Why businesses should care about sustainability?
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1. The document discusses the need for businesses to become more sustainable due to scarce resources and planetary limits being exceeded. 2. It notes that raw material prices are volatile and increasing due to scarcity, while the expanding global population and their consumption patterns are stressing food and water supplies. 3. The speaker argues that businesses must reduce their environmental impact to zero by understanding how their operations and products impact resources, and through responsible supply chains, product design, and reducing waste.
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Why businesses should care about sustainability?
- 1. Business Wednesdays Conferences Why Businesses should care more about Sustainability? Speaker: Alexandre Lemille 09/04/2014 6:00pm – 8:00pm
- 3. A For-Purpose Business Wizeimpact Runs as a SocialBusiness
- 4. Our value proposition is to turn wealth centered businesses into value centric ventures. Wizeimpact ValueProposition
- 5. Sustainable Strategy Innovative Approaches Training & Reporting Impact Measurement Wizeimpact Our Services Wizeimpact.co.za
- 8. The BrundtlandCommission(01987) “Sustainable developmentis developmentthat meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability offuture generations to meet their own needs” We Lost Sight…
- 9. The Earth is 4.6 billion years old. Scaling down to 46 YEARS we’ve been here 4 HOURS and our Industrial Revolution began just 1MINUTE ago… …in thattimewe’ve destroyed more than 50 PERCENT of the world’s forests. WELCOME TO THE ANTHROPOCENE!
- 10. Planetary Limits Boundary Overshoot Source: Stockholm Resilience Centre
- 11. 400 PPM and Raising… Hawaii,March02013
- 12. Kids born in 02010… What’s left for them?
- 13. Where are Raw Materials? Not so much inAfrica…
- 14. AMajor Economic & Financial Issue Past 10 years:PriceIncrease& Volatility x4 x1.8x3.6x3
- 15. The Challenge of the Population +3bn MiddleClass by 02030 Food & Water Stress
- 16. Scarce natural elements Compared to Earth mass:fresh water & air
- 17. Ourcurrent economicmodelis a “globalsuicidepact. (...) We minedour way to growth. We burnedour way to prosperity. We believedin consumption without consequences. Those days are gone.“ AGlobal Suicide Pact Ban Ki Moon’s Warning
- 18. A Global Suicide Pact In Summary: 1. Not muchresources to rely on 2. Raw materialprices are volatile& increasing, due to scarcity 3. Planetlimitsignored 4. Fresh wateris scarce 5. CO2 threatening the climate 6. Expandingwealthierpopulation
- 20. …and certainlynot inAfrica BAU is not an option… Region/Costs under BAU Trajectory North America LATAM Europe MENA Sub- Saharan Africa Central Asia South Asia East Asia Extreme Poverty Medium High Risk High Risk Food Insecurity Medium High Risk High Risk Medium Risk of Conflict Medium High Risk High Risk High Risk Medium Medium Relative Inequality Medium High Risk Medium Medium High Risk Medium Medium Medium High Fertility High Risk High Risk High Risk Medium Inadequate Education Medium Medium High Risk High Risk Medium Gender Inequality Medium High Risk High Risk High Risk Medium Medium Poor Health Medium Medium High Risk High Risk Medium Water Stress Medium Medium Medium High Risk High Risk High Risk Medium Poor Housing Medium Medium Medium High Risk High Risk High Risk Medium Poor Environment Medium High Risk Medium Medium High Risk High Risk High Risk High Risk Extreme Weather Medium Medium Medium Medium High Risk Medium High Risk High Risk Sea Level Rise High Risk Medium High Risk High Risk High Risk High Risk High Risk High Risk Ocean Acidification High Risk High Risk High Risk High Risk High Risk High Risk High Risk High Risk Biodiversity Loss Medium High Risk Medium Medium High Risk Medium High Risk High Risk Source:WorldBank
- 21. Economic Progress & Social Advancement South Africa(69th /132nd) comparedto Brazil(57th) (71st) (40th) (94th) (128th) (71st) (92nd) (71st) (85th) (95th) (59th) (41st) (121st) (32nd) (50th) (42nd) Source: SPI
- 22. 1. No muchresources to relyon 2. Raw materialprice volatility 3. Planetlimitsignored 4. Waterscarcity 5. CO2 threatening the climate 6. Expandingwealthierpopulation 7. Business-As-Usualis not an option, especially in Africa 8. AnUnequalSouth Africa 9. SA HigherEducation Access, Ecosystem, Safety& Healthfallingbehind A Global Suicide Pact In Summary:
- 24. Africa is Booming All Eyes are on the UntappedMarket DEBT 1/2 02050 02050 + ↑
- 25. = The Biggest Human Challengeof all Times Sustainability = Innovation
- 26. Source: Global Footprint Network, 2013 Timefor a Leapfrog Africa:Closest to 1-Earth-Economy
- 27. Change Your References Social& TechnologicalInnovations from/for Africa
- 28. More Than Enough Sun = 89K , Wind: 3.7 , Consumption 1.5 Terawatts
- 29. What can YOU do more about it?
- 30. 1 Burger uses 2400 L = 2.4 Kilolitersof water, Price of water : R8 per Kiloliter, Water value = 2.4 Kl x R8 = R19.2 Today’s price of a burger? R20 !! IncludeExternalities Step 1: Understand your Impact SVSVSV Responsible Supply Chain Lower Environ Impact Responsible Design
- 31. Step 2: Product Responsibility Consumption Impact = 3 tons of rocks SVSVSV Responsible Supply Chain Transparency
- 32. Interface:SucceedinginZeroImpact Growth Step 3: Reduce your Impact to Zero N°1 Carpet Tile WWD -66% oil based products SVSVSV
- 33. Because… So Why? 1. You willunderstand your impact & managerisks 2. You willinnovate constantly 3. Youwillimprove yourbusiness model 4. You willaddress all customers’ PP range 5. You willcut your costs down, not employment 6. Youwillstay ahead of competition 7. You willcreate Shared Value 8. Youwillexpand your markets & create futureones
- 34. ACT TODAY Be a Leader / Be an Intrapreneur
- 35. LetsTalk atWizeimpact dot com