Place is essential for your bottom line, for your workforce, for the community, for the planet. The ESGP tool brings environmental, social and governance (ESG) into the site selection process, by integrating commuter emissions, racial demographics, and concentration of job types into site evaluation.Read more about the research behind this tool in the Where Matters report.

With ESGP, business decision-makers finally have a way to see the full picture when it comes to site selection, further supporting organizational priorities to operationalize ESG.

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How to use this tool

Use this tool to compare potential business sites across Northeast Ohio. Enter up to five addresses to compare them across the following factors:

  • Access to Talent — How big is the labor pool within a 30-minute car commute, and a 30-minute public transit commute?
  • Racial Equity — What are the racial and ethnic demographics of the available labor force?
  • Commuter Emissions — What are the environmental impacts of workers commuting to this site?

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Access to Talent

How big is the labor pool within a 30-minute commute?

workers within a 30-minute car commute

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workers within a 30-minute transit commute

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workers within a 30-minute walk commute

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workers within a 30-minute bike commute

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What does employment look like near your potential site?

employment snapshot

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What will a car or public transit commute cost your potential workforce?

average commute cost

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for a person workforce

commute by car

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commute by transit

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show minimum-wage labor hours required to cover average daily commute cost

Racial Equity

What are the racial and ethnic demographics of the available labor force?

diversity of labor pool by car commute

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diversity of labor pool by transit commute

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Commuter Emissions

What is the daily environmental impact of the average worker commuting to this site?

daily greenhouse gas emissions

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Bikescore

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For more information, contact:

Bryce Sylvester, Director of Site Strategies
Team NEO
[email protected]
440-570-1916

About this Tool

Place is essential for your bottom line, for your workforce, for the community, for the planet. The ESGP tool brings environmental, social and governance (ESG) into the site selection process, by integrating commuter emissions, racial demographics, and concentration of job types into site evaluation.

The ESGP tool emerged from, “Where Matters,” an analysis published by the Fund for Our Economic Future and Team NEO that explored how business location influences access to talent, access to racially diverse talent and commuter carbon emissions in addition to the traditional site selection factors of time, risk and money. Published in September 2021, this report makes the case for better tools to enable informed decision-making that can improve both business success and broader economic outcomes. With ESGP, business decision-makers finally have a way to see the full picture when it comes to site selection, further supporting organizational priorities to operationalize ESG.

Enter up to 5 site addresses, a place name, or click on the map to learn about the number of potential workers within a 30-minute commute by car or transit, racial diversity of the area, and the climate impact of commutes to that location.

The map shows the scores of your selections in the context of all of the scores in Northeast Ohio. You may use the check boxes and sliders above the map to change the weighting of each factor in the overall score. See the methodology for more information about how the scores are calculated.

The map also shows the locations of job hubs in the region. Job hubs are concentrated places of economic activity in Northeast Ohio. This tool is intended to be used in conjunction with site selection tools like Zoom Prospector. Please reach out to Team NEO if you’d like to discuss sites in Northeast Ohio.

For more information, contact:

Bryce Sylvester, Director of Site Strategies
Team NEO
[email protected]
440-570-1916

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