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Session 3 00 Antonio Casana - Sustainable Tomato Factory WPTC
The document discusses the concept of sustainability from various perspectives. It defines sustainability as meeting present needs without compromising future generations' ability to meet their own needs. Sustainability reporting frameworks like the Global Reporting Initiative promote sustainability reporting to help organizations contribute to sustainable development. The document also examines sustainability in the context of tomato factories, how they have changed over 50 years to become more efficient and sustainable, and the ongoing journey towards further improving sustainability.
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- 2. What is Sustainability? Planet ProfitPeople Despite its simplicity, however, sustainability isa concept that people have a hard time wrapping their minds around and there are many myths on it.
- 3. “Sustainable” is a synonymfor “green.”
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- 7. Sustainability reporting and benchmarks • Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) • Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) •Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) • UN Global Compact (COP)
- 8. https://vimeo.com/62634099 The Global Reporting Initiative(GRI) is a leading organization in the sustainability field. GRI promotes the use of sustainability reporting as a way for organizations to become more sustainable and contribute to sustainable development. A sustainable global economy should combine long term profitability with ethical behavior, social justice, and environmental care.
- 9. • The UN Global Compact asks companies to embrace, support and enact, within their sphere of influence, a set of core values in the areas of human rights, labour standards, the environment and anti‐corruption: Human Rights • Principle 1: Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights; and •Principle 2: make sure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses. Labour • Principle 3: Businesses should uphold the freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining; • Principle 4: the elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labour; • Principle 5: the effective abolition of child labour; and • Principle 6: the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation. Environment • Principle 7: Businesses should support a precautionary approach to environmental challenges; • Principle 8: undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility; and • Principle 9: encourage the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies. Anti‐Corruption • Principle 10: Businesses should work against corruption in all its forms, including extortion and bribery.
- 10. IS SUSTAINABILITY AT TIPPING POINT? • 67% saidthat sustainability- related strategies are necessary to stay competitive. • 24% are “Embracers” … the Tipping Point? • 70% say that sustainability was on the management agenda in 2011, and will stay there permanently. MIT Sloan and the Boston Consulting, “2011 Sustainability & Innovation Global Executive Study and Research Project,” Jan. 2012. Surveyed 4,000 managers from 113 countries.
- 11. How long willit be before we reach the SUSTAINABILITY TIPPING POINT in the business community? •0-5 years •5-10 years •10-15 years •More than 15 years •Never
- 12. Based on surveyof 1,251 companies, in UN Global Compact Annual Review 2010 SURVEY SAYS …
- 13. “Over the last10 years, the ‘Sustainability Imperative’ has emerged, magnified by escalating public and governmental concern about climate change, industrial pollution, food safety, and natural resource depletion, among other issues.” David Lubin and Daniel Esty, HBR, May-June 2010
- 14. 50% 69% 72% 88% 93% 96% … embedded insupply chains … acted upon by boards Sustainability should be … fully embedded in strategies and operations 2010 2007 UN Global Compact and Accenture study, survey of 766 worldwide CEOs, June 2010 CEO MINDSET IS SHIFTING
- 15. 25% 28% 32% 39% 50% 26% 29% 39% 45% 58% Regulators Commmunities Governments Employees Consumers 2010 2007 STAKEHOLDERS INFLUENCECEOs UN Global Compact and Accenture study, survey of 766 worldwide CEOs, June 2010
- 16. MIT Sloan andthe Boston Consulting Group,survey of 3,000 worldwide executives in 2010, “Sustainability: The ‘Embracers’ Seize Advantage,” Feb. 2011 “EMBRACERS”
- 17. The European way • The European Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) Bureau (EIPPCB) was set up in 1997 to organise an exchange of information between Member States,industry and non‐governmental organisations promoting environmental protection on Best Available Techniques (BAT), associated monitoring and developments in them.
- 18. EIPPC • The European IPPC Bureau is an output oriented team which produces reference documents on Best Available Techniques, called BREFs. BREFs are the main reference documents used by competent authorities in Member States when issuing operating permits for the installations that represent a significant pollution potential in Europe. There are about 50000 of these installations in Europe. •With the entry into force of the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED, 2010/75/EU), the EIPPCB organises and coordinates the exchange of information that leads to the drawing up and review of BAT reference documents according to the dispositions of the Guidance document on the exchange of information (Commission Implementing Decision 2012/119/EU).
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- 21. Next steps The United Nations Climate Change Conference, will be held in Paris in 2015. This will be the 21st yearly session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 21) to the 1992United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 11th session of the Meeting of the Parties (CMP 11) to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. The conference objective is to achieve a legally binding and universal agreement on climate, from all the nations of the world.
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