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Business Wednesdays Conferences Why Businesses should care more about Sustainability? Speaker: Alexandre Lemille 09/04/2014 6:00pm – 8:00pm
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CAp40 Business Wednesday Conference with Alexandre Lemille 27 years have passed since the Brundtland Commission where we agreed that sustainable development was about meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Today more than ever we need to change gears. While Corporate Social Responsibility is not the answer, one starts to see pockets of hope in the required mind-set shift we are asking leaders to move on to. And these are full of innovations to improve people livelihood at the same time. Learn what it takes to drive sustainability at the core of your business, no longer at its periphery. *Speaker's Biography*: Alexandre is the founder and manager director of Wizeimpact (Pty) Ltd (wizeimpact.co.za), a Cape Town based consultancy that enhance competitiveness of companies while simultaneously advancing the economic and social conditions in the markets in which they operate. Since 2010 Alexandre has been working with the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC - unglobalcompact.org) on how to improve companies' transparency with regards to the value they create or destroy, as well as on the UNGC LEAD companies, top companies achieving the "Blueprint for Sustainability Leadership". His work was part of the UNGC book distributed during the RIO+20 Summit (Spring 2012): "Globally Responsible Leadership: Business According to the UN Global Compact"). Alexandre is an Accredited SROI (thesroinetwork.org) Practitioner - measuring organisations' social impact -, is a Certified GRI (globalreporting.org) trainer - increasing corporate transparency via reporting -, holds a diploma from ECOA Ethics School, MA, USA and a MBA from Hult Business School, MA, USA. *About Le Cap40*: Le Cap40 is a social network for French - South African professionals and French South-African businesses in the Western Cape. The website has the ambition to be a platform for gatherings, exchanges and networking between its members.
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Business Wednesdays Conferences
Why Businesses should care more about Sustainability?
Speaker: Alexandre Lemille
09/04/2014 6:00pm – 8:00pm
More information and RSVP on cap40.co.za Le Cap40 is the business network for professionals with a French accent or a French interest in the Western Cape. The website has the ambition to be a platform for gatherings, exchanges and networking between its members.
ShortWizeimpact
Presentation
A For-Purpose Business
Wizeimpact Runs as a Social Business
Our value proposition is to turn wealth centered businesses
into value centric ventures.
Wizeimpact Value Proposition
Sustainable Strategy
Innovative Approaches Training & Reporting
Impact Measurement
Wizeimpact Our Services
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Why Businessesshould caremore about
Sustainability?
The Brundtland Commission (01987)
“Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising
the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”
We Lost Sight…
The Earth is 4.6 billion years old.Scaling down to 46 YEARSwe’ve been here4 HOURSand ourIndustrial Revolutionbegan just1MINUTE ago……in that time we’vedestroyed more than50 PERCENTof the world’s forests.
WELCOME
TO
THE
ANTHROPOCENE!
Planetary LimitsBoundary Overshoot
Source: Stockholm Resilience Centre
400 PPM and Raising… Hawaii, March 02013
Kids born in 02010…What’s left for them?
Where are Raw Materials?Not so much in Africa…
A Major Economic & Financial IssuePast 10 years: Price Increase & Volatility
x4 x1.8x3.6x3
The Challenge of the Population+3bn Middle Class by 02030
Food & Water Stress
Scarce natural elementsCompared to Earth mass: fresh water & air
Our current economic model is a “global suicide pact. (...) We mined our way to growth.
We burned our way to prosperity. We believed in consumption without consequences.
Those days are gone.“
A Global Suicide Pact Ban Ki Moon’s Warning
A Global Suicide Pact In Summary:
1. Not much resources to rely on2. Raw material prices are volatile & increasing, due to scarcity3. Planet limits ignored4. Fresh water is scarce5. CO2 threatening the climate6. Expanding wealthier population
Let uslook
at Africa
…and certainly not in Africa
BAU is not an option…
Region/Costs under BAU Trajectory
North America
LATAM Europe MENA Sub-Saharan Africa
Central Asia
South Asia East Asia
Extreme Poverty Medium High Risk High Risk
Food Insecurity Medium High Risk High Risk Medium
Risk of Conflict Medium High Risk High Risk High Risk Medium Medium
Relative Inequality Medium High Risk Medium Medium High Risk Medium Medium Medium
High Fertility High Risk High Risk High Risk Medium
Inadequate Education Medium Medium High Risk High Risk Medium
Gender Inequality Medium High Risk High Risk High Risk Medium Medium
Poor Health Medium Medium High Risk High Risk Medium
Water Stress Medium Medium Medium High Risk High Risk High Risk Medium
Poor Housing Medium Medium Medium High Risk High Risk High Risk Medium
Poor Environment Medium High Risk Medium Medium High Risk High Risk High Risk High Risk
Extreme Weather Medium Medium Medium Medium High Risk Medium High Risk High Risk
Sea Level Rise High Risk Medium High Risk High Risk High Risk High Risk High Risk High Risk
Ocean Acidification High Risk High Risk High Risk High Risk High Risk High Risk High Risk High Risk
Biodiversity Loss Medium High Risk Medium Medium High Risk Medium High Risk High Risk Sou
rce:
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Economic Progress & Social Advancement South Africa (69th /132nd) compared to Brazil (57th)
(71st)
(40th)
(94th)
(128th)
(71st)
(92nd)
(71st)(85th)
(95th)
(59th)
(41st)
(121st)
(32nd)
(50th)
(42nd)
Source: SPI
1. No much resources to rely on2. Raw material price volatility3. Planet limits ignored4. Water scarcity5. CO2 threatening the climate6. Expanding wealthier population7. Business-As-Usual is not an option, especially in Africa8. An Unequal South Africa9. SA Higher Education Access, Ecosystem, Safety & Health falling behind
A Global Suicide Pact In Summary:
TheContext
& Concepts
Africa is BoomingAll Eyes are on the Untapped Market
DEBT
1/202050 02050
+
↑
= The Biggest Human Challenge of all Times
Sustainability = Innovation
Source: Global Footprint Network, 2013
Time for a LeapfrogAfrica: Closest to 1-Earth-Economy
Change Your ReferencesSocial & Technological Innovations from/for Africa
More Than EnoughSun = 89K , Wind: 3.7 , Consumption 1.5 Terawatts
What canYOU do
more about it?
1 Burger uses 2400 L = 2.4 Kiloliters of water,
Price of water : R8 per Kiloliter,
Water value = 2.4 Kl x R8 = R19.2
Today’s price of a burger?
R20 !!
Include Externalities
Step 1: Understand your Impact
SVSVSV
Responsible Supply ChainLower Environ Impact
Responsible Design
Step 2: Product ResponsibilityConsumption Impact
=3 tons of rocks
SVSVSV
Responsible Supply ChainTransparency
Interface: Succeeding in Zero Impact Growth
Step 3: Reduce your Impact to Zero
N°1 Carpet Tile WWD-66% oil based products
SVSVSV
Because…
So Why?
1. You will understand your impact & manage risks2. You will innovate constantly3. You will improve your business model4. You will address all customers’ PP range5. You will cut your costs down, not employment6. You will stay ahead of competition7. You will create Shared Value8. You will expand your markets & create future ones
ACT TODAYBe a Leader / Be an Intrapreneur
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