COLLABORATON FOR

SUSTAINABLE GROWTH Reinventing growth – together

COLLABORATION FOR INNOVATION AIT CONFERENCE

Bangkok | 12-13 May 2016

OUR STARTING POINT IS GROWTH But not as we know it.

“GROWTH IS THE ONLY EVIDENCE

OF LIFE.”

JOHN HENRY NEWMAN

WE NEED TO REINVENT GROWTH Making it fit for the 21st century.

“GROWTH IS THE ONLY EVIDENCE

OF LIFE.”

JOHN HENRY NEWMAN

HUMAN/NATURE Growth that works with and not against nature

FEW/MANY Growth that benefits

larger numbers of people

SHORT/LONG Growth that maintains the dynamism of short-

term action while delivering value over the

long-term

THERE IS UNPRECEDENTED MOMENTUM TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT The Sustainable Development Goals and COP21 mark an historic shift

THE (IN)CONVENIENT TRUTH We face a moral, not a material, crisis.

2-3% THE PARADOX …IS THAT FOR A TINY INVESTMENT OF MATERIAL GOODS —PERHAPS

2 TO 3 PERCENT PER YEAR OF OUR GLOBAL INCOME — WE COULD MOBILISE OUR

TECHNOLOGICAL EXCELLENCE TO END THE SCOURGES OF EXTREME POVERTY,

DISEASE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION….

JEFFREY SACHS

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