RELEASE: City's Office of Sustainability Publishes Fifth Annual Thrive Report

City's Office of Sustainability Publishes Fifth Annual Thrive Report

Metrics and data from Indy's sustainability and resilience action plan updated to mark World Environment Day 2025
 


INDIANAPOLIS –  Today, the Indianapolis Office of Sustainability released its fifth annual report on metrics outlined in Thrive Indianapolis ("Thrive"), the first sustainability and resilience action plan in the city's history. Reporting on the previous year’s accomplishments, and published to coincide with World Environment Day, the 2024 Thrive Annual Report is available to read here.

"Projects, people, and funding have all been mobilized in our city to help improve overall sustainability and resilience to stressors since Thrive Indianapolis was adopted five years ago," said Mo McReynolds, Director of the Indianapolis Office of Sustainability. "Many stories in this annual report illustrate hope and progress toward the overarching goals, while others may demonstrate opportunities for further public-private collaboration. One thing is for certain: there is room for everyone to get involved in making Indianapolis a cleaner, healthier city for the generations to come after us."

The original 59 action items, thirteen of which have been achieved to date, are measured by 27 annually reported output metrics and 18 additional performance metrics (to be reported every three years). These metrics include:

  • Number of certified green buildings in Marion County

  • Number of publicly available electric vehicle charging stations

  • Percent of residents with health insurance

  • Number of electric vehicles registered in Indianapolis

  • Number of annual days air quality impacts vulnerable populations

  • Percent of commuters who drive alone

  • Percent of population with a high school diploma or higher

The 2024 Thrive Annual Report also includes highlights on various community programs and projects that demonstrate collective progress toward climate resilience and carbon mitigation under the eight Thrive elements: Built Environment, Economy, Energy, Food & Agriculture, Natural Resources, Public Health & Safety, Transportation & Land Use, and Waste & Recycling. These additional highlights include:

  • SPARK on the Circle

  • Indy Parks public Wi-Fi initiative

  • AES Indiana's commitment to transitioning its last coal plant

  • Upgrades and expansions to the city-owned community gardens

  • Haughville Riverfront Vision Plan

  • Vision Zero

  • IndyGo Purple Line Launch

  • Indianapolis Event Waste Guide

Indianapolis community members and organizations interested in collaborating or forming partnerships that will contribute to a stronger, more resilient city are invited to email sustainindy@indy.gov to discuss opportunities.

Additional updates on Thrive and related partnerships can be found by signing up for email updates at ThriveIndianapolis.com/News or by following the Office of Sustainability on social media.

About Thrive Indianapolis
Thrive Indianapolis, adopted into the Indianapolis-Marion County Comprehensive Plan in February 2019, is the first sustainability and resilience action plan in our city's history. Thrive prioritizes community collaboration to achieve equity in city policy, planning, and project implementation and guides a path to citywide carbon neutrality by 2050. It contains 16 key objectives and 59 ambitious but achievable actions that stakeholders will strive to accomplish by 2025. It is a roadmap to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and ensure that all of Indianapolis is prepared for and resilient to climate change. For more information, visit thriveindianapolis.com.

 

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Lindsay Trameri