In 40 years, the world will need 100% more food than we produce today. Source: Science Magazine, 2005
“ By almost any measure, producing food has the largest impact of any human activity. Most estimates suggest that we will need to produce twice as many calories on the same amount of land we use today if we want to maintain biodiversity and ecosystem functions.” - Jason Clay, World Wildlife Fund
From Personal to Planetary: 360 o Revolution Personal health and wellness is the gateway to environment sustainability Consumers enter the “environmental sustainability” culture based on personal drivers – healthy food and exercise – evolve to include growing concerns about the health and sustainability of the planet.
The World of Eco-labeling… confusing, complicated and conflicting – over 90 in North America
What Are Steps for Success? 1. Gather information 2. Assemble resources 3. Develop plan 4. Internal team and training 5. Create strategic partnerships 6. Implement 7. Tell the Story
FMI Sustainable Sourcing Guide - Tools General Questions for Starting the Conversation with Suppliers
FMI Sustainable Sourcing Guide - Tools Category Specific Questions Questions about Sustainability Issues
SUSTAINABILITY: Business practices and strategies that promote the long-term well being of the environment, society and the bottom-line. FMI’s Sustainability Task Force
WILLIAM R. SWEET Vice President Engineering & Construction Price Chopper Supermarkets
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, “World Vital Events Per Time Unit: 2010” 75.4 million represents births minus deaths. 6.3 million represents births minus deaths. 6.3 million is the approximate combined populations of LA and Chicago.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, “World Vital Events Per Time Unit: 2010” 75.4 million represents births minus deaths.
The Sustainability Opportunity - DRAFT March 10, 2011 Hurricane Katrina August 28, 2005
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The Sustainability Opportunity - DRAFT March 10, 2011 Growing Power of Civil Society (1) Please note the reference of this slide. This is not a slide of a poll done by Greenpeace. The Enron and World Com scandals only solidified the public’s belief that companies only care about the bottom line, regardless whom might be negatively impacted. Need to work WITH non-governmental organizations as their perspective and input can provide valuable advice into trends in the marketplace.
The Sustainability Opportunity - DRAFT March 10, 2011 Growing Power of Civil Society (3) Each of the activist campaigns related to the pictures above had success in changing the way that the target company/sector did business. For example, Home Depot was one of the first retailers to require Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified timber for its lumber sales.
The Sustainability Opportunity - DRAFT March 10, 2011 Business working WITH NGOs for a better business mutual value propositions. While some environmental groups are still simply looking for a reaction and attention from the media, others are very focused on working WITH business to produce results of mutual value. There are MANY MANY more examples of these partnerships with companies large and small representing a broad range of sectors.
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The Sustainability Opportunity - DRAFT March 10, 2011 An overview of the opportunities offered by sustainability. The business case for all of these aspects continues to be analyzed but the growing integration of sustainability into business and also into shareholder analyses reinforces that there must be a bottom line benefit or it would not be of interest.
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The Sustainability Opportunity - DRAFT March 10, 2011 There is a quite a buzz in the mainstream retail marketplace about the growing focus on sustainability and implementation of practices and strategies that reflect this focus. As sustainability begins to infiltrate the retail world, there will be more examples not only of initiatives but financial value.
The Sustainability Opportunity - DRAFT March 10, 2011 Since there is no one-sized-fits-all approach to sustainability, FMI is developing a toolkit tailored to the food retail sector. It will be a guide for companies looking to integrate sustainability. It captures learnings from a large assortment of companies that have developed sustainability strategies over the last ten years. The FMI Toolkit builds on a toolkit developed by the Business Roundtable (a group of 160 CEOs from US-based companies) at the end of 2006.
Other Resources in the Guide Category specific issue list Examples with hotlinks Reference list
The Sustainability Opportunity - DRAFT March 10, 2011 Just to clarify that sustainability is not simply the initialization of one program or system, it is a new way of doing business. Companies used to function as more of an island in society and they are now considered more fully integrated. How they operate and conduct business should reflect this. There is no “guide” that will tell you the steps you need to take to be sustainable. Issues vary from sector to sector and from company to company. And almost more importantly, any corporate strategy on sustainability should fit with the organization’s culture to be effective.
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