2. Corporate Leadership: Climate Pledges & Plans

3. About VEIC Reduces the economic and environmental costs of energy use Provides energy efficiency, renewable energy, and transportation solutions Designs and implements high-impact programs

4. VEIC’s Climate Pledge 20-year goal to reduce carbon emissions by 20 million tons per year o Program implementation & consulting work o 50% per-employee carbon emissions reduction Benefit program helps employees reduce carbon o Annual carbon survey and reporting o Annual cash benefit for qualifying investments o Employee loan program

5. VEIC’s Employee Benefit – The Results 24% Reduction in 7 years

6. Why Employee Engagement? Better serve all people Deliver solutions for energy uses (home, transportation, etc.) Increase the speed and scale of energy savings Support leading municipalities and businesses in sustainability

7. Who Are We Working With? Have launched with cohort of sustainable business leaders Ben & Jerry’s Seventh Generation National Life Group King Arthur Flour Middlebury College Will begin working with City of Ft. Collins next month

8. Who is the DCSEU Working With? National Cathedral Ben’s Chili Bowl Howard University American University George Washington University District buildings Many others…

9. What Can Cities Do? As an employer, work with your employees to drive sustainability Ask local businesses to do the same Serve as a reliable source of information about programs and services Measure and report on progress, celebrate success!

10. Questions? Scott Johnstone sjohnstone@veic.org Local Contacts: Ted Trabue ttrabue@dcseu.com George Nichols gnichols@dcseu.com