1. Economy and Monetary Systems
that support people and sustainable
living
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André Schneider
Andre.Schneider@AndreSchneider-GlobalAdvisory.com

2. Key Pathways
• Beyond GDP: Sustainable economy commission ensures systemic policies
and beyond GDP indicators that promote socio-ecological benefits
• From Debt to Investments for Sustainability: From a debt based economy
to an economy that encourages savings to fund long-term investments in
green economy sectors and innovations for sustainable living
• New Financial Instruments: Testing new financial instruments and
facilitating open dialogue between financiers and the public to restore
trust
• Support for Alternative Economies and new Business Models: Support
for alternative economies, currencies, and new business models that
support sustainable living
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3. How to configure a sustainable economy?
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Increasing Dependency on Fossil Energies: World Consump on of Fossil Energy (Indexed on 1980)
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World Freshwater Overconsump on: % of countries using more than their freshwater available

4. Support for Alternative Economies
Reconfiguring economy towards Sustainability -
Competititvity in a resource constrained world
In partnership with

5. Competitiveness: Today and Tomorrow
• Competitiveness is mostly defined around the following important elements:
– Key for factor-driven economies:
• Institutions
• Infrastructure
• Macroeconomic environment
• Health and primary education
– Key for efficiency-driven economies:
• Higher education and training
• Goods market efficiency
• Labour market efficiency
• Financial market development
• Technological readiness
• Market size
– Key for innovation-driven economies:
• Business sophistication
• Innovation

6. Resources and Competitiveness
Resources
Crucial Inputs for own use or export
• Create wealth
• Combat poverty
• Create jobs
• Create social
structures and
support
Debt drains
resources
from the
government
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7. Resources and Competitiveness
If resources are missing they
have to be bought on the
Resources
global market, hence
exposing the country and its
popula on to price evolu ons
Crucial Inputs for own use or export
and resources scarcity on the
global market
• Create wealth
• Combat poverty
• Create jobs
• Create social
structures and
support
Debt drains
resources
from the
government
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8. Resources and Competitiveness
If resources are missing they
have to be bought on the
Resources
global market, hence
exposing the country and its
Will possibly popula on to price evolu ons
Crucial Inputs for own use or export
increase debt and resources scarcity on the
global market
• Create wealth
• Combat poverty
• Create jobs
• Create social
structures and
support
Debt drains
resources
from the
government
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9. Resources and Competitiveness
If resources are missing they
have to be bought on the
Resources
global market, hence
exposing the country and its
Will possibly popula on to price evolu ons
Crucial Inputs for own use or export
increase debt and resources scarcity on the
global market
• Create wealth
• Combat poverty
• Create jobs
• Create social
structures and
support
Debt drains
resources
from the
government
Will reduce the
governments capability
to deliver the social
outcomes, and hence
social unrest will increase
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10. Case of Italy
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11. The case of Italy
Increase of over 50%
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12. The case of Italy
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13. Rethinking Competitiveness
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14. Creating the Right Support:
Financing the Infrastructures for the
Future
In partnership with

15. How to secure such investments?
 We need important investments into sustainable infrastructures (like mobility, alternative
energies, alternative urban development, resource protection and management) to assure in
2050 the right infrastructures to support a sustainable society and economy.
 But in the past these investments were mainly be done by governments and development
banks.
 Today we need to find alternative financing, as the debt situation (which will worsen also due
to the need to procure resources) of countries will not allow them to cover all the necessary
infrastructure investments to timely implement this massive change.
 This implies that we need to create investment vehicles into sustainable infrastructure that
offer long-term and fixed income investments to attract institutional investors. This to bring
together an increased long-term stability of institutional investors, especially pension funds,
and the development of a more sustainable future.
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