Sustainability Reporting - Town of Gilbert
Sustainability Reporting - Town of Gilbert
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<strong>Sustainability</strong> <strong>Reporting</strong><br />
Presented to<br />
<strong>Town</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Gilbert</strong> Environmental and<br />
Energy Conservation Advisory Board<br />
Kelly Drow<br />
October, 2011
Contents<br />
• GRI<br />
• ICLEI<br />
• Examples<br />
• <strong>Gilbert</strong><br />
• Utility examples
Global <strong>Reporting</strong> Initiative<br />
• What is it:<br />
– A network-based organization that produces a<br />
comprehensive sustainability reporting framework that is<br />
widely used around the world.<br />
– GRI is committed to the Framework’s<br />
continuous improvement and application worldwide.<br />
– GRI’s core goals include the mainstreaming <strong>of</strong> disclosure<br />
on environmental, social and governance performance.<br />
• GRI's <strong>Reporting</strong> Framework is developed through a<br />
consensus-seeking, seeking, multi-stakeholder process.<br />
Participants are drawn from global business, civil<br />
society, labour, academic and pr<strong>of</strong>essional institutions.<br />
• www.globalreporting.org<br />
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ICLEI - International Council for Local<br />
Environmental Initiatives<br />
• Local Governments e for <strong>Sustainability</strong> ab ty USA<br />
• Leading membership association <strong>of</strong> cities &<br />
counties committed to climate protection, clean<br />
energy, and sustainability<br />
• The STAR Community Index (STAR) is a strategic<br />
planning and performance management system<br />
that will <strong>of</strong>fer local governments a road map for<br />
improving community sustainability.<br />
– Beta communities<br />
• iclei.org
Triple Bottom Line<br />
– Economics<br />
– Environment<br />
– Social
STAR Beta Communities<br />
• Atlanta, GA<br />
• Austin, TX<br />
• Boulder, CO<br />
• Chattanooga, TN<br />
• Cranberry <strong>Town</strong>ship, PA<br />
• Des Moines, IA<br />
• King County, WA<br />
• New York, NY<br />
• St. Louis, MO<br />
• Washington, DC<br />
• Beta to pilot program 2012
Municipal <strong>Reporting</strong> Examples<br />
• Ft Collins, CO, population 144,000<br />
• <strong>Sustainability</strong> coordinator<br />
• <strong>Reporting</strong> evolving since 2001<br />
• http://www.fcgov.com/sustainability/pdf/201<br />
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Municipal <strong>Reporting</strong> Examples<br />
• Santa Monica, CA, Population 90,000<br />
• On-line reporting portal (click on resource conservation)<br />
– http://www.smgov.net/uploadedFiles/Departments/OSE/Categories/S<br />
ustainability/Sustainable _ City_ Report _ Card_ 2010.pdf<br />
– http://www.smgov.net/Departments/OSE/Categories/<strong>Sustainability</strong>/S<br />
ustainable_City_Report_Card.aspx<br />
• Take Measure <strong>of</strong> Our Progress<br />
– The Sustainable City Progress Report is your portal into the<br />
ways we measure success in meeting our sustainability<br />
goals. Each and everything in the Sustainable City Plan is<br />
measured, point by point, and on display.<br />
– http://www.smgov.net/Departments/OSE/progressReport/default.asp<br />
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Municipal <strong>Reporting</strong> Examples<br />
• Austin, TX, Population 790,000000<br />
• Environmental Portal<br />
– http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/site/environmental_portal.htm<br />
tx us/site/environmental portal htm<br />
• No formal report, department level<br />
• Multi-county t report
Municipal <strong>Reporting</strong> Examples<br />
• Atlanta, GA, Population 420,000<br />
• First report published in 2009<br />
• Selected for STAR beta<br />
– The Turner Foundation will make a financial i contribution<br />
ti<br />
<strong>of</strong> $25,000 to the cover costs <strong>of</strong> a customized sustainability<br />
dashboard that will be built specifically for Atlanta as part<br />
<strong>of</strong> the program. Sustainable Atlanta, through its<br />
partnership with the City <strong>of</strong> Atlanta Office <strong>of</strong> <strong>Sustainability</strong>,<br />
will provide project management resources to manage the<br />
effort on behalf <strong>of</strong> the City.<br />
• http://www.sustainableatlanta.org/report/Sustainabilit<br />
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<strong>Gilbert</strong><br />
• Goals in General Plan<br />
• Budget Dashboard<br />
• http://www.gilbertaz.gov/budget/<br />
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Local Utilities<br />
• http://www.aps.com/_files/solarRenewable/2<br />
010RESComplianceFiling.pdf<br />
• http://www srpnet com/environment/sustain<br />
• http://www.srpnet.com/environment/sustain<br />
ability/ResultsandStatistics.aspx
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