One Planet Living
Myth or Reality
Alan Knight
And our next speaker is….
Do you know what it would say?
Would you be proud?…or embarrassed?
The “lens” of consumer products has a huge contribution to
make to SD
● 17 years on working on consumer products and environment
● Retailers, manufacturers, 3 Government think tanks
Environmental
Impact
Assessment
Environmental
Impact
Assessment
My life started
in a forest…
My life startedin India
Its my use….
The beer story…
15% - Energy used to brew beer
4% - Energy required for malting
81% - Energy to Manufacture Container
0.2% - Energy required in crop production
Total = 9.7Mj
Energy to produce 1 litre (4% alc) of beer
Entire footprint
89% - Water used to grow barley (irrigated)
4% - Production Water
7% - Water to Manufacture Beverage Container
1% - Water for Malting
Total = 127 litres
Water to produce 1 litre (4% alc) of beer
Solutions are possible:
All of world’sproductive
forests = well managed
1990 1993
19971995
2000?
Solutions are possible:
10% of world’sproductive
forests FSC’ed
- Marks and Spencer- Wyevale Garden Centres
1990 1993
19971995
2000
Sustainable or unsustainable?
“Imported directlyfrom Zambia”
Three Big Challenges:
1) Reduce Poverty
2) Reduce Climate Change
3) Working within the finite limits of the planet
= one planet living!
If everyone in the world used the same
amount of resources as those in UK we would need
3 planets worth of natural
resources
Getting ready for impact of emerging economies. . .
‘If Chinese want to live like Americans,
we will need the resources of four
Planet Earths’Liang Congjie,
Environmentalist (2004)
Balance between three challenges:
Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption
- Joint – SDC and NCC- 18 months- What can UK gov. do on the consumption problem?- Report = 30,000 downloads
Don’t over rely on the green consumer….
Small changes over time drive change…
Choice editing =
no to G’s to C’s
RichmondParking fees
Road taxbanding
China!
£25 congestion charge
Introducing “Product Roadmaps”
Label
Choice editing
Choice editing…
● Ethical Trading Section, 2005 concluded:
- Need to double sales of “certified” ethical products
- Need for KPIs to track performance
- Outlined an “Ethical Trade Forum”
● But first a Champions Group to review these ideas
Then came FISS.
1) … all the elements of sustainability . 2) … adopt “sustainable sourcing”, rather than “ethical trading” 3) … scope of “sustainable sourcing” should cover;
poverty, finite limits, climate change, animal welfare4) …Government must have its own clearly articulated opinions 5) …role of UK farms should be articulated 6) …not over rely on certification schemes 7) …not over rely on simple, numerical KPIs 8) … develop product roadmaps 9) …embedded carbon – yes, Label – not convinced10) …establishment of a “Sustainable Food Sourcing Forum”. 11) …supermarket trading relationships can not be ignored 12) …cover all food outlets
Draft dozen recommendations; Government’s policy on food should…
One Planet Living
Myth or Reality?
One Planet Living = reality
Three Planet Living = myth!
Know your product’s story3 big challenges
pride
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