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

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

3. & 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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