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Innovation and Sustainability Opportunities for Financial Executives

January 13, 2009FEI Canada

Alyssa FarrellSAS


Survey: 5 Reasons Why Companies Go Green

Environmental Concerns

Shareholder or Public Pressure

Cutting Costs

Corporate Image

Regulation

Source: CIO Insight (August 2008)

http://www.cioinsight.com/


Different drivers across industries

How Companies Think About Climate Change; McKinsey 2008


Sustainability Performance Management Gap

Total land use# of Injuries

kWh/year

Total CO2% diversity

Liters of water

training hours% turnover

kg waste

•Low Level

•Often “Lagging”

•Quantitative

•Compliance or

organically driven

Organizations are beginning to track

sustainability performance metrics…



Sustainability Strategies, Objectives,

and Goals

•High Level

•Top Down

•Qualitative

… they’re also beginning to

develop high-level goals and

integrate sustainability into the

whole organization…




and Goals


kWh/year

Total CO2

% diversity

Liters of water


kg waste

•High Level

•Top Down

•Qualitative

•Low Level


•Quantitative

•Compliance or

organically driven

… but we’re finding that organizations

have a difficult time bridging the gap,

and mapping qualitative goals to

measurable outcomes.




and Goals


kWh/year

Total CO2

% diversity

Liters of water


kg waste

•High Level

•Top Down

•Qualitative

•Low Level


•Quantitative

•Bridges the Gap

•Defines

Relationships

•Provides Context

•Bi-directional com.


Evolution and Explosion of Metrics and Standards

Carbon Disclosure Project

Global Reporting Initiative

• Triple Bottom Line

World Resources Institute / Greenhouse Gas Protocol

International Standards Organization (ISO)

Industry Specific

• Electronics Industry Citizenship Coalition

• International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association

• Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education

• International Telecommunications Union

Customer Driven (Wal-Mart)

http://www.globalreporting.org/


Deriving insight from data


Key Findings: Carbon Disclosure Project

Of All Canadian Respondents:

82% provided GHG emissions data

73% use GHG reporting protocol

49% have formal GHG management

program in place


Key Findings: Carbon Disclosure Project


The Sustainable OrganizationA maturity model


Data insights from Catalina Marketing

2.7% of shoppers account for 70% of “green” purchases

Only 1 in 10 “green” shopper is an “organic” shopper

The number of green shoppers doubles each week

Grocery transactions are 3 times larger when green products are in the cart


The Glass is Half Full:Jones Lang LaSalle

Partnership with Customers

• Delivered over1,000 proprietary E-Score (energy) and S-Score (sustainability) evaluations for clients and our firm, producing an average 15 percent reduction in energy usage

• 200 LEED consultants

Ongoing training & thought leadership

• Established a Sustainability University

• White papers, research, lead by example


Green Insurance Opportunities

Pay-as-you-drive auto insurance

Coverage for production variability from renewable sources

Alternative rates for green building design and hurricane-resistant construction

Policy leadership


SAS and Sustainability Corporate Responsibility

SAS Canadian HQ

1st LEED-compliant office

Low E-tinted windows

Elevators use 50% less energy

Rainwater reused as gray water

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