2001 Triple Bottom Line Report - BC Hydro

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E C O N O M I C D E V E L O P M E N T Success for our customers means success for BC Hydro. We invest in the long-term health of the communities we serve by working in partnership with economic development authorities and other stakeholders to promote business continuity, growth and opportunities. For example, designed to spur economic development, our website provides access to a comprehensive stream of data of interest – industrial site information, economic profiles of individual communities and an inventory of local projects – to investors considering locating in British Columbia. We also work at the local level to help communities identify, seize and expand business opportunities. B U S I N E S S C A R E BusinessCARE (Community Assisted Retention and Expansion) is a locally led strategic planning program to help community leaders identify economic issues, barriers and opportunities. It encourages people to plan specific actions to help their business communities survive and thrive. We launched BusinessCARE in 1997 in a single British Columbia community and have since expanded it to eight towns and cities across the province: Kamloops, Dawson Creek, Ladysmith, Vernon/North Okanagan, Nanaimo, Victoria, Chilliwack and Prince George. An estimated 1400 businesses have participated in the program since its inception, including 800 in 2000. Our goal is to engage even more communities in BusinessCARE: thirty are on the waiting list to initiate the program, and we are planning to develop a modified version of the program to make it easier for communities to implement the process. E C O N O M I C B O T T O M L I N E | 7 1 BC Hydro was recognized in 2000 for our work to help develop local economies. We were one of several members of a province-wide network of community-based organizations honoured by the Community Futures Development Association of B.C. for creating economic opportunities in the province’s rural communities. The award saluted a range of BC Hydro local development initiatives, including our on-line development inventory, the BusinessCARE program, scholarships for community economic developers and group mentoring programs for entrepreneurs. BusinessCARE involves extensive interviews with business owners and managers to identify risks to a community’s economy, including issues related to finance, marketing, local government, labour market and training, and real estate. Each program effort is led by a local task force that receives training, guidance and other support from BC Hydro. Interview findings help communities identify urgent issues and appropriate solutions. Information also provides insights on a three to five year horizon that can serve long-term planning for business retention and expansion needs. Along with expanding BusinessCARE to more communities in 2000, we initiated a modified version of the program. BusinessCARE Visitation is a shorter-term process, for communities with an economic development strategy already in place, to solve individual business problems and build a responsive, customer-focused culture.
T H E P O W E R O F S U S T A I N A B I L I T Y A N N U A L R E P O R T | 2 0 0 1 BC Hydro is committed to reporting our performance from a Triple Bottom Line perspective. We know that integrating social, environmental and economic bottom lines is fundamental to making sound, sustainable business decisions. This report shares our approach to becoming a sustainable energy company. It provides a comprehensive overview of our performance results across the three bottom lines, and takes a look at what’s ahead as we continue our journey to sustainability. W A N T T O R E C E I V E A C O P Y O F B C H Y D R O ’ S A N N U A L R E P O R T ? BC Hydro also produces an Annual Report to inform stakeholders of BC Hydro’s financial progress and to provide a summary of our company’s achievements. If you would like to receive a copy of the report, please send an e-mail to sustainability@bchydro.com, call us at 1-877-431-9463, or visit www.bchydro.com.
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