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Making the business case fall 2010
This document discusses sustainability and its importance for businesses. It defines sustainability as meeting present needs without compromising future generations' ability to meet their own needs. The document outlines the business case for sustainability, including risk management, opportunities in green products, and cost savings from efficiency initiatives. It also discusses tools for accounting and reporting on sustainability performance, such as the Global Reporting Initiative. The conclusion encourages learning about sustainability and getting involved through initiatives on campus or in your career.
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- 1. Making the Casefor Sustainable Business Practices:An Introduction
- 2. OutlineWhat does sustainabilityreally mean?Why is sustainability such a hot topic?Making the business case for sustainabilityAccounting and sustainabilityWhat can you do?
- 3. What does sustainabilitymean?Your definitionTo me, sustainability is a future where beings (human and otherwise) live fulfilled lives as part of thriving ecosystems. Living sustainably means expanding the beneficial and minimizing the negative consequences of our actions on others in our community (and expanding our definition of community).
- 4. Definition of SustainableDevelopment Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It contains within it two key concepts: the concept of 'needs', in particular the essential needs of the world's poor, to which overriding priority should be given; and the idea of limitations imposed by the state of technology and social organization on the environment's ability to meet present and future needs.http://www.worldinbalance.net/agreements/1987-brundtland.html,Gro Harlem Brundtland, Norwegian politician, diplomat, and physician
- 5. Definition of SustainableDevelopment Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It contains within it two key concepts: the concept of 'needs', in particular the essential needs of the world's poor, to which overriding priority should be given; and the idea of limitations imposed by the state of technology and social organization on the environment's ability to meet present and future needs.http://www.worldinbalance.net/agreements/1987-brundtland.html,Gro Harlem Brundtland, Norwegian politician, diplomat, and physician
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- 9. The 209 toxinsfound in mother’s milk of Inuit women living in North AlaskaTRASH4.4 pounds/person/day38 Billion water bottles/year >$1B125M phones/year, 65,000 Tonshttp://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/09/magazine/09TOXIC.html?pagewanted=all&position=http://safemilk.org/
- 10. North Pacific centralgyre - A floating island of plastic larger than TexasAlbatross on the Kure-AtollLA River after a stormhttp://www.5gyres.org
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- 13. Impact on otherspecieshttp://www.earthend-newbeginning.com/http://www.jimmau.com/CONSEQUENCES/http://greenoc.freedomblogging.com/2010/03/11/starving-dying-sea-lion-pups-wash-ashore/20937/http://www.ngoilgas.com/news/gulf-of-mexico-spill-dome-sent-to-contain-leak/
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- 15. Starving bear onVancouver Island. Very reduced salmon run Spring and Fall, 2008.
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- 18. Where is ourfood produced?http://ukiahcommunityblog.wordpress.com/category/dave-smith-blog
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- 20. The Role ofBusiness
- 21. “We are allpassionate about making real progress regarding the environment. By working together, we can help each other save money, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and pass the savings on to our customers. Sustainability is good for the environment, and it’s also good for business.”"We asked ourselves: If we had known 10 years ago what challenges we would face today, what would we have done different? What struck us was: This world is much more fragile than any of us would have thought years ago." Who said this?
- 22. Lee Scott, WalmartCEOJuly 12 and Sept 25, 2006http://www.walmartstores.com/GlobalWMStoresWeb/navigate.do?catg=355
- 23. If Wal-Mart wasa country it would rank as the 21st largest in the World1 in 120 people work for Wal-Mart in US, 100,000 global suppliers – How’s that for reach!http://exinglobal.typepad.com/going_global/2006/09/the_country_of_.html
- 24. It is notjust WalMarthttp://www.unglobalcompact.org/news/42-06-22-2010http://www.nicholasinstitute.duke.edu/globalcompact/
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- 26. The Business Casefor SustainabilityRisk ManagementClimate ChangeConsumer ActivismLegislationBusiness OpportunitiesDemand for “green” productsCost savings
- 27. Clean Technologydevelop newcompetencies
- 28. pursue leapfrog innovationBase of the Pyramidmeet unmet needs
- 29. raise the baseof the pyramidProduct Stewardshiplower product life cycle impact
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- 31. enhance resource productivityTheSustainable Value PortfolioTomorrowInternalExternalTodayFrom presentation given by Stuart Hart
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- 35. EU DirectivesROHS –Restriction of Hazardous Substances (Atrazine)REACH – Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals WEEE - Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
- 36. Increasing Number ofConsumers Interested in Sustainable Goodshttp://foodfreedom.wordpress.com/2010/02/01/gmo-crops-super-weed-time-bomb-explodes/
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- 39. Measure What MattersChallengeAllAspirations Annual ReportQualitative storiesQuantitative metrics (including financial and supply chain input/process/output measures)Evaluated against the 5 Aspirations
- 40. Clif Bar’s TripleBottom LineSustaining our BrandsSustaining our BusinessSustaining our PeopleSustaining our CommunitySustaining our Planet
- 41. Interface’s Triple BottomLinehttp://www.interfacesustainability.com/
- 42. Interface’s Triple BottomLinehttp://www.interfacesustainability.com/
- 43. Biomimicry – Fuelefficient designMercedes lowers the air resistance of concept car by modeling the car after the Box fish.Solar Stoves in Somaliahttp://www.tucacas.info/sunfirecooking/index.htm
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- 46. Mark Albion, Founder,Net ImpactA good business uplifts the human spirit and helps alleviate poverty and suffering on the planet.
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- 48. Accounting Discipline’s ContributionsDisclosuresand ReportingDecision-makingMarket MechanismsInvestment AnalysisOther
- 49. Accounting Discipline’s ContributionsDisclosureof Environmental LiabilitiesGAAP GuidelinesReporting on Sustainable Business PracticesVoluntary disclosureGlobal Reporting Initiative guidelinesCosting Issues and Cost-Benefit AnalysisWaste minimizationEnergy Consumption Reduction
- 50. Founded in 1997by the Coalition for Environmentally Responsible EconomiesSupported by United Nations Environment ProgramPermanent Institution in AmsterdamNow works with United Nations Global CompactFirst Guidelines (G1) established in 2000Revised in 2004 (G2)Revised in 2006 (G3) 1000+ Corporations spread across 60 countries participate in the GRIGlobal Reporting Initiative
- 51. GRI Measures…Performance Indicators:EconomicEnvironmentalSocialLaborPracticesHuman Rights Society Product Responsibility“Sector Supplements” provide additional reporting requirements fore specific industries Reporting Reference
- 52. Decision-makingCosting Issues andCost-Benefit AnalysisWaste minimizationEnergy Consumption ReductionProper allocation of environmental costs to products for product introduction, retention and eliminationFinancing and Costing a Cleanup siteDevelopment of a Balanced ScorecardQualitative Issues
- 53. Investment AnalysisSocial Returnon InvestmentA compliment to the financial bottom lineComputed on the same investment as financial ROI
- 54. OtherEco EfficiencyGuideline areasWateruse, Energy use, Global warming contribution, Ozone depleting substances, Waste
- 55. What can youdoLearn as much as you canQuestion the status quoGet involved at Cal PolyInvest proactivelyConsume conscientiously
- 56. What can youdo?Vote with your $$$$
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- 58. Rethink – Useless stuff No more plastic bottlesReduce – Turn things off, shorter showers
- 59. Reuse – Use2 sides of paper
- 60. Recycle – Paper,glass, cardboard, etc.
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