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BC3 Member Profile
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Company Size (employees in Bay Area): 21 - 100
Industry Sector: Consulting Website: http://www.esassoc.com |
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PRINCIPLE ONE: INTERNAL IMPLEMENTATION
"We acknowledge our responsibility to reduce our impact on climate change and adopt practices within our organization's operations to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and contribute to a climate-friendly San Francisco Bay Area economy." |
Our organization has calculated a greenhouse gas baseline, using protocols from the World Resources Institute (GHG Protocol), and The Climate Registry (TCR). This baseline helps to define a starting point against which future progress can be measured.
Our organization has developed a GHG-reduction plan, or Climate Action Plan, in order to minimize GHG emissions. It can be found at http://www.esassoc.com/downloads/esa_sustainability_plan_secure.pdf.
Moreover, we have set a GHG/carbon reduction goal, which is to reduce total company GHG emissions from our 2007 baseline by 20% on a per capital basis by 2012.
Our organization has a Sustainability Team responsible for addressing internal sustainability issues. The team is organized around three separate areas: Operations, communications, and professional development. The team includes company officers, directors, and lower-level staff. Policies and plans developed by the team are approved by the Board of Directors. The team meets several times per year.
Our company executes the following internal GHG-reducing actions:
Our organization engages employees around sustainability and provides them with sustainable employee benefits. We do this by holding employee education/training programs on climate change or sustainability
Our organization has developed a GHG-reduction plan, or Climate Action Plan, in order to minimize GHG emissions. It can be found at http://www.esassoc.com/downloads/esa_sustainability_plan_secure.pdf.
Moreover, we have set a GHG/carbon reduction goal, which is to reduce total company GHG emissions from our 2007 baseline by 20% on a per capital basis by 2012.
Our organization has a Sustainability Team responsible for addressing internal sustainability issues. The team is organized around three separate areas: Operations, communications, and professional development. The team includes company officers, directors, and lower-level staff. Policies and plans developed by the team are approved by the Board of Directors. The team meets several times per year.
Our company executes the following internal GHG-reducing actions:
- Employee Transportation Incentives
- Pre-tax commuter benefits
- Subsidized Transit Passes
- Bike to work financial incentives
- Energy-Efficiency and Production
- Installs energy-efficient lighting or CFL’s
- Motion sensors; Energy star appliances; green purchasing criteria
- Waste Management
- Provides composting
- Provide Recycling
- Waste Audits
- Inform staff of ways to conserve water
Our organization engages employees around sustainability and provides them with sustainable employee benefits. We do this by holding employee education/training programs on climate change or sustainability
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PRINCIPLE TWO: COMMUNITY LEADERS "We will be active leaders in the San Francisco Bay Area community to help combat climate change." |
Our Oakland and Petaluma offices are Certified Green Businesses. In addition, our organization leases its San Francisco office in a building that has an Energy Star rating.
Environmental factors are important to our organization when selecting an office space. When doing so, we take the following environmental factors into account:
Our organization's Bay Area buildings have the following environmental certifications:
Outside of the Bay Area, our Sacramento facility occupies a LEED Gold certified building
Our organization has a green procurement policy. Moreover, our organization practices the following as a part of our formal policy:
Our organization has made supply chain improvements through our:
Our organization engages clients on climate issues through:
Our organization engages employees on climate issues through sustainable resources and information for staff.
Our organization has invited non-member companies to participate in BC3 events as guests. Increasing BC3's membership and network helps us develop a critical mass of businesses to fight climate change.
Our organization would be willing to share our experience about our community leadership as a member of BC3.
Environmental factors are important to our organization when selecting an office space. When doing so, we take the following environmental factors into account:
- Buildings renovated for environmental purposes
- Close proximity to public transportation
Our organization's Bay Area buildings have the following environmental certifications:
- Energy Star
- Leed
Outside of the Bay Area, our Sacramento facility occupies a LEED Gold certified building
Our organization has a green procurement policy. Moreover, our organization practices the following as a part of our formal policy:
- Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) policy
- Sustainable fleet management
- Green corporate events
Our organization has made supply chain improvements through our:
- Office supplies
- Delivery of service products
- Marketing of sustainability
Our organization engages clients on climate issues through:
- Hosting climate-focused community events at company
- Printed Materials
Our organization engages employees on climate issues through sustainable resources and information for staff.
Our organization has invited non-member companies to participate in BC3 events as guests. Increasing BC3's membership and network helps us develop a critical mass of businesses to fight climate change.
Our organization would be willing to share our experience about our community leadership as a member of BC3.
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PRINCIPLE THREE: ADVOCACY + DIALOGUE "We will advocate and dialogue with policymakers to develop the best business solution through, for example, supporting the Bay Area Council's advocacy platform on climate change." |
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We actively engage with policy members through:
Our organization is engaged in industry advocacy, business coalitions, supply chain management or other initiatives as related to climate change. We have worked with California Manufacturers and the Technology Association Climate Change Advisory Committee Our organization would be willing to speak with the media about climate policy on behalf of BC3.
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Over the past year, members of our organization have collaborated with other BC3 members by:
Our organization has staff with expertise in the following areas that they would be willing to share with other members:
We are willing to provide the following resources within the BC3 network:
Our organization shares its greenhouse gas baseline publicly by reporting our verified emissions to The Climate Registry (TCR); we also plan to publish an annual or bi-annual corporate sustainability report starting in 2011.
Our organization communicates progress on its climate goals:
Our organization reports our baseline, goals and progress to Climate Registry and GHG verifiers. This creates a public record of our sustainability measures as well as the benchmarks our activities against peers and competitors. |
