Sustainability Advantage Overview - August 2020
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The Sustainability Advantage program in NSW works with over 800 member organizations to help them achieve sustainability goals and address complex sustainability problems. It has been operating for 14 years, providing expertise, funding, and networking opportunities to help members in sectors like construction, education, manufacturing, and government. The program focuses on developing sustainability leaders, accelerating action to meet climate targets, and incubating innovative projects aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. It recognizes high achieving members and facilitates collaboration between organizations to support catalytic sustainability projects.
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Sustainability Advantage Overview - August 2020
- 1. SUSTAINABILITY ADVANTAGE Creating and nurturing leaders to secure a sustainable future for NSW August 2020
- 2. SUSTAINABILITY ADVANTAGE www.environment.nsw.gov.au/sustainabilityadvantage Sustainability Advantage Engaging, enabling and demonstrating Sustainability Advantage works with organisations in NSW to help them realise their sustainability ambitions. The program has been going for 14 years. 800+ members across NSW, with 150+ active project partners Works with medium-to-large enterprises for maximum impact Supports individual organisations and collaboratively focuses on shared member needs to address complex sustainability problems Recognition Scheme rewards achievements Builds a connected community of sustainability leaders that demonstrate what is possible and showcase pathways to success
- 3. SUSTAINABILITY ADVANTAGE Snapshot : Membership by industry Construction, 7 Education, 5 Food & Beverage, 26 Local Government, 23 Manufacturing, 20 Retail, 8 Services, 5 Technology, 3 Utilities, 11 Hospitality & Tourism, 11 NSW State Government, 10 Transport & Logistics, 8 TOTAL Health & Aged Care, 17
- 4. SUSTAINABILITY ADVANTAGE Our challenge: Accelerating action to meet targets and goals 01 02 03 04 05 Transformative networks to accelerate innovation and collaborations Building business capacity and resilience through targeted programs aligned to NSW net zero emissions targets and the SDGs Mentoring and incubating entrepreneurial organisations Opportunities for leadership development and sharing leading practice strategies Supporting catalytic projects aligned to the SDGs Sustainability Advantage MEMBER BENEFITS Dedicated support from our team of Sustainability Advantage advisors Assistance from our expert panel of sustainability consultants (up to 30 hours, valued at around $6,000) Invitations to exclusive expert forums and other networking events Access to the Sustainability Advantage Recognition Scheme Opportunities for leadership development Connection to other organisations in the Sustainability Advantage network Annual Diagnostic (sustainability health check) and agreed action plan Exclusive use of resources, tools, reports and templates developed by Sustainability Advantage Funding for special projects Access to business information resources and online resources including e-bulletins and alerts
- 6. SUSTAINABILITY ADVANTAGE Key sectors (continued) Tourism & Hospitality Clubs Aged Care Property & Infrastructure Services/Other
- 7. SUSTAINABILITY ADVANTAGE Our focus areas External stakeholder engagement Carbon leadership Sustainable procurement Resource productivity Environmental risk and responsibility Business planning for sustainability Employee engagement Climate change risk and adaptation
- 9. SUSTAINABILITY ADVANTAGE Our business partners have embraced the goals The program has been actively working to inform, engage and activate organisations around the SDGs since 2016.
- 10. “The SDGs are nothing less than a blueprint for a better world. A roadmap to get from the world we have to the world we want to have. It’s a bumpy road but it’s a vital journey, and we will all be held to account in 2030 for what we have achieved collectively and individually.” Doug Frantz, Deputy Secretary-General OECD
- 11. SUSTAINABILITY ADVANTAGE Clean energy pathways – net zero and beyond Sustainability Advantage has worked with local subsidiaries of RE100 signatories to help them meet international commitments, including, IKEA. Adobe, Coca-Cola, Konica Minolta, Mars and Nestle. The program has also assisted these early adopter organisations to set clean energy, renewables or science based emissions reductions targets and to help them identify and document pathways to achieve their goals:
- 12. SUSTAINABILITY ADVANTAGE https://energy.nsw.gov.au/commer cial-business/sustainability/clean- energy-strategies-business Six case studies and Guide published late 2018 (guide and four member case studies produced in collaboration with Sustainability Advantage)
- 13. SUSTAINABILITY ADVANTAGE Recognition Scheme The Recognition Scheme is a valued part of our program and is a public acknowledgement that our partners can demonstrate continuous and ongoing sustainability improvement through active participation in the program. Our objective is to build a community of organisations committed to sustainability and innovation. Recognition events bring this community together to celebrate their achievements. Events are held every two years. The credibility of the recognition scheme depends on Sustainability Advantage being able to vouch for these achievements.
- 15. SUSTAINABILITY ADVANTAGE Sustainability Advantage Gold Partners Organisations that have achieved great success and recognition for their achievements include:
- 16. Traditional project management tools do not cope with uncertainty Most Government processes are designed to produce predictable, reliable, standardised results.
- 17. 98% of sustainability programs fail Bain & Company 2017
- 18. Creating a “big new” or a “big different” in an environment of extreme uncertainty requires innovative thinking, and innovative thinking requires the right kind of organisational processes.
- 19. Entrepreneurial Management Combines a wide range of highly effective tools for understanding business and customer needs and bringing product ideas to life.
- 20. Case Studies New Water for the Murray Darling Basin Urban Farming Hub Volume Builder Market
- 21. New Water Creating new fresh water sources for the Murray Darling Basin We have a massive problem here in the Murray Darling Basin. We don’t have enough water to go around – not for the environmental flows, for the communities living off the rivers, and for the irrigators. What we need is more that water efficiency ideas - we need new water. Professor of Agriculture Jim Pratley, Charles Sturt University
- 22. Urban Farming Hub Roadmap for the University of Sydney to take a leading role in Urban Agriculture based on circular economy principles. It is so easy for us to sit on a good idea and not do anything about it. But Sustainability Advantage and Blue Tribe didn’t allow that to happen. They kept driving us forward. Floris van Ogtrop, Senior Researcher, University of Sydney
- 23. SUSTAINABILITY ADVANTAGE www.environment.nsw.gov.au/sustainabilityadvantage Sustainability Advantage Other Activation Projects and Wrap Up Identifying options for NSW School Infrastructure to handle solar panels at the end of life Supporting the establishment of a biogas trading scheme in NSW Supporting Riverina Water County Council to secure an ARENA grant to enhance energy management Enabling a market for low emissions building materials in NSW
Editor's Notes
- 36% regional members Our reach The Sustainability Advantage program works with medium to large organisations committed to improving the sustainability of their operations. (Leadership?) The members we want are characterised by: Desire for improvement Willingness to act Capacity to invest Appetite for innovation Leadership aspiration Sharing their journey
- We work with businesses, government organisations and not-for-profits Many are ASX listed companies … Do we need the industry icons on the side? Could they be simpler if so?
- Our objective is to provide maximum flexibility with the delivery of offerings and projects so that we can match our members needs and accelerate sustainability goals and progress. Our focus areas are aligned to our program drivers, including the NSW Government’s target of net-zero emissions by 2050 and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
- Our north star … The SDGs are an international blue print for sustainable development and helping organisations focus effort on impact. They address the global challenges we face, including those related to poverty, inequality, climate, environmental degradation, prosperity, peace and justice. 11% respondent in the Responsible Business Trends report agreed that the SDG’s should be used as a driver for future business strategy and success. In 2015, countries adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals. In 2016, the Paris Agreement on climate change entered into force, addressing the need to limit the rise of global temperatures,
- Key talking points – we have strong links with the business community and Highlights of what’s happening on the Planning and Environment Our business support program Sustainability Advantage has engaged multiple stakeholders on the SDGs In addition to actively engaging individual organisations, the program is working with specific sectors to map potential for sector wide impact – Aged Care and Councils Sustainability Advantage’s work on the Sustainable Development Goals was mentioned twice in the Sydney consultations for the Senate Inquiry into the UNs Sustainable Development Goals and a case study of it’s approach to developing the Framework for the Aged Care sector was included in the XXXX . Also Division of Policy and Strategy has undertaken some mapping and collecting of case studies of existing projects that support the goals. Alex O’Meara as champion (ex POW).
- Clean Energy Strategies project developed by SA for member businesses was adopted by Energy Efficient Business team and DoI – engagement with senior management on business case for beyond zero. 20 businesses participated in this pilot in 2017 (14 were SA members). Object was to assist early adopter business to set clean energy, renewables or science based emissions reduction targets, and help them build a strategy / pathway document to achieve their target. Learning to be shared with the wider community. Case studies published in 2018.
- 23 partners recognized at our event at Sydney Opera House in June 2019.
- To be updated : slide of Gold Partners: Add Summerland and Compass. Remove Ingham. Ask about Lendlease? (After asking Jen – Lendlease has dropped off. Ingham has been removed. These are the current members, although Taronga is expiring 13/9. De Bortoli wines have changed their logo, it’s been updated here. Removed Wrigley but have since realised it’s part of Mars, can move it back in if desired)