[challenge:future] foundation for sustainable business

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Sustainable development

“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will”. 

Mohandas Gandhi 

What is sustainability?

Open Google and you will find thousands of definitions…

People-Planet-Profit – the criteria of sustainable business – the company that aims not only at maximizing profit, but is eco-friendly and considerate towards its employees

In other words…Operating at high standards

Companies with LR sustainability

goals

Sustainable

High Profit

Low Profit

Not sustainable

Companies ignoring

sustainable development

LOW STANDARDS

HIGH STANDARDS

Today

Sustainable companies

Sustainable

High Profit

Low Profit

Not sustainable

Companies ignored sustainable

development

LOW STANDARDS

Future

HIGH STANDARDS

Multinational Corporations struggle to become the most sustainable companies in the world

A few big examples…

Clothes

Bath WC

Dishes

Glass

Universal

Terra is an existing umbrella brand of Henkel company which offers housecleaning detergents made from natural Palm Kernel oil instead of petroleum.

Source: http://www.terra-henkel.de/

Source: http://asimpleswitch.com/global/philips-and-energy-efficiency

Philips Green Products can reduce costs, energy consumption and CO2 emissions. How? They offer customers, users and society a significant environmental improvement in one or more of the Philips Green Focal Areas - Energy efficiency, Packaging, Hazardous substances, Weight, Recycling and disposal, and Lifetime reliability.

Sustainable approach

15 years of experience in advanced assessments, such as: Climate Declarations and Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) Carbon and Eco-footprints Life-Cycle Assessments (LCA) Environmental Risk Assessments (ERA) Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) Aspect & Impact Analysis (AIA) Eco Services Review (ESR) Eco-Efficiency Assessments (EEA) Life Cycle Costing (LCC) Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) Internalize external costs of environmental impacts (ExternE) Costs on environmental impacts and resources (EPS)

Source: http://www.akzonobel.com/sustainabledevelopment/approach/overview/

But all big journeys start with small steps…

• Healthy environment (physical and moral) for the staff

• Promotion of green products among suppliers and customers

• Efficient use of energy, water, raw materials, paper, etc.

• Calculating and further reduction of carbon footprint

• Choosing for eco-friendly technology

• Production of green products and services

• Setting LR aims of sustainable development