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Toronto Sustainability Speaker Series. created to share the stories of companies that have found economic advantages by integrating sustainability into their corporate strategy. Brought to you by:. Eco-Opportunity Consulting Find the economic opportunity in “going green”. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Toronto Sustainability Speaker Series
created to share the storiesof companies that have found
economic advantagesby integrating
sustainability into their corporate
strategy
Eco-Opportunity ConsultingFind the economic opportunity in “going green”
Brought to you by:
Toronto Sustainability Speaker Series
Eco-Opportunity ConsultingFind the economic opportunity in “going green”
Vision
InnovateSupplyChainMetrics &
Goals
ValuesGuiding Principles
Alliances
CelebrateSuccess
Sustainability Journey
Toronto Sustainability Speaker Series
Eco-Opportunity ConsultingFind the economic opportunity in “going green”
Thursday April 2, 2009
Who are we?
NameCompany
Title
A Sustainability Roadmap
Eco-Opportunity ConsultingFind the economic opportunity in “going green”
Tuesday May 5, 2009
Brad Zarnett, MESPresident and Senior Sustainability Consultant
Eco-Opportunity Consulting Inc.Find the economic opportunity in “going green”
Eco-Opportunity Consulting
Find the economic opportunity in “going green”
Developing countries
desperately want to mirror the
lifestyle of those
in the west
But we live in a finite world
Eco-Opportunity ConsultingFind the economic opportunity in “going green”
With a flawed business business model
Eco-Opportunity ConsultingFind the economic opportunity in “going green”
Take-Make-Waste
Flawed business business model
Eco-Opportunity ConsultingFind the economic opportunity in “going green”
Take stuff from the earth
Process it
Transport it
Use it up
And throw what’s left into
Landfill
Carbon will soon be Carbon will soon be measured andmeasured and taxedtaxed
Eco-Opportunity ConsultingFind the economic opportunity in “going green”
Eco-Opportunity Consulting
Find the economic opportunity in “going green”
The current
business model
is
changing
Eco-Opportunity Consulting
Find the economic opportunity in “going green”
a Green Economy
is emerging
Eco-Opportunity Consulting
Find the economic opportunity in “going green”
Companies everywhere are desperately trying to figure out how to…
• Reduce costs• Improve products• Attract the best talent• Build brand equity
Sustainability Consulting Phases
Awareness phase
Baseline Sustainability
Audit
Vision andStrategy Development
Strategy Implementation
Action Plan
Plan Execution
Maintenance and New Strategy Development
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Eco-Opportunity ConsultingFind the economic opportunity in “going green”
Quote
All employees were put on notice that Teknion was now going to be
proactive with regard to environmental responsibility. It
was embedded in our charter and became the objective of the
President.Scott Deugo, Senior VP of Design, Marketing
and Sustainable DevelopmentTeknion Furniture
Eco-Opportunity ConsultingFind the economic opportunity in “going green”
The leading organizations The leading organizations of the future will…of the future will…
Find the unprecedented
Eco-Opportunity
in reducing environmental
harm and become an employer of
choice
Be forced to make sudden
and expensive
changes by continuing
on the same path of
environmental
exploitation and
degradationEco-Opportunity ConsultingFind the economic opportunity in “going green”
The Sustainability Era is The Sustainability Era is herehere
Eco-Opportunity ConsultingFind the economic opportunity in “going green”
The business success stories are out there …
The Toronto Sustainability
Speaker Series
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