Presentation to provide a general overview of sustainability to young professional engineers. Additional slides in the deck that we never got a chance to go through in the class but included here for your information
Profitable Green Strategies for Small Enterpriseschrisyalonis
This 2010 slide presentation was presented to an SBA development center group by Chris Yalonis. It covers the business case for sustainability in small businesses.
This document provides a summary of Chris Oestereich's background and expertise. It lists his work experience leading zero waste programs at grocery stores, as well as his writing contributions to various publications. It also outlines his education, including an MBA from Olin Business School and a Masters in Environmental Management from Harvard. The document promotes Chris Oestereich's consulting services for developing circular economy and zero waste programs in supply chains and retail.
Andrea Beltramello at Innovation Forum in Reykjavik, May 2012Nordic Innovation
This document discusses the need for green growth and innovation to address environmental challenges like climate change, water scarcity, and biodiversity loss expected by 2050. It outlines the OECD's green growth framework and key policies like pricing pollution, subsidy reform, and supporting green technologies. Challenges include overcoming inertia in large capital investments and fostering both incremental and breakthrough innovation. Public research spending and policies need to guide technological change while balancing predictability with flexibility. International cooperation is also important for large environmental problems.
Thriving in the Circular Economy: Product Design and Business Practices for “...Antea Group
With current and upcoming resource constraints, plus society's growing disapproval of "disposable" products, it's time to design and offer products to leverage existing resources and keep them in the economy after use. This webinar will walk participants along the path from the make-and-waste Linear Economy to the use-and-reuse Circular Economy.
The Circular Economy sounds good financially and environmentally, but how does one actually transform an industry from the Linear to the Circular Economy? This presentation (given by Pamela Gordon as part of the NAEM 2017 webinar series) will provide specific ways of implementing Circular Economy design and business practices at manufacturing companies, with examples from the tech industry that will inspire all industries.
Environmental Product Stewardship in Emerging and Transitioning MarketsAntea Group
Product Stewardship is an environmental management strategy that means whoever designs, produces, sells, or uses a product takes responsibility for minimizing the product's environmental impact throughout all stages of the products' life cycle, including end of life management. The greatest responsibility lies with whoever has the most ability to affect the full life cycle environmental impacts of the product. This is most often the producer of the product, though all within the product chain of commerce have roles. This presentation covers EPS drivers and regulations, then takes a deeper look at what this looks like in emerging and transitioning economies in countries like India, South Africa, Indonesia, Singapore, China, Mexico, Peru, and Brazil.
Sustainable supply chains - from theory to practiceiskandaruz
The document discusses sustainable supply chains from theory to practice. It introduces UnitedLog and defines sustainability in terms of balancing social, environmental and economic needs. Key drivers for more sustainable supply chains include increasing regulations and fuel prices. The document outlines measuring emissions, tools for sustainability improvements, and examples of sustainable initiatives from companies. It emphasizes the need for a holistic view to balance traditional efficiency and emissions reductions for long term profitability.
Profitable Green Strategies for Small Enterpriseschrisyalonis
This 2010 slide presentation was presented to an SBA development center group by Chris Yalonis. It covers the business case for sustainability in small businesses.
This document provides a summary of Chris Oestereich's background and expertise. It lists his work experience leading zero waste programs at grocery stores, as well as his writing contributions to various publications. It also outlines his education, including an MBA from Olin Business School and a Masters in Environmental Management from Harvard. The document promotes Chris Oestereich's consulting services for developing circular economy and zero waste programs in supply chains and retail.
Andrea Beltramello at Innovation Forum in Reykjavik, May 2012Nordic Innovation
This document discusses the need for green growth and innovation to address environmental challenges like climate change, water scarcity, and biodiversity loss expected by 2050. It outlines the OECD's green growth framework and key policies like pricing pollution, subsidy reform, and supporting green technologies. Challenges include overcoming inertia in large capital investments and fostering both incremental and breakthrough innovation. Public research spending and policies need to guide technological change while balancing predictability with flexibility. International cooperation is also important for large environmental problems.
Thriving in the Circular Economy: Product Design and Business Practices for “...Antea Group
With current and upcoming resource constraints, plus society's growing disapproval of "disposable" products, it's time to design and offer products to leverage existing resources and keep them in the economy after use. This webinar will walk participants along the path from the make-and-waste Linear Economy to the use-and-reuse Circular Economy.
The Circular Economy sounds good financially and environmentally, but how does one actually transform an industry from the Linear to the Circular Economy? This presentation (given by Pamela Gordon as part of the NAEM 2017 webinar series) will provide specific ways of implementing Circular Economy design and business practices at manufacturing companies, with examples from the tech industry that will inspire all industries.
Environmental Product Stewardship in Emerging and Transitioning MarketsAntea Group
Product Stewardship is an environmental management strategy that means whoever designs, produces, sells, or uses a product takes responsibility for minimizing the product's environmental impact throughout all stages of the products' life cycle, including end of life management. The greatest responsibility lies with whoever has the most ability to affect the full life cycle environmental impacts of the product. This is most often the producer of the product, though all within the product chain of commerce have roles. This presentation covers EPS drivers and regulations, then takes a deeper look at what this looks like in emerging and transitioning economies in countries like India, South Africa, Indonesia, Singapore, China, Mexico, Peru, and Brazil.
Sustainable supply chains - from theory to practiceiskandaruz
The document discusses sustainable supply chains from theory to practice. It introduces UnitedLog and defines sustainability in terms of balancing social, environmental and economic needs. Key drivers for more sustainable supply chains include increasing regulations and fuel prices. The document outlines measuring emissions, tools for sustainability improvements, and examples of sustainable initiatives from companies. It emphasizes the need for a holistic view to balance traditional efficiency and emissions reductions for long term profitability.
1. The document outlines steps that companies can take to integrate sustainability into their business strategies and operations, including building a business case, committing senior resources, setting baselines and goals, addressing organizational resistance through collaboration and innovation, and fully integrating sustainability into the company's culture and processes.
2. It provides examples of sustainability goals and strategies from companies like Unilever and Dow Chemical that create value for both business and society.
3. The document concludes by discussing emerging views that the purpose of business needs to change to bring more value to society through approaches like shared value creation.
The document provides information on new UK legislation requiring large companies listed on the London Stock Exchange to report their greenhouse gas emissions beginning in 2013. It discusses how the legislation aims to kickstart sustainability programs by bringing issues to board attention. While compliance is required, companies can generate benefits by developing strategies to reduce emissions and costs. The document offers guidance on implementation, including defining boundaries, choosing methodologies and software, and establishing data collection processes.
Michael The Business of Rural Development Nov 2012Sasin SEC
Dr. D. Michael Shafer trained in Government (PhD Harvard) and spent 25 years teaching political science at Rutgers University and consulting in the areas of international development, community re-creation after conflict, and higher education reform. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a 21st Century Fellow.
In 2008, he and his wife started Warm Heart, a community development organization serving northern Thailand. He is particularly interested in attracting investment to rural communities in order to establish dynamic, sustainable, income generating, social wealth creating centers of community growth. Dr. Shafer is also the founder and president of Second Harvest Power Co. (Thailand), Ltd., a start-up green power company which will soon build its first agricultural waste fired community power plant.
Six Technology Tactics To Promote Corporate Social ResponsibilityJordi Planas Manzano
This document discusses six technology tactics that can promote corporate social responsibility: 1) strategic sourcing and procurement, 2) continuous process improvement, 3) product lifecycle management, 4) logistics, 5) performance management and measurement, and 6) virtualization. It explains how each tactic, when implemented using technology, can help businesses reduce waste, emissions and costs while meeting social and regulatory standards. The document advocates that businesses view corporate social responsibility not just as a compliance issue but as a way to gain competitive advantages through efficiency and innovation.
This document discusses business models for sustainability. It defines a business model and reviews literature on the topic. It then discusses how sustainable business models focus on adding value to stakeholders rather than extracting value. The rest of the document provides examples of business models that can enable sustainability, such as product life cycle management, product-service systems that replace ownership, and open innovation models. It emphasizes that appropriate business models are needed to drive diffusion of sustainable technologies.
Life at Vericast isn't just about Vericast - we are committed to making a difference in our communities and in the world. Corporate Social Responsibility isn't just something we do, it's a piece of who we are. Playing an active role in protecting and advocating for our planet, our people, and our causes runs through everything we do. Discover our goals & commitments to protect the environment
This document summarizes a two-day workshop on sustainable value and profit. The workshop will explore how social and environmental issues can create business opportunities through cases studies of companies like GE, Walmart, and Unilever. Participants will discuss innovations in sustainable value using Appreciative Inquiry methods to identify organizational strengths. The goal is to envision what business and sustainability will look like in 2014.
1. The document discusses how associations can leverage their unique strengths to create sustainable value and drive innovation in their industries through large-scale collaborations and Appreciative Inquiry summits.
2. It provides the example of a dairy industry sustainability summit that engaged 250 stakeholders to generate initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase business value across the dairy supply chain.
3. Three essential success factors for associations to create sustainable value are avoiding the temptation to just "do good" and instead focus on opportunities to create sustainable value, embracing and playing to their strengths in convening, accelerating innovation, and scaling solutions, and recognizing that sustainability is a major business opportunity and management trend for the 21st century.
The Maturation of LCA as a Basis for Sustainability Metrics across the Organi...Sustainable Brands
Discussions about life cycle assessment (LCA) usually center around either its tremendous promise for helping us make sense of the very complex questions posed by sustainability issues, or its occasional failure to live up to that promise - and the frustrations surrounding the resources required along with the limited issue LCA is competent to address. The sustainability community has learned a tremendous amount in recent years and one can now see a coming-of-age of LCA-based approaches that are more practical, more focused and more scientifically advanced than what was available just a few short years ago. This session will focus both on explaining these developments to the participants with a set of expert speakers, as well as offering active feedback. In particular, the session will look at how LCA has been maturing beyond its core and reliable applications, such as product carbon foot-printing, into applications that address many more types of questions with more reliable information. The themes to be presented will focus on how LCA has matured in dimensions of the subjects on which it is focused, the issues it is addressing, and the scale on which it is happening.
Towards Sustainability in the Oil and Gas Sector - Benchmarking of Environmen...Joseph Martyniuk
This article analyzes the environmental, health, and safety efforts of 10 major oil and gas companies based on their published reports. It finds that while the companies refer to voluntary sustainability initiatives, the sector overall still has significant gaps in performance, such as compliance with clean air regulations and spill management. Most companies primarily use "lagging indicators" to measure impacts after they occur, rather than "leading indicators" to prevent impacts. The article places the sector's EHS management maturity at a middle/medium level, indicating progress but still room for improvement in truly addressing sustainability issues. It provides examples of initiatives by individual companies in areas like reducing emissions, training, and emergency response.
Business sustainability - U of Huddersfield and Kajire Girls Sote ICT
This presentation on business sustainability is a product of team of students from the University of Huddersfield, UK who mentored students from Kajire Secondary, Kenya in marketing, customer relations and business sustainability. Students communicated through skype and email in the first term of 2016. The cooperation was managed by student Chris Wainwright from the University of Huddersfield and Abuga Ezra, teacher and Sote ICT Club mentor at Kajire Secondary.
Herborist is launching a new sustainable marketing approach for its hand cream called "Beyond Just Beautiful Hands" to increase sales and social impact. The approach will donate a hand cream to treat frost bite for every cream purchased. This creates an emotional connection between consumers and those helped. It leverages Herborist's sustainable supply chain and addresses health inequality issues faced by 200 million rural Chinese. The approach is expected to drive strong growth for Herborist over the next 5 years by generating loyalty and brand awareness through its social mission.
Avery Dennison's core commitment has not changed: to improve their sustainability performance while helping their partners do the same. In this report, the company shares what they have accomplished to date and where they are headed next.
This document discusses the growing importance of sustainability for businesses. Consumer awareness of environmental and social issues is increasing, as is societal expectations for corporations to operate sustainably. Multiple stakeholders are driving business change by demanding sustainability. A sustainable business looks at operations through an environmental lens, eliminates toxins, designs for the environment, improves energy and materials efficiency, engages with communities, and exhibits transparent governance. Sustainability provides strategic and financial benefits like reduced costs, improved productivity and reputation, and access to new markets. The trends indicate sustainability will continue growing in importance.
Lecture: Embeddding Sustainability into StrategyMiles Weaver
This document provides an overview of a lecture on embedding sustainability into business strategy. It discusses evaluating generic strategic responses to sustainability, the difference between bolt-on and embedded sustainability strategies, and how corporate and business strategies can develop strategic capabilities through sustainability-driven initiatives. Key points covered include different levels of strategic response, frameworks for creating sustainable value, and the importance of moving from bolt-on to fully embedded sustainability strategies that transform core business activities.
This presentation explores what Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has to do with IT and how IT Service Management best practice can assist organisations in support of a strategic CSR policy.
Considering the drivers for creating a sustainable business in the events sector and beyond, using ISO20121 and the GRI events sector reporting template as a framework for change
The document discusses strategic approaches to sustainability for businesses, including implementing standards like ISO 20121 and GRI reporting frameworks. It covers topics like the business case for sustainability, regulatory landscape changes, integrating sustainability into operations and supply chains, and reporting on sustainability performance. The presentation provides an overview of sustainability issues, standards, and strategies that businesses in the events sector should consider.
1) The document discusses sustainable design and chemical engineering, providing tools and guidance to help organizations build sustainability into their innovation processes.
2) It introduces the concept of life cycle thinking and analyzing the environmental impacts across a product's entire life cycle from raw materials to end of life.
3) Tools like life cycle assessment (LCA) are presented to help identify hotspots where the greatest environmental impacts occur in order to focus sustainability efforts.
1. The document outlines steps that companies can take to integrate sustainability into their business strategies and operations, including building a business case, committing senior resources, setting baselines and goals, addressing organizational resistance through collaboration and innovation, and fully integrating sustainability into the company's culture and processes.
2. It provides examples of sustainability goals and strategies from companies like Unilever and Dow Chemical that create value for both business and society.
3. The document concludes by discussing emerging views that the purpose of business needs to change to bring more value to society through approaches like shared value creation.
The document provides information on new UK legislation requiring large companies listed on the London Stock Exchange to report their greenhouse gas emissions beginning in 2013. It discusses how the legislation aims to kickstart sustainability programs by bringing issues to board attention. While compliance is required, companies can generate benefits by developing strategies to reduce emissions and costs. The document offers guidance on implementation, including defining boundaries, choosing methodologies and software, and establishing data collection processes.
Michael The Business of Rural Development Nov 2012Sasin SEC
Dr. D. Michael Shafer trained in Government (PhD Harvard) and spent 25 years teaching political science at Rutgers University and consulting in the areas of international development, community re-creation after conflict, and higher education reform. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a 21st Century Fellow.
In 2008, he and his wife started Warm Heart, a community development organization serving northern Thailand. He is particularly interested in attracting investment to rural communities in order to establish dynamic, sustainable, income generating, social wealth creating centers of community growth. Dr. Shafer is also the founder and president of Second Harvest Power Co. (Thailand), Ltd., a start-up green power company which will soon build its first agricultural waste fired community power plant.
Six Technology Tactics To Promote Corporate Social ResponsibilityJordi Planas Manzano
This document discusses six technology tactics that can promote corporate social responsibility: 1) strategic sourcing and procurement, 2) continuous process improvement, 3) product lifecycle management, 4) logistics, 5) performance management and measurement, and 6) virtualization. It explains how each tactic, when implemented using technology, can help businesses reduce waste, emissions and costs while meeting social and regulatory standards. The document advocates that businesses view corporate social responsibility not just as a compliance issue but as a way to gain competitive advantages through efficiency and innovation.
This document discusses business models for sustainability. It defines a business model and reviews literature on the topic. It then discusses how sustainable business models focus on adding value to stakeholders rather than extracting value. The rest of the document provides examples of business models that can enable sustainability, such as product life cycle management, product-service systems that replace ownership, and open innovation models. It emphasizes that appropriate business models are needed to drive diffusion of sustainable technologies.
Life at Vericast isn't just about Vericast - we are committed to making a difference in our communities and in the world. Corporate Social Responsibility isn't just something we do, it's a piece of who we are. Playing an active role in protecting and advocating for our planet, our people, and our causes runs through everything we do. Discover our goals & commitments to protect the environment
This document summarizes a two-day workshop on sustainable value and profit. The workshop will explore how social and environmental issues can create business opportunities through cases studies of companies like GE, Walmart, and Unilever. Participants will discuss innovations in sustainable value using Appreciative Inquiry methods to identify organizational strengths. The goal is to envision what business and sustainability will look like in 2014.
1. The document discusses how associations can leverage their unique strengths to create sustainable value and drive innovation in their industries through large-scale collaborations and Appreciative Inquiry summits.
2. It provides the example of a dairy industry sustainability summit that engaged 250 stakeholders to generate initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase business value across the dairy supply chain.
3. Three essential success factors for associations to create sustainable value are avoiding the temptation to just "do good" and instead focus on opportunities to create sustainable value, embracing and playing to their strengths in convening, accelerating innovation, and scaling solutions, and recognizing that sustainability is a major business opportunity and management trend for the 21st century.
The Maturation of LCA as a Basis for Sustainability Metrics across the Organi...Sustainable Brands
Discussions about life cycle assessment (LCA) usually center around either its tremendous promise for helping us make sense of the very complex questions posed by sustainability issues, or its occasional failure to live up to that promise - and the frustrations surrounding the resources required along with the limited issue LCA is competent to address. The sustainability community has learned a tremendous amount in recent years and one can now see a coming-of-age of LCA-based approaches that are more practical, more focused and more scientifically advanced than what was available just a few short years ago. This session will focus both on explaining these developments to the participants with a set of expert speakers, as well as offering active feedback. In particular, the session will look at how LCA has been maturing beyond its core and reliable applications, such as product carbon foot-printing, into applications that address many more types of questions with more reliable information. The themes to be presented will focus on how LCA has matured in dimensions of the subjects on which it is focused, the issues it is addressing, and the scale on which it is happening.
Towards Sustainability in the Oil and Gas Sector - Benchmarking of Environmen...Joseph Martyniuk
This article analyzes the environmental, health, and safety efforts of 10 major oil and gas companies based on their published reports. It finds that while the companies refer to voluntary sustainability initiatives, the sector overall still has significant gaps in performance, such as compliance with clean air regulations and spill management. Most companies primarily use "lagging indicators" to measure impacts after they occur, rather than "leading indicators" to prevent impacts. The article places the sector's EHS management maturity at a middle/medium level, indicating progress but still room for improvement in truly addressing sustainability issues. It provides examples of initiatives by individual companies in areas like reducing emissions, training, and emergency response.
Business sustainability - U of Huddersfield and Kajire Girls Sote ICT
This presentation on business sustainability is a product of team of students from the University of Huddersfield, UK who mentored students from Kajire Secondary, Kenya in marketing, customer relations and business sustainability. Students communicated through skype and email in the first term of 2016. The cooperation was managed by student Chris Wainwright from the University of Huddersfield and Abuga Ezra, teacher and Sote ICT Club mentor at Kajire Secondary.
Herborist is launching a new sustainable marketing approach for its hand cream called "Beyond Just Beautiful Hands" to increase sales and social impact. The approach will donate a hand cream to treat frost bite for every cream purchased. This creates an emotional connection between consumers and those helped. It leverages Herborist's sustainable supply chain and addresses health inequality issues faced by 200 million rural Chinese. The approach is expected to drive strong growth for Herborist over the next 5 years by generating loyalty and brand awareness through its social mission.
Avery Dennison's core commitment has not changed: to improve their sustainability performance while helping their partners do the same. In this report, the company shares what they have accomplished to date and where they are headed next.
This document discusses the growing importance of sustainability for businesses. Consumer awareness of environmental and social issues is increasing, as is societal expectations for corporations to operate sustainably. Multiple stakeholders are driving business change by demanding sustainability. A sustainable business looks at operations through an environmental lens, eliminates toxins, designs for the environment, improves energy and materials efficiency, engages with communities, and exhibits transparent governance. Sustainability provides strategic and financial benefits like reduced costs, improved productivity and reputation, and access to new markets. The trends indicate sustainability will continue growing in importance.
Lecture: Embeddding Sustainability into StrategyMiles Weaver
This document provides an overview of a lecture on embedding sustainability into business strategy. It discusses evaluating generic strategic responses to sustainability, the difference between bolt-on and embedded sustainability strategies, and how corporate and business strategies can develop strategic capabilities through sustainability-driven initiatives. Key points covered include different levels of strategic response, frameworks for creating sustainable value, and the importance of moving from bolt-on to fully embedded sustainability strategies that transform core business activities.
This presentation explores what Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has to do with IT and how IT Service Management best practice can assist organisations in support of a strategic CSR policy.
Considering the drivers for creating a sustainable business in the events sector and beyond, using ISO20121 and the GRI events sector reporting template as a framework for change
The document discusses strategic approaches to sustainability for businesses, including implementing standards like ISO 20121 and GRI reporting frameworks. It covers topics like the business case for sustainability, regulatory landscape changes, integrating sustainability into operations and supply chains, and reporting on sustainability performance. The presentation provides an overview of sustainability issues, standards, and strategies that businesses in the events sector should consider.
1) The document discusses sustainable design and chemical engineering, providing tools and guidance to help organizations build sustainability into their innovation processes.
2) It introduces the concept of life cycle thinking and analyzing the environmental impacts across a product's entire life cycle from raw materials to end of life.
3) Tools like life cycle assessment (LCA) are presented to help identify hotspots where the greatest environmental impacts occur in order to focus sustainability efforts.
Sustainability – as a conceptual framework for the organization of priorities and allocation of resources – provides a unique platform for reducing costs, identifying and managing risk, enhancing brand, and driving innovation. No other business priority offers as rich a set of benefits over time - benefits that create, enhance and preserve lasting value for all stakeholders.
Attended by Approximately 300 key White House and congressional policy makers and their staff, related think-tanks and science and technology-based academic organizations, this event was intended to provide a platform for key U.S. opinion leaders and technological experts to discuss global climate change and the preservation of the natural environment, and to inform key U.S. policy makers of the latest technologies for the realization of a low-carbon, energy-saving society. Kateri spoke on the panel, Conserving Energy through Policy, Technology and Lifestyle, describing the ways in which good policy, market transformation and smart consumer campaigns are necessary to nurture an energy-efficient lifestyle, and one that is aware of energy efficiency and conservation as a solution to global climate change.
This document discusses corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the ecological environment. It notes that emerging economies are developing rapidly while population growth and resource consumption are stressing the earth's carrying capacity. Firms can help by preventing pollution, innovating sustainably, using resources efficiently, establishing product stewardship, and managing climate change. These strategies present opportunities for revenue growth, cost cutting, and risk reduction. The document also examines factors that influence corporate climate change positions and provides specific strategic options for firms to address climate change both internally and along their supply chains through measures like process improvement, new products, and emission credit trading.
Climate change poses new strategic risks and opportunities for businesses. As the impacts of a changing climate challenge assumptions of global stability and infinite growth, companies must transform their business models to improve resource efficiency, reduce emissions, and meet changing social demands. This creates demand for new technologies and services that enable conservation and efficiency. Business stands to gain competitive advantages from product and service innovation that addresses sustainability challenges.
This is a compilation of 5 presentations given at the FutureM conference in Boston on October 24, 2012. The speakers were: Beth Zonis of Eco Marketing, Lisa Lillelund of Mango Networks, Laura Koss of the FTC, Amy Cannon of Beyond Benign, and Mike Enberg of e-Stewards.
This presentation describes the Sustainability, the contemporary issues existing around it, and approaches to resolve those issues. This presentation also provides some of the relevant case studies in this regard. Overall, a good starting point for someone who wants to know more about sustainability.
The document discusses the SMaRT Sustainable Standard, which provides a comprehensive standard for sustainability certification. It covers key topics like why sustainability standards are now important due to issues like climate change, pollution, and economic impacts. It explains how standards differ from laws and outlines the SMaRT standard's development process, criteria, and how it incorporates various existing standards into a comprehensive evaluation system.
This document summarizes a scoping study on building biodiversity business. It finds that while protected area numbers and coverage are growing, more is needed to stem biodiversity loss. It analyzes sectors like agriculture, forestry, and ecotourism and finds opportunities in areas like conservation carbon, biodiversity offsets, sustainable biofuels, and biodiversity management services. It recommends developing business plans and pilot projects for these "best bets" to test concepts and kickstart the biodiversity market.
Presentation may 2014 rmit sustainability and integrated reportingMike Sewell
This document discusses sustainability and integrated reporting. It begins by outlining the objectives of the presentation, which are to share knowledge on sustainability and integrated reporting, provide case studies and resources, discuss various aspects of sustainability reporting, and provide insight into changes to business models. It then covers topics like the different meanings of sustainability, key aspects of sustainability from an environmental perspective, and resources on sustainability reporting frameworks and standards. The document argues that integrated reporting is an evolution that links strategy, governance, and financial performance with social, environmental and economic context to help businesses make more sustainable decisions and provide better information to stakeholders.
David Cooperrider and Chris Laszlo team up for an executive education leadership program on creating sustainable value through whole system Appreciative Inquiry methods. The course is taught at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University and in companies around the world.
A presentation given to 400 business students and professors in Guadalajara, Mexico on September 19 2013. It covers: CSR definitions, trends now and in the future, company case studies, the business case for CSR and sustainability and the issues of the future. Looks at Marks & Spencer, Unilever, Siemens, General Electric company
ISO is responding to global needs for sustainability and a green economy through the development of international standards. [1] Over 19,000 ISO standards have been produced that support areas like social responsibility, energy management, greenhouse gas measurement, water quality, and bioenergy sustainability. [2] ISO works with UN organizations, governments, and other stakeholders to develop standards and provide guidance on sustainability issues. [3] ISO will continue to build on existing cooperation to support outcomes of the Rio+20 conference on sustainable development.
Webinar - Een duurzame Asset Management StrategieStork
Slides van een webinar over de aanpak en noodzakelijke elementen voor het ontwikkelen van een duurzame asset management strategie. Gegeven door Joris Grimbergen van Stork Asset Management Technology.
Sustainability and waste: A UK retail perspective feb 09 (2)Jane Bevis
The document discusses recent UK retail legislation and sustainability initiatives. It outlines that retail is an important part of the UK economy, generating 8% of GDP. It then discusses the British Retail Consortium's goals of reducing environmental impacts, engaging in policy debates, and helping customers and suppliers lower their carbon footprints. Specific initiatives discussed include reducing energy and transport emissions, managing waste, and making packaging more sustainable.
The document discusses sustainability and corporate social responsibility in the context of project financing. It outlines key concepts like sustainable development, environmental and social risks, and standards like the Equator Principles that financial institutions use to manage risks. Compliance with these standards often requires assessment and engagement with stakeholders at early stages of project development.
Garments ERP Software in Bangladesh _ Pridesys IT Ltd.pdfPridesys IT Ltd.
Pridesys Garments ERP is one of the leading ERP solution provider, especially for Garments industries which is integrated with
different modules that cover all the aspects of your Garments Business. This solution supports multi-currency and multi-location
based operations. It aims at keeping track of all the activities including receiving an order from buyer, costing of order, resource
planning, procurement of raw materials, production management, inventory management, import-export process, order
reconciliation process etc. It’s also integrated with other modules of Pridesys ERP including finance, accounts, HR, supply-chain etc.
With this automated solution you can easily track your business activities and entire operations of your garments manufacturing
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Best practices for project execution and deliveryCLIVE MINCHIN
A select set of project management best practices to keep your project on-track, on-cost and aligned to scope. Many firms have don't have the necessary skills, diligence, methods and oversight of their projects; this leads to slippage, higher costs and longer timeframes. Often firms have a history of projects that simply failed to move the needle. These best practices will help your firm avoid these pitfalls but they require fortitude to apply.
HR search is critical to a company's success because it ensures the correct people are in place. HR search integrates workforce capabilities with company goals by painstakingly identifying, screening, and employing qualified candidates, supporting innovation, productivity, and growth. Efficient talent acquisition improves teamwork while encouraging collaboration. Also, it reduces turnover, saves money, and ensures consistency. Furthermore, HR search discovers and develops leadership potential, resulting in a strong pipeline of future leaders. Finally, this strategic approach to recruitment enables businesses to respond to market changes, beat competitors, and achieve long-term success.
Discover innovative uses of Revit in urban planning and design, enhancing city landscapes with advanced architectural solutions. Understand how architectural firms are using Revit to transform how processes and outcomes within urban planning and design fields look. They are supplementing work and putting in value through speed and imagination that the architects and planners are placing into composing progressive urban areas that are not only colorful but also pragmatic.
Storytelling is an incredibly valuable tool to share data and information. To get the most impact from stories there are a number of key ingredients. These are based on science and human nature. Using these elements in a story you can deliver information impactfully, ensure action and drive change.
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Digital Marketing best practices including influencer marketing, content creators, and omnichannel marketing for Sustainable Brands at the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit 2024 in New York
Profiles of Iconic Fashion Personalities.pdfTTop Threads
The fashion industry is dynamic and ever-changing, continuously sculpted by trailblazing visionaries who challenge norms and redefine beauty. This document delves into the profiles of some of the most iconic fashion personalities whose impact has left a lasting impression on the industry. From timeless designers to modern-day influencers, each individual has uniquely woven their thread into the rich fabric of fashion history, contributing to its ongoing evolution.
Dive into this presentation and learn about the ways in which you can buy an engagement ring. This guide will help you choose the perfect engagement rings for women.
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This PowerPoint compilation offers a comprehensive overview of 20 leading innovation management frameworks and methodologies, selected for their broad applicability across various industries and organizational contexts. These frameworks are valuable resources for a wide range of users, including business professionals, educators, and consultants.
Each framework is presented with visually engaging diagrams and templates, ensuring the content is both informative and appealing. While this compilation is thorough, please note that the slides are intended as supplementary resources and may not be sufficient for standalone instructional purposes.
This compilation is ideal for anyone looking to enhance their understanding of innovation management and drive meaningful change within their organization. Whether you aim to improve product development processes, enhance customer experiences, or drive digital transformation, these frameworks offer valuable insights and tools to help you achieve your goals.
INCLUDED FRAMEWORKS/MODELS:
1. Stanford’s Design Thinking
2. IDEO’s Human-Centered Design
3. Strategyzer’s Business Model Innovation
4. Lean Startup Methodology
5. Agile Innovation Framework
6. Doblin’s Ten Types of Innovation
7. McKinsey’s Three Horizons of Growth
8. Customer Journey Map
9. Christensen’s Disruptive Innovation Theory
10. Blue Ocean Strategy
11. Strategyn’s Jobs-To-Be-Done (JTBD) Framework with Job Map
12. Design Sprint Framework
13. The Double Diamond
14. Lean Six Sigma DMAIC
15. TRIZ Problem-Solving Framework
16. Edward de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats
17. Stage-Gate Model
18. Toyota’s Six Steps of Kaizen
19. Microsoft’s Digital Transformation Framework
20. Design for Six Sigma (DFSS)
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2. Today is about..
• Understanding Sustainability
• Discussing the key issues
• A framework to structure your approach
• What it means for your and your business
• Getting started - 4 steps, 3 questions, 7 derailers
• Examples of best practice / products
• Leadership
3. Engineering graduates
are ideally perceived to
have technical
expertise …. and who,
as change-agents,
provide the creativity
and impetus to shape
industry and public-
services for a
successful and
sustainable future.
Professional Progression Programme
2011 – 2013
PARTICIPANT GUIDANCE DOCUMENT
4. Objectives…
• Overview of sustainability
• Define in technical, measurable terms
• Describe a framework and why it’s useful
• Outline first order principles of sustainability
• Review key tools
• Explore business case
• Illustrate why engineers well placed to lead
• Interactive participation and practical exercises
• Explore link between sustainability and innovation
11. RealEyes Sustainability Ltd.
• Help organisations benefit from sustainability
• Training, Auditing, Facilitation, Consultancy
• The Real voyage of discovery lies not in finding new
lands, but in seeing with fresh Eyes. Marcel Proust
12. The Natural Step (TNS)
Not for profit organisation established in 1988 by
oncologist Karl Henrik Robert
Now global with partners in 30 countries
Nike, Ikea, Panasonic, ICI, Interface, Scandic Hotels
100’s municipalities in Sweden, US, Japan, Italy, France,
Canada, and Ireland
To develop and share a common framework which centres
on easily understood, scientifically based principles that can
service as a compass to guide society toward a sustainable
future
16. Engineering…
• The application of science and mathematics by
which the properties of matter and the sources of
energy in nature are made useful to people
• www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/engineering
• Scale?
• Time period ?
17. Sustainable Development
• .. development that meets the needs of the
present without compromising the ability of
future generations to meet their own needs
• Meet human needs within environmental
limits
18. The concepts and principles of
sustainable development place a burden
on the engineer, a burden to change the
way we do business
Jose Medem Sanjuan, president of WFEO World Federation of Engineering
Organisations
20. Take, Make, Waste
6% Product
Raw
Materials
94% Waste
80% of products discarded after a single use
Therefore, 99% of the original materials used in the production of, or
contained in, the goods made in the US become waste within 6 weeks
Source: NAE / Factor 4
21. Sustainability is…
Think about…
• Key issues - for your business and you personally
• Risks and opportunities
• Hard and soft stuff
23. Fourth Assessment Report……. a summary
CO2 levels at their highest for 650,000 years.
Climate change “unequivocally” happening, and 90% certain that it’s due to man-
made emissions.
“Best guess” indicates global temperature will rise by 1.8°c to 4°c by 2100. Worst
case “up to 6.4°c”.
Policy responses geared to hold temperature increase below 2°c.
450 ppm CO2 emerging as new consensus figure.
386.80 ppm in September 2010
10-15 years to put in place serious measures to start reducing emissions of CO2.
Slide 25
30. Energy Use in Ireland
• Fossil Fuel accounted for 96% of all
energy use in Ireland in 2007
• 60 million barrels of oil equivalent
• We import almost 90% of our
primary energy demands
• €6B on energy imports
31. Sunday April 11 2010
US military warns oil output may dip
causing massive shortages by 2015
Slide 33
32.
33. The Times
March 7, 2008
‘Rush for biofuels threatens starvation on a
global scale’
In 2007 1/3 of US corn acreage was earmarked
for bioethanol
Slide 1
41. Percent Increase in Nitrogen Flows in Rivers
Source: Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
Slide 42
42. Hurricane Katrina
•$110 Billion
•15 million people affected in 7
states
•1,836 people killed
• Category 4 and 5 hurricanes have
almost doubled in the last 30 years
•Key natural defences destroyed -
mangroves
43. 8,194,797 Tons of toxic
chemicals released by
• 310 Kg of toxic chemicals released every second
• 10 million tons released into our environment each year
• Of these, over 2 million tons are recognized carcinogens
• 65 Kg or carcinogens each second
44.
45. Fisheries peaking
Pre-peak
Harvest peak
Slide 46
Source: Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and Sea Around Us project
47. “Sustainability is the single
biggest business opportunity
of
the 21st century”.
Lee Scott – CEO Walmart
48. Change in Organisational Value Drivers
1981 2007
Tangibles
Financials 80% 20%
Intangibles
20% 80%
Non-financials
Brand image/Reputation
Stake holder relationships
(investors, media, public,
customers, banks, govern-
ments, insurers, scientists
employees)
Arthur D. Little, The Business Case for Corporate Citizenship , 2002
49. CEO Study
• 93% of CEOs believe
that sustainability
issues will be critical
to the future success
of their business.
• 88% of CEOs believe
that they should be
integrating
sustainability
through their supply
chain.
50. Sustainability Continuum
5. Purpose/Passion
Values-driven founder / CEO
4. Integrated Strategy
Enhanced business value
3. Beyond Compliance
Eco-efficiencies
PR crisis / Opportunity
Regulatory threat
2. Compliance
Regulatory enforcement
1. Pre-Compliance Source: Adapted from Bob Willard’s Sustainability Advantage
51. Sustainability = Profitability
• Potential profit increases from integrated
sustainability strategies:
• Large organisations potential for +38%
increase
• Small to medium organisation +66%
increase
– source Bob Willard, The Business case for sustainability, 2008)
52. Sustainable Organisation Benefits
• Operational efficiencies
• Efficient use of resources Cost Savings
• Supply chain optimisation
• Reputation
• Value for money
• Trust, quality, respect Pricing Power Margin
• Credibility
• Employee engagement Attract and Retain
• First choice for top talent Talent
• Employee productivity
• Low rates of attrition
• Customer loyalty Market Share
• Lower churn
• Attract new customers Revenue
Growth
• Easier to enter new markets New Market Entry
• More sources of funding
Source: Business Case for Sustainability, Boston Consulting Group
54. Source: MIT Sloan Management Review ‘The Business of Sustainability,
findings and insights from the first annual business of sustainability survey and global thought leaders report’ 2009
55. Strategies, Policies and Plans
• National Climate Change Strategy, 2007-2012
• National Energy Efficiency Plan 2009 - improve energy
efficiency by 33%
• National Heritage Plan - 2002
• National Biodiversity Plan - 2002
• EU voluntary target of 50% GPP
• National Action Plan on Green Public Procurement
• Framework for Climate Change bill - 80% reduction in net
emissions on 1990 levels, 3% per annum until 2020
• Carbon Tax
• Smarter Travel - A Sustainable Transport Future - A new
transport policy for Ireland 2009 - 2020
58. Changing Consumer Trends
1996 - 2006:
• 70-80% of consumers
said they were are
switching to “green”
companies, but only
10% actually did
2006:
• 20% buy green
(Sustainable brand
study by egg, March
07)
2008:
• 33% buy green
(Globescan and
McKinsey Study, 2008)
59. “For years, the statistics have
registered an increasingly strong
economic growth as
victory over shortage, until it
emerged that this growth was
destroying more than it was
Nicolas Sarkozy, 14/9/09
60. Economic Growth
Climate Change
Energy
Loss of Biodiversity Toxicity
Obesity
Water Scarcity
Poverty
Waste
Flooding
Food Security
62. Sustainability is not about addressing climate change,
water shortage, energy transport or any other single
issue. It's about solving these challenges using an
integrated approach from strategy development to
technical consulting to project implementation -
Lee McIntire, Chairman and CEO, CH2M HILL
65. Dec
linin
g re
sou
rce
Threats
s& Increasing Costs
life
sup Forests
por
ting
sys Agriculture
tem
s Fisheries
Ground water
Climate
Metals
POP’s
Eutrophy
ion Hormones
su mpt
con Social trap
so urce
& re Segregation
n
latio Corruption
p opu
ing Epidemias
cr eas
In Poverty
Time
66.
67. Some Basic Science
• Matter is constant - closed system to matter
• Matter and energy can neither be created
nor destroyed
• Everything breaks down / disperses - Law of
entropy
• Open system to energy
• Photosynthesis pays the bills
69. In a sustainable society, nature is not
subject to systematically increasing of..
1
• Concentrations of substances extracted from
the earth’s crust
2
• Concentrations of substances produced by
society
3
• Degradation by physical means
And in that society..
4
• People are not subject to conditions that
undermine their capacity to meet their needs
70. “Success is a science, if you have the conditions you
get the results”
Oscar Wilde
71. ABC Ltd will....
The build-up of materials extracted from the earths crust including fossil fuels,
heavy metals and associated wastes
The build-up of synthetic substances produced by society (flame redardants,
biophenols, fertilisers etc.
75. These principles are..
• Necessary
• Sufficient (to cover all aspects of success),
• General (to make sense for all stakeholders),
• Concrete (to guide problem solving and actions),
• Non-overlapping (to enable comprehension as well
as development of indicators for monitoring).
77. Getting Practical
Embed
Get Credible, Stay Credible and Align
Dialogue Mobilize
Commitment
Collaborate, Educate, Network Build Case(s)
for Change
Meet Them Where They Are
Develop
Piggyback Existing Initiatives Strategies
Assess Current
Influence the Influencers Realities
Practice “Planful Opportunism” Inspire Shared
Vision(s)
Wake Up
and Decide
80. Practice and Performance
Practice versus Performance
Text
100
WORLD CLASS
90
Performance Index
80 VULNERABLE
Won’t go CONTENDERS
70 the distance En route
60
50
40
PROMISING
30 COULD DO BETTER Untapped
Risk and opportunity potential
20
20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Practice Index
84. Dec
linin
g re
sou
rce
s & li
fe s
uppo
r ting
syst
ems
tion
ump
cons
urce
& reso
lation
Incr
easi
ng p
opu
Step in right direction?
Is it a flexible platform?
Return on investment?
87. Practice and Performance
Practice versus Performance
Text
100
WORLD CLASS
90
Performance Index
80 VULNERABLE
Won’t go CONTENDERS
70 the distance En route
60
50
40
PROMISING
30 COULD DO BETTER Untapped
Risk and opportunity potential
20
20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Practice Index
88. 4 Steps to Sustainability
• 4 steps that automate systems thinking and
‘backcasting’
• Move away from ‘fixing’ problems and
lunging from one crisis to another to the
next
• Establish a sustainability gap
• Develop actions that bridge the gap
• Set up creative tension between future
success and where we are today
• More creative, collaborative and innovative
90. • $1.3billion turnover, Fortune 1000 company.
• Worlds largest producer of contract commercial carpets.
• Sold in over 100 countries with factories in 29 locations globally
(inc NI, Thailand, China and Australia)
• Manufactures and sell more the 40% of the carpet tiles used
worldwide in commercial buildings
• Employs more then 7,400 people worldwide,
• Fortune magazine rated it one of top 100 employers and one of the
10 most admired companies
91. • Vision: To be the first company that, by its deeds, shows the entire industrial world
what sustainability is in all its dimensions: People, process, product, place and profits —
by 2020 — and in doing so we will become restorative through the power of influence
• Strategy: Mission Zero - Our promise to eliminate any negative impact our
company may have on the environment by the year 2020
92. Interface
“As we climb mount Sustainability, with the four
TNS system conditions at the top, we are doing
better than ever on bottom line business. This is
not at the cost of social or ecological systems, but
at the cost of our competitors who still havenʼt got
Blekinge Inst. of Tech.
SE-371 79 Karlskrona
it”.
+46 455 38 50 00
Portland US, October 2007, Ray Andersson, President, Founder and CEO, Interface. Inc.
www.bth.se/eng
102. Who are Stewarts
Charitable Foundation
140 year tradition in the provision of care for people
with intellectual disability
They work in the community and on their own sites
Services provided regardless of age, religion, socio-
economic background and encompassing every degree
of intellectual disability
They have facilities such as equestrian centres, leisure
centres, educational centres and medical centres for
use by our clients
March 2012
103. Who are Dalkia
Dalkia’s Business: Producing energy efficiency
53,457 employees in 42 countries, 71% outside of
France
Revenue: €8.6 billion
119,600 energy facilities managed
114.7 TWh energy managed capacity
Reduction of 7.1 million metric tones of CO2 in 2010
March 2012
104. Initial context
Inefficient energy plant
High energy costs
High dependency on oil
High maintenance costs
March 2012
106. GGBS - Environmental Savings
• GGBS / OPC - 970 kg / 60 kg Co2 tonne
• 1000 m3 of concrete - (50/50 OPC/GGBS)
• 1425 kg’s of cement
• 577.1 tonnes of Co2 saved (185.3 cars, 181 years of electricity in
average home)
• 1781 kg’s of Sox, 2493 kg’s of (NOx) saved
• 1781kg’s of CO, 310kg’s fine particulate matter (PM10) saved
• 40% reduction in embodied energy (50/50 - GGBS/OPC)
• No limestone / shale required (1.6 tonne per tonne of OPC)http://
www.ecocem.ie/index.php?p=environmental&q=calculator
107.
108. BubbleDeck
• 1kg of recycled plastic replaces 100kg of
concrete
• Fewer building elements compared to steel frame
and metal decking
• Cost saving between 2.5% to 10% of total
construction costs
• Combination GGBS / Bubbledeck - 70%
reduction in CO2
109. SolarPrint
• DSSC is a third generation photovoltaic (PV)
technology
• Ability to harness diffuse light
• Higher power output over the course of an
average day
• Lower cost (under high volume
manufacturing)
• Printable on metal or plastic
• Different colours and opacities
• Collaboration with Fiat (CRF)
• Smart sunroof integrating DSSC technology
110. Accoya
• Made from cheap pine
• Properties that match tropical hardwood
• Treated with acetic anhydride, from acetic acid
(vinegar, in dilute form)
• Vastly reduces woods ability to absorb water
• No toxic preservatives
• No maintenance
• Designed to last over 60 years in wet
environment
• Source: http://www.accoya.com/accoya.html
111. Walmart
Save People Money So They can Live Better
Vision:
– To be supplied 100% by renewable energy;
– To create zero waste;
– To sell products that sustain people and the environment
Strategy:
– Wamart Suppliers Sustainability Index
– Employee Personal Sustainability Project (PSP)
– From “Always Lower Prices” to “Save Money. Live better”
112. Walmart
Save People Money So They can Live Better
• 7,873 stores: Biggest US consumer of electricity; Target to reduce
GHGs by 20% by 2012
• Invest $500M annually in efficient energy; 30% less energy; then
100% renewable energy.
• Waste: Reduce waste by 25% in 3 years, then 0.
• 7,200 trucks: Increase fuel efficiency by 25% in 3 years; double it in
10 years; save $300M/yr.
• 2.1M “associates:” Largest employer in the world - Personal
Sustainability Plan
• 200M shoppers/week - influence
113. Walmart
Save People Money So They can Live Better
• 100,000 suppliers:
• Reduce packaging by 5% by 2013; $3.4M savings in 5 years
• Goal to remove non-renewable energy from all its product.
• Partnership with the Carbon Discloser Project to measure and improve energy use
and emissions of the entire supply chain
• Working with suppliers to develop a worldwide sustainability index.
• 100,000 global suppliers complete a survey of 15 questions to evaluate their
sustainability
114.
115. Vision:
Whistler
To be the premier mountain resort community in North America as we move towards a sustainable future
Strategy: Whistler 2020 - moving toward a sustainable future
116. About Whistler
Canadian leader in community planning
2.3 million visitors annually
10,000 population, 60,000 at full capacity
# 1 North American Ski Resort 15 years
# 1 Mountain Bike Park
10% of BC’s tourism economy
117. Why Whistler 2020?
• RAMPANT TO MANAGED GROWTH
• MOVE TO EMBRACE STEWARDSHIP
• INCREASING COMPETITION
• PREPARE FOR DOWN CYCLE
• BUILD COMMUNITY
• MANAGE COMING PRESSURES (OLYMPICS!)
125. Design Brief
Description: A reputable runner company is thinking of
setting up a manufacturing base in Ireland. They’ve
expressed a desire to be the most sustainable running shoe
company in the world. They want to be completely
transparent about how they work so they’ve asked you to
identify the sustainability issues/risks associated with setting
up and producing their product
Scope: Consider the full life cycle of the runner including
suppliers, transport, energy, water and human needs
126. Current Reality for Running Shoe Company
Key Sustainability Aspects
Inputs
What we depend on
Land
Offices Outputs
Factory What we deliver
Transport
Chemicals Products
Water Services
Building Materials Employment
Operations Taxes
People Innovation
Skills Waste Community
Energy What’s left over Support
landfill waste, recyclables,
organic waste, liquid waste,
electronic waste, chemical
waste, emissions, wasted ideas
127. Compare against 4 principles
Systematically reduce dependence on mined materials - fossil
fuels, heavy metals esp, those rare in nature.
Systematically reduce dependence on man-made substances,
particulalry the toxic and persistent ones
Systematically reduce activities that damage nature physically
Help people meet their needs
128. A Vision for a Sustainable Running Company
Headlines What date / publication?
Describe what has been achieved
Characteristics Innovations
Warm and comfortable Eco cement
Zero anti-social Community Designed
Service Hub Local materials
Solar Powered SuperBike racks
Award winning No waste in construction
Secure Innovative maintenance contracts
Fully integrated Supplier commitment
Edible landscape Space for solar panel hook up
Great place to work Long term funding instruments
input on design
129. 3 minute presentation
• Describe future success for your service
• Use headlines, characteristics and
innovations
• Present 5 key actions to move toward vision
• Refer to problems / Challenges along the
way
130. Warnings from Economists
Stern Review Report (Oct 2006)
Former World Bank chief economist, Nicholas Stern
Quantified warnings in the 1997
Economists’ Statement on Climate Change
1. Cost of climate change mitigation:
1% of annual global GDP by 2050
if we act now; 5-20% if we act later
2. Benefits of $2.5T if we act now;
global depression if we do nothing
3. Must stabilize GHGs:
Use carbon taxes and / or
a cap-and-trade system;
deploy low-carbon technologies;
80-90% below 1990 levels by 2050 in developed countries
131. Green Retrofits Job Creation
“Every $1B capital investment in energy and
efficiency would create approximately 9,500
building-retrofit jobs. Such an investment
would also create 1,200 jobs from building and
installing solar photovoltaic panels
and about 900 wind-energy jobs”
"In the jobs-creation sweepstakes, retrofitting
buildings runs away with it. That's about 10-to-1
over any other investment."
~ Lester Brown, Earth Policy Institute founder
(Nov 08) ~
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/09/green_recovery.html
132. EU Pollution Regulations
Restriction on Hazardous Substances (RoHS)
Lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, flame
retardants; in force July 2006
Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
Take-back & disassembly of products & components;
in force January 2007;
End of Life Vehicles Directive (ELVD)
Car manufacturers pay for scrapping all models and makes
80% recycled now, 85% by 2015
Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of
Chemicals (REACH)
burden of proof on manufacturers to prove chemicals are
safe; in force April 2007
133. UK Retailers Going Green
• Tesco: UK’s biggest retailer; 10-point
Community Plan (May 06); £100M ‘revolution in
green consumption’ fund; carbon footprint
labeling; cut 50% of energy / sq ft by 2010;
reduce CO2 / case by 30% by 2009
• Marks & Spencer: UK’s 3rd biggest retailer;
£200m over 5 yrs on 100-point 'eco-plan' to cut
waste, sell fair trade, energy from composting
unsold food, biodegradable packaging, labeling
food sources; carbon neutral stores; reduced
energy / sq ft by 30%
• ASDA: Cut packaging by 10% by 2007; no
packaging on fresh produce; 0 waste to landfill
by 2010; 1,000 organic lines (June 07 vs. 325 in 2005)
134. Solar Power
Solar thermal Solar wall Parabolic
collectors - collectors - collectors –
water air steam
Solar Photovoltaic (PV) panels - electricity
135. Nike’s “Nike Considered Design”
More efficient design patterns use less material,
easier to recycle, adhesives made from water
Considered instead of toxic chemicals, and sustainable
Pegasus materials like cork and organic cotton
e.g Air Jordan XX3 (unveiled Jan 08)
Made from recycled plastic and scrap materials
with no toxic adhesives (more stitching)
Considered
Air Jordan XX3 Targets
All footwear by 2011, all apparel by 2015,
and all equipment and backpacks by 2020
This will reduce waste in Nike’s supply chain by 17% and
increase use of environmentally preferred materials by 20%
Nike press release, Oct 2008
136. True Dialogue
High Telling DIALOGUE
Asserting Exploring each
Advocacy
Explaining other’s assumptions
to generate meaning
Observing Asking
Bystanding Clarifying
Sensing Interviewing
Low
Low Inquiry High
Based on Peter M. Senge et al., The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook, Doubleday, 1994
137. Practice “Planful Opportunism”
"Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.”
― Oprah Winfrey
Alan AtKisson, The ISIS Agreement, Earthscan, 2008, pp. 213-214
138. Embed
Get Credible, Stay Credible and Align
Dialogue Mobilize
Commitment
Collaborate, Educate, Network Build Case(s)
for Change
Meet Them Where They Are
Develop
Piggyback Existing Initiatives Strategies
Assess Current
Influence the Influencers Realities
Practice “Planful Opportunism” Inspire Shared
Vision(s)
Wake Up
and Decide
355
139. Go Slow to Go Fast
Fast, Significant Decision
Leader’s Leader’s Others’
Idea Decision Buy-In
X X X
Sell / Communicate
Faster Buy-In
Leader’s Collective Decision
Idea and Buy-In
X X
Dialogue / Engagement
141. Sustainability “Pincer Strategy”
9 AM – 5 PM 24/7
“CEO” “Daddy” / “Mommy”
Besieged by Besieged by
important stakeholders their kids
142. 7 Worries
1. UN Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: 15 of 24 ecosystems
(60%) are being degraded or used unsustainably; GEO-4
2. Climate crisis: Urgency; IPCC Report re dire consequences
3. BRIC growth: Brazil, Russia, India & China; pollution & GHGs
4. Energy crisis: Transformation to renewable sources;
disconnecting GDP growth from energy growth; peak oil?
5. Growing chasm between the rich & poor: Developed vs.
developing counties; In developed countries
6. Population Explosion: Level off at 9B+? Why?
7. Need for holistic solutions: Strength of national / international
governments? Political courage?
143. 10 Signs of Hope
1. Investor Activism: Carbon Disclosure Project; US Investor
Network on Climate Risk (INCR); Bank of America, Citigroup,
JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs; Equator Principles
2. Economist Warnings: Stern Review; urge cap-and-trade
3. Public Awakening: Hurricane Katrina; “An Inconvenient Truth”
and the “Goracle Factor;” “carbon neutral” word of the year in
2006; mainstream press coverage
4. Values-driven consumers: “green is the new black;” LOHAS
($209B U.S. market); organics; hybrids; thrift vs. consumption
5. High Energy Prices: Eco-efficiency savings; explosion of
renewable energy; clean tech magnet for venture capital
cont’d …
144. 10 Signs of Hope
6. Clean Tech Explosion: Venture capital focus on wind, solar,
biofuels, hydrogen; battery breakthoughs; CCS for coal
7. Carbon Trading Carrot: EU; US states; Corporate pressure
8. EU Market Leadership: WEEE, REACH, RoHS, EUP, Climate
Change Policy; UK / London GHG reduction goals
9. Corporate Leadership in the supply chain: Wal-Mart, GE,
DuPont …
10. Nature’s Resilience