2. Background
• Berkeley,
California
(BER)
• Calgary,
Alberta
(CAL)
• Edmonton,
Alberta
(EDM)
• Denver,
Colorado
(DEN)
• Halifax,
Nova
ScoCa
(HAL)
• Hamilton,
Ontario
(HAM)
• Helsinki,
Finland
(HEL)
• Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
(MIL)
• Niagara
Region,
Ontario
(NIA)
• North
Vancouver,
BriCsh
Columbia
(NVAN)
• Portland,
Oregon
(POR)
• Vancouver,
BriCsh
Columbia
(VAN)
• Victoria,
BriCsh
Columbia
(VIC)
• Washington,
DC
(WAS)
Edmonton
Project
• How
Best
to
Embed
and
Catalyze
Sustainability
Principles
in
Culture
to
Achieve
Desired
Outcomes?
• Best
PracCce
Scan
of
Leading
North
American
MunicipaliCes
• What
Were
CriCcal
Success
Factors
for
the
Leaders!!!
Key
Findings
• SCll
Struggling
with
Cultural
Acceptance
of
Sustainability
• “Decision
Support
Tools
Needed”
3. Background
• “If
we
had
$150
million
to
invest
in
legacy
funds
for
the
community
that
would
help
address
economic
development
and
new
revenue
sources
for
the
City,
how
would
I
convince
Council
to
invest
it
in
a
sustainable
community
energy
project
verse
for
example
shave
and
pave?”
Jeff
Fielding,
CAO
City
of
Burlington.
4. Background
“We
are
looking
at
developing
a
simple,
cheap,
and
easy
to
use
tool
that
helps
us
make
beer
decisions
and
allows
us
to
determine
the
sustainability
return
on
investment
of
infrastructure.”
James
Parvey,
Senior
Principal
Engineer,
City
of
Tacoma,
Washington
Project
Overview
http://www.llga.org/call.php?idCall=27
5. Background
“We
have
done
pilot
evaluaCons
for
social
return
on
investment
of
our
social
housing
and
return
on
investment
of
our
green
buildings
but
it
focused
mainly
on
environmental
returns.
What
we
need
is
a
simple
tool
that
we
can
use
to
demonstrate
all
3
pillars
at
once
to
Council.”
Carolyn
Bowen,
Manager,
Office
of
Sustainability,
City
of
Calgary
7. Statement
of
Need
A
simple,
open
sourced,
and
accessible
SROI
tool
for
Canadian
MunicipaliCes
does
not
currently
exist.
Such
a
tool
would
create
a
common
approach
to
SROI
that
would
allow
for
municipaliCes
to
benchmark,
collaborate
on
reporCng
and
on
data
availability
and
collecCon
issues,
as
well
as
provide
consistency
in
communicaCons
to
the
public
and
senior
levels
of
government.
8. Proposed
ObjecCves
1. Develop
an
inexpensive
tool
that
could
be
uClized
by
Canadian
MunicipaliCes
that
will
provide
a
consistent
and
replicable
approach
to
determining
Sustainability
Return
on
Investment
(1st
order
esCmates);
2. Increase
capacity
of
municipaliCes
and
others
in
the
use
of
such
a
SROI
tool;
and,
3. Create
a
standardized
and
replicable
source
of
data
for
the
tool
that
can
be
used
by
Canadian
municipaliCes
as
well
as
by
other
senior
levels
of
government.
9. Possible
Deliverables
Discussions
with
Calgary
led
to
the
following
proposed
deliverables:
• A
report
on
the
current
state
of
SROI
uClizaCon
in
North
America;
• A
report
on
municipal
needs
for
an
SROI
tool;
• Terms
of
reference
and
design
criteria
for
the
development
of
the
tool
with
recommendaCons
on
how
to
proceed;
• A
detailed
work
plan
for
the
design
and
development
of
the
SROI
tool;
• A
beta
test
of
the
SROI
Tool;
• A
report
on
beta
test
of
the
tool
and
recommended
revisions;
• A
final
operaConal
municipal
SROI
tool;
• A
central
accessible
database
on
cosCng
informaCon
for
infrastructure
and
other
relevant
social,
economic
and
environmental
data.
Regionally
applicable
standards,
measures
and
indicators
assembled
throughout
the
project
duraCon;
• A
resource
guide
on
the
use
of
SROI
and
the
Tool;
• Delivery
of
a
capacity
building/training
workshop(s)
for
project
partners.
10. PotenCal
Partners
• P3
Canada
• Infrastructure
Canada
• Infrastructure
Ontario
and
Other
Provincial
Departments
• Canadian
AssociaCon
of
Municipal
Administrators
• North
American
Urban
Sustainability
Directors
Network
• InsCtute
for
Sustainable
Infrastructure
• Chief
Financial
Officers
Network
• Canadian
General
Accountants
• NGO’s
• MunicipaliCes
• Private
Sector
11. Status
of
Calgary
Proposal
• Feedback
on
esCmated
budget
provided;
• Money
this
fiscal
year,
want
to
move
now;
• Moving
to
develop
an
RFP
to
seek
a
contractor;
• Interested
in
further
discussions
and
partnerships
with
FCM;
• Idea
for
FCM
to
build
on
what
Calgary
creates;
• Request
made
for
CEC
to
arrange
call.
12. Considera4ons
for
FCM
Having
GMF
as
a
collaborator/leader
on
this
iniCaCve
would
provide
the
following
strategic
benefits
to
FCM:
1.
Provide
the
Green
Municipal
Fund
with
a
tool
it
can
use
to
determine
the
sustainability
return
on
investment
of
funded
projects;
2. Provide
GMF
with
an
opportunity
to
posiCon
itself
as
a
leader
in
building
capacity
for
a
strategic
knowledge
gap
idenCfied
by
municipaliCes
in
raising
the
municipal
bar
in
North
America;
3. Provide
GMF
with
a
standardized
tool
that
(a)
would
allow
for
seamless
uClizaCon
for
applicants;
(b)
allow
for
a
standardized
sustainable
infrastructure
indicator
and
measurement
framework
to
be
used
by
municipaliCes
creaCng
more
reliable
and
accurate
benchmarking;
4. Inclusion
and
use
in
any
proposed
federal
long-‐term
infrastructure
plan;
5. Others?
14. About
Cowan
Environmental
Consul4ng
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Environmental
Consul1ng
specializes
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and
advice
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Our
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effec1ve
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Our
mission
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organiza1ons
and
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that
truly
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the
value
in
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concept
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sustainability
and
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benefits
that
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when
decisions
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We
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