WELCOME TO THE '22 FEDERAL
ENVIRONMENTAL SYMPOSIUM.
IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU ALL HERE
TODAY.
IT'S BEEN MANY MONTHS SINCE
COVID HIT AND WE'VE ALL BEEN
HOLD UP IN OUR OWN HOMES AND
IT'S JUST GREAT TO BE ABLE TO
GET TOGETHER.
THIS YEAR, THE COMMITTEE HAS
SPENT MANY MONTHS PUTTING
TOGETHER THE THEME, WHICH IS
MISSION ENVIRONMENT IN OUR
COMMUNITIES AND THE PROGRAM
WHICH WE WILL BE SHARING WITH
YOU, OVER THESE NEXT FOUR DAYS.
YOU CAN FIND THE PROGRAM
INFORMATION AT THE FED CENTER
WEBSITE.
WE WANTED TO ALSO THANK THE
COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR THEIR
DEDICATION AND THE HOURS THAT
THEY PUT INTO PUT THE PROGRAM
TOGETHER.
YOU CAN SEE IT WAS A
COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BY ALL THE
MEMBERS.
HATS OFF TO THE ENTIRE GROUP.
WE ALSO WISH TO EXTEND A SPECIAL
THANK YOU TO FEDCENTER.GOV
BECAUSE THEY HAVE DONE A
FANTASTIC JOB SUPPORTING THE
FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL SYMPOSIUM
AND SHARING ALL THE
PRESENTATIONS THAT CAN BE SHARED
AS WE CAN MAKE THEM AVAILABLE.
WE ARE PLANNING
TO HAVE, BEFORE YOU GO
TO THAT MIKE, HOLD ON, WE ARE
PLANNING TO HOLD THE SYMPOSIUM
NEXT YEAR AND THIS WILL BE
IN-PERSON.
GOD WILLING.
[LAUGHTER]
>> WE HOPE TO EITHER HAVE IT IN
OCTOBER OR IN MARCH.
IT DEPENDS ON WHEN WE CAN GET
SPACE TO HOST THE EVENT.
WE'RE ALSO CONSIDERING HOLDING
VIRTUAL EVENT
WHO CAN'T TRAVEL FOR ONE REASON
OR ANOTHER.
AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS, WE
PRIMARILY HAVE FEDERAL STAFF
PRESENTING INFORMATION OVER THE
NEXT FEW DAYS.
BASED ON THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH
REPRESENTATIVES FROM SEVERAL
STATES AND NON-PROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS.
I WOULD LIKE TO
INTRODUCE OUR KEYNOTE
SPEAKER, AND OUR CHIEF
SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER FOR THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, Mr. ANDREW
MAYOCK.
AS THE FEDERAL SUSTAINABLE
OFFICER, Mr. MAYOCK LEADS
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S EFFORTS TO
IMPROVE THE SUSTAINABILITY OF
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INCLUDING
HELPING FEDERAL AGENCIES PREPARE
FOR AND RESPOND TO IMPACTS OF
CLIMATE CHANGE ON THEIR
OPERATIONS AND SERVICES.
ANDREW BRINGS OVER 25 YEARS OF
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR
EXPERIENCE TO THE JOE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION INCLUDING SERVICE
IN THE OMICRON AND CLINTON
ADMINISTRATIONS.
UNDER PRESIDENT OMICRON, ANDREW
SERVED AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR
MANAGEMENT AT THE OFFICE OF
MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET AND ANDREW
SERVED AS THE DEPUTY VICE
PRESIDENT AT THE MILLENNIUM
CHALLENGE CORPORATION AS
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE US
TREASURY.
IN THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION,
ANDREW WORKED AT THE WHITE HOUSE
AND THE U.S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT
AND DURING 2019 AND 2020, ANDREW
SERVED ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE
OF THE CLIMATE '21 PROJECT.
WHICH DELIVERED ADVICE FOR
COORDINATED RAPID START, HOLD
GOVERNMENT CLIMATE RESPONSE.
PLEASE JOIN ME NOW IN WELCOMING
ANDREW MAYOCK.
THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION.
THANK YOU MOST OF ALL FOR
BRINGING ALL OF THESE PEOPLE
TOGETHER.
1900 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND
CONTRACTORS IS A REALLY LARGE
NUMBER AND A GREAT SIGNIFIER OF
THE IMPORT OF THIS MOMENT AND
THE WORK WE'RE DOING.
I ALSO WANTED TO THANK YOUR
FELLOW COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AS YOU
POINTED OUT, IT TAKES A VILLAGE.
THERE'S A LOT OF AGENCIES AND A
LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO COME
TOGETHER TO PULL THIS OFF, IN
ADDITION TO NIH, NASA, USDA,
VA, DOE, HHS, DoD AND EPS AND
I'M SURE I MISSED A COUPLE.
MANY THANKS TO YOUR FELLOW
COMMITTEE WORKS WHO PULLED THIS
TOGETHER TODAY.
IT'S AMAZING.
I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY TO
PRESENT THE FEDERAL
SUSTAINABILITY PLAN.
I PRESENT IT HERE ON BEHALF OF
ALL THE PEOPLE THAT DEVELOPED IT
OVER THE PAST AREA, MANY WHO ARE
PARTICIPATING IN THIS EVENT.
I'M PARTICULARLY EXCITED TO
BRING IT HERE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
ONE THING THAT IS MANIFEST FOR
ME PARTICULARLY THROUGH MY
OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE IN THREE
DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATIONS, YOU
KNOW, I HAVE A DEEP APPRECIATION
AS A FORMER AGENCY OFFICIAL, AS
A CURRENT WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL,
THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN.
WE DON'T SUCCESS IN THE FEDERAL
SUSTAINABILITY PLAN WITHOUT THE
WORK OF EVERYONE ON THIS CALL
AND IN THIS MEETING AND MANY,
MANY MORE PEOPLE.
SO IT'S REALLY GRATIFYING AND
HUMBLING TO APPEAR HERE ALSO TO
SEE THE WORK AS I DID LAST YEAR
WITH SO MUCH GOING ON THAT IS ON
POINT WITH THE WORK THAT WE'RE
DOING IN THE FEDERAL
SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAMS AND
DEEPLY ALIGN.
EIGHT TRACKS OF PROGRAMMING
SHOWING 80 PRESENTATION AND 120
SPEAKERS AND THE NUMBER OF THOSE
SPEAKERS AS I NOTED, HAD A
DIRECT HAND AND THE LEADERSHIP
ROLE IN DEVELOPING A
SUSTAINABILITY PLAN WE'RE ABOUT
TO REVIEW INCLUDING FOLKS LIKE
ANNE OF GSA AND WHO LEANED IN
AND LED WITH A NUMBER OF INNER
AGENCY COLLEAGUES ON THE
ADAPTATION AND RESILIENCE
COMPONENT OR MIKE McGEE AT
DoD WHO JOINED US AT THE WHITE
HOUSE TO LEAD THE CARBON FREE
ELECTRICITY PROGRAM AND SO MANY
MORE WHO DELIVERED ON THIS.
AND SO, I'M GLAD TO ALSO BE BACK
AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE FIRST
SLIDE HERE, THE COVER SLIDE, IS
THAT YOU KNOW, WHEN THE YEAR
AGO, WE TALKED ABOUT THE
DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN AND THE
TRANSITION YEAR THAT WE'RE IN AS
THE JOE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
STARTED OUT.
I'M GRATEFUL TO COME BACK HERE A
YEAR LATER WITH THE PLAN HAVING
BEEN ANNOUNCED IN THE EXECUTIVE
ORDER HAVING BEEN SIGNED BY
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN ON
DECEMBER 8th.
VERY CONSISTENT WITH THE THEMES
OF THIS SYMPOSIUM THIS WEEK,
MISSION ENVIRONMENT IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
SO, AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE
SLIDES TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO
CAPTURE MANY OF THOSE THEMES AND
RESINATE WOMA WITH THOSE THEMES AS WE
TALK ABOUT THE ASPECTS.
I WANT TO SAY ONE MORE THING
BEFORE WE LEAVE THE COVER PAGE,
WHICH IS, AS WE GO INTO THE
DETAILS OF THE PLAN, IT'S
CLEARLY THE MOST AMBITIOUS
FEDERAL SUSTAINABILITY PLAN EVER
IS TO PUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
BACK IN THE POSITION THAT
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WANTED TO
PUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND
OUR COUNTRY AS A WHOLE BACK INTO
A LEADERSHIP ROLE AND LEADING BY
EXAMPLE.
SO, NUMBER OF CORE COMPONENTS TO
THAT AND A NUMBER OF THINGS FOR
US TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE
CONTINUE TO LEAN IN AND DO THE
WORK OF THE PLAN.
ONE IS WE DID A LOT OF WORK LAST
YEAR, UNDER THE PLAN, MADE A LOT
OF PROGRESS ON THINGS LIKE ZERO
EMISSION FLEETS, THIS YEAR IS A
TRANSFORMATIONAL YEAR THAT SETS
THE FOUNDATION FOR THE REST OF
THE DECADES AND THE CORE THEME
IS THE SYSTEMS THAT WE'RE
PUTTING IN PLACE TO HELP DELIVER
ON THIS AND TWO IS JUST THAT,
THE DATA-DRIVEN SYSTEMS-BASED
APPROACH THAT WE CAN AND NEED
AND ARE TAKING TO GO DELIVER ON
THAT.
AS WE DO THIS, WE RECOGNIZE IT'S
MAJOR TRANSFORMATION, WE'RE
UTILIZING EXISTING SYSTEMS TO GO
DELIVER ON THAT.
SO, WE'RE NOT START INTERESTING
CLOTHE BUT BUILDING ON TOP OF
WHAT WE HAVE TO DELIVER ON THAT
TRANSFORMATIOTRANSFORMATION.
WE SCALE OUR EFFORTS AND
LEARNING BY DOING.
THERE'S A DEEP APPRECIATION THAT
BY DESIGN, WE WON'T MEET THE
AMBITIOUS GOALS OF 2027 LIGHT
DUTY VEHICLE OR 2030 CARBON FREE
ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION FOR
FEDERAL OPERATIONS, WE WON'T
MEET THOSE OVERNIGHT BUT WE NEED
TO PUT THE POINTS ON THE BOARD
THIS YEAR AS WE GET THE SYSTEMS
IN PLACE TO DELIVER ON THAT GOAL
AS A WHOLE.
SO, WITH THAT, I THINK WE CAN
HOP TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
WHEN PRESIDENT BIDEN TOOK OFFICE
AND HE CAMPAIGN BEFORE TAKING
OFFICE, HE DEEPLY RECOGNIZED
THIRECOGNIZEDTHIS URGENT MOMENT THAT IS
MANIFEST TO US ALL THAT THE
IMPACT OF CLIMATE ARE CLEAR AND
PRESENT AND THAT WE NEED TO ACT
QUICKLY TO ADDRESS THEM SO ONE
OF THOSE WAYS TO ARTICULATE MANY
OF THE MANY IMPACTS THAT ARE
OCCURRING BEFORE OUR EYES RIGHT
NOW INTO OUR FELLOW CITIZENS AND
OUR CITIZENS THROUGH OUR GLOBAL
COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD,
IS JUST THE LAST FEW DECADES
THAT WE'VE LIVED WHEN IT COMES
TO NATURAL DISASTERS.
AND THE HEIGHTEN FREQUENCY AND
INTENSITY OF THOSE AND YOU CAN
SEE THE YEAR WE LIVED LAST YEAR
IN 2021 WITH OVER $145 BILLION
IN DAMAGES ALMOST 700 DEATHS
ATTRIBUTED TO THAT AND 40% OF
U.S. COUNTIES BEING DIRECTLY
AFFECTED BY THESE NATURAL
DISASTERS IT'S THE MOMENT IS
CLEAR AND THE TIME IS CLEARLY
URGENT.
MOVING TO THE NEXT SLIDE,
RECOGNIZING THAT WE HAVE THIS
URGENT MOMENT.
YOU'VE HEARD A COUPLE OF THINGS,
WHEN HE THINKS OF CLIMATE AND
WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT CLIMATE HE
THINKS OF JOBS AND HE RECOGNIZES
THIS IS A ONE OF A GENERATION
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND IT WILL
DELIVER THE SOLUTION TO IF GET
ON TOP OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS
CHALLENGE SO ONE THING THAT IS
EMBEDDED IN THE PLAN AND WE'RE
ALREADY IN THE PLAN AND THE
BROADER ADMINISTRATION AND THE
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES THAT IS A
PARENT FOR US AND COMPETITIVE
IMPERATIVE THAT WE, AS OUR
COMPETITORS IN EUROPE AND ALL
PLACES MOVE OUT WE NEED TO
CONTINUE TO LEAD AND BE AHEAD OF
THEM WHEN IT IT COMES TO THE
CLIMATE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
NEXT SLIDE.
SO, OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT
FIVE TO EIGHT MINUTES I WANT TO
DO A COUPLE THINGS.
I WANT TO DO A RELATIVE QUICK
LIGHTENING ROUND THROUGH OF THE
SUSTAINABILITY.
IT'S THE AMBITIOUS AND
COMPREHENSIVE YET SO WE WANTED
TO FOCUS ON TWO THINGS.
ONE OF THE CORE PILLARS OF THE
PLAN AND LET'S RECOGNIZE TO THE
POINT I MADE ABOUT LEARNING BY
DOING WHAT IS RECOGNIZED THE
WORK THAT IS HAPPENING NOW, TO
DELIVER ON THIS AND THERE'S A
LOT OF GREAT WORK AS I'M SURE
MANY PEOPLE HAVE NOT EVERYONE IN
THIS MEETING KNOWS, WE'VE BEEN
DELIVERING ON THIS IN
SIGNIFICANT WAYS AND NOW THIS
NEXT STEP IS ABOUT TAKING IT TO
SCALE.
THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS THE MAJOR
TENANTS.
NERD TO GET NET-ZERO EMISSIONS
AS A FEDERAL FAMILY HERE AND
FEDERAL OPERATIONS, WE NEED TO
EXECUTE ON A NUMBER OF TOP-LINE
GOALS ACROSS ELECTRICITY,
FLEETS, BUILDINGS, AND OTHERS
WHILE WE MAKE OURSELVES MORE
RESILIENT AND BETTER ADAPT OUR
INFRASTRUCTURE AND OUR PEOPLE
AND OUR POLICIES TO WHAT WE'RE
EXPERIENCING IN CLIMATE TODAY
AND WHAT WE'LL BE EXPERIENCE DUE
TO CLIMATE CHANGES OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DECADES.
NEXT SLIDE.
WHAT THIS SLIDE REALLY GETS AT
IS THIS, AS I MENTIONED, 2020
YOU HEAR PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SAY
ARE A DECADE OF EMISSIONS.
WHAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON HERE IS
MAKING THIS A DECADE OF ACTION
AND ACTING NOW, DELIVERING ON
THAT AND SETTING THE FOUNDATION
IN PLACE AND IN ADDITION TO THE
OUTCOMES IN PLACE HERE IN 2022
AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND WE'RE SEEING, AS WE WORK
TOGETHER, PROGRESS BEING MADE
ACROSS THE NUMBER OF THESE
PILLARS.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE
SLIDES AHEAD.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF ACTION AND A
LOT OF DELIVERY ALREADY HERE
ABOUT A YEAR IN AND CERTAINLY
SEEK TO GO DO A LOT MORE AS WE
SCALE UP THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE FOR ALL THE
PILLARS THAT WE'RE WORKING WON
IT COMES TO DELIVERING ON
NET-ZERO EMISSIONS WE HAVE THREE
ENABLING GOALS THAT CROSS CUT
THE WORK THAT WE DO AND IT'S
MAINSTREAMING SUSTAINABILITY AND
ADVANCING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
AND EQUITY.
FIRST SUSTAINABILITY PLANS WITH
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND
EQUITY.
WE DO IT, NOT ONLY IN
STRENGTHENING OURSELVES AS A
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT THAT WE
BRING MORE ACTION TO THE TABLE
BY BEING THE CONVENER THAT WE
CAN IN THE LEADERSHIP POSITION
THAT WE'LL PLAY.
NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO, AS
WE'VE SEEN OVER THE PAST FOUR OR
FIVE YEARS, IN THE PUBLIC AND
PRIVATE SECTOR, MANY GREAT
STRIDES HAVE BEEN MADE, SOME
THAT COULD BE EASILY APPLIED TO
THE PUBLIC SECTOR CUSTOMIZED TO
THE PUBLIC SECTOR EXPERIENCE SO
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE'RE ALSO BRINGING MORE ACTION
AND LEARNING FROM OUR COLLEAGUES
IN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
SECTORS AND IMPORTING THOSE
LESSONS LEARNED INTO THE PUBLIC
SECTOR.
SO AS I MENTIONED, A QUICK TOUR
THROUGH THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN
AS A WHOLE, AND THE GOALS AND
NOTES IN PROGRESS FOR EACH ONE
OF THESE PIECES AND AGAIN WE'LL
MOVE PRETTY FAST SO WE GET TO
THE QUESTIONS BUT I THINK AGAIN
AS THE WORK KICKS OFF FOR THIS
DAY, IT'S GREAT TO TALK THROUGH
THE PLAN AND IT'S BREADTH AND
OUR HOPE IS WE WORK WITH YOU AND
WE WORKING TOGETHER THE NEXT
THREE DAYS THAT WE'RE MAKING
PROGRESS ON BUILDING OUTCOME
PHONE ANTS OF THIS PLAN FOR
THOSE PANELS AND SEMINARS THAT
ARE DEDICATED TO THIS WILL WORK.
SO, FIRST GOAL, 100% 24/7 CARBON
FREE ELECTRICITY WE'LL DO THAT
THROUGH THE MAJOR LEVERS HERE,
UTILITIES AND POWER POWER
AGREEMENTS AND ON SITE.
DEVELOPING PLANS IN THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO BUILD ON THE
FOUNDATION WHERE WE'RE ALREADY
DELIVERING ON THESE AND TO SCALE
IT DRAMATICALLY.
TO THE POINT OF ACTION IN THE
SYSTEM NOW, THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IS THE SPONSOR ONE OF
THE LARGEST SOLAR PROJECTS IN
THE UNITED STATES TODAY THE
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE SO OVER
500 MEGAWATTS BEING ADDED TO THE
GRID AND CLEANING THE GRID.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LEANING
IN IN SIGNIFICANT WAYS AND YOU
SEE THAT THROUGHOUT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT RIGHT NOW INCLUDING
THE RECENT ARMY PLAN THAT WAS
ANNOUNCED IN THE LAST MONTH AND
PLENTY OF ACTION IN THE SYSTEM.
ACTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE
TO SCALE AND DELIVER IN OUR GOAL
AS A WHOLE.
NEXT SLIDE.
SO MAJOR COMPONENTS OF
ELECTRIFYING THE FLEET INCLUDE
MOVING OUR LIGHT DUTY VEHICLE
ACQUISITION TO 100% ZERO
EMISSION NO LATER THAN 2027 AND
TAKING THE MEDIUM AND HEAVY DUTY
SEGMENTS OF THE FLEET SO 100%
ACQUISITION.
LOTS OF ACTION AS A NUMBER OF
FOLKS KNOW ON THIS CALL OR
MEETING OF DELIVERING ON THIS
EFFORT.
WE'VE BEEN HARD AT WORK ON THIS
IN PARTICULAR AND SINCE DAY ONE
AND A LOT OF GOOD WORK TO SHOW
NOW THAT WE'RE IN THE FIRST FULL
BUYING SEASON AND IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE
AS WE MOVED INTO FISCAL YEAR
2022.
NEXT SLIDE.
AS WE SEE THIS NEXT SLIDE WE SEE
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE DHS MOVING
OUT AND SERIOUS LEADERSHIP ROLES
TO TRANSFORM THERE AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT VEHICLE FLEET BY
PILOTING A FORD MAKI THIS SPRING
AND THE DEVELOPMENT FROM THE
INTERIOR BOTH IN ZION NATIONAL
PARK AND OTHER VEHICLES LIKE
MOTORCYCLES AND BUSES AND MOVING
RAPIDLY TO ELECTRIFY THE FLEET
AS A WHOLE.
AND AS WE COME TO BUILDINGS ON
THIS NEXT SLIDE ANOTHER
AMBITIOUS TARGET THERE'S A
TRANSFORMATION WITHIN EACH ONE
OF THESE PILLARS OF THE FEDERAL
SUSTAINABILITY PLAN IN THE
TRANSFORMATION AS A WHOLE SO
MOVING THAT BUILDING PORTFOLIO
TO NET-ZERO EMISSION BUSINESS
2045 IS A MAJOR TASKMENT
STARTING FROM A REALLY SOLID BUT
STILL LOW BASE FROM THAT GOAL
AND A LOT OF WORK TO DO AND A
LOT OF EXECUTION IN THE DAYS AND
MONTHS AND YEARS AHEAD OF US IN
THIS FIRST ROUND GO TO THE
INTERIM TARGET HERE OF 2032,
MAKING SURE WE HIT 50% EMISSIONS
ON OUR WAY TO OUR 2045 BUILDINGS
GOAL.
SO DOING THAT BY A MAJOR --
NUMBER OF MAJOR TOOLS AND
ACTIONS ACROSS OUR PORTFOLIO,
WHETHER THEY'RE EXISTING, NEW
CONSTRUCTION OR LEASED SPACES WE
HAVE A PLAN IN WORKING ON THE
OPERATIONS AND POLICY TO GO
DELIVER ON THAT NEXT.
AS YOU SEE HERE ON THE NEXT
SLIDE, AGAIN, LOTS OF ACTION IN
THE SYSTEM TO GO DELIVER ON THIS
FROM EXISTING BUILDING THAT'S
ARE SOME OF THE LEADING
BUILDINGS IN THE WORLD AND DO
SOME OF THE EXISTING POLICY THAT
WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE LIKE THE
FEDERAL PERFORMANCE BUILDING
STANDARDS THAT WILL BE SOME OF
THE LEADING POLICY AND LEVERS
FOR IMPLEMENTATION IN PROCESS
RIGHT NOW.
IN ADDITION TO THESE ITEMS THAT
WE BUY HA I JUST MENTIONED
BECAUSE ELECTRICITY AND
BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, ALSO MAKING
SURE THAT THE RULES OF THE ROAD
AND OUR ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR
SUPPLIERS ARE THE CUTTING EDGE
AND MEETING THIS URGENT MOMENT
OF CLIMATE WHETHER IT'S
ADDRESSING PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
AND WHETHER KICKING OFF FRONT
LINE INITIATIVES LIKE CATALYZING
NEW MARKETS FOR LOWER CARBON
MATERIALS THROUGH OUR BUY CLEAN
INITIATIVE WE WANT TO HAVE A
COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH IN OUR
BROADER PROCUREMENT RULES AND
SUPPLIER ENGAGEMENT.
AND SO MANY AGENCIES DELIVERING
ON THIS IN FOUNDATIONAL WAYS.
DoD, GSA, EPA, DOT ALL MOVING
OUT IN FRONT ON THIS ISSUE AND
REALLY BUILDING A SOLID BASE
WHETHER IT'S BUY CLEAN OR
SUPPLIER EMISSIONS.
DOING SO AS WE LOOKED AT THAT
SLIDE AT THE TOP OF THE
PRESENTATION, YOU KNOW, CLEAR
AND PRESENT DANGER IMPACT
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
MAKING SURE WE'RE ADAPTING BEST
AND WE'RE MOST RESILIENT IS A
CRITICAL THING THAT'S WHY
PRESIDENT BIDEN DIRECTED US TO
REVIVE EFFORTS ON ADAPTATION AND
RESILIENCE PLANNING SO WE'RE IN
MODE OF DELIVERING ACROSS THE
BOARD MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE
HARDENING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND
GETTING OURSELVES IN THE BEST
POSITION TO MITIGATE THE RISKS
THAT ARE OCCURRING RIGHT NOW.
AND AGAIN, LEADING
ORGANIZATIONS, NASA, DOD, DOE,
DELIVERING IN MATERIAL WAYS LIKE
THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT CLIMATE
ASSESSMENT TOOL.
TOOLS THAT WE CAN ALSO EXPAND TO
BROADER AGENCY USE TO HAVE
OURSELVES IN THE MOST READY
POSITION.
TO THE MAINSTREAMING OF
SUSTAINABILITY I WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT IT'S NOT ONLY IN THE
JOB JARS OR ONLY ON THE RADAR
SCREENS OF THOSE WHO
SELF-COLLECT TO COME TO THE
SYMPOSIUM OR SELF-SELECT TO
ORGANIZE THE SYMPOSIUM.
IT'S A NECESSARY COMMUNITY THAT
WILL LEAD TO THE SUCCESS AS I
MENTIONED AND WE ALSO NEED TO
MAKE SURE ALL OF OR OTHER
FEDERAL COLLEAGUES ARE BOUGHT IN
AND HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE BASE AND
ARE THE PARTNERS WE NEED THEM TO
BE TO GO DELIVER ON THE PLAN SO
WORKING HARD ON THAT IN ADDITION
TO THE SPEAKER SERIES THAT IS
FLAGGED HERE.
PLEASE JOIN US APRIL 28th FOR
BILL AND I AND THE SPEAKERS
SERIES MONTHNYE AND THE SPEAKER SERIES.WE' RE ALSO WORKING WITH AGENCIES
AND AGENCIES LEADING ON THEIR
OWN LIKE DoD AND DHS ON
CLIMATE TRAINING SO THROUGHOUT
THE FEDERAL STRUCTURE AND THE
FEDERAL WORKFORCE.
MAKING SURE, AS I NOTED AT THE
TOP, WE'RE ADVANCING
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY
IN ALL WE DO AND SOME ADVANCE
PLANS ON THE EQUITY FRONT AND FRONT AND AN
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE STRATEGY
AS WE WORK THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR.
DOING SO BY REALLY EXPANDING
AGAIN ONE FOR LEARNING AND
SECOND FOR BRINGING MORE CLIMATE
ACTION TO THE TABLE.
IF WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEXT
SLIDE, SEE ONE THE MATERIAL WAYS
WE'RE DOING THAT THROUGH THE
GREENING GOVERNMENT INITIATIVE
HERE THAT WE KICKED OFF LEARNING
THE LEADER SUMMIT THIS TIME LAST
YEAR AND WORKING WITH OVER 40
COUNTRIES TO HELP DELIVER ON THE
SAME WORK THROUGH NATIONAL
OPERATIONS AND WHERE WE'RE
LEARNING FROM COUNTRIES SUCH AS
CANADA AND GERMANY AND ISRAEL ON
HOW THEY'RE DOING THE SAME KIND
OF WORK THAT WE'RE DOING SO WE
CAN IMPORT LESSONS WHERE WE CAN
AND WE'RE SHARING WITH THEM WHAT
WE'RE DOING SO THEY'RE
INCREASING THEIR AMBITION AS
WELL.
SO THAT TAKES US TO THE END.
I WOULD CALL ATTENTION TO A
COUPLE THINGS HERE.
SUSTAINABILITY.GOV IN GENERAL.
THAT'S WHERE WE SHARE MANY OF
THESE MATERIALS BUT ALSO
IMPORTANTLY BEING TRANSPARENT
ABOUT THE PROGRESS WE MAKE AS WE
MOVE FORWARD DEEPER INTO
IMPLEMENTATION.
AND TWO AS I CALL YOUR ATTENTION
TO THIS COVER OF THIS REPORT ON
THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PAGE, YOU
CAN FIND THAT AT
SUSTAINABILITY.GOV AND IT FINDS
ABOUT THE PILLARS AND THE PATH
FORWARD.
WITH THAT I WOULD SAY THANK YOU
KENNY AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE
QUESTIONS AND IT'S 11:29.
THANK YOU, ANDREW.
I'M GOING TO UNMUTE BUT NOT TURN
MY CAMERA ON AND IF PEOPLE HAVE
QUESTIONS FOR ANDREW NOW, IF YOU
WANT TO PUT THEM IN THE E-MAIL,
I WILL READ OFF THE QUESTIONS AS
THEY'RE RECEIVED.
RIGHT NOW I'M NOT SEEING ANY.
THE PRESENTATION SPEAKS FOR
ITSELF, KENNY.
[LAUGHTER]
>> WELL, I REALLY WANT TO THANK
YOU FOR COMING AND PRESENT TO GO
AND SHARING THE INFORMATION AS
YOU HAVE.
I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT
WE CONNECT WITH OUR LEADERSHIP
ON THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE TRYING
TO SUPPORT AND I KNOW ONE OF THE
QUESTIONS THAT I HAD WAS JUST
WHAT KIND OF SUPPORT ARE WE
GOING TO BE GETTING IN THE WAY
OF FUNDING AND IN ORDER TO I AM
NOT I GUESIMPLEMENT THEM WE HAVE TO FIND
FUNDING SOMEWHERE AND IT'S A
SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE FOR US.
>> YEP.
>> IF MAYBE YOU COULD SPEAK TO
THAT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
YOU KNOW, I'M A FORMER OMBER AS
YOU NOTED AND I HAVE A DEEP
APPRECIATION OF THE RESOURCE
NEED AND THE RESOURCE NEED FOR
AN AMBITIOUS PLAN LIKE THIS.
SO, THAT IS AT TOP OF MIND AND
TOP OF ACTION AND I WOULD SAY A
FEW ANECDOTAL THINGS ABOUT IT.
ONE IS, WHEN IT COMES TO
CRITICAL ISSUES LIKE ZERO
EMISSION FLEETS, WE FOUND OVER
$100 MILLION WE WERE ABLE TO
GAIN OVER $100 MILLION OF
DEDICATED INVESTMENT IN THE FY
'22 OMNIBUS SO WE HAVE, THANKS
TO CONGRESS AND OUR WORK WITH
CONGRESS, SIGNIFICANT SUPPORT.
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE KNOW
THAT WE NEED TO BOTH PLAN AND
IMPLEMENT DIFFERENTLY TO DELIVER
ON SUCH A TRANSFORMATIONAL PLAN
SO A COUPLE POINTS ON THAT.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING ON
THE PLANNING FRONT IS WE MOVE
THROUGH THE SYSTEMS-BASED
APPROACHES AS I MENTIONED,
BUILDING ON EXISTING SYSTEMS IS
LEADERSHIP HERE ON ZERO EMISSION
VEHICLES IS A GOOD EXAMPLE.
LEADERSHIP AT DEPARTMENT OF
ENERGY, OMB, GSA AND CEQ MAKING
SURE WE EMBED THE FINANCIAL
NEEDS, THE COSTS INTO THE ANNUAL
BUDGET CYCLE AND INTO OUR
EXISTING PLANNING SO WE'VE BEEN
WORKING HARD ON VERY TECHNICAL
TOOLS LIKE A-11 TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE'RE UTILIZING THE 11
CIRCULAR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
UTILIZING EXISTING TOOLS AND
WE'RE EMBEDDING THAT INTO THE
WORK AS WE MOVE FORWARD SO WE
HAVE A REALLY STRONG
RELATIONSHIP WITH THOSE LEADING
AGENCIES AND OUR PARTNERS IN THE
WHITE HOUSE AT OMB TO HELP MAKE
SURE THAT WE IDENTIFY THE
RESOURCES THAT ARE NECESSARY AND
EXECUTE ON THE RESOURCES
NECESSARY AND THE SECOND THING I
WOULD SAY IS THAT WE'RE AT A
TIME WHERE WE NEED TO USE NOT
ONLY THE APPROPRIATED FUNDING
THAT WE GET AND ASK FOR AND WE
NEED TO MAKE THOSE QUESTIONS AND
WE ALSO NEED TO PUSH FORWARD ON
CRITICAL PIECES OF THE
SUSTAINABILITY PLAN THAT HELP
DELIVER THE CAPITOL NECESSARY TO
DO THE WORK WE'RE TRYING DO.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF UTILITIES
COME TO US THROUGH THIS PROCESS
AND OFFER TO HELP WORK WITH US
TO BUILD THE -- IN THE
INFRASTRUCTUREINFRASTRUCTURE THE CHARGING
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR VEHICLES.
THAT'S A WAY THAT WE CAN PAY FOR
IT FOR SURE.
NOTHING IS FREE AS WE KNOW.
DO IT IN A SMARTER WAY, OVER
TIME, WITH THE UTILITY PARTNERS
VERSUS SEEK TO FIND A DIRECTIVE
THROUGH CONGRESSIONAL
COMMUNICATIONS IN ONE-YEAR SHOT.
WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT
ALTERNATIVE FINANCING MECHANISMS
THAT WAY AND ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE
THAT WE NEED TO BUILD AND EXPAND
ON IS THE PERFORMANCE
CONTRACTING, THE ABILITY TO
UTILIZE THAT TO TAKE OUR CAPITOL
DOLLAR FARTHER.
>> ANDREW, I KNOW WE'RE AT TIME
BUT IF YOU STILL HAVE TIME FOR A
FEW MORE QUESTIONS, THERE ARE A
BUNCH OF QUESTIONS THAT STARTED
COMING IN.
>> I DO HAVE A MEETING, LET'S GO
TO 11:40 AND I DEFINITELY WANTED
TO HAVE AN EXCHANGE.
>> YEAH.
OK.
SO THE FIRST QUESTION I HAVE,
GET BACK TO IT NOW, WHAT IS THE
BIGGEST CHALLENGE TO ACHIEVING
THE EV GOALS SET BY THE
ADMINISTRATION THAT YOU SEE?
>> JUST TO CLARIFY.
THAT WAS EV?
ELECTRIC VEHICLES?
>> YES, IS THERE AN INCENTIVE
FOR FOLKS TO GET ON BOARD WITH
EV?
>> YEAH.
WELL, I WOULD SAY THIS, I'VE
SPENT A GOOD CHUNK OF THE LAST
YEAR MEETING WITH OUR FEDERAL
PARTNERS AND LEADERS ON THIS
QUESTION AND A COUPLE THINGS
ABOUT THAT.
ONE WE STAND HERE WITH A VEHICLE
FLEET OF 650,000 VEHICLES AND
ABOUT 2% OF THAT FLEET BEING
ELECTRIC.
WE HAVE A BIG CHALLENGE TO SAY
THE LEAST.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE'VE GOT, AS
EVERYONE ON THIS CALL HAS SEEN
IN THE PAST YEAR, A MARKET THAT
IS MOVING RAPIDLY IN
REVOLUTIONARY AND
TRANSFORMATIONAL WAYS TO DELIVER
ON THAT PRODUCT AND PER
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S LOVE OF
VEHICLES AND CHALLENGE TO
AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS IN
PARTICULAR, WE'VE SEEN OVER THE
COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR, A MAJOR
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM FORD, GM,
OTHERS MOVING RAPIDLY TO
TRANSFORM THEIR FLEETS TO SELL
US THOSE PRODUCTS.
AND TO TRANSFORM THE CURRENT
MARKET FOR CRITICAL ISSUES LIKE
BATTERIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
CAN DELIVER ON THOSE IN THE
UNITED STATES TO THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
SO I'M BUOYED BY ALL OF THE
ACTIVITIES AND THE MOMENTUM.
I'M FROM A CHALLENGE
PERSPECTIVE, I WOULD BE
HARD-PRESSED TO POINT OUT ONE.
I'M INSPIRED BY HOW AGENCY
PARTNERS HAVE HOPPED ON A NUMBER
OF THEM WHICH I'LL CITE.
WHICH SON THE FUNDING ISSUE, FOR
EXAMPLE, WE'VE LEANED IN FOR OUR
REQUEST FOR CONGRESS TO ASK FOR
THE MONEY TO DELIVER ON THIS AND
WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED FULL FUNDING
BUT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK
SMARTLY TO GO DELIVER ON THOSE
GOALS.
WE'RE SEEING AGENCY FUNCTIONS
AND LEADERS WORK ACROSS
FUNCTION, WHICH IS ANOTHER
CHALLENGE, IS THE MAKING SURE
ACQUISITION AND BUILDINGS
MANAGERS AND FLETT MANAGERS ALL
WORK TOGETHER ON THIS AND THAT
THE CHANGE MANAGEMENT MOMENT AND
I'M, THAT'S ANOTHER CHALLENGE
AND I'M INSPIRED BY THE WORK
THAT IS HAPPENING ON THIS FRONT.
WE HAVE A CHALLENGE ON THE EV
FRONT ON THE SUPPLY AND EVERYONE
HERE IS FAMILIAR WITH THE SUPPLY
CHAIN ISSUES THAT WE'RE FACING
NOW IN GENERAL AND IN THIS
MARKET SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT
WE'LL OVERCOME OVER TIME BUT IN
THE SENSE IT'S BEEN A SUPPLY
THAT WE'RE IN A MOTION WHERE WE
HAVE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
WANTING AND ABLE TO BUY MORE
VEHICLES THAN MAYBE CURRENTLY
VILE ABLE SO WE'RE WORKING
THROUGH THAT CHALLENGE.
THOSE ARE THROW THINGS THAT I
NOTE THAT ARE DEFINITELY
CHALLENGE AND I'M SEEING A LOT
OF REASONS FOR HOPE AND
CONFIDENCE THAT WE'LL DELIVER ON
OUR GOALS.
>> WHERE DO COMPOSTING SYSTEMS
FIT INTO THE FEDERAL
SUSTAINABILITY PLAN AND
RECYCLING PLAN FOR ELECTRIC CAR
BATTERIES AND SOLAR PANELS?
>> SO, COMPOSTING AND RECYCLING
FOR BATTERIES AND SOLAR PANELS
IS WHAT I HEARD?
>> YEAH.
>> I'LL SAY A COUPLE THINGS
ABOUT THAT.
ONE IS, YOU KNOW, PER THE
10-PAGISH EXECUTIVE ORDER, AND
THE 20-PAGISH OMB MEMO THAT
ACCOMPANIED IT AND THE 60 PAGE
PLAN THAT WE POINTED OUT IN THE
LAST SLIDE, THERE'S A LOT THERE
TO THE FEDERAL SUSTAINABILITY
PLAN AND IT'S COMPREHENSIVE WHEN
IT COMES TO THE MAJOR TENANTS OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ADDRESSING
DECARBONIZATION.
IT IS A LIVING DOCUMENT STILL
WHERE THERE ARE DETAILS UNDER
AND IN BETWEEN THE PRIMARY
GOALS.
WHEN IT IT COMES TO ISSUES, LOOK
AT THE RECYCLING AND WASTE
MANAGEMENT SECTIONS OF THE PLAN
AND WHEN IT COMES TO COMPOSTING
AND THE RECYCLING OF SOLAR AND
BATTERY WELCOME YOU AGAIN TO THE
PLAN AND NOTE THAT THOSE ARE
CRITICAL DETAILS THAT HAVE COME
UP THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THE PLAN AND NOW THAT WE'RE IN
IMPLEMENTATION AND WE'LL BE
WORKING THROUGH THEM AS WE MOVE
THROUGH IMPLEMENTATION.
>> DO YOU HAVE TIME FOR ONE
MORE?
>> LET'S DO ONE MORE.
>> OK.
>> WE'LL BACK UP.
THERE THE UTILITIES ON FEDERAL
INSTALLATIONS OWN THEIR OWN RECS
IN THE FUTURE AND IS WASTE TO
ENERGY AND NUCLEAR ENERGY BEING
CONSIDERED?
>> ON THE FIRST QUESTION, WE'RE
DEVELOPING THE FINER POINTS OF
HOW WE DEFINE CARBON FREE
ELECTRICITY 100% CONSUMPTION AND
THAT THE ISSUE OF WHAT IS GOING
TO BE AND HOW THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT ACHIEVES THAT AND
WHAT IS THE WAY TO THAT CHIEF
THAT IN THE MOST CONSISTENT WITH
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LEADING
BY EXAMPLE.
STAY TUNED ON MORE OF THE FINAL
POINTS.
THAT'S POLL SIGNED DEVELOPMENT.
AND ON WASTE TO NUCLEAR.
THE SHORT STORY IS, PER THE
DEFINITION WHICH YOU CAN SEE IN
THE EXECUTIVE ORDER, AND THE
PLAN I WILL BE COMING OUT WITH
IMPLEMENTING INSTRUCTIONS WHICH
SHOULD BE HEADED TOWARDS AGENCY
OR VE VIEW AND RELATIVELY SHORT
ORDER AND FULL PUBLIC
PUBLICATION IN EARLY SUMMER IS
THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS
BASICALLY, LIKE HE HAS WITH THE
COUNTRY AND HE HAS WITH THE
WORLD, LEANED INTO A DEFINITION
THAT SAYS IT IS AN ALL THE ABOVE
STRATEGY SO IT INCLUDES NUCLEAR
AND ONE OF THE CRITICAL
DEFINITIONS OF THIS OF OUR
DEFINITION OF CARBON FREE
ELECTRICITY IS CARBON FREE
POLLUTION ELECTRICITY SO IT
INCLUDES IN THE DEFENS DEFENSE, FOR THE
FUTURE, WHERE CARBON CAN BE
CAPTURED AS LONG AS WE'RE IN
CARBON POLLUTION FREE AND WE CAN
TAKE FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SAY IN
SHORT ABOUT THAT BUT THE BIG
PICTURE IS ALL OF THE ABOVE
STRATEGY AND NUCLEAR IS INVOLVE
IT.
WITH THAT I WOULD SAY THANK YOU
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE
ENGAGEMENT AHEAD AND I'VE HAD
THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH AND
DISCUSS WITH THE PEOPLE
ATTENDING THIS SYMPOSIUM.
IF INVITED BACK, I WOULD LOVE TO
DO AN UPDATE NEXT YEAR WHERE
WE'RE HEADED AND AGAIN, AND I'M
EXCITE BESIDE THE ALIGNMENT AND
DECARBONIZATION THE WORK OF THE
NEXT THREE DAYS, IN ADDITION TO
ALL THE WORK THAT IS HAPPENING
OVER THE LAST 14 MONTHS ON A
TRULY TRANSFORMATIONAL JOURNEY
HERE IN FEDERAL SUSTAINABILITY.
>> WE APPRECIATE YOU GIVING US
YOUR TIME AND COMING AND SHARES
YOUR WORDS OF WISDOM AND FOR ALL
THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING IN
YOUR ROLL THERE AND WE'LL HAVE
YOU BACK.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WITH THAT I JUST SAY THAT FOLKS
CAN GO OFF TO YOUR TRACKS, THEY
SHOULD BE OPENING UP HERE IN
JUST A FEW MINUTES.
SO YOU CAN GO CHECK IN WITH EACH
OF THE TRACKS AND I APPRECIATE
YOU GUYS BEING HERE.
THANK YOU.