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1 Sustainability Management: Emerging Trends and Software Solutions Kim Bernard - NCSU Alyssa Farrell - SAS John Green SAS RTSUG Wednesday March 31, 2010 Copyright 2008, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved.

2 Years of under-investment in energy data collection, management and analysis will be exposed as firms suddenly need to report accurate carbon emissions derived from energy data. The Business Case for Carbon Management Software, p5 David Metcalfe, Verdantix. August 2009 Copyright 2008, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved.

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4 The ICT industry is responsible for of global CO 2 emissions. ICT solutions have the potential to be an enabler to of total CO 2 emitted by non-ict emissions and the public. Source: Gartner/HP/McKinsey/WWF Copyright 2008, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved.

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6 Participation by industry Global Reporting Initiative s sustainability reporting guidelines are used in over 65 countries. In 2009, over 1200 entities reported their sustainability performance using the GRI guidelines. Copyright 2008, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved.

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12 Sustainability Performance Management Gap Organizations are beginning to track sustainability performance metrics # of Injuries Total land use Liters of water kwh/year % diversity Total CO 2 kg waste training hours % turnover Low Level Often Lagging Quantitative Compliance or organically driven Copyright 2008, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved.

13 Sustainability Performance Management Gap 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 Copyright 2008, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved.

14 Sustainability Performance Management Gap Sustainability Strategies, Objectives, and Goals High Level Top Down Qualitative but we re finding that organizations have a difficult time bridging the gap, and mapping qualitative goals to measurable outcomes. # of Injuries Total land use Liters of water kwh/year % diversity Total CO 2 kg waste training hours % turnover Low Level Often Lagging Quantitative Compliance or organically driven Copyright 2008, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved.

15 Sustainability Performance Management Gap Sustainability Strategies, Objectives, and Goals High Level Top Down Qualitative Bridges the Gap Defines Relationships Provides Context Bi-directional com. # of Injuries Total land use Liters of water kwh/year % diversity Total CO 2 kg waste training hours % turnover Low Level Often Lagging Quantitative Copyright 2008, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved.

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17 SAS for Sustainability Management MEASURE REDUCE OPTIMIZE EXTEND SAS Sustainability Reporting SAS Energy & Emissions Mgmt Environmental Analytics Workbench Optional Value-Add Solutions Industry Templates (GRI, CDP, IPIECA, etc) Carbon Footprint Analysis Advanced forecasting IT Resource Utilization Thematic KPI Dashboards Scenario Modeling What-If Simulations Carbon Market Risk Analytics * Performance Forecasts Resource Optimization * GHG Abatement Cost Curve * Supplier Risk Assessment (TBD) * * Future capabilities still to be refined Copyright 2009, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved.

18 SAS Corporate Sustainability Scorecard Pre-Built SAS BI Dashboards Integrated SAS Analytics SAS Performance Management Scorecard Template based on GRI G3 Guidelines Copyright 2008, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved.

19 A SAS Sustainability Performance Management Framework Organization-Specific Sustainability Metrics Copyright 2008, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved.

20 A description reads exactly as the GRI G3 Guidelines. This convention allows for easy referral to the G3 documents to better characterize your individual organization s performance measures.

21 Drill-through to lower-level performance metrics by clicking on an indicator

22 Drill-through to embedded analytics. Stored process identifies all other indicators that have a strong analytic relationship to the indicator you selected, and shows the strength of that relationship.

23 Activity-Based Carbon Footprint Modeling

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26 SAS / AMEE Integration on SAS 9.2 SAS AMEE Integration v2.1 Energy and Emissions Management model Data Integration Studio Custom Transformation PROC HTTP XML files XML maps Transformation Sustainability staging tables Downstream integration Copyright 2008, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved.

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34 Environmental Management Program Energy Conservation Water Conservation Green Building Environmental Management Program Waste Reduction & Recycling Procurement Practices Copyright 2008, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved.

35 Key Accomplishments Corporate Social Responsibility Report (CSR) Executive Sustainability Council Solar PV & Thermal Installations Regenerative Drive Elevators (New Tech) LEED Certified & Designed Buildings Carbon Footprint Modeling Expanded Global Recycling Eco Advocate Program Copyright 2008, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved.

36 The Sun Shines on Solar 1MW capacity solar farm 1.2MW on the way Sustainable attention It s all about the sheep Copyright 2008, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved.

37 SAS Solar Farm Copyright 2008, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved.

38 Solar Thermal Applications Copyright 2008, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved.

39 LEED Designed Buildings 286K Square Feet 670 Offices 2 Auditoriums Cafeteria / Coffee Bar Meeting Spaces Rear View Front View Copyright 2008, SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved.

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