Production and LifestylesProduction and Lifestyles

Presented by:Presented by:

Jesaias Ortegon,Jesaias Ortegon,

Rob Thompson,Rob Thompson,

Augusto VegaAugusto Vega

Rethinking ProductionRethinking Production• Business leaders need to rethink the way they go about doing

business and production of their products due to all the waste they produce.

• Need to meet human needs with goods and services that use fewer materials and are environmentally safe.

• By the time most human products have been designed, 80 to 90 percent of the economic and ecological costs they will generate over their lifetimes have already become inevitable.

Innovations and Solutions in Innovations and Solutions in ProductionProduction

• Businesses that use resources efficiently and are more environmentally safe are becoming more profitable and are getting a head start on their competitors.

• Using new technology like LED lighting or lean manufacturing can increase energy and material by a factor of 4 to 10

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• (i.e.) Chemical giant DuPont, which is committed to sharp reductions of greenhouse gas emissions, cut emissions 72 percent below 1991 levels by 2007 and saved $3 billion in the process.

• Creating products and providing services through such approaches as biomimcry (a study of nature’s design).

Rethinking ProductionRethinking Production

Rethinking ProductionRethinking Production

Challenges of Sustainable Challenges of Sustainable Lifestyles: The issueLifestyles: The issue

• Economic growth and some innovations have left unsustainable stresses on the environment.

• Global population is growing more and more every year and demand is growing as well but resources are becoming scarce.

• Without new technological efficiencies and changes to our daily lifestyles, new demands will not be met.

Challenges of Sustainable Challenges of Sustainable Lifestyles: What can be done.Lifestyles: What can be done.

• Resource efficiency will add more “bang for the buck” and can improve by a factor of 10 or more according to some experts.

• The biggest efficiency that can done is by reducing the amount that we consume

• Governments must set policy so as to support an infrastructure

of sustainability: public transport, recycling, energy efficiency services, and so on.

Challenges of Sustainable Challenges of Sustainable LifestylesLifestyles

National Companies doing there Part: Production National Companies doing there Part: Production at Cox Enterprisesat Cox Enterprises

Cox Enterprises’ CommitmentCox Enterprises’ Commitment

Cox Enterprises InitiativesCox Enterprises Initiatives

• Have replaced hardcopy paperwork from sales reps and have now gone with Panasonic tablet.

• Recently unveiled solar panels at their New Jersey facility which will generate 15 percent of its detail shop’s electricity.

• Donates to the community such as the Beltline Partnership which is the nation’s largest urban renewal program in Atlanta.

• Reuse toners and properly recycle old equipment.

Cox Enterprises PartnersCox Enterprises Partners

Other National companies doing Other National companies doing their parttheir part

• GE has been able to:– to improve the energy efficiency of its operations and reduce the

company's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions – Signed agreements with companies such as (RES) Renewable

Energy Systems to provide them with wind energy

State Companies putting their partState Companies putting their part

Pizza Fusion’s Mission StatementPizza Fusion’s Mission Statement

• The health of our environment is a reflection of the choices we make. At Pizza Fusion, we care about the health of the planet and our customers. We care so much that we’ve chosen to hold ourselves responsible. By being committed to and conscious of our impact on the environment and the consumer, we’ve set an example for other companies and individuals to follow

and we’re proud of it.

Fusions’ environmental initiativesFusions’ environmental initiatives• Delivering our food in company owned hybrid vehicles

• Offsetting 100% of our energy usage with the purchase of renewable wind energy certificates

• Recycling and giving customers discounts for bringing back their pizza boxes to recycle them

• Using only eco-friendly cleaners to sanitize our stores

• Using 100% post-consumer recycled paper in our collateral

• Selling and providing our employees only with eco-apparel made from 100% organic cotton

• Serving our food in plastic-like containers made from 100% corn starch that decompose in landfills in only 50 days

• Using 100% post consumer toilet paper and paper towels in all our bathrooms

Fusions’ restaurants according to LEEDFusions’ restaurants according to LEED

• Building our restaurants according to LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification standards set forth by the United States Green Building Council by utilizing a variety of unique energy efficient tactics and eco-friendly products, such as:

– Eliminating the use of water heaters and air heating units by recycling heat from our ovens to warm the restaurants and heat the water

– Using CF (Compact Fluorescent) bulbs in our stores which saves on energy consumption

– Installing counter tops made from 100% recycled detergent bottles

– Using a grey water system that recycles waste water from our sinks into our toilets and reduces 1/3 of our restaurants’ water waste annually

– Implementing a cradle-to-cradle program where we reuse glass bottles from our stores to create flooring tiles for our future locations

– Installing a smart lighting system in our bathrooms that automatically turns off when the bathroom is vacant

Other State companies doing their Other State companies doing their partpart

• FPL has been able to:– Allowing commercial and residential customers to purchase1000

kWh of renewable energy each month for their electricity needs at a monthly rate premium of $9.75 (Sunshine Energy green power program)

– install 150 kW of solar for every 10,000 customers who enroll in the Sunshine Energy green power program

Southwest Florida Companies Southwest Florida Companies doing their partdoing their part

• Ted’s Montana Grill: In Estero, FL

• Eco-friendly restaurant– 99% plastic free goal– Paper menus and straws (not produce in USA since 1970)

– To go containers made out of cornstarch• (Biodegradates in landfills in 50 days)

– Water and energy conservation• (solar panels

Southwest Florida Companies Southwest Florida Companies doing there partdoing there part

• Recycling Center in Ft. Myers• Allied Recycling Incorporated

– Non ferrous metals• Tire Services

– Rubber recycling and re-use• Garden Street Paper

– Plastics– Cardboard– Paper

Southwest Florida Companies Southwest Florida Companies doing there partdoing there part

• Rossy’s Cleaning: Ft. Myers, FL• Eco-friendly cleaning business• Home made natural cleaning products

– Pure essential oils (Scent of all natural aromatherapy)

– White distilled Vinegar (disinfects, deodorizes and dissolves hard water scale, gummy substances and it also pulls dirt from wood)

– Lemon juice (lighten stains and easily cuts through grease)

– Baking soda (neutralizes odors & makes a good sink, tub, counter scruber)

ReferencesReferences• www.coxenterprises.com

• http://www.worldwatch.org

• www.pizzafusion.com

• www.fpl.com

• www.rossyscleaning.com

• www.tedsmontanagrill.com

• www.gardenstreetrecycling.com

• www.ge.com

• Gardner, Gary and Prugh, Thomas. 2008 State of the World: Innovations for a Sustainable Economy. Washington: Norton & Company, 2008.