Vancouver Aims to be the Greenest City by 2020

There’s no better example to illustrate Vancouver’s reputation as a forward-looking and sustainable city than the success story that is the Green Economy. A sector that has grown exponentially in less than a decade, Vancouver’s Green Economy includes seven subsectors: - Local food - Green building design and construction - Clean technology, alternative energy and green building products - Green infrastructure, transportation and planning - Sustainability services and education - Land and water remediation and environmental consulting - Materials management and recycling Vancouver’s burgeoning success across these diverse areas ties directly into a City of Vancouver initiative, the Greenest City 2020 Action Plan. It calls for doubling the number of green and local food jobs, part of an overall vision to see Vancouver become the greenest city in the world by 2020. Since 2010, the Vancouver Economic Commission (VEC) has been evaluating the size and scale of the green economy and its overall potential — as well as taking concerted steps to foster its growth. For more information, visit the Vancouver Economic Commission http://www.vancouvereconomic.com/focus/green-economy/