short description of myrmex drivers & partnership proposal

1. Measuring real socio-environmental Impacts
along Value-chains
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2. The Problems
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Data overload
– Companies are engaged in continuous improvement of environmental figures for
numerous years. Data accumulate, but data collection processes affects their quality
and coherence.
– Yet, socio-environmental pressure, CSR, labeling and Ethics demands are still growing
from stakeholders and public authorities.
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A business is not run alone
– Particular emphasis over supply chain and purchasing footprintimprovements : CDP,
GRI 4, GHG protocol scope 3, UE PEF & OEF, …
– But the supply chain of many corporations has become extremely scattered and is
unmanageable beyond level 1 suppliers.
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Innovation
– Most of the marginal efficiency gains on the production side are behind us.
– An Excel chart does not help thinking out of the box
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Consultants should deliver added value instead of chasing after data
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3. Too many tools, each serving a small purpose
Shared methodologies into a single Framework,
Time saver, both corporate & products
Most of these tool Locking customers on a long
term relationship
Open source model & attractive pricing + access
to consultants & auditors
Too many people managing social &
environmental information
Suppliers not very keen to provide raw
information to customer
Identify who does what easily & track answers
statuses
Allow supplier to push request upward in supply
chain at no cost
Build transparency along value chain for every
actor (dependency)
Build Trust
Product footprints are expensive, time
consuming and based on generic factors
Low Cost / accessible to any one, easy to use ;
real factors
Metrics to define product performance are not
hamonized (yet)
Open to any methodology, customer defines what
he whats to track
Very little information about product
composition, traceability beyond level 1
Data quality issues , Uncertainties are big
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Manage data quality & uncertainties
with innovations
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4. Added impacts procedure
+ improvements over time
Traceability , Align business ans socioenvironmental performance
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5. General idea : 1 data = different answers
DO the Job once, report as many times as need with very little additional efforts
– MYRMEX is a repository from which you can answer to all internal or stakeholder queries.
– Know immediately who is reporting on what ; focus on your core data
Supplier 1
Company
Product A
&B
Customer 1
Product
B&C
Customer 2
Product A
D&E
Customer N
Supplier x
Push the request to suppliers
Collect activity data for Scope 2 processes
Manage suppliers answers
Confirm data already in system /
mobilise staff for additional data collection
See how many data you miss to complete methods
Build temporary answers with hotspots
Select/define Method
See progress Reports
MYRMEX
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6. Methods available / under development in MYRMEX
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Product traceability & Compliance
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EU-TR
FSC / PEFC
Product components
Countries of origin
% Organic / fair trade
Reach : reversed process
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Product footprinting
– Water ; carbon ; energy
– 14 indicators from EU OEF & PEF
– + action planning & verification
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CSR corporate & Site level
– GRI 3.1 & GRI 4
– Carbon disclosure project
– Global compact
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7. Software Pricing
MYRMEX regular price framework= each user pays for its own usage
Monthly usage fee in €/month
# Sites
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1 to 2
3 to 12
13 to 33
33+
1
0
10
25
45
# Products
2-5
10
20
35
55
6 - 20
25
35
50
70
21- 50
50
60
75
95
50+
80
90
105
125
Examples:
- supplier A reports on 1 product from two sites: free
- supplier B reports on 4 products from two sites: 10 €/month
- supplier C reports on 40 products from 11 sites: 75 €/month
- nobody pays more than 125 €/month
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Automatic Verification & Coherence Check: included in the tool
Additional demands: Pay as you Go
– Eg. Manual Control fee = ½ day of work (on average)
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8. User Centered Features
– Basic rules
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Rule #1 : Your Data are NEVER disclosed
– Distinction made between activity data (remaining your ownership and never
disclosed) and results : being transmissible
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Rule #2 : Everything starts with a query
– Myrmex = Trusted third party relayqueries made by stakholders to your organisations
– You decide if and how youwant to respond to eachquery
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Rule #3 : Your performance is not disclosed unless you say so
– There are several steps to proceed through to send a result out of your company
– Many validation layers, few people having the authority to disclose information
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Rule #4: If you don’t save time on the long run, quit !
– MYRMEX intends to help companies solve their socio-environmental issues by
mutualizing these into a one-stop-shop. If you see no time savings after a year r so, give
us feedback and quit.
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9. User Centered Features
– Step by Step approach
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Step #1 : Define organisation& set up scopes
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Step #2 : Review queries
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Step #3 : Define sold products
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Step #4 : Define suppliers & supplies
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Step #5 : Fill key information
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Step #6 : Validate answers and send results
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Step #7 : Reduce uncertainty by improving data quality , completeness
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Step #8 : Reduce uncertainty by validating data
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3 levels of complexity
1.
2.
3.
Quick &dirty ( 10’)
Hotspotsimprovement
Detailed information
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10. Ongoing developments
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– Manage allocation
Different methods repecting international standards, such as ISO1404x
And user easiness to use
TOTAL consumption
Water Wa
Product split (optional)
Wa_P1 Wa_OP
Energy E
E_P1 E_OP
ELEC el
el_P1 el_OP
Processes Pr
Pr_P1 Pr_OP
Overhead
Transport
O_P1 O_OP
T_P1 T_OP
P1 (reporting)
Packaging
IxPa_P1
Wh
Input 1 produit 1 I1_P1
I2_P1
OtherProducts
(non listed)
Ix_Py non décrits
Waste
Co-products
Level 1
Level 2
Per category
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WasteCategories
Waste P1 = Ix_P1 + IxPa_P1+Ci_P1
Wasteother = WasteTOTAL – W_P1
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11. Ongoing developments
– Manage Uncertainties
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Rule #1: Result = DATA x (1 + Uncertainty factor)
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Rule #2 : The mode detailed information you give, the less uncertainties you get
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Rule #3 : As long as you progress towards the resource, %uncertainties are reduced.
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Factors reducing uncertainties
– Theoretical Data (Hotspots)
– 3 data quality level for each supplier
– 3 allocation processes for each supplier
– Internal data verification by manager
– Data validation by external consultants
– Data Audited third party
– Conform to Sector guidance documents (materiality,
impacts, etc)
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%uncertainty
%Raw material
& resource
Finished goods
By adding further information DATA value can sometimes increase, but we expect in 85%
that overall impact is reduced.
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12. A model built on partnerships
& collective governance
Step 1 : Incubating
2012
FactorX
Step 2 : Growing
Step 3 : Spinoffing
2013-2016
2016-17
FactorX
%sales
FAX
Step 4 : Living
2017+
MYRME
X
Ideas
Myrmex
Project
Myrmex
PRODUCT
Stakeholders
Customers
Users
Factor-Xautofinances first steps of
development (easier than startup)
The projects is developed internally
(resources mutualisation)
Partnerships proposal (risk & revenue
sharing)
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As the project grows in importance
customers, users and stakeholders
are included into the loop in order to
define developments &
management rules
The community of developers is also built
Once trust is established, and since
the project reached a viable
size, the project can live
alone
Creation of a dedicated company
with all interested people
Collegial
administ
ration
Open
Capital
(SCRL)
Ideas
transformed into
New projects
Own
Team
&Mgt
STK
commite
es
The new structure is created
with no debt, small
capital amounts, is
immediately viable and
reassigns a percentage of
its turnover to FAX
(typically 10%)
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13. Users
Partners
à partir de
300
new users
Retour lors de
l’assemblée
générale des
utilisateurs
À p. de 1500
new users
Skype meetings
Identification
problèmes
Amélioration
souhaitée
Calendrier des
releases
Contribuer
Faire des
suggestions
Rendre du
feedback
Questionnaire
annuel de
satisfaction
&
Propositions de
recommandations
Investors
A p. de
3000
new users
From 2017
Réunions
trimestrielles
Grandes
orientations
stratégiques
Co-gestion
Managing
partners
Releases &
improvements
Wiki
Feedback &
suggestions
Conseil
Orientations
générales
Avis d’experts
Assemblée
Générale
IT developers
Conférence de
développement
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Exectuive
comittee
Comité
scientifique
Expertise
Audit IT
Audit Méthodes
Comité
d’audit
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14. End Customers
– Eu-Timber Regulation : Wood products
traceability
– CSR at company level
– Product labels verification
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Product carbon footprint
Suppliers mobilisation
Improvements verification
Toward low carbon consumption
– Internal data collection and management
– Site per site Scope 3 carbon footprint
– Progressive inclusion of key suppliers
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Online Company carbon footprint calculator
Online individual voluntary carbon caluclator
Improvement declaration & verification
Tips& tricks to reduce in function of results
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15. Conclusion
What we are looking for
Early adopters with supply chain issues, from main industrial domains:
• Agrifood
• Chemical
• Automobile / transport
• Manufacturing
• Construction
• Medical & Health
• Electronics
• Textile
• Furniture
• Tourism
What do you gain by being one?
Mobilization of your supply chain Better understandingof the Socio-environmental impact along your value chain
Clear Positioning in improving sustainability practices in purchasing
Return on investment
Business Partners in the consulting and Audit industry
:
•Develop methodologies
• Test the tool
• Integrate your customers supply chains
• Give feedback & participate to governance
• Get additional turnover
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Tool developers
•Driven by open source models
Scientific comittee members
Applications welcome
frederic@factorx.eu
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16. Thank you for your attention
http://www.myrmex.coop/
Webinar sessions (planned once a week)
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Frédéric Chomé
Frederic.chome@factorx.eu
+32 474 701 832
http://www.factorx.eu
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