Resourceful Collaboration: sustaining wealth in a competitive world 1. The Challenge 2. Practical Actions 3. London Community Resource Network 4. Advantage Jersey
1. The Challenge
One planet: 7 billion people
We need: More energy ... but less CO2 A lot more accessible water
More food...from less land
The fallout from these challenges will be revolutionary and firms that don’t adapt will fail. Co-op Asset Management Survey of FTSE 350 companies found 56% will suffer and only 11% will gain, with the final 1/3rd balanced between success and failure. Sustainable Business Adapts!
Impacts of Industrialised Individualism
Resource extraction destroys habitats, species and communities •
Supply chains and disposal consume finite energy •
Over consumption fuels unsustainable inequality and makes us unhappy •
The more we consume the less we produce – offshore production disempowers our workforce and deceives our self-assessment •
We’ve built our economy on industrialised personal consumption. Economic Growth is defined by consumption, more so in a service economy We need more ways of valuing less Regulate our demand – do more, better, differently with less!
The Resource Challenge
WRONG!
BETTER…
The Resource Challenge GETTING THERE!
Muck and Brass One tonne of scrap from discarded PCs contains more gold than can be produced by 16 tonnes of ore Public mood shifting against throwaway society We’re running out of space, destroying nature and throwing money away
WEEE Man at Eden
Apes out of Eden
From Waste to Product ‌ Plastics
Metals Waste
Fibres
Credit: Peter Jones OBE
Going Nega! NegaWatt concept coined 1989 by Amory Lovins – now underpins a burgeoning Energy Efficiency industry Unit of power not used because of energy conservation 16% of the energy consumed in the US is used to produce food - yet at least 25% of food is wasted = equivalent of about 2150 trillion kilojoules lost each year. Negastuff – the things we don’t need: making the link between the phone or table reused and the forest still standing.
Solar Tree by Ross Lovegrove
Systems, Processes, Products, Behaviours
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2. Practical Action
Habitat for Humanity volunteer
Business Questions
1. Is the problem getting worse? 2. Do our customers still care? 3. Are our competitors responding? 4. Is what we are doing making a difference? 5. Are we making money from this? People Challenge they are ‘Google-ised’ – crave experience – have personal brands
In 2009 the 69 signatories who reported on their green spend identified the following financial savings: · Reduction of the light and heat spend by 30% · Reduction of 43% of spent by switching to green stationery suppliers · Reduction of 33.45% in the cost of cleaning/disposal products by changing to green alternatives · Savings of £3000 by reducing 90% of hazardous chemicals in cleaning procedures
Engagement is key Recycling started in the community • Unique ability to influence • Effective involvement of hard to reach people • Community recyclers have driven innovation • Lead reuse services • Medium for community and skills development • ‘waste’ - the lingua franca of the environmental movement •
PLAN A: M&S and the 130 million Coathangers In 2009-10, PLAN A Cost savings of around £50m for M&S; • Cut CO2 emissions by 40,000t; • Recycled 2 million used garments via Oxfam; • Reduced 10,000 tonnes of packaging; • Diverted 20,000 tonnes of waste from landfill; • Saved 387 million food carrier bags; • Used 1,500 tonnes of recycled polyester (equivalent to 37 million bottles); • Saved 100 million litres of water; • £15m for charities. •
GAP: Environment Champions • • •
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UNEP certification Engaging teams of employees Measuring environmental impact eg. energy, waste, water etc. Creative communication campaign Measure and celebrate savings Final Report with results and advice to motivate further progress
GAP Environment Champions Guernsey Electricity achieved: 75% waste to landfill reduction • avoided approx 1.5 tonnes of virgin paper use, saving 25 trees and 48,000L of water • over 10% savings on electricity usage which represents savings of £8000 pa • Received Green Apple Award •
Collaborate to improve
3. London Community Resource Network
LCRN - The Network 220 social enterprises, community and voluntary organisations • £21m collective turnover • 650 employees 75 vehicles • 500,000 beneficiaries • 2625 volunteers • 10000 tonnes of bulky reuse • 800 tonnes of organic waste • 50000 tonnes of carbon saved •
LCRN – the company Our vision is of London as a city where resources are managed sustainably to maximise community and environmental benefit. - support and promote community management of resources that can be used, re-used, recycled and recovered in the social economy to protect the environment and reduce poverty. deliver a range of services to achieve charitable objects -
voted Britain’s most innovative charity 2008
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More than waste! Environmental, social and economic benefits: the triple bottom line
Awareness Engagement Empowerment Mobilisation Training and Skills Vocational Placement Employment Enterprise Service Delivery Economic Development
Sustainable resource management Reduce
Repair
Reuse
Campaigning organisations Go Real - Nappies
Remanufacture Knowledge services
Bag for life schemes
Building Materials reuse Wood reuse & recycling Kerbside / Office services Paper recycling Appliance reuse - WEEE Furniture reuse IT reuse
Latest Buzz: ENERGY: Anaerobic Digestion; Combined Heat and Power
Recycle
Community composting Community Repaint Transition Towns Textile reuse
Repairs & Training Community CHP Community A.D.
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Reuse, Home and community composting Finding niches beyond mainstream services Linking waste to social & regeneration outcomes Innovative partnerships Education and engagement Green jobs and skills Practical social enterprise
Some Community Successes Greenworks commercial office furniture to community groups – man with van now £2M social business East London Community Recycling Project pioneered estate collection and composting of food waste; changed the law! Nappy Ever After ecopowered real nappy collection, laundry and distribution Furnish furniture reuse and repair helping long term unemployed back to work
Some Community Successes The Vine Project re-use programme with over 100 volunteers targeting pockets of deep deprivation in Sutton Taru carnival focused arts from waste educational programme in three boroughs Forest Recycling Project paint, paper, computers, PEOPLE – Give and Take events TRAID transformed textile recycling and profile of charity clothes
London Reuse Network An integrated network of reuse and repair facilities in a coordinated system working together to deliver public and commercial reuse services that maximise social and environmental benefit Managed through a dedicated operating company, London Reuse Limited, working with clusters of Delivery Partners comprising local and regional reuse organisations.
Vision of London as a city… •
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where reuse is easy, popular and normal… ubiquitous! that maximises the community, economic and environmental benefits of reuse; with unrivalled reuse infrastructure that becomes the international model for reuse management
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significant (awkward) waste diverted – 2% reuse and waste reduction maximised anticipates Waste Framework Directive easily implemented alongside current arrangements backbone of new repair economy creating jobs, training and enterprise opportunities Helps with carbon, social enterprise, volunteering, social deprivation….
Principles of the reuse framework • • • • • • •
Resource efficient – transport, storage etc. Maximises economic and social value Distribution and collection focussed Integrated with marketing initiatives Open architecture collaborative network Shared ownership, accountable leadership Municipal, commercial and public sectors
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Reuse Depots Resource Hubs Local Outlets
Coordination systems Market tools – e.g. web and campaign Human Resource – Ops Mgt, trainers, operatives
Current LCRN Priorities London Reuse Framework: Integrated reuse service delivery across London
Urban Organics Network: Community based organics collection and processing
Community Carbon Credit: Carbon offset and trading mechanism for social and environmental investment
Capacity building: Improving quality and performance of the network
Enterprise development: mattress recycling, green events‌
4. Advantage Jersey Islander resilience and cooperation Proven self sufficiency Strong networks and leaders Lots to improve on! Supportive State and Big Business Durrell!
Even your cows get it!
Washington State University lifecycle study 2010: Jersey cows ate less food, drank 32% less water, produced less manure and needed 11% less land than Holsteins – 19% lower carbon footprint overall
Thankyou for listening!
matthew@lcrn.org.uk