Dr Patrick Dixon Chairman Global Change Ltd

Sustainability - and why it matters

Patrick Dixon is Chairman of Global Change Ltd, Author of 15 books and has been ranked one of the 20 most influential business thinkers alive today (Thinkers 50)

Sustainability: Business case for Corporate Responsibility. Keynote for Xylem (2012)

500 videos of keynoteswww.youtube.com/pjvdixon

over 4 million views

www.globalchange.com14 million unique visitors

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How most people talk about sustainability

“Caring for the planet - for the sake of future

generations”

Why it all matters

EMOTION

Risk and Opportunity

1  trillionpages  a  monthCORPORATEIMPACT

Passions Change

Demands for more responsible capitalism, socially-minded business following global banking crisis

$40 Trillion Green Tech Boom driven by oil price, cost cuts, green activism

Data accepted widely

Science of global warming might possibly turn out to be incorrect, but it is highly influential

1  billion  children  alive  today  

300 million cities in China by 2020Commodity price pressure

“US emissions of CO2 equivalent to a carpet

of CO2 = 33cmsthick each year over

entire land mass”

Source: „Vostok“ (Antarctica) ice cores, World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, NOAA, Boulder, CO, USA

350-393ppm in 30 years x

x

420,000 Years - CO2 and Earth Temperature

”Dip equivalent to 0.5 mile of ice over some of northern hemisphere 15,000 years ago”

“400,000 sq miles of Arctic ice melted in 30 years”

China water crisis“In 20 years, 18,000 square miles of ice melted”“3000 out of 4000 Tibetan lakes dried up”“Yellow river dried up recently for 226 days”

Oil >$100 a barrel accelerates innovationEven strong climate sceptics “go green”

120,000 terawatts of sunlight /day7,000 times total global power usePower Moscow from Libyan Desert

Recycle Metal70% less energy 40% less water85% less air pollution75% less water pollution

People expect Xylem to lead way

Sustainability - complex but we need to keep responses simple

Smart Innovations

ProductsProcesses

Save energy and other costs, protect resources, big wins

Go further than you have to

“Compliance” lags behind public opinion

Case Studies

PhilipsBritish SugarPret-a-Manger

IntelGoogleNutreco

Street Lights - Philips5% 2% of US / EU energyPayback period 4 years 120 million EU street lamps 75% replace in 15 years at unit cost of $750 including labour

Innovation: Intel + Chandler City - US1.5m gallons a day into $19m desalination plant Pumped into sandstone acquiferReplaces 75% of water used by factoryGood relationship with local government planners / image / morale

Full co-operation with independent advisors / activistsTransparencyPublic commitment to global excellence

Sustainable Innovation Smart ideas

Better engineeringEnergy / cost saving

Positive image - protect from attackAttract best talent / proud of company

Attract government support / permissionsHelp clients meet own sustainability targets

More investors eg pension fundsSense of achievement

Helping solve one of the world’s greatest challenges in a profitable way

For individualsFor familyFor community / investorsFor whole earth

Making Life Better

Patrick Dixon is Chairman of Global Change Ltd, Author of 15 books and has been ranked one of the 20 most influential business thinkers alive today (Thinkers 50)

Sustainability: Business case for Corporate Responsibility. Keynote for Xylem (2012)

500 videos of keynoteswww.youtube.com/pjvdixon

over 4 million views

www.globalchange.com14 million unique visitors