b oston g reen r ibbon c ommission o verview april 19, 2012
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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
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
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
10
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 [email protected]
www.greenribboncommission.org