BEEP Vancouver Evidence-driven Programming Meg O’Shea Green Economy Community Coordinator Engaging business in Vancouver’s green economy MEG O’SHEA

To position Vancouver as a globally recognised city for innovative, creative and sustainable business Engaging business in Vancouver’s green economy MEG O’SHEA

& Be the greenest city Powered by 100% renewable in the world by 2020 (GCAP) & Powered by 100% renewable energy by 2050 Engaging business in Vancouver’s green economy MEG O’SHEA

VANCOUVER BEEP Identifies most effective levers Pain points, trends, and talking points Highlights opportunities for larger investments E.g., EV charging stations Aggregate data about motivations and reduction strategies Aggregate data about motivations and reduction strategies Helps us identify best levers for change in an industry Also provides cross-sector map that can be used to highlight opportunities for larger investments such as EV charging, etc Engaging business in Vancouver’s green economy MEG O’SHEA

EVIDENCE-DRIVEN PROGRAMMING FLEET SHARE PILOT PROJECT PORTFOLIO APPROACH TO INDUSTRIAL RETROFITS CURATED RESOURCES FUTURE READY RESTAURANTS FORUM Provides data to justify our focus areas: industrial retrofits, smart logistics, b2b collaborative opportunities Engaging business in Vancouver’s green economy MEG O’SHEA

UNEXPECTED INSIGHTS? Employee engagement as a motivator ≠ how they tackle the problem What other measures of progress should we be tracking? Who else might be able to use this data? Motivations: employee retention ranked very low, between 0 and 15% of companies in the CS database identified employee retention as a motivation for implementing reduction strategies. majority of strategies put in place rely heavily on employee engagement (9 of 15 strategies tracked). how did employee engagement and retention numbers change over the course of implementing strategies? Did employee turnover decrease? Engaging business in Vancouver’s green economy MEG O’SHEA