Vision, Mission and Values
E4S Vision for 2019
Individuals, organizations and networks working together with an entrepreneurial spirit toward bold goals or BHAG's that reflect an emerging sustainable regional economy that creates wealth, environmental health and affirms and sustains life for all.
What if each business and organization in the region claimed one or more BHAG's?
- Zero Waste
- 50% Energy Reduction
- All building projects are green building certified
- 100% Renewable Energy
- 20% Local Food at work
- 80% Carbon Reduction
- All products, services and organizational designs use Cradle to Cradle or Biomimicry strategies
What more could be achieved if we worked together towards these regional BHAG’s?
- Local Food for 4 million
- Zero Waste Region
- First regional Biomimicry Action Network in World
- 8000 Green Teams/Companies declaring their sustainable strategies and goals
- 2000 Start-up’s based on sustainable business strategies and opportunities
- 1600 New Product Designs and Clean Technologies inspired by Life's Principles
- Thousands of Green Jobs
In 2009, this vision was largely confirmed by the outcomes of the Sustainable Cleveland 2019 Summit. Many of the 28 Summit Initiatives align with topic areas above and some of them committed to BHAG’s.
E4S Mission
The Mission of E4S is to engage individuals, organizations and networks in the implementation of sustainable business practices that will drive new business opportunities and grow a sustainable regional economy that affirms and sustains life for all.
E4S Staff and Board Values:
- Relationship and Community
- Power of Possibility Thinking
- Collaborative Learning
- Action and Experimentation
- Transparency and Knowledge Sharing
- Inclusion and Diversity
- Whole-Systems Change
- Fun
Regional Brand: GreenCityBlueLake
E4S wholeheartedly supports the regional brand of GreenCityBlueLake. We envision the regional brand through the lens of business, organizational and industry opportunities.
Sustainable Cleveland 2019
Over the past 9 years, E4S has laid the foundation from which the Sustainable Cleveland 2019 Summit was launched. E4S built trusted relationships, attracted a network of over 8,000 individuals, raised awareness, inspired the possibilities and was a catalyst for action. E4S has much to offer the future success of this important regional effort and gladly accepted our appointment to the Council that will support this 10 year initiative.
