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Vancouver Valuation Accord“Assigning Value to Sustainability” Valuations and appraisals are international, standards-based tools used by and for companies, individuals, governments, finance, investment, development, shareholders, insurers and a wide variety of others. Governed by professions, they are a fundamental aspect of everyday business, largely focused on value. The Vancouver Valuation Accord is a response to the evolving importance of sustainability and the need for its implications to be understood in valuations and appraisals. It is a commitment to review sustainability and valuation, including education, standards and practices, with the aim of improving understanding of their relationship. The Accord will be developed and managed through this web site, www.vancouveraccord.org. Download the Vancouver Valuation Accord The Accord was signed at the Vancouver Valuation Summit, held March 2, 2007 at the Westin Bayshore Hotel and Resort in Vancouver, Canada The Vancouver Valuation Accord was signed by Gordon Campbell, the Premier of British Columbia, as well as an international conglomerate of bodies responsible for appraisals and valuation, signalling a declaration of the importance of cementing sustainability in business practices. Signing the Accord were BC Premier Gordon Campbell, the Appraisal Institute and Appraisal Institute of Canada, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, World Green Building Council, Canada Green Building Council, Building Owners and Managers Association, US Green Building Council, Union of Pan American Valuers, Centre of Advanced Property Economics, BC Hydro, BLJC Workplace Solutions Inc. and the Town of View Royal.
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