERDO)
• Funding – Utility partnership, and substantial impact on
the three-year utility energy efficiency plans.
• Health Care – voluntary roll up of 20 million+ SF in
Portfolio Manager
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SOME SUCCESS HIGHLIGHTS (2)
• Higher Education – design of a City/University Climate
Preparedness Partnership
• Commercial Real Estate – partnership with the Challenge for
Sustainability, engaging 30 million+ SF of owners in energy and
water reduction
• Strategic Energy Management – development with EDF and MIT
of an organizational change model for energy management
• Transportation – design and launch of an Urban Mobility Visioning
process with will incorporate climate targets into the regional
transportation plan
• Preparedness – support for a comprehensive climate preparedness
planning process
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THE NEXT BIG CHALLENGES
• Governor transition in 2015
• Make sure we hit the 2020 targets
• Redesigning our urban form for long-term
resiliency
• Planning for carbon neutrality (80X50)
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SO FAR ON TARGET
Commercial/Industrial GHG Emissions
4,200,000
3,800,000
3,600,000
3,400,000
3,200,000
2020
Goal,
23%
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
3,000,000
2005
Metric Ton of CO2e
4,000,000
CARBON REDUCTION TARGET FOR 2020
HOW MUCH IT WILL COST TO GET THERE
Total cost
= $838
million
Utility
programs
contribute
$373 million
÷ by 300
million
sq. ft. of
real
estate
Nonutility
costs =
$465
million
$1.55 per
sq. ft. over
9 years
$0.17 investment
per SF per year
ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE MODEL
FLOODING OF 7% OF BOSTON…
• Is the current 100-year flood level
• Becomes the annual flood by 2050
• Becomes the daily high tide by 2100
Today’s high tide,
plus 5.0 feet of SLR
and storm surge
Source: Preparing for the Rising Tide, Boston Harbor Association, 2013
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FLOODING OF 30% OF BOSTON…
• Becomes the 100-year flood by 2050
• Becomes the annual flood by 2100
Today’s high tide,
plus 7.5 feet of SLR
and storm surge
Source: Preparing for the Rising Tide, Boston Harbor Association, 2013
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EXACTLY HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THIS???
25% by 2020
6,200 feet
80% by 2050
29,000 feet
Factors of Success
SUCCESS FACTORS
• The right committed leadership, including the Mayor
• A shared sense of urgency and opportunity
• Making it relevant to the CEOs “day jobs”
• Disciplined strategies, plans and metrics
• Committed, long-term funders
• A trusted network broker
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WHAT IS IN IT FOR THE CEOS?
• Personal passion
• Engagement with the Mayor and other leaders
• Alignment with their enterprise mission and
strategy
• Peer networking and learning
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GOOD LUCK!
“If we pull this off, we’ll eat like kings.”
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
www.greenribboncommission.org
John Cleveland, Executive Director
[email protected]
616-240-9751
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