Industries Going Sustainable

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1 Industries Going Sustainable The Carbon Age Griffith University Business School Climate Change Adaptation and mitigation - approaching the costs Brisbane November 6th, 2008 Tricia Caswell Founder + CEO tricia caswell + associates: sustainability experts 1

2 The C 21 Challenge How are we to feed, clothe and shelter 10B people, equitably and respectfully, while we make sure the planet and its systems are healthy and wealthy for our great grandchildren? Sustainability in the Carbon Age 2

3 People & the Planet C21 Knowledge and understanding about the nature and complexities of the relationships among: The planet s systems, functions and species Human beings & Societies Our advanced industrial technologies, systems and economies Paradigm Shift, Climate Change & Water, Supply & Demand Government, Industry, Science, Community Sustainability in the Carbon Age 3

4 A Planet in Trouble and the Rise of Sustainability 1987 The Brundtland Definition of Sustainable Development 1992 Earth Summit (UNCED) Rio de Janeiro 2002 World Summit for Sustainable Development (WSSD) Johannesburg 2005 UN Millennium Ecosystem Assessment April 1,300 Experts in 95 countries found 60% of ecosystems threatened or degraded eg freshwater, fisheries, air & water. These were also major issues of climate change, natural hazards & pests Water & Drought & El Nino An Inconvenient Truth; Global Warming & Greenhouse 2007 The Stern Report; UN s IPCC Reports; Emissions Trading; Allen Report; Federal Election July Large Corporations to report emissions September The Garnaut Review on Emissions Trading System December Government White Paper New Murray Darling Basin Authority Created Mainstream in the media across the planet December Potsdam Conference 2009 Copenhagen Climate Change Conference 4

5 Sustainable Development development (i.e. economic, environmental, social development) that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs Sustainable development is not a fixed state of harmony, but rather a process of change in which the exploitation of resources, the direction of investments, the orientation of technological development, and institutional change are made consistent with future as well as present needs. The Brundtland Definition (World Commission On Environment And Development (1987) Our Common Future, Oxford University Press, Geneva, Switzerland) 5

6 New Knowledge & Industry New Literature; Cannibals with Forks, Natural Capitalism, Cradle to Cradle, Going Native New Language: Concepts, Measures, Approaches Sustainability Science: (Harvard) Complex Systems and Networks Therories: (CSIRO) Triple Bottom Line Plus One NGO s Advocacy, Campaigns Government Policies & Institutions Universities & Centres Alliance for Global Sustainability: 4 Universities, RMIT, Forum for the Future, World Watch Institute, The Australian Centre for Corporate Responsibility, The World Business Council for Sustainable Development, IIED, IISD, Tellus Institute for Sustainability, The Institute of Social & Ethical Accountability, The Corporate Citizenship Research National Centre for Sustainability Industry Business Models Sustainability Scenarios Sustainability Industry & Markets Climate Change & Water Legislation Diverse Leaders and Drivers 6

7 Triple Bottom Line + 1 Environment Social & Cultural Economic Governance 7

8 TBL+1: Environment Eco-efficiency Ecological Footprint Factor 4/Dematerialisation/radical resource productivity EMS/ISO Industrial Ecology & Estates Local Agenda 21 Life Cycle Analysis Third Party Codes and Verification Ecosystems Services 8

9 TBL+1: Social & Cultural Child Labour Industrial/Employee Relations Health and Safety Community Participation/Consultation Human Rights Cultural/Linguistic Diversity Indigenous Land Rights & Use Social Entrepreneurship Ethical Leadership Socially Responsible Investments Company Foundations 9

10 TBL+1: Economic Full Cost Accounting Real Pricing, Water, Carbon Tax Breaks for Land Covenants Supply Chain Economics Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) Product Stewardship (Closed Loop) Bioregionalism GDP > GPI Accountability & Transparency Risk Management Dow Jones Sustainability Index Carbon Emissions Trading and Credits Biodiversity Credits Water Trading Companies Born Global Equitable Distribution of Wealth Shareholder Activism Limits to Growth Superannuation Investments 10

11 TBL+1: Governance Corporate Citizenship Trade Agreements National Sovereignty Voluntary Codes of Conduct (Mining) Responsible Care (Chemical) Integrity Pacts Community Right to Know Shareholder Democracy Covenants and Green Leases Stewardship Agreements (Forestry, Marine) Compliance (Local & National Legislation) International Conventions/ Agreements Multilaterals eg WTO, UN, WB UNDP Good Governance Model International Protocols, Treaties Socially Responsible Investments Transparency Extraterritoriality (Anti Bribery, Sex Sustainability Reporting Tourism Laws) 11

12 Forest Industries Going Sustainable What s s an Old Greenie Like me Doing in a Place Like This? Beyond Grenades & Blockades 12

13 How Forest Industries, Wood & Paper Products Can Help Save the Planet from Global Warming 13

14 Images of the Past About 1900 Grenades and Blockades! 14

15 Images of Now About 2000 Grenades and Blockades! 15

16 Images of the Future Victoria, a working model of Healthy Forests & Healthy Forest Industries 16

17 Sustainable Forest Industries: Strategy Forest industries in Australia should be the world s best managed, ecologically sustainable and recognised as such. Government policies and frameworks, with community support for sustainable forest industries. Policies to restrict imports of illegally and unsustainably harvested timber and helping redress Australia s trade deficit. Wood products, sustainably harvested, used and regrown, to be recognised as one of the most environmentally friendly materials we can use. Trees store carbon as they grow and wood based products continue to store that carbon. Sustainability in the Carbon Age 17

18 VAFI: Sustainability Initiatives Sustainability as core value Sustainability Reports External advisory groups Broad engagement and collaboration Focus on State Government Department, Agencies and policies Research papers and seminars Website, bulletins and communications Forest Industries Explorer for educational resource for web and DVD Messages: Beyond Blockades and Grenades Messages: the timber cycle is carbon positive compared with other materials Sustainability in the Carbon Age 18

19 The timber cycle is carbon positive compared with other materials natural, organic and non-toxic, Recovery of energy greenhouse positive in that it sequesters CO 2 and produces oxygen, Recover Energy Recyclable Recycle Re-Use able to be Regrown once harvested, Re-usable extremely low in embodied energy produce minimal pollutants during processing 19

20 Radial Timber Corporation: Innovation in Timber Processing Sustainability as core 20 % increase in resource productivity Uses less resource overall Leaves more forests Stores more carbon Many patterns and cutting regimes Good for smaller logs Stronger, more durable products Applicable to many resource types Sustainability in the Carbon Age 20

21 KeeptheHabitat: : New Non-Profit Company Sustainability as core Forest protection and reforestation in Indonesia Working work forestry concession holders, communities and governments MOUs, service agreement and plans for protection reforestation and communities Local collaboration Saves and store carbon Mitigate against dangerou climate change Potential for carbon trading Transparent reporting Independent verification of progress of project Sustainability in the Carbon Age 21

22 PNG Sustainable Development Program Company Setup with BHP shares in OkTedi mine, Western Province PNG 2002 Sustainabiity as core Long term investments Infrastructure develoipments Sustainable and renewable energy and electrification of villages Transparent reporting Community and social grants Environment and conservation gtrants Natural resource management/industry investment Facilitation of other investors in PNG Micro finance banking Post mine closure planning and investment Sustainability in the Carbon Age 22

23 Wicked and Tame Problems: C21 mostly wicked Wicked No definitive formulation. No stopping point. Solutions not true-or-false, but better or worse. No immediate and no ultimate test for solution. Each unique. Tame Relatively well-defined Definite stopping point Solution can be evaluated. Belong to classes of similar problems Solutions can be trialed Symptom of another problem. Prof Ray Ison, Monash University Sustainability in the Carbon Age 23

24 Sustainable solutions are not simple: Triple Bottom Line + 1 Wicked Swampy Messy Interdependent Complex New Science and Data Environmental Economic Controversial Multiple Stakeholder Perspectives Governance Uncertain Social&Cultural Prof Ray Ison, Monash University Sustainability in the Carbon Age 24

25 Tricia Caswell, Founder + CEO tricia caswell + associates: sustainability experts tricia@caswellassociates.com 25