Mission
NeighborWorks commits to being a leader with its network in employing and promoting equitable, green and sustainable practices for the long-term benefit of the environment so that people can live and work in healthy, ecologically friendly and affordable places.
Goals
- Reduce our carbon footprint by 10 percent in the next three years by reducing waste, correcting inefficiencies and leveraging resources.
- Deliver sustainability benefits to 100,000 low- to moderate-income households by 2011 through counseling; production that delivers healthier, more energy efficient homes; and improvements that conserve natural resources.
- Advance the community development industry dialogue on how to deliver sustainable community outcomes and use our Community Building and Organizing platform to engage at least 50 local communities across the country on how to be greener communities.
Objectives
- To achieve noticeable reductions in the ecological footprint for the operations of NeighborWorks and its network organizations
- To create tools and measures to advance greening of organizations and services
- To elevate the industry understanding of green and increase green practices undertaken by the industry
- To achieve noticeable reduction in the environmental impact of existing and new buildings, such as lower greenhouse gas emissions
- To motivate communities to become greener, healthier places for people to live
