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Constant Contact Survey Results Survey Name: Greening of VT Business 2012 Status: Partial & Completed Filter: None 6/3/2014 2:29 PM EDT Is your business participating in or planning to participate in

1 Constant Contact Survey Results Survey Name: Greening of VT Business 2012 Status: Partial & Completed Filter: None 6/3/2014 2:29 PM EDT Is your business participating in or planning to participate in any practices that you would consider environmentally-friendly? (recycling, paperless procedures, use of energy star-quality bulbs, etc...)if "yes", please continue with the survey.if "no", we thank you for your time, and please feel free to exit the survey as the remaining questions are not likely applicable to your business. Yes % No % No % Page 1

2 Please indicate your business industry. Agriculture and Forestry % Construction % Educational Services % Finance and Insurance % Health Care and Social % Assistance Hotel and Restaurant % Information % Manufacturing % Professional, Technical % Retail trade % Transportation and 1 <1 % Warehousing Utilities % Wholesale Trade % Other % No % Please indicate the number of employees in your organization % % % % Totals % Have you ever performed a "green audit" within your business? A green audit would be a general review of business processes to determine if and how overall consumption could be reduced (energy, water, office supplies, etc...) Yes % No % No % Page 2

3 Please indicate which environmentally-friendly initiatives your organization currently practices. Check all that apply. Recycling % Power and energy % conservation (Example: use of energy star-quality bulbs) Renewable energy % (Example: Solar, wind, hydro-power) Water conservation % (Example: High-efficiency plumbing fixtures) Waste prevention (Example: % Discourage use of paper products, reduction in packaging) Paperless procedures % (Example: Scanning and shredding, paperless invoicing) Purchasing (Example: Post % consumer recycled paper, Environmentally-friendly cleaning supplies) Environmental Community % projects (Example: Group tree planting or "clean-up" event) Other % Totals % Do you track your environmental performance in any of the following areas? Energy efficiency % Solid waste % Recycling % Organics composting % Environmental Purchasing % Other % Totals % Page 3

4 Please indicate which environmentally-friendly initiatives your organization intends to implement or expand upon within the next 3 years. Check all that apply. Recycling % Power and energy % conservation Renewable energy % Water conservation % Waste prevention % Paperless procedures % Purchasing % Environmental Community % projects Other % Totals % Does your organization intend to: Increase your % implementation of green practices in the next 3 years? Decrease its number of % green practices in the next 3 years? Remain static with regard to % its number of green practices in the next 3 years? Totals % If your business currently participates in environmentally-friendly initiatives did you work with an outside agency to develop and/or implement your initiatives? Yes % No % No % If you answered "yes" to question #9, what organization did you work with? Page 4

5 53 Does your business communicate any of its environmental performance to customers? Yes % No % No % If your business currently participates in environmentally-friendly initiatives, please help us determine the costs associated versus rewards received by checking all answers that apply to your business. Our green initiatives have % increased our business' bottom line through cost savings. Our green initiatives have % increased our business' bottom line through increased sales. Our green initiatives have % decreased our business' bottom line due to an increase in costs associated with those efforts. Our environmental initiatives % have contributed to our business' overall success. The impact on our business' % bottom line is not a key factor in our decision to implement green initiatives. Totals % Has your organization ever researched the possibility of or partaken in a government grant, subsidy, tax incentive or loan to implement an environmentally-friendly practice? Yes % No % Totals % If yes to Question 13, please indicate the program utilized. Page 5

6 45 Does your business mission statement include an environmental commitment? Yes % No % No % Rank the motivating factors for your business in regard to the implementation of "green" practices. 1 = Most Motivating Answer Ranking Score* Cost savings Marketability of "green" image Genuine environmental concern *The Ranking Score is the weighted average calculated by dividing the sum of all weighted rankings by the number of total responses Do you believe that there should be legislation in place to mandate VT businesses to implement environmentally-friendly initiatives? Yes % No % Totals % Page 6

ING Bank s Green Bond. January 2016

ING Bank s Green Bond. January 2016 ING Bank s Green Bond January 2016 ING Bank green bond In November 2015, ING Bank issued its first green bond, raising around EUR 1.2 billion across 2 tranches. Let s first have a look at the difference