Environmental Commitment at PNC - an Overview
Presentation by Ian Jackson, Vice President for Community Development Banking at PNC
Presented at Columbus Green Building Forum's 2011 Green Building EXPO
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1. Environmental Commitment:
OVERVIEW
• PNC strives to integrate our day-to-day business
practices with environmental responsibility
• These green business practices enable us to…
— reduce our environmental footprint
— improve efficiency and lower costs
— increase employee satisfaction and productivity
— enhance the communities where we operate
— educate and engage individuals on environmental
issues
• Started in 2000 when we built our first green
building
— Firstside Center opened as the nation’s largest
LEED certified building (650,000 SF)
2. Environmental Commitment:
BUILDING GREEN
• First green bank branch in the U.S. • More newly constructed LEED
— We hold the trademark for Green certified buildings (103) than any
Branch® locations company on Earth
• Currently 136 LEED certified projects • Achieved first LEED Platinum
— Over 100 Green Branch locations certification for regional headquarters
— More than 2.5 million SF certified in Washington, DC
3. Environmental Commitment:
BEING GREEN
• Transparent Reporting
— Publish annual Corporate Responsibility Report
— Participate in the Carbon Disclosure Project
• Energy Efficiency
— Developed company-wide energy strategy that
carefully tracks usage, installs efficient systems, and
encourages conservation
— Set goal to reduce building energy consumption 30%
by 2020 (using 2009 baseline)
• Waste Management
— Set goal to provide recycling at all facilities and
composting at all dining locations by 2013
— Pursue ways to reduce, reuse, and donate materials
to further eliminate waste
• Paper Reduction
— Launched War on Paper campaign to reduce paper
consumption by 10% in 2011
• Employee Engagement
— Host a Sustainability Community on intranet site for
employees to learn and share ideas
— Expand Green Teams network
4. Environmental Commitment:
BANKING GREEN
• Online Banking and free ATMs
— PNC online banking tools, including the innovative Virtual Wallet, allows
customers to save trips to the bank, gas and paper.
— In 2006, PNC became the first major bank to offer its customers free access
to ATMs worldwide.
• Energy Capital Group
— PNC Equipment Leasing runs an industry leading, full service capital
provider to the renewable energy and demand side management segments
— PNC is a market leader that delivers renewable energy solutions to
commercial businesses and all levels of government
• Small Business Green Lending
— Provides 50% off initiation fees and 0.5% rate reduction for $500,000 (or
less) energy efficiency project loans
— Projects include the purchase of low-emission fleet vehicles, Energy Star
appliances, water efficient fixtures, and efficiency upgrades to existing
systems
• Energy Efficient Mortgages
— PNC is the leading lender of FHA Energy Efficient Mortgages