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The importance of Sustainability The importance of Sustainability Reporting and Carbon Footprint Reporting and Carbon Footprint
Nikos AvlonasNikos AvlonasPresident & Founder of CSEPresident & Founder of CSE
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Solutions for SustainabilityCSE provides comprehensive sustainability solutions to corporations, governments and organizations through the use of practical tools and methods to drive business growth while increasing stakeholder brand value/reputation.
Sustainability (CSR)Reporting based on
GRI Guidelines
Supply Chain
Management
Certified Training
Workshops& Webinars
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
&Carbon
Footprint
Green & Social Cause Marketing
Sustainability Verification &
Assurance
Indicative List of North American Customers Training and Consultancy
AARP Architect of the Capitol Baker Hughes Baxter Caldwell College CertainTeed Corporation Commscope D&A Development Solutions Gennomalab Graylyn Associates, Inc. Green Commission Hess Corp Huntsman Corporation ICF International IOPP Illinois treasury office KEMA Registered Quality, Inc Lockheed Martin Medline NAR Green Designation Program Noble Energy Inc NovaGold Resources Inc. Oxford Communications Parsons Promega Biosciences SB NOW Staatsolie Co Supervalu Wisconsin Energy
Sustainability Reporting since 2008
Member of UN Global Compact
Measuring and reducing Carbon footprint
Our key events are carbon neutral
Recycling and Composting in our offices
Reducing annually paper use and ink through special software
Green Academy initiative
Roundtables for awareness
Sustainability in CSE Walking ……the Talk
Confusion about Sustainabilityand what it Really means.
How to avoid Green washing
What Exactly is Sustainability ?
Sustainability means aligning business strategy and operations with Sustainability means aligning business strategy and operations with universal values universal values Sustainability means aligning business strategy and operations with Sustainability means aligning business strategy and operations with universal values universal values
Sustainability can lead to a fundamental transformation of strategies, Sustainability can lead to a fundamental transformation of strategies, operations, relationships, corporate culture and identityoperations, relationships, corporate culture and identitySustainability can lead to a fundamental transformation of strategies, Sustainability can lead to a fundamental transformation of strategies, operations, relationships, corporate culture and identityoperations, relationships, corporate culture and identity
Sustainability is proactive strategic planning, not defensive communicationSustainability is proactive strategic planning, not defensive communicationSustainability is proactive strategic planning, not defensive communicationSustainability is proactive strategic planning, not defensive communication
Source UN Global Compact
WHAT IS NOT SUSTAINABILITY GREEN WASHING
1. Fluffy Language: words or terms with no clear meaning
e.g. eco- friendly
1. Fluffy Language: words or terms with no clear meaning
e.g. eco- friendly
2. Green products v dirty company: such as efficient light bulbs made in factory which pollutes rivers
2. Green products v dirty company: such as efficient light bulbs made in factory which pollutes rivers
3. Suggestive pictures: Green images that indicate a (un-justified) green impact
e.g. flowers blooming from exhaust pipes
3. Suggestive pictures: Green images that indicate a (un-justified) green impact
e.g. flowers blooming from exhaust pipes
4. Irrelevant claims: Emphasizing one tiny green attribute when everything else un-green
4. Irrelevant claims: Emphasizing one tiny green attribute when everything else un-green
5. Best in class? Declaring you are slightly greener than the rest, even if the rest are pretty terrible
5. Best in class? Declaring you are slightly greener than the rest, even if the rest are pretty terrible
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Major Argument for Sustainability and Corporate
Responsibility
The Return on Investment (Business Case) The Return on Investment (Business Case)
for Sustainability cannot be clearly specified ! for Sustainability cannot be clearly specified !
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Sustainability PerformanceSource: Bloomberg
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Sustainability Reporting
Reports can be used for:
Benchmarking and assessing sustainability performance with respect to laws, norms, codes, performance standards, and voluntary initiatives
Demonstrating how the organization influences and is influenced by sustainable development expectations
Comparing performance within organizations & between different organizations over time
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2015 Goals: Increase facility energy usage of renewable power to 20% (of total)
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions 45% indexed to revenue from 2005 baseline
CSR Sustainability reporting and facts
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Sustainability reporting is required to do business ! Ripple
October 13, 2011
“. . . Microsoft will also encourage all its suppliers to consider use of the reporting guidelines provided by the Global Reporting Initiative. . . .”
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Sustainability Reporting and Transparent communication
Significant increase in the publication of Sustainability Reports in the US
The US is ranked 3rd in Sustainability Reporting (approx. 74% of Global Fortune 250 )
Growing sense of Sustainability to improve transparency and accountability to the wider community- not just to shareholders
Top 3 drivers for Sustainability Reporting in 2011: Reputational considerations, ethical considerations, employee motivation, avoiding green washing
KPMG International Survey of Corporate Responsibility Reporting 2011
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Sustainability Reporting (North American Sample)
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CO2 SF6 CH4 N2O HFCs PFCs
Scope 2Indirect
Scope 2Indirect
Scope 1Direct
Scope 1Direct Scope 3Scope 3
IndirectIndirectScope 3Scope 3IndirectIndirect
* Source: WBCSD & WRI GHG Protocol
Greenhouse Gas Protocol Greenhouse Gas Protocol Operational BoundariesOperational Boundaries
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Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)
Thousands of organizations from across the world’s major economies measure and disclose their greenhouse gas emissions, water use and climate change strategies through CDP. We put this Information at the heart of financial and policy decision-making.
– Accelerate solutions to climate change by putting relevant information at the heart of business, policy and investment decisions
– Over 3, 000 organizations in 60 countries now measure and disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and climate change strategies through CDP
Number of reporting companies
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Carbon Disclosure ProjectThe Carbon Disclosure project requires companies to measure and report1.Carbon emissions2.Integration of climate change into their business strategy3.Perception of climate change risks and opportunities
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Sustainability Reporting and Investor decisions n GRI
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Investors analysts are require Sustainability Reporting
300,000+ data terminals globally
5,000+ companies and climbing
Sustainability Aspects• Emissions • Energy Consumption• Human Rights• Policies• Board Make-Up
Enhanced Brand Value and Reputation
“Positive Image ” to Investors and better ranking
Cost Reduction from Eco-Solutions and Carbon Footprint Strategy
Improved Risk and Crisis Management
Workforce Motivation
Successful Integration of Sustainability within operations
Good relations with local communities
Comply with Supply Chain’s Sustainability Criteria
Market opportunities with Green Consumers (LOHAS) -209 Billion Market in US
CSR BenefitsSustainability Reporting Benefits
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Certified Sustainability (CSR) Practitioner• Chicago,
April 26-27, 2012
To register please visit www.cse-net.org & obtain a 10% discount!
Upcoming Trainings
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Let’s Globalize … Sustainability
Reconsidering … existing business models
Zero… Emissions
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