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

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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