Large Organizations and Institutions Implementation Committee

Bethlehem is home to many world-class organizations and institutions, spanning the academic, health care, and arts sectors. Many of these organizations and institutions are quite akin to small cities, with buildings and facilities, transportation systems, waste management programs, and open space resources to manage—and leverage—to achieve the city’s climate goals. These organizations and institutions play a critical role in driving climate action in Bethlehem by managing large real estate assets and the broad and diverse stakeholder base that makes up their students, patients, visitors, patrons, and employees.

The Large Organizations and Institutions Implementation Committee meets with the ideas and goals from this section in mind.

Phases

Phases overview

Phase 1: Identify Year 1 & 2 Goals

Identify Year 1 & 2 Goals

Phase 2: Implement Year 1 & 2 Goals

Implement Year 1 & 2 Goals

Phase 3: Identify Year 3 Goals

Identify Year 3 Goals

Phase 4: Implement Year 3 Goals

Implement Year 3 Goals

Phase 5: Identify Year 4 Goals

Identify Year 4 Goals

Phase 6: Implement Year 4 Goals

Implement Year 4 Goals

Phase 7: Identify Year 5 Goals

Identify Year 5 Goals

Identify Year 1 & 2 Goals

May 1, 2022 4:00 AM - May 8, 2022 4:00 AM

Year 1 & 2 goals include:

Engage Bethlehem’s largest businesses, organizations, and institutions to adopt GHG reduction goals as or more ambitious than the city’s targets.
Leverage the scale and resources of Bethlehem’s largest businesses, organizations, and institutions to accelerate adoption of the CAP’s other strategies and coordinate their implementation.
Facilitate sharing of lessons learned, resources and best-practice examples to encourage and enable other organizations to implement strategies that will help the city meet its emission reduction targets.