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SecondEdition-12.pptxPractical Sustainability Strategies: How to Gain a Competitive Advantage 2nd Edition
Chapters 1 & 2
An Evolutionary Analogy
Monday - the earth is created
Tuesday 8:00 AM – life
Thursday morning – photosynthesis
Saturday – oxygen, chlorophyll, coal
Saturday 4:00 PM – giant reptiles
An Evolutionary Analogy
Saturday 10:00 PM – primates
Sat. 11:59:54 - homo sapiens
0.25 sec before midnight - Jesus Christ
1/40 sec. - Industrial Revolution
1/80 sec. – discover oil, accelerate carbon blowout
Our Changing Environment
70% of fisheries at their biological limit
50% of forest cover gone
50% of wetlands lost
90% of grasslands lost
19% of coral reefs are dead
40% of species are endangered
40% of world experiencing water shortage
St. Matthews Island: A Metaphor for Earth
Estimated carrying capacity: 1600-2300
1944 – 29 reindeer
1957 – 1,350
1963 – 6,000
1966 -
St. Matthews Island: A Metaphor for Earth
Estimated carrying capacity: 1600-2300
1944 – 29 reindeer
1957 – 1,350
1963 – 6,000
1966 - 42
THE INTRODUCTION, INCREASE, AND CRASH OF REINDEER ON ST. MATTHEW ISLAND By David R. Klein - Alaska Cooperative ildlife Research Unit, University of Alaska, College
St. Matthews Island
The Island-Nation of Nauru
The Island of Nauru
1886 – Henry Densen discovers phosphate
1906 – Phosphate mining begins
1970 – Nauru government appropriates mines
1985 – Nauru is richest country in the world
1995 – Nauru is mined-out and bankrupt
Four Major Environmental Issues
Consumption of natural resources
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Managing the Ecological Footprint
Tool for Measuring and Analyzing
Need a Balance
Deficit is Growing
Ecological Footprint for 2016
Qatar – 35.6 acres
Luxembourg – 31.9
United States – 20.0
Germany – 12.0
Japan – 11.1
Greece – 10.5
China – 8.9
World – 6.8
Mexico – 6.4
Egypt – 4.5
Biocapacity – 4.0
India – 2.9
Pakistan – 2.1
1960
1980
2013
2030
2050
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With China and India - 2050
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With China and India reaching the level of consumption that the US has today
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Total Environmental Burden
EB = P x A x T, where
P is population
A is affluence
T is technology
How do you keep EB constant, or reduce it?
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Restatement of EB
EB = P x A , where
T2
T2 is technology that creates products and services sustainably
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Unsustainable Consumption Factor: 32
6 billion people: 1 – 1 billion people: 32
China – Double consumption
India – Triple consumption
72 billion
U.S. must reduce consumption
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Impact on Quality of Life
Life expectancy
Health
Infant mortality
Access to medical care
Financial security after retirement
Vacation time
Public schools
Support for the arts
Four Major Environmental Issues
Consumption of natural resources
Water – growing shortage
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Distribution of Earth’s Water
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Distribution of Earth’s Water
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Distribution of Earth’s Water
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Cape Town was Running Out of Water
City of 4 million people
Limited to 13 gallons per day
Problem the result of
Three years of drought
Poor planning
Bad crisis management
Day Zero was May 11
Hospitals still get water
Limited to 6.6 gallons per day
Cities That May Run Out of Water
1. Sao Paulo
2. Bangalore
3. Beijing
4. Cairo
5. Jakarta
6. Moscow
7. Istanbul
8. Mexico City
9. London
10.Tokyo
11. Miami
1860
1970
2010
1960
USA
World
Rate of Production
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Four Major Environmental Issues
Consumption of natural resources
Water – growing shortage
Climate Change
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Initial meeting – 1992
Kyoto Protocol – 1997 (set milestones)
By 2050, 60-80% below 1990 level
By 2012, 5% below 1990 level
In 2012, 58% above 1990 level
Carbon dioxide – historically 280 ppm
Cannot go above 350 ppm
In 2013, reached 400 ppm
In 2016, consistent at over 400 ppm
In 2018, increased by 3.4% -- now highest ever
Four Major Environmental Issues
Consumption of natural resources
Water – growing shortage
Climate Change
World population – heading north
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Where is the world population heading?
Impact of the Environment on Health?
| Developed Countries | Developing Countries | |
| Population | 1 billion | 6 billion |
| Portion of the World | 14% | 86% |
| Heart Disease Deaths (2001) | 21% | 79% |
| Cancer Cases (2007) | 57% | 43% |
| Prostate Cancer | 74% | 26% |
| Breast Cancer | 57% | 43% |
“Limits to Growth”
Brundtland Commission
World Commission on Environment & Development (WCED)
Heavy deterioration of human environment and natural resources
Gro Harlem Brundtland appointed 1983
Published report “Our Common Future” 1987
Abolished Brundtland Commission
Coined “sustainable development”
Sustainable Development
“The practice of sustainable development assures that the natural resources and energy we use to provide today’s products and services will not deny future generations the resources necessary to meet their needs while building and preserving communities that are economically, socially and environmentally healthy.”
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Traditional Triple Bottom Line
Environmental
Social
Economic
Traditional Triple Bottom Line
Earth
Equity
Economy
Traditional Triple Bottom Line
Planet
People
Profit
Environment
Realistic Triple Bottom Line
Society
Environment
Realistic Triple Bottom Line
Society
Environment
Economics
Realistic Triple Bottom Line
Adopt Sustainability Strategies
The UN Sustainable Development Goals
The Natural Step
Eco-effective vs. Eco-efficient
Sharing Economy
Systems Thinking
Adopt Sustainability Strategies
Base of the Pyramid
Biomimicry
Circular Economy
Climate Change
Building Resilience and Adaptation
Adopt Sustainability Strategies
Emergent Technologies for Adaption
Circular Economy Through Energy Recovery
Green Buildings
Green Chemistry , Nano & BHAG
What is Really Happening in Industry?
Accenture Report for UN Global Compact - 2016
89% sustainability having impact on industry
80% social sustainability a differentiator
88% integrating sustainability in financial markets
Weinreb Group found 36 U.S. CSOs (2014)
Up from 29 in 2011
42% women, up from 29% in 2011
©2017 George P. Nassos & Associates, Inc.
Why Sustainability Has Not Made a Breakthrough
“There is an important job to be done,
and Everybody expects that Somebody would do it.
Anybody could do it, but Nobody did it.
Somebody gets angry about that because it is Everybody’s job.
Everybody thinks that Anybody should do it,
but Nobody realizes that Everybody would not do it.
It ends up that Everybody blames Somebody
when Nobody does what Anybody has to do.”
Later is TOO Late
Global Footprint Webinar
https :// www.youtube.com/watch?v=egcA0SXJFzA
Mathis Wackernagel – TEDTalk https :// youtu.be/3M29BY86bP4
