GWC 4.0 Workshop 2
Green Workplace Challenge Workshop #2: Setting Goals and Baselines
Keynote Presenter:
Mark Dixon, Film Director / Producer and Public Speaker
Date
Friday, August 26, 2016
Time
8:00 – 11:00 AM
Location
Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
Cost
$10.00 for Green Workplace Challenge Participants
$25.00 for Sustainable Pittsburgh Member/GWC Non-Participant
$35.00 for Sustainable Pittsburgh Non-Member/GWC Non-Participant
Overview
This "Setting Goals and Baselines" workshop walked participants through the process of setting achievable but ambitious goals in the Green Workplace Challenge.
Participants learned how to set baselines, and heard from past GWC competitors. Additionally, participants learned how to motivate their Green Team to help achieve – and exceed – their goals. The workshop featured a special presentation about how organizations can drive ambitious climate action in their organizations.
A yearlong, friendly competition for businesses, nonprofits, universities, and local governments, the 2016-2017 Pittsburgh Green Workplace Challenge (GWC) engages employees and measures improvements in the areas of energy, water, waste, transportation, social equity and more.
Agenda
8:00 – 8:30 am Registration, Networking and Breakfast
8:30 am Welcome
8:35 am The Science of Goal-Setting
Autumn Secrest, Sustainable Business Program Manager, Sustainable Pittsburgh
8:55 am Setting and Achieving Your Goals: Success Stories from Past Participants
Kathy Hrabovsky, Sustainability Manager, Allegheny County
Mary Whitney, Director, University Sustainability, Chatham University
9:35 am Panel Discussion: Strategizing for Success using Goals as Guidance
Phillip Peterson, Sustainability Manager, FedEx Ground
Allison Robinson, Director of Environmental Initiatives, UPMC
Teresa Bradley, Zero Waste Services Coordinator, PRC
10:05 am Setting Baselines in the GWC
Emily Palmer, SCA Green Cities Fellow, Sustainable Pittsburgh
Carol Pan, SCA Green Cities Fellow, Sustainable Pittsburgh
10:20 am Keynote Presenter
Mark Dixon, COP21 International Climate Change Expert
11:00 am Program End
GWC 4.0 Actions
Participants who completed this workshop have the necessary information to complete the following Green Workplace Challenge 4.0 actions (worth a combined 166 – 185 Points):
Baselines:
- EN6: Enter your GWC 2016 electricity baseline data (10 Points)
- EN7: Enter your GWC 2016 natural gas baseline data (10 Points)
- EN8: Choose your energy legacy baseline year (10 Points)
- WA1: Establish a water use baseline (10 Points)
- WA2: Choose your water legacy baseline year (10 Points)
- MM1: Conduct a preliminary waste audit to set your baseline (10 Points)
- T2: Campaign your employees to register with CommuteInfo (1 to 20 Points)
- T3: Choose your transportation baseline quarter (10 Points)
Goals:
- EN18: Pledge to reduce your organization’s energy usage (25 Points)
- WA6: Pledge to reduce your organization’s water usage (25 Points)
- MM6: Pledge to reduce your organization’s waste production and increase your diversion rate (25 Points)
- MM8: Create a Zero Waste goal and action plan (10 Points)
- T7: Pledge to increase your sustainable commutes (10 Points)
Resources
If you would like to learn more about goal-setting, here are some useful resources:
Articles, Blogs and Publications
- Sustainability Goals 2.0: The Evolving Landscape
- GreenBiz, Setting Bold Goals: 6 Ways to Shoot Higher on Sustainability
- Mark Dixon, Connecting Pittsburgh to the COP21 International Climate Negotiations
- American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE), Achieving Aggressive Utility Energy Efficiency Goals, 2009
- American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), Local Government Energy Management Goals: Best Practices and Platforms, 2014
- Science-Based Targets Initiative, Manual for Science-Based Target-Setting: Public Comment Version, 2015
- United Nations’ 2015 Sustainable Development Goals
Organizations
- Science-Based Targets Initiatve: Driving Ambitious Corporate Climate Action
- World Resources Institute: About Science-Based Targets
- Climate Disclosure Project: Driving Sustainable Economies