5. Ecopreneuring Opportunity Finders Do more with less See the larger system Find a new business model Solve the future’s problems now Measure impact and resource use Empower the disempowered Seek leverage for good
9. Elizabeth Whalen Lessons See the larger system Seek leverage for good Solve the future’s problems now Image copyrightfotopeidia 2010
10. Tangerine Power Stanley Florek Goals More solar power Local community ownership Barriers 75% of homes unsuitable Large up front cost Huge minimums Projects and owners are distant Answer: Community supported energy
11. Community Solar Power Ordinary citizen ownership Sun Slices $1000 investment $100/year return Solar on prominent community buildings Schools, churches, government buildings Reduce NIMBY
12. What’s in it for stakeholders? Property Owner Save Money Make Money Community Investor Corporate Investor Pay Less Taxes Everybody: Make the world better Confidential. Copyright 2011, Tangerine Power Corporation
13. How to Avoid SEC Restrictions Investors all in WA Cooperative structure User ownership User control Proportional distribution of benefits
14. How to Get 10% Annual Return WA State Feed-in tariffs Guaranteed right to sell power to the grid Guaranteed higher prices Combined 4 tariff multipliers Solar + Public building + Community funded + Equipment manufactured in WA ~$0.10/kWhr -> $1.08/kWhr
15. Sample Customers Corvallis High School Phase 1- 2.1kW Phase 2 - 100kW est. June 2011 City of Edmonds 75kW ($750,000) System Copyright 2011, Tangerine Power Corporation
16. Tangerine Power Lessons Find a new business model Solve future problems now See the larger system Community support Regulations Feed-in tariffs Local manufacturing
17. Dawn Danby Putting sustainability in design tools Image copyright Fast Company 2010 Image copyright Autodesk 2010
24. Lessons From Dawn Danby Measure impact and resource use Seek leverage for good See the larger system Photo Copyright Autodesk 2010
25. Saul Good Gifts Friend suggested gift baskets Hated gift baskets Wasteful Bulky Who buys and why? Sustainable alternative?
26. How to get started BGI studies give confidence and business skills Fellow student designs box Borrowed $10K Runbusiness out of bedroom 30 hours a week job
27. Breakthrough Van City Enterprises Development arm of Van City Bank Welcome gift new home owners Sustainable cleaning products
28. Growth of the Business Expand new homes business Other industries Christmas gift boxes Sales promotions Hire the right people Operations Schedule and ship Purchasing Finance Accounting and cash flow
29. Saul Good Gifts Lessons Do more with less Ultra low overhead Box not basket Empower the disempowered
30. Jed Lazar and Shauna Lambert Entrepreneurship class project Never had a business before Keep it simple Cheap to start Show super-sustainable business Deliver soup lunches by bicycle in Portland
31. Getting Started Then First customers are fellow students 6 months to get to 100 delivery’s a week 60-80 hour weeks Profitable in six months Now 500 deliveries a week 7 employees Partnership with local farmers Cook what they grow Uses lots of veggies Blemished, but good
32. Why it Works Customer benefits Good, convenient, healthy food Support sustainability Portland bicycle madness Hope, not just soup Operational benefits Fuel Capital cost Order lunch a week ahead Parking!
33. Soup Cycle Lessons Do more with less The happiness stuff ratio Solve the future’s problems now It doesn’t have to be grandiose
34. Callie Ridolfi Working for EPA on Superfund clean up Coeur d’Alene Tribe How to restore their ancestral lands Lake fish dying Upstream: mining killing fish Downstream: 100s of swans die in wetlands Callie agreed to represent the tribe
35. Liked Working with the Tribe Respectful of people and land Committed to stewardship Patient They want my help Need env. engineering Stand up to mining co. I learn from them
36. Coeur D’Alene Impact From 21 square miles to the whole Coeur D’Alene basin $50M to $3B cleanup Asarco pays $300M Creates decades of jobs for the tribe
37. Many Other Tribes Mining, facility closures, Hanford Brought about massive cleanups Ridolfi, Inc. grew to 20 employees
38. Lessons from Ridolfi, Inc. Seek leverage for good Measure impact and resource use Empower the disempowered
39. Sustainability and CSR Managers Fortune 10 oil company Columbia Forest Products HP materials stewardship REI CSR Corvalis Taylor Shellfish Many more
40. Visit the BGI Website www.bgi.edu or Google “BGI MBA” www.bgi.edu
Editor's Notes
That is all very well, but what does it feel like to think about making your business more sustainable
Many feel sustainability is about stopping, that it gets in the way of business. But what is the rest of the story?
Save Family farms. New revenue, climate change, pollution problems, biogas750 Kilowatts, 400 homes, Replaces $100K of sawdust for beddingProvides easy to use liquid fertilizer Avoids fines Look at your waste stream. I’m willing to bet there is money there!
Airborne Toxic Control Measure.
One of 20 most creative people in business: Fast Co. Sustainable-Design Program Manager
Autodesk Inventor – Eco Materials AdviserEco impact data from Granta DesignImage source: http://www.grantadesign.com/images/autodesk/EMA-in-inventor-large.jpg
