Bellevue's Environmental Stewardship Initiative is the city's sustainability program, which oversees a range of actions designed to help the city achieve its climate, sustainability and environmental goals. To learn more about our goals and targets, visit the Environmental Stewardship Plan page.
What's New
- Solarize Eastside: We're excited to announce our new program helping Bellevue community members install solar panels on their homes and businesses. Participants who sign up by July 4 will receive a detailed solar proposal at a reduced rate from a partner solar installer and can easily schedule dates for panel installation. Learn more and register for an upcoming workshop!
- EarthFest 2025: Where can you play with worms, take a guided garden walk, and learn about Bellevue’s clean energy rebate programs? EarthFest, of course! Join us for our second annual event in celebration of environmental stewardship at the Bellevue Botanical Garden on Saturday, April 19. Bring the whole family to enjoy activities ranging from garden tours and interactive arts booths to clean energy workshops. Additionally, provide input on the Sustainable Bellevue Plan Update.
- 2023 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory:
- Executive Summary: Read the executive summary for results for our citywide and municipal operations inventories, including changes since our last inventory in 2022, and progress since our baseline year of 2011.
- Methodology Report: Read the methodology report for an overview of the data sources and methodology used to produce our 2023 inventory.
- Environmental Performance Dashboard: Visit the dashboard to explore our 2023 results in depth, and our progress toward our other sustainability goals and targets from the Sustainable Bellevue Plan.
2026-2030 Sustainable Bellevue Environmental Stewardship Plan Update: The ESI team launched our 2026-2030 Sustainable Bellevue Plan update with the City Council on Oct. 29. Guided by our new greenhouse gas emissions reduction target of 95% by 2050 in the Comprehensive Plan, the city will focus on updating the Plan’s strategies and actions to meet our 2030 goals and beyond. There will be many opportunities to engage on the plan update throughout the process, including at EarthFest 2025. Please visit Engaging Bellevue and subscribe to our Newsletter to ensure you don't miss an update.
Recent Reports
- EV Roadmap: Read the City's plan to prepare for more EVs and EV drivers in the coming decades.
- 2022 Greenhouse Gas Inventory Updates:
- Executive Summary: Including our 2022 Inventory Results, retroactive updates, Contribution Analyses, and Emissions Wedge Analysis results.
- Methodology Report: Detailing the updates we made to our 2022 and all previous inventories to incorporate the most current methodology.
- Environmental Performance Dashboard: We've launched a new Environmental Performance Dashboard with interactive graphs and charts to help you explore our progress in detail.
- 2021 Urban Tree Canopy Assessment: Our 2021 Urban Tree Canopy Assessment is now available.
- Tree Code Update: City staff completed a comprehensive review of tree code provisions and developed amendments. These updates to the Tree Code were adopted by City Council in July 2024, and impact tree retention, tree preservation and replacement, and tree protection.
- Air Quality and Land Use Planning Report: Check out our latest report looking at the impact of air quality on development near freeways.
- Climate Vulnerability Assessment: This report outlines the potential impacts of climate change on Bellevue and strategies for increasing resilience.
Tracking Progress
The city tracks progress on implementing the Sustainable Bellevue Plan and on progress toward achieving the city's environmental goals. For more information on the plan implementation progress, to the: Sustainable Bellevue Plan Implementation Tracker, which includes progress updates on the 78 actions in the plan.
We have launched a new Environmental Performance Dashboard where you can explore the results of our 2022 Greenhouse Gas Inventory updates and much more.
Council Updates
Updates to the Bellevue City Council on Progress
The presentation materials, agenda, minutes, and videos from previous Council presentations on the Environmental Stewardship Initiative can be found below:
- October 29, 2024 Sustainable Bellevue Plan Update Launch
- September 24, 2024 Environmental Stewardship Quarterly update, Management Brief
- July 9, 2024 Environmental Stewardship Quarterly Update
- April 16, 2024 Environmental Stewardship Quarterly Update
- December 11, 2023 Environmental Stewardship Quarterly Update
- September 11, 2023 Environmental Stewardship Quarterly Update
- June 5, 2023 Environmental Stewardship Initiative Quarterly Update
- March 6, 2023 Environmental Stewardship Initiative Quarterly Update: 2022 Accomplishments and 2023 Workplan
- December 5, 2022 Eastside Climate Partnership Interlocal Agreement
- November 28, 2022 Environmental Stewardship Quarterly Update (written update)
- October 24, 2022 Environmental Stewardship Proposed Operating and Capital Budget
- July 18, 2022 Environmental Stewardship Quarterly Update and 2021 Progress Reporting
- April 25, 2022 Environmental Stewardship Quarterly Update
- February 7, 2022 Environmental Stewardship Quarterly Update and 2022 Workplan
- October 18, 2021 Environmental Stewardship Quarterly Update
- July 19, 2021 Environmental Stewardship Quarterly Update and 2020 Environmental Performance Report
- March 22, 2021 Environmental Stewardship Quarterly Update and 2021 Workplan
For presentations to Council on the Environmental Stewardship Plan update and adoption, go to: 2021-2025 Environmental Stewardship Plan | City of Bellevue (bellevuewa.gov)
Community Engagement
Sustainable Bellevue Plan Community Engagement and Updates
The Environmental Stewardship Team strives to host two community townhalls per year, to engage the community on the implementation of the Sustainable Bellevue Plan and to provide updates on plan implementation progress. Visit our project pages for more information on community engagement related to projects.
The presentations from our recent townhall meetings are linked below.
March 19, 2024 Sustainable Bellevue Townhall
March 29, 2023 Sustainable Bellevue Townhall