Presentation given at Hebrew University during CannaTech addressing issues of hemp, its uses, and global sustainability.

1. Sean Murphy
Hemp and Sustainability
Hebrew University, 3/8/16

3. When you besiege a city for many days to
wage war against it to seize it, do not destroy
its trees by swinging an axe against them, for
from it you will eat, and you shall not cut it
down.
Deuteronomy 20:19-20
Protecting God’s Creation

4. “I speak for the trees
for the trees have no tongues.”
The Lorax

5. “The Earth, our home, is beginning to
look like an immense pile of filth.”
Pope Francis

6. Behold. Hemp.

8. .3% THC

11. Publi
c
Private Alternatives
Land/Real Estate
Impact Bonds
& Grant Making

12. Investing in
the Hemp
Value Chain

14. Investing in
the Hemp
for Impact
1. Agriculture (food & medicine)
2. Water
3. Energy
4. Climate Change
5. Plastic/Lumber Replacement

15. The Hemp “Impact” Investor Question:
Do you target higher profit margins with consumer / ag tech products or
invest in lower profit margin businesses with a higher impact (e.g. seed
development, land, cultivation and industrial processing)?

17. UN Business Forum
Business Case for Corporate Climate Adaption Panel
Stuart Gulliver, CEO/Chairman, HSBC Bank

18. ROBERT. H. HERZ
Former Chairman, FASB
MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG
SASB, Chair of the Board
Did you know?
89% of global institutional investors will request sustainability
information directly from companies, but only 10% of
companies are integrating sustainability metrics into 10-K
filings.

25. Food

33. Hemp as Technology

36. Acquisitions

38. Media/PRLegal Counsel
Melissa Mellen Patrick ReaAndrew Stoll David LinkDoug Brown
Advisor Advisor Mentor
Editorial Advisors Writers & Researchers

39. Arcview Market Research
Deputy Editor (3rd Edition)
Carla Ooyen, MBA
Research Director

40. 1. Food
- Dairy
- Bread
- Grains
- Beverages
- Snack Foods
- Packaged and
Prepared Foods
- Condiments
2. Supplements
3. Personal Care
4. Consumer Textile
5. Other Consumer
- Pet Food
- Pet Supplements
- Household Cleaners
- Paper
- Jewelry/Crafts
- Other
6. Industrial Applications
- Automotive
- Green building
- Industrial Textiles
- Bedding Materials
- BioFuels
- BioPlastics
- Oil Wells
- Other
7. Hemp CBD
Market Sectors Breakdown

41. Global Hemp Industry (2014-2015)
26% Growth
CBD Industry (2015)
$85M
U.S. Hemp Industry (2020)
$1.5B

46. Europe going Flat in 2016… what does it mean?

47. • France as Europe’s biggest hemp grower with 11,450 ha under the crop in
2015. Rounding out the top five were Lithuania (2,367 ha); Italy (2,070 ha);
Croatia (1,600 ha); and Germany (1,486 ha).
France LCDA 5500 Italy Assocanapa 2000
Internal Eurochanvre 1800
Dun Agro 1172
• Hurd processed for hempcrete is selling for between €350-€360 per ton on
the continent, and sources say the straw is available, however
transportation costs can considerably impact the end price. Source EHIA
The Netherlands HempFlax 572
Germany HempFlax (west) 541
HempFlax/BaFa (east) 120
Austria BaFa (with HempFlax) 150

48. What’s Really Going On?

55. The Agriculture Act oF 2014 “The Farm Bill”
Passes (Feb. 2014)

58. • Colorado registered 164 growers this year,
with about 3,512 acres outside and
487,000 square feet of indoor grows,
including 14 in Pueblo County.
• Colorado farmers planted 2,000 acres of h
emp in 2015, up about 250 acres in 2014.

59. Behold. A Colorado CBD Hemp Field.

60. And a Colorado CBD Hemp harvest.

61. The Hemp Wars?
Pueblo, Colorado

62. U.S. Challenges
1. Full Federal Commercial Legalization
2. Seed Quality and Availability
3. Federal Farm Programs and Pesticides

63. Market Opportunities
1. Innovations Across Value Chain
2. Education: Farmer and Public
3. Hemp CBD Market

70. The time to get involved in hemp is now.