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(So that you’re ready for the quiz…) The more you know, the more you do Sustainability will transform how we manage* 				      *whether we care about it or not
(A note, with regard to who we’re talking to…)
The Business of Sustainability: Findings More than 92% addressing sustainability
The Business of Sustainability: Findings More than 92% addressing sustainability Fewer than 25% decreased sustainability $$ in downturn
The Business of Sustainability: Findings More than 92% addressing sustainability Fewer than 25% decreased sustainability $$ in downturn 70% had not developed business case
The Business of Sustainability: Findings More than 92% addressing sustainability Fewer than 25% decreased sustainability $$ in downturn 70% had not developed business case Enormous divide between “experts” and “novices”
Sustainability & value creation—what execs don’t get. (Yet.)
4.  You Can’t Get There From Here…But      You Can From Somewhere Else  Iterative innovation Seeing the “system,” connecting the dots. (A lens change) The new “optionality”
3.  The 16% Solution  Talent Taking human capital seriously
2.  The New Best Proxy for Management      Quality (i.e., the  new “safety”)
1.  Closing the Trust Gap  Risk & resiliency Transparency The most attractive partner in the world
Organizations are the way that ideas change the world.
The Business of Sustainability: Findings on Addressing Sustainability

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The Business of Sustainability: Findings on Addressing Sustainability

  • 1.
  • 2. (So that you’re ready for the quiz…) The more you know, the more you do Sustainability will transform how we manage* *whether we care about it or not
  • 3. (A note, with regard to who we’re talking to…)
  • 4.
  • 5. The Business of Sustainability: Findings More than 92% addressing sustainability
  • 6. The Business of Sustainability: Findings More than 92% addressing sustainability Fewer than 25% decreased sustainability $$ in downturn
  • 7. The Business of Sustainability: Findings More than 92% addressing sustainability Fewer than 25% decreased sustainability $$ in downturn 70% had not developed business case
  • 8. The Business of Sustainability: Findings More than 92% addressing sustainability Fewer than 25% decreased sustainability $$ in downturn 70% had not developed business case Enormous divide between “experts” and “novices”
  • 9. Sustainability & value creation—what execs don’t get. (Yet.)
  • 10. 4. You Can’t Get There From Here…But You Can From Somewhere Else Iterative innovation Seeing the “system,” connecting the dots. (A lens change) The new “optionality”
  • 11. 3. The 16% Solution Talent Taking human capital seriously
  • 12. 2. The New Best Proxy for Management Quality (i.e., the new “safety”)
  • 13. 1. Closing the Trust Gap Risk & resiliency Transparency The most attractive partner in the world
  • 14. Organizations are the way that ideas change the world.