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1 GBN s 9 th International Benchmarking Conference Innovation & Benchmarking for Sustainability 17 th December Dubai Le Meridian Hotel Dubai Global Sustainability Challenges and GBN Sustainability Tool Fraunhofer-Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology (IPK) Berlin Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Kohl Director Division Corporate Management holger.kohl@ipk.fraunhofer.de Fraunhofer IPK

2 Budget Applied research Fraunhofer An international innovation driver Fraunhofer at a glance Goal: Promoting and conducting applied research for the benefit of private and public enterprises and society as a whole. 2 Bn Approx employees 1.7 Bn Infrastructure and defense research 28% base funding from Bund and Länder (2013) More than 72% revenue from industrial and contract research 66 institutes and Research units Fraunhofer IPK 2013

3 Fraunhofer International Engagement Glasgow Göteborg San José Dublin Brüssel Wrocław Southampton Wien Budapest Vancouver Paris Graz Bozen Hamilton Porto Londo East n Boston Lansing Plymouth Newark College Park Kairo Zur Lavon Jerusalem Dubai Peking Seoul Sendai Tokio Osaka Bangalore Kuala Lumpur Singapur 107 Mio >10 Mio 8-10 Mio 4-8 Mio 1-4 Mio Salvador Campinas São Paulo Santiago de Chile Stellenbosch Pretoria Jakarta Niederlassung Center Project Center ICON / Strategische Kooperation Repräsentanz- / Marketingbüro Senior Advisor Fraunhofer

4 Two major sustainability challenges for the 21 st century Environmental challenge: staying within planetary boundaries Chemical pollution Climate change Ocean acidificati on Social challenge: eradicating global poverty Atmospheric aerosol loading Stratospheri c ozon depletion Biodiversity loss Change in land use Global freshwater use Nitrogen cycle Phosphoru s cycle Source: Rockström et al Source: Worldbank th November 11 th December 2015: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Paris, France 25 th September 27 th September 2015: United Nations Summit to adopt the post-2015 development agenda, New York, USA Fraunhofer

5 Economical, environmental and social challenge Nation sizes to GDP ratio in USD Nation sizes to greenhouse gas emissions ratio Nation sizes to population ratio Fraunhofer

6 Acceptable living standard Consumption of resources Quality of life and consumption of resources Industrialised countries Irresponsible development path: Wealth for all people relying on present technologies Emerging countries Responsible consumption of resources Acceptable living standard with responsible consumption of resources Quality of life Source: [Seliger, 2010] Fraunhofer

7 Prosperity for everybody? How to design and manufacture products and services opening up hungry markets, avoiding bad investments in saturated markets, increasing human wealth on global level within conditions of ecological resource availability Change in existing process paradigms from economies of scale to economies of scope, to more benefit for more people with less resources. Fraunhofer

8 Triple Bottom Line of Sustainability Sustainable Development

9 Key Sustainability Indicators (1/3) Economic Sustainability Perspective Subject Area BenchmarkIndex Indicators Innovative Key Indicators Sample Calculation Economic Sustainability Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) Working capital turnover Gross gearing Net profit growth Percentage of orders rejected during warranty period Taxes paid (or the percentage paid in taxes on revenues) [Profit before tax / (Long-term loans + Other long-term liabilities + Shareholders' funds)] Operating Revenue / [(Trade debtors + Stock + Cash in bank and in hand) (Trade creditors + Other current liabilities)] [(Short-term loans + Long-term loans) / Shareholders' funds] x 100 [(Profit before tax Profit before taxprev year) / Profit before taxprev year] x 100 Taxation / Operating Revenues * 100 (Percentage of orders rejected / Number of orders received) x 100 Satisfaction of employees Nr. of terminations of employment / nr. of employees * 100 Average staff cost per employee Delivery schedule deviation Costs of employees / nr. of employees (Number of customer orders which were not delivered when promised / Number of orders received) x 100

10 Key Sustainability Indicators (2/3) Ecological Sustainability Perspective Subject Area BenchmarkIndex Figures Innovative Key Figures Sample Calculation Number of new products with sustainability features per year Nr. of new products with sustainability features / nr. of new products * 100 Locations with eco-balances Locations with eco-balances / nr. of locations * 100 Sales generated per square meter Operating Revenues / Square Meters of Premises Floor Space Ecological Sustainability Pollution (air) Pollution (water) Waste Pollution (km3) Pollution (l) Waste (t) Recycling rate Recyclable waste / waste (t) * 100 Consumption of resources (water) Consumption of resources (energy) Consumption (l) Consumption (MWh)

11 Key Sustainability Indicators (3/3) Social Sustainability Perspective Subject Area BenchmarkIndex Figures Innovative Key Figures Sample Calculation Staff costs as a percentage of sales Employees with formal workrelated qualifications per FTE employee New employees per FTE employee (Staff costs / Operating Revenue) x 100 Number of FTE employees with formal work-related qualifications / Number of FTE employees x 100 (Number of new FTE employees / Number of FTE employees) x 100 Social Sustainability Proportion of women executives Nr. of female executives / nr. of executives * 100 Earnings ratio men / women Percentage of employees over 50 years Costs of male employees / costs of female employees * 100 Nr. of employees (50+) / nr. of employees * 100 Share trainee Nr. of trainees / nr. of employees * 100 Number of jobs created Expenses for health care and safety precaution Nr. of employees (act. year) - nr. of employees (last year) Expenses for health care and safety precaution

12 Screenshots from the Tool (1/3) Welcome Page

13 Screenshots from the Tool (2/3) Start Interface

14 Screenshots from the Tool (3/3) Data Input

15 Output (1/2) Benchmark Report

16 Output (2/2) Benchmark Results

17 Research Institutes Universities Dubai Institute of Technology (DIT) DIT was founded in 2008 to support Dubai in becoming a leading place in the world for R&D activities. Fraunhofer IPK supported DIT in creating an Ecosystem that supports Science, Technology & Innovation to lead the region towards a value-based sustainable knowledge economy. Research Area Major Topics W Water Water Desalination Water Treatment Integrated Water Management H Health Medical Technologies Biotechnology Health Management E Energy Renewable Sources of Energy Sustainable Fossil Fuels Energy Efficient Management E Engineering Production Technology Sustainable Manufacturing Engineering Management L Logistics / Mobility Intelligent Transport Systems Global Logistics Logistics Management Fraunhofer IPK

18 Planning of the RTI Park in Sharjah American University of Sharjah Plan for the development and implementation of the American University of Sharjah project for a RTI Park (Research, Technology and Innovation) Duration: 6 Monate Area: 1.7 sqkm Fraunhofer IPK

19 Bild: Fraunhofer IPK/Konstantin Heß Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Kohl Director Division Corporate Management Fraunhofer IPK Thank you for your kind attention.

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