How sustainable is sustainability?

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1 How sustainable is sustainability? Compliance Tuesday at ProductIP 13 December 2016 Toon van Harmelen

2 Inhoud Historische achtergrond van duurzaamheid Aanpakken om duurzaamheid te meten Twee initiatieven: Programma Sustainable Chemical Product Performance en Branche Innovatie Agenda - IMVO netwerk chemie

3 Peter Drucker, known as the man who invented modern business management Quote 1 "Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

4 4 Maybe the word sustainable is unsustainable

5 Recent history of sustainability 1972: Club of Rome Economic growth is limited by the Earth s ecosystems 15 years 7 years 1987: Brundtland committee Introducing sustainability: growth is possible, but limited by future generations 1994: Triple bottom line (John Elkington) 21 years 2015: Sustainable development goals (UN)

6 UN Sustainable Development goals (September 2015)

7 UN Sustainable Development goals People Planet Profit

8 Wereld milieuvoetafdruk: hoeveel aardbollen hebben we nodig als elke wereldburger Beperkte middelen op aarde leiden tot een verdelingsvraagstuk voor werelddelen en generaties dat níet oplossen is onduurzaam! Bron: Babette Porcelijn

9 Peter Drucker, known as the man who invented modern business management Quote 2 "If you can't measure it, you can't improve it."

10 Different approaches to measure sustainability (I)

11 Different approaches to measure sustainability (II) The present A sustainable future Qualify Regulation / labelling / CSR Judge Learn Best in class Alignment? Quantify LCA / LCC / SLCA

12 Definitions of sustainability Our common future (Brundtland): "Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. or No shift in the life cycle Many themes (PPP) Activities here and now without compromising the needs of people elsewhere and later Geographical location Time

13 Life cycle assessment to identify sustainable solutions, i.e. without transferring impacts to elsewhere and later Ecological system Waste End-of-life Use Economic system Resources Extraction Production

14 The importance of the life cycle: CO 2 -emissions & reductions in chemical chains Chemical sector 8% NL Export products End-use Oil refining Power generati on Waste incinera tion Chemical value chain 40% NL After measures on efficiency, CCS, bioresources and product design in chemical sector only Chemical value chain 13% NL Netherlands grand total Export products Power generation End-use Waste incinera tion Chemic al sector Oil refining A reduction of more than 3x its own direct emissions

15 Measuring Planet aspects We are only half way? Operational Strategic Long-term global Resources and human health: GHG, Energy, Human toxicity Water, Materials Tactical GMO Microplastics Electromagnetic Mid-term regional Ecosystems: Acidification Eutrofication Land-use fields Short-term local Living quality & Safety: air, water, soil annoyance safety Long term Global impacts Cradle-to-gate / grave Mid-points Integrated measures Economic instruments Short term Local quality Gate-to-gate End-points Add-on measures Regulation

16 SCPP kick-off meeting Twee programma s om duurzaamheid meetbaar te maken voor strategische beslissingen in de chemie Multinationals: Sustainable Chemical Product Performance (Solvay, Covestro) MKB: Branche Innovatie Agenda met Sustainability Hotspot Scan (IMVO netwerk chemie, Baril, Kornuyt)

17 SUSTAINABLE CHEMICAL PRODUCT PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME a widely accepted and validated method to assess sustainability is lacking LCA provides a good basis, but is not complete and not applicable for crucial company applications such as strategic management, innovation and PR

18 SUSTAINABLE CHEMICAL PRODUCT PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME Topics where progress is needed Resource scarcity & availability Corporate citizenship Sustainability / regulation Information management Reliability of supply Chain responsibility Internalisation of externalities Credibility is crucial

19 Solvay s Sustainable Portfolio Management tool Sustainable production = Licence to operate Sustainable products = Licence to market

20 SUSTAINABLE CHEMICAL PRODUCT PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME Joint programme with the ambition: - to provide a test field for the chemical industry to develop a widely accepted, integral and quantitative sustainable product performance assessment methodology - to enhance and manage sustainable innovations and business; - focusing on new innovative developments.

21 PROGRAMMA 2: ONTWIKKELEN SUSTAINABILITY HOTSPOT SCAN Opzetten van een semi kwantitatieve tool voor het MKB Testen en verbeteren van de scan Presenteren van de sustainability hotspotscan Online zetten van de hotspotscan (te downloaden exceltool)

22 BRANCHE INNOVATIE AGENDA IMVO NETWERK CHEMIE Uiteindelijke doel: In 2040 is de chemie het verbindende element in een duurzame en vitale samenleving: Bedrijven nemen in 2040 echte life cycle kosten mee in hun producten en bij investeringen Internationale ketens van bedrijven zijn volledig transparant zijn als het gaat om duurzaamheidsissues

23 Dank voor uw aandacht

24 Graag uw reactie Wat is volgens u het belang van duurzaamheid in uw bedrijf? de invloed van de rest van de keten? de meetbaarheid van duurzaamheid in het algemeen? de meetbaarheid van duurzaamheid van uw producten? Heeft u behoefte aan Kennis? Kwantitatief of kwalitatief? Tools? Zelf doen, samen doen of inhuren? Regelgeving?

25 The power of TNO From idea to innovation INNOVATION FOR LIFE

26 Themes & Roadmaps SUSTAINABLE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY

27 Team Sustainable Industry Aim Support companies: To make sustainability performance measurable on a quantitative and integral (Planet, Profit, People) basis To make it applicable for management of sustainable business and innovations over the value chain To extend it to the new areas of biobased and nano technology and resource efficiency

28 SUSTAINABLE CHEMICAL PRODUCT PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME Business!