This May, members from Boston’s cultural institutions, commercial real estate community, and nonprofit sectors celebrated the completion of a nine-month journey towards institutional climate resilience. The participants in the Green Ribbon Commission’s 2024/2025 Collaborative Climate Action Planning (CCAP) cohort celebrated their graduation from the program in a ceremony complete with awards and a triumphant ribbon cutting.
This year’s participants included Allston Brighton Community Development Corporation, Boston Lyric Opera, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra, Commonwealth Land Trust, The Community Builders, Massachusetts Convention and Conference Center, MassCEC Cohorts, and the Trustees of Reservations.
“This year’s cohort was able to do a fantastic amount of work in only nine months,” said Dallase Scott of Trust and facilitator of the CCAP program. “I’m always thrilled to see each organization rise to the occasion – bringing their organization along, mapping out their climate action pathway, and supporting other organizations in the cohort. This truly is collaboration in action!”
All of these institutions were brought together under one goal: develop a practical, actionable climate action plan for their institution.
This year’s graduation concluded the fourth cohort of the GRC’s CCAP program, designed to foster a peer-learning community that develops a climate action plan framework – an essential roadmap to reduce an organization’s emissions and approach net zero.
With Boston’s evolving climate regulations, including stricter Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance (BERDO) compliance in 2025, the CCAP program is more important than ever for institutions seeking a peer learning community in which to comfortably expand and deepen education around mitigation, resiliency, and climate justice work.
Read more about this year’s cohort in the Bay State Banner: Local nonprofits celebrate graduation from climate planning program
Applications for the 2025/2026 cohort are open. Those interested in learning more can fill out this application form, and the GRC will reach out with additional information.
