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