A Better City: Enhancing Boston
A Better City is a diverse group of business leaders united around a common goal — to enhance Boston and the region’s economic health, competitiveness, sustainability and quality of life.
With 130 member companies across multiple sectors, A Better City operates between the private and public sectors using technical expertise and research capabilities to shape key policies, projects and initiatives.
We now have three green programs:
Driving Carbon Reductions
A Better City is helping Boston’s commercial real estate and business sectors reduce carbon emissions through both demand-side and supply-side innovations. The goal: to reduce carbon emissions to 25% below 1990 levels by 2020 and to 80% below by 2050.
Building Climate Resiliency
As the climate changes, our infrastructure must evolve as well. Greater Boston and Massachusetts must make its infrastructure resilient to climate change hazards like extreme temperature, rising seas and coastal storms.
A Better City is working with multiple stakeholders to monitor climate change projections, educate constituents, and provide adaptation tools and resources for decisions and planning around development.
Building Resiliency Toolkit
The Building Resiliency Toolkit provides information on potential structural interventions that can make commercial building more resilient to climate change.
A Better City
33 Broad St, 3rd Fl
Boston, MA 02109
617.502.6240