1. February 4, 2015 National 8(a) Association Winter Conference Orlando, FL Sustainability for Small Business

2. Safety Share (Zero Harm)

3. Susie Westrup Corporate Sustainability Manager Meet the Team Layli Pietri Small Business Manager

4.  Sustainability and the Marketplace  Green Building Practices  Balfour Beatty Construction’s (BBC) Approach to Sustainability  Benefits for your Business  What Large General Contractors are Seeking  Next Steps Agenda

6.  Sustainability Defined: -The capacity to endure (Business) -Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (Personal) Sustainability Share

7.  Engine of our economy  28 million small businesses in U.S.  Employ 60 million Americans (half of the private sector workforce) Small Business – Taking Us to the Next Level

8.  Fortune 500 -Chief Supplier Diversity Officer -Supplier Diversity Programs  Corporate Social Responsibility Reports  Drivers -Continuous innovations -Increased sales and market share Corporate America

9.  U.S. population = 5% of world’s population.  U.S. uses 40% of world’s resources. If everyone on earth lived like the average American, we’d need at least 5 planets! Why Sustainability?

10.  President Obama 2009 - Executive Order 13514 -2015 - Achieve 50% recycling and waste diversion -2020 -Improve water efficiency 26% -Meet sustainability requirements across 95% of all applicable contracts. -2030 - Implement net-zero-energy building requirement  GSA -2020 - reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by 30% by 2020. -Long-term goal of zero environmental footprint Federal Government

11.  Corporate Sustainability rankings: -Global 100: Most Sustainable Corporations in the World (Annual Project by Corporate Knights) -Newsweek – Green Company Rankings  Chief Sustainability Officers exist alongside COOs and CFOs -E.g. Heinz; Lucent Technologies; Chevron  Dow Jones - Sustainability Index  Benefit Corporation – B-Corp -Corporate structure obligates “triple bottom line” Marketplace

12.  Walmart, Bank of America, Google, Ford Motor Company -Over 80% of the Global 500 report to CDP -Climate Change -Water -Supply Chain -Supplier Sustainability Scorecard -Sustainable Procurement Policies -Supply chain engagement and reporting requests Marketplace

13.  Also known as sustainable or high- performance building  Refers to a structure and using process that is environmentally/ socially responsible and resource- efficient throughout a building's life-cycle  Requires close cooperation of all team members: design team, general contractor, engineers, and client  Occurs throughout the life-cycle of the project (every stage) Green Building

14.  According to the U.S. Green Building Council, total revenue across the industry should grow to $245 billion by 2016.  Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building

15. Living Building Challenge

16. Balfour Beatty’s Approach to Sustainability

17.  Client service program  Charitable fundraising  Projects to Program - (schedule compliance)  Projects to Bid Margin (profit margin)  Overhead  Ethics and compliance  Profit  Margin in the order book Economic

18.  Client satisfaction  Community engagement  Supply chain engagement  Health and safety  Diversity  Staff satisfaction Social CANstruction Annual Charity Event Total 2014 Diverse Spend: $ 716,774,039

19.  Ecology  Scope 1 and 2 GHG Emissions  Waste generated  Waste to Landfill  Water  Responsible sourcing of major materials  Environmental compliance  CDP Score Environmental

20. Innovation http://vimeo.com/62470169

21.  Affects your bottom-line – saves you money  Generates new sources of income  Retains employees and adds new employees  Improves processes, enhances efficiency, and increases productivity  Ensures longevity and sustainability in the marketplace  Niche in the Marketplace- opportunities for innovation Benefits for your Business

22.  Efficiency  Waste reduction  Life Cycle Cost Analysis  Employee engagement  Innovation Ways to Save Money!

23. Efficiency  Energy  Workers  Spending Efficiency

25.  Ways to engage staff: -Staff meetings -Project meetings -Green team -Competitions -Celebrate it! -Prizes Culture

26.  Total cost of ownership over the life of an asset  Also commonly referred to as "cradle to grave" or "womb to tomb" costs  Whole-life cost including planning, design, construction and acquisition, operations, maintenance, renewal and rehabilitation, depreciation, and cost of finance and replacement or disposal Life-Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) Preventative Maintenance Costs Operating Costs Disposal Costs Initial Cost Service Costs

27.  Integration/Synergy  Focus on Quality  Expertise  Innovation What Large General Contractors are Seeking in Partners

28.  Internal business practices  Delivery of goods and services  Sustainability Plan  Sustainability Scorecard  Innovation and niche in the marketplace Next Steps

30. Contact Information: Susie Westrup, Corporate Sustainability Manager swestrup@balfourbeattyus.com (704) 222-0313 Layli Pietri lpietri@balfourbeattyus.com lpietri@balfourbeattyus.com (703) 218-1338