Beyond Energy efficiency

How Sustainability Strategies How Sustainability Strategies can support your Business can support your Business

Results Results

Nikos Avlonas Nikos Avlonas President CSE President CSE (avlonas@cse-net.org) (avlonas@cse-net.org)

Confusion about Sustainability and what it Really means at the C-Suite Level and Small Medium Enterprises

Is it related only to Energy Efficiency and Waste reduction? Is it Energy Efficiency part of the operational efficiency anyhow?

Can Sustainability increase stakeholder value?

CSR Benefits Global Warming & impact

Leadership needed

Our climate is changing. And while the increase in extreme weather we have experienced in New York City and around the world may or may not be the result of it, the risk that it might be should compel all elected leaders to take immediate action.

Michael R. Bloomberg ,mayor of New York ,November 1st 2012

CSR Benefits Global Warming & impact

An American Prophet in 1997 is not enough !

Americans ride around in cars and trucks will dumb another 180,000 pounds of Carbon Dioxide into the atmosphere and thereby accelerate global warming and hasten the advent of catastrophic flooding in coastal cities like New York

Jane Holtz Kay, Book ‘’Asphlat Nation’’ 1997

What Exactly is Sustainability ?

Social and Environmental Sustainability can lead to a fundamental Social and Environmental Sustainability can lead to a fundamental transformation of strategies, operations, relationships, corporate culture and transformation of strategies, operations, relationships, corporate culture and identityidentity

Social and Environmental Sustainability can lead to a fundamental Social and Environmental Sustainability can lead to a fundamental transformation of strategies, operations, relationships, corporate culture and transformation of strategies, operations, relationships, corporate culture and identityidentity

Source UN Global Compact

Energy Efficiency /Cost Savings

Carbon emissions reduction

Waste Reduction

Green Buildings

Can energy efficiency or Waste management support your company sustainable growth ?

From Short Term to Long term From Energy efficiency to Stakeholder

Value

Stakeholders Engagements /Keep them happy

Broad strategic benefits including reputation and competitiveness

Sustainable growth and risk reduction

Good Governance

Local Community and employee engagement

Product responsibility

Human Rights in Supply Chain

Rise of Sustainability A Global issue with different perspectives

North America

Energy reduction/Cost Savings Waste reductionsGreen Buildings Philanthropy

EUROPE

All above Good GovernanceLocal Community /Employee engagementResponsible MarketingProduct responsibilityHuman Rights in Supply Chain

CHINA /SE ASIA

MIDDLE EAST

Health and Safety Human Rights Workforce benefits

Local Community engagement Philanthropy

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Major Argument for Sustainability

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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Creating Value for all Stakeholders

Social

Recognition

Building

Confidence

Minim

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growth

Innova

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New

Mar

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Areas

Social & Enviromental

Licence to Operate

Business Case

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Business Case

The Return on Investment (Business Case) The Return on Investment (Business Case)

for Sustainability cannot be clearly specified ! for Sustainability cannot be clearly specified !

(Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index) with the Global 500 Index. The CDLI includes Siemens, Coca-Cola, Microsoft and many other industry leaders

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Investors require Sustainability

300,000+ data terminals globally

5,000+ companies and climbing

Sustainability Aspects• Emissions • Energy Consumption• Human Rights• Policies• Board Make-Up

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Sustainability is required to do business ! Ripple

October 13, 2011

“. . . Microsoft will also encourage all its suppliers to consider doing Sustainability Reporting . . . .”

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Sustainability Index

Energy and Climate Reduce energy costs and GHG Emissions

Material Efficiency Reduce waste and enhance quality

Natural Resources High quality, responsibly sourced raw materials

People and Community Responsible & ethical production

Sustainability is required to do business ! Ripple

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Leading Sustainability CompaniesWhy not your company or Institute?

Everybody expects from large global organizations to meet Sustainability Criteria. Not from SMEs or Institutes (At least for the moment ! )

It takes a lot of time and resources to be implemented in large companies ( 3-5 years) Not so much in SMEs

SMEs or Institutes can gain a greater competitive differentiation from Sustainability through Marketing

CSR Benefits More beneficial to Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

Enhanced Brand Value and Reputation

Improved Risk and Crisis Management

Workforce Motivation, retention

Good relations with local communities and suppliers

New Market opportunities with Green Consumers (LOHAS) -250 Billion Market

CSR BenefitsKey Sustainability Benefits (Beyond Cost Savings from Energy Reduction )

Save up to 20% from your Marketing ,Corporate Communication Investment

Up to 50% less spending in Crisis Communication Management.

Save up to 20% from other HR investments in employee motivation

Increase revenues from new Markets

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Better Long Term Financial performance and Competiveness

CONCLUSIONS

Sustainability Strategies has become a very important part of the corporate strategy for organizations that want to be sustainable in the long run .

SUSTAINABILITY (CSR) ASSESSMENT

Identification of corporate strengths &

areas for improvement

Identification of key Risks and

opportunities

Key QuestionsDo you have the right perspective and sustainability strategy to increase

your opportunities ? Do you know how to integrate sustainability within your operations ?Do you know how to increase Stakeholder Value and reduce risks ?

CONCLUSIONS

CSE Worldwide Activities*

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UAE (Dubai, Abu Dhabi)UAE (Dubai, Abu Dhabi)

GermanyGermany

BulgariaBulgaria

TurkeyTurkey

RomaniaRomaniaBaltic Countries (Latvia)Baltic Countries (Latvia)

EgyptEgypt

ItalyItaly

IndiaIndia

Singapore

Saudi Arabia

CroatiaCroatia

AustriaAustria

CSE N. America

CSE BelgiumCSE Belgium

QatarQatar

CanadaCanada

Japan (Tokyo)Japan (Tokyo)

Chile Chile

From commitment to Results

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 Huntsman Corporation ICF International 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 Walmart Wisconsin Energy United

Certified Sustainability (CSR) Practitioner & Green Buildings

Chicago, May 7th

NY, June 13th

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