boston green ribbon commission overview
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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 COMMISSIONMission: 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
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A FOCUS ON THE LARGE C/I SECTORSTotal Boston Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions (100%)
Top 150 C/I Organizations
(25%)
Commercial/Industrial Sources (55%)
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
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Sector
Commercial & IndustrialTransportation
Residential
City-Wide
Enterprise
GREEN RIBBON COMMISSION STRUCTURE
Green Ribbon Commission
Sector Working Groups
Health Care Higher Education
Commercial Real Estate
and Hospitality
Issue Working Groups
Policy Adaptation Communi-cations
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 sectorContinued development of Sector Working Groups
• Complete development of a performance management system:
McKinsey benchmarking studyDashboard for Climate Plan implementation itemsMetrics for GHG goals
• Launch the communications strategy
• Develop a long-term business design for the Commission
CONTACT INFORMATION
John ClevelandExecutive Director
Green Ribbon Commissionjohn@in4c.net616-240-9751
www.greenribboncommission.org
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