An Environmental Management System for Regional Sustainability

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An Environmental Management System for Regional
Sustainability

• Jennifer Smith Grubb
• Chair, Board of Directors
• www.SustainableSiliconValley.org

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• VISION
• A thriving Silicon Valley with a healthy
  environment, a vibrant economy and a socially
  equitable community.
• MISSION
• To work with the Silicon Valley community to
  create a more sustainable future using an
  Environmental Management System.

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History and Background

• What inspired this initiative?
• Partners!
• A Collaborative Approach to
• improve environmental
• performance without additional rules and
  regulations.
• California EPA
• Silicon Valley Leadership Group (formerly SVMG)
• Silicon Valley Environmental Partnership
• NGOs, Academia, Local Federal Government

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• First Regional EMS Systematic approach to
  improving environmental performance
• Pressure - State Response (2001)
• Big Funnel process of identifying, narrowing,
  selecting aspects.
• Methods community expert input, Web survey,
  color motifs, choose what we can impact.
• Results Energy use, water, urban sprawl, habitat
  fragmentation, raw materials, toxic chemicals.

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SSV Progress Report

Tracking Emissions 2003 Set visionary CO2
Regional Target 20 below 1990 by 2010
Creating Partnerships 2004 19 pledging
organizations Non-profit status (501
c.3) Reporting Results 2005 Educational
Forums, Case studies, 1st Report,
Recognition Growing the organization 2006
Partner fees, grants, PGE funds, staff, 50
partners! Building coalitions 2007 Bay
Area collaboration on global warming/climate
change
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CO2 Emission Reduction Formula for Success

• Pledge
• Report
• Mentor/Educate Others
• Recognize/Reward Efforts
• Motivation A desire to demonstrate leadership
  on climate change, energy efficiency, reducing
  business costs.

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Benefits to Partners

• Quarterly Educational Forums
• Access to Energy Efficiency Incentive Funds
• Public Recognition
• Inclusion in the annual CO2 Report

• Ongoing exchange of Energy and CO2 Best Practices
• Media Attention
• Nomination by SSV for Awards
• Affiliation with other prominent Silicon Valley
  organizations

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Tracking and Reporting Energy/CO2

• Online Reporting
• Local Utility Power Mix Specific
• Simple Design to be Compatible with ICLEI, CCAR,
  WRI and other Reporting Protocols
• Aggregated Results

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Regional CO2 Emissions

• 1990-2005 11
• 2000-2005 2

• CO2 emissions in Silicon Valley (Santa Clara,
  Santa Cruz, San Mateo, and Alameda counties) due
  to electricity, natural gas, and gasoline usage
  since 1990. 2005 gasoline consumption is
  estimated.

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Partners Double in 2006

• 2006 Annual CO2 Report
• 37 Partners report data on 72 facilities

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Partners Avoid Emissions

• SSV Partners as a group report emissions
  reductions in every year since 1995.
• TOTAL CO2 EMISISONS AVOIDED BY SSV PARTNERS
• 477,000 tons CO2
• 1 million barrels of oil
• 93,000 cars off the road for a year

• Each bar represents the aggregate of all SSV
  partners changes in emissions from that year
  compared with their chosen baseline year
  emissions.

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• SSV PARTNERS OUTPERFORM REGION 2000-2005
• Region 2 CO2 decrease SSV Partners 12
  CO2 decrease
• SSV PARTNERS SET EXAMPLES OF SUCCESS
• 100 carbon neutral 3 Phases Energy
  Services, Acterra,
  Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter
• 37 CO2 reduction from 2001 LifeScan, inc.
• 18 CO2 reduction from 1990. NASA Ames
  Research Center
• SSV PARTNERS SAVE MONEY
• City of San Jose. 22 million since
  2001
• Cisco Systems, Inc 5.6 million in one
  year
• Pacific Gas Electric Company. 1.4
  million in one year
• County of Santa Clara................ Nearly
  1 million per year
• Schering Plough Biopharma 375,000

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SSV PROGRESS IN CO2 REDUCTIONS

• Total CO2 emissions avoided is 477,000 tons
• 1 million barrels of oil
• 93,000 cars off the road for one year
• SSV Partners as a group report reductions below
  baseline emissions in every year since 1995.
• Total CO2 emissions reduction from 2000 to 2005
• SSV Partners - 12 reduction
• Region overall - 2 reduction

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www.SustainableSiliconValley.org
Jennifer Smith Grubb Chair, Board of
Directors Sustainable Silicon Valley smithjen_at_Sust
ainableSiliconValley.org 831.239.2611 Rick
Row Executive Director Sustainable Silicon
Valley 224 Airport Parkway, Suite 620 San Jose,
CA 95110 rrow_at_SustainableSiliconValley.org 650.26
9.1121