Sustainable Business Environment - class

1. RECAP

3. How are these limited
resources distributed or used?
Human Rights
Life Essentials

6. Where are we?

7. Where are we?

8. Where are we?
UNEQUAL & UNSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

9. Ending poverty is possible without pressure on planetary boundaries
+ 3% of worlds food
supply
1/3 of world’s food
supply is wasted
+ 1% CO2 emissions

10. Sources of Pressure on Planetary Boundaries
• Excessive consumption of the richest 10%
• Inefficiencies in resource use
• Growing global middle class

11. Moving into the safe and just space for humanity
• Quantifying planetary & social boundaries
• Cutting Resource intensity most affluent lifestyles
(equity & sustainability)
• Resource efficient technologies & production
patterns
• Knowledge
• Empathy and long-term decision making
• Rethink “Economic Development”

12. Rethink “Economic Development”
≠ GDP Growth! fails to reflect: ! Degradation
! Inequality
! Deprivation
•
Change way of planning E. D.
 Diverse group of people for decision making
•
New metrics
 Capture the full scope of economy
 Measure “real wealth”

13. 4 significant SHIFTS (inspired by CMEPSP)
1. Measuring financial assets
+ monitoring changes in underlying stocks
“Inclusive Wealth Index” (IWI)

17. 2. Measuring what is sold
+ what is provided for free.
e.g. Volunteer work, Unpriced Ecosystems with value for economy.
VALUABLE!
but
3. Aggregates & Averages
+ monitoring Distribution.
GDP / capita
4. Monetary Metrics
+ Natural and Social Metrics.
$/......
m²
t CO2/m³
ppm ...
kg

18. 
Reforming Accounting Systems
“happyness accounting”
“well-beeing” indicators
“non-market accounting”
principles of equity
sustainability
quality of life,…

Redefining task of economists
- work together with natural scientists and social scientists
- know about how this planet sustains us
- know how it responds to excessive pressure from human activity
- know how this undermines our well-being
- incorporate human rights
 design appropriate policies & regulations.

19. Governments and Economists
Society
Companies
Every Individual

20. Governments and Economists
Society
Companies
Every Individual

navigate humanity into the “Safe and Just Space” between planetary
and social boundaries, where we are able to thrive.
“Thrivability”

21. Sources:
• Literature:
The Worldwatch Institute (2013). State of the World 2013, Is sustainability still
possible? Retrieved from:
www.longfiles.com/jnb4fklkpnr6/State_of_the_World_2013.pdf.html
Kate Raworth (2012). A Safe and Just Space for Humanity. Can we live within
the doughnut? Oxfam Discussion papers. Retrieved from: www.oxfam.org/grow
• Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAh76GLKW8M#t=131
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqDgVjRzwhg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqJL-cM8gb4