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FOREWORD
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elcome to the May issue
that sustainability should be a
of CSO Magazine!
boardroom priority. The Global Head
In our cover feature this month, CBRE’s Head of Energy and
of Environmental Sustainability discusses how boards should
Sustainability discusses how the
respond to sustainability challenges.
company is responding to climate
Heiko Schilling, Head of Navigation
actions needs. Joe Gomez
and VP of Engineering at
talks about sustainability
TomTom, explains the
in the facilities
importance of high-
management space
definition mapping
and the ways the
within smart cities.
company creates value for its clients. Catriona Schmolke,
Joe Gomez, Head of Energy & Sustainability, CBRE
Senior Vice President and
Open Energy Market’s Simon Skillings, Head of Business Development, discusses procurement’s
Global Head of Safety, Security
role within the energy industry.
and Sustainability at Jacobs,
For May, CSO Magazine looks at the
explains the firm’s sustainability strategy.
top 10 electric vehicle manufacturers across the world. The list features
AB InBev and Vantage Drilling
Groupe PSA, Honda and Ford.
also sat down with us this month
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WHAT IS THE BOARDROOM RESPONSE TO SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGES?
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MAPPING OUT THE FUTURE OF SMART CITIES
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Joe Gomez, Head of Energy & Sustainability at CBRE, discusses sustainability in the facilities management space and the ways the company creates value for its clients
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ver 40% of the world’s energy is consumed by commercial and industrial buildings. At a time when the need for climate action
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is working to leverage new technology, alongside the combined experience of over 80,000 employees, to ensure the world’s leading companies are also sustainability leaders in the private sector. “We work across a broad, diverse background of clients with different needs and specialisations around their energy and sustainability appetites. Our goal is to create value for them in that space,” says Joe Gomez, Head of Energy & Sustainability, EMEA. We sat down with Gomez to find out how CBRE is delivering sustainability at a profit to its impressive roster of tier one clients. Gomez and the GWS division work across four different major verticals. “We work with major players in the industrial oil and gas business, in banking and insurance, technology, and life sciences and pharmaceuticals,” explains Gomez. M AY 2 0 1 9
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Better air for the built environment There is a real drive for building occupants, managers and owners to utilise resources within the built environment more effectively now more than ever before. At VES, we know that understanding and influencing energy and sustainability will continue to be a critical facilitator in providing ever increasing control of good decision making. Our ability to respond to changes in building usage is strengthened by being aware of the choices made at business level, as we work to help stakeholders meet their environmental and commercial goals. We must also remain mindful of our long-term responsibilities to find ways to improve how we utilise precious resources as we develop over time. We believe that by embedding energy and sustainability goals and drivers within all our strategic decisions, we ensure constant progress and real tangible benefits along our transformation journey.
Our Collaborative Approach We work closely with business and technology partners to allow us to build upon the fundamentals of their expertise; key partners include Ziehl Abegg for fan & motor technology, Siemens Building Technology for controls and building integration, Hoval for energy recovery technology. Like us, their vision lies in creating energy efficient and sustainable environments to ensure technologies are used to the fullest potential; making every improvement easier to implement and longer lasting whilst ensuring future value can be unlocked through data built within the DNA of the solution. By bringing together these leading technologies within our own field of expertise in heating, ventilation and air conditioning, we can not only build ventilation systems to meet energy and sustainability standards for new buildings - we can facilitate energy improvement solutions for existing buildings which create lasting value and make a difference to occupants, building operation and environmental impact. No single technology applied in isolation can drive the energy and sustainability requirements of the future; just like our business partnerships, solutions are best achieved through a collaborative approach based upon tangible data and information which ensures consistent effective results with the ability to continuously drive
improvements through using the embedded data, which is captured and analysed as part of the solution. Replacing a belt driven centrifugal fan with an EC plug fan to perform the same duty can yield notable energy savings on its own. However, by understanding the purpose and usage of the area being served, we can ensure that even more energy is saved through optimised fan and motor selections and introducing modulating speed in response to intelligent demand control. We can use occupancy readings to ensure energy used on heating can be effectively reduced by introducing a controlled balance between fresh air intake, return and recirculated air, and usage of energy recovery devices such as thermal wheels. Along with associated reductions in maintenance requirements, and by working with our partners to bring together solutions in multiple air handling systems across buildings or whole estates, we can assist you and your partners in making a real and lasting impact on energy and sustainability in the buildings and estates you are responsible for.
Business case and investment By packaging our energy and sustainability business cases so they make sound business and financial investment sense, proposals can be delivered with equal priority alongside more conventional business investments. With the ever-growing pressures on the cost and utilisation of resources within the built environment, our energy and sustainability investments can provide far greater financial return and value than many other capital investments being considered. We have a wide spectrum of technical experts covering the UK, ready to meet and evaluate possible energy initiatives helping you progress along your own energy and sustainability journey. For more information: 023 8046 1150 | ves.co.uk | sales@ves.co.uk | LinkedIn Offices in Southampton, London, Manchester, Glasgow and Birmingham
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“ We work across a broad, diverse background of clients with different needs and specialisations around their energy and sustainability 18 appetites” — Joe Gomez, Head of Energy & Sustainability, EMEA
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When taking on a new client, CBRE prides itself on being a full spectrum provider of a complete range of solutions. Through a number of years of experience of working with property portfolios of large global occupier clients, CBRE has developed an Energy Pathway product. This is now our standard proven approach to implementing an energy strategy for any of our accounts/clients. The methodology takes the client on a 10-step journey through energy management and allows for a tailored approach to be developed for each
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all the time. Once you’re on this wheel,
program define our three major offerings.
the idea is that you keep it going and the
The company calls its three major
process will become self funding,
offerings “Buy Smart, Use Smart and
because of the amount of value that
Be Responsible”. Gomez explains:
you’re creating and releasing. CBRE is
“The supply side energy management
in the business of being a full provider
is ‘Buy Smart’; demand side energy
of all of these services.”
management is ‘Use Smart’; and ‘Be
There are three principal areas in which
Responsible’ is about sustainability.
CBRE creates value for its customers
That’s the wheel of services that we
through sustainability: profitability,
offer. We bring them in at whatever level
brand and risk management. “Our goal
our client is currently at and plug all the
is to help a company generate its
gaps to make them a fully comprehen-
output in the most energy efficient way,”
sive energy and sustainability business
explains Gomez. “There needs to be
that is creating value and mitigating risk
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attractive.” The first value opportunity
peak hours. “They can then bank that
that CBRE provides revolves around
obligation as a virtual power station
a “reduction in spend and therefore an
and do that multiple times around the
increase in profitability. Our customers
country,” explains Gomez. “Then they
reduce what they spend on their energy,
could have 20 megawatts of energy
getting back any revenue they’ve
that can be used to shave peak demand.
overpaid on their energy bills, and they
When the whole country puts the kettle
actually can drive revenue into their
on during Bake Off adverts, they don’t
coffers if their national grid has programs,
have to turn another gas turbine on; we
known as demand side response
can use this virtual power plant.” CBRE
schemes, that will pay clients to turn
has a full matrix of over 150 initiatives
load off,” says Gomez. Demand side
that can be used to make savings on
response schemes involve financially
clients’ energy. “We work on a traffic
incentivising grid users to reduce or
light system,” explains Gomez. “Our
shift energy consumption away from
goal is to take every red and amber box
E XE CU T I VE PRO FI LE
Joe Gomez Joe Gomez has served as Head of Energy & Sustainability at CBRE since 2016. He is a Warwick Business School MBA and a UK Chartered Energy Engineer, with a specialisation in Energy, Building Services, Refrigeration & HVAC sectors. In his role at CBRE, Gomez creates value for his customers through utility price reduction, productivity improvement, brand enhancement, supply and demand side energy management. He is responsible for the operation of CBRE’s energy and sustainability platform, as well as the company’s energy and utilities management services.
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where there’s the potential for an energy saving and turn it green. By doing this we not only save the client money but also make that building itself greener. That will then give that business the best carbon credentials they could possibly have.” CBRE is the trusted advisor and partner to its clients. “We’re there to run and manage their property,” says Gomez. “We don’t make anything or sell any products, but we sell our expertise and human horsepower.” Over the years, CBRE has built up its
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third party suppliers and contractors. One such company is VES. Founded in 1968, VES provides energy efficient ventilation and air handling solutions across multiple verticals in the industrial and commercial real estate space. “We believe VES is one of the best air handling units and air flow management businesses in the country,” says Gomez. “What you get is a bespoke solution that fits your needs at a high quality standard. We believe that their attention to detail and their thoroughness is something we would stand 26
behind.” Another avenue through which CBRE can drastically improve the sustainability of a property is its lighting system. “We work closely with global lighting provider Sylvania in delivering efficient and comprehensive lighting solutions to our client base,” explains Gomez. “Sylvania have a knowledgeable and committed team of professionals supporting us and they act as an extension of the GWS value chain in scoping, designing and delivering value.” Secondly, CBRE manages its clients’ sustainability branding, helping clients to position themselves on indices like the Dow Jones Sustainability index, M AY 2 0 1 9
the FTSE4Good, the Carbon Disclosure Project and the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark,” says Gomez. “These rankings show the world our customers’ green credentials. If they occupy the top spots on those indices, not only is it good for their brand and good for how attractive they are to their market, but it also drives greater transparency between the company and its customers.” Thirdly, CBRE offers risk management through its sustainability expertise. “The energy and sustainability landscape has experienced a proliferation of financial and legislative requirements, driven by the United Nations Climate Change Program to deliver a world to our grandchildren that’s 1.5 degrees cooler than if we don’t take action,” notes Gomez. CBRE manages the risks of compliance for its customers so that “whether they’re lending money or making Nurofen, we take away their compliance headaches and minimise their exposure to the financial impact of those regulations and penalties”. The sustainability service CBRE provides is linked to three major trends in the industry, which Gomez calls “the three Ds: de-carbonisation, decentraliw w w.c so ma ga z i n e. com
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Clients served worldwide
450
Offices worldwide
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sation, and digitisation”. De-carbonisa-
to overtake fossil fuels for the first
tion reflects the global movement away
time as the UK’s primary electricity
from fossil fuels in favour of renewables
source.” Over the summer of 2018,
like wind, solar and geothermal energy.
renewable energy already exceeded
In addition to the moral imperative,
other sources during periods of intense
CBRE uses the rapid advance of green
sunshine, and in 2018 UK energy
technologies like battery storage and
production from coal fell by 25%.
photovoltaics to “make sure people will
“That’s a consequence of that agenda
do something because it makes
being driven and price points begin-
financial sense as well.’’ In January,
ning to compete with and become
Business Green reported: “As early
better than traditional methods,”
as 2020, renewables are on course
says Gomez.
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way, which reduces reliance on the grid and creates more resilient local operations.” CBRE maintains strong ties with energy companies that emphasise sustainability in their offerings and are making strides towards a decentralised energy future. Centrica is a multinational energy and services company with its headquarters in Windsor, Berkshire, that is moving into decentralised power generation options. “What they’re doing is moving into distributed energy solutions, which take the energy they are providing to their clients, but design those solutions to be so efficient that the customer uses less energy,” Gomez says. “Centrica have their own Combined Heat and Power (CHP) business in Manchester. They’re the only CHP The second trend, decentralisation,
manufacturer in the UK. They have their
involves the restructuring of energy
own metering business, their own battery
distribution infrastructure on a global
storage business and their own solar
scale. “We as a nation and as a planet
business. They provide the full technical,
cannot continue to feed our need for
project management and funding agre-
energy by building more power stations
ement solutions we believe a customer
ad infinitum, and by digging up the
could utilise. So, we have a preferred
roads and laying more and more copper
arrangement with them,” he explains.
wire to bring us more and more energy.
Digitisation, Gomez believes, will allow
That’s just patently unsustainable,”
CBRE to increase both efficiency and
Gomez explains. “We should be looking
sustainability for its clients. “If you put
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everything, you’d have ultimate and infinite knowledge of the machinations of our needs in life, right?” Gomez asks. “Now, if you put a sensor on every part of a building – its windows, boilers, chillers, air handlers, low voltage power points and its computers – you could identify a problem and fix it before the building’s occupants were even aware something was wrong. Not just if someM AY 2 0 1 9
thing was broken, but if it was about to break.” Gomez believes that the power of predictive analytics and automation will dramatically change the real estate management industry. “That continual progression towards complete data transparency on everything that moves is the goal,” he says. Looking to the future, Gomez believes that digitisation will continue to have an exponentially magnified effect upon the sustainability space. “Digitisation is the way forward, not only with respect to facilities management, but in respect to the ability for facilities management to be driven by smart decisions around energy,” Gomez emphasises. “Because if you drive something more efficiently you drive it more reliably. And if you drive it more reliably, you’re driving better facilities management.”
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A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE Catriona Schmolke, Jacobs Senior Vice President and Global Head of Safety, Security and Sustainability at global professional services firm Jacobs talks about the company’s commitment to a more sustainable future… WRITTEN BY
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t Jacobs, our global sustainability strategy is known as PlanBeyond – planning beyond today for a more sustain-
able future for everyone. By focusing on our people, our places and our partnerships we aim to integrate sustainability into every aspect of how we do business. As we face some of
the toughest environmental challenges of our time, our people are working to find better ways to create an enduring legacy for the world – whether working together on our projects, in partnership with our clients and suppliers, or taking steps as individuals to make a dif36
ference across our offices and facilities. Our PlanBeyond Global Sustainability strategy is a roadmap for progressing sustainability fully into our global business. For us, this means social and economic progress while protecting our environment and improving resilience. It is also about being the employer of choice for our people and being the go-to solutions provider for a more connected, sustainable world. As a business, we have a tremendous opportunity to continue to influence positive change and drive progress through the solutions that we create and deliver for our clients. With $15 billion in fiscal 2018 revenue and a talent force of more than 50,000, Jacobs provides a full spectrum of services M AY 2 0 1 9
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including scientific, technical, professional and construction- and program-management for business, industrial, commercial, government and infrastructure sectors. So, we have significant scope to make a positive difference. We carefully considered the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) to provide global context for shaping our PlanBeyond Strategy. We believe this allows us to better address our clients’ global challenges, including clean water, affordable energy, inequality, climate change, w w w.c so ma ga z i n e. com
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“ W E ARE PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE, TECHNOLOGY AND INTELLIGENCE SOLUTIONS TO HELP OUR CLIENTS, CITIES AND COMMUNITIES TO CREATE SMART AND CONNECTED PLACES THAT FUNCTION MORE EFFECTIVELY” — Catriona Schmolke, Senior Vice President and Global Head of Safety, Security and Sustainability, Jacobs
environmental pollution, economic growth and peace.
A SUSTAINABLE ROAD MAP With the acquisition of CH2M in December 2017 and our recently announced agreement to divest Jacobs’ Energy, Chemicals and Resources (ECR) segment to WorleyParsons, we have turned the course of Jacobs’ future, and now focus on broadening our leadership in high growth sustainable solutions to tackle challenges across urbanisation, water scarcity, climate change, digital proliferation, clean energy and security. In the past year, we reduced carbon emissions by more than 37 million tons, equivalent to a full year’s energy use by four million homes on our client projects. In addition, on our own operations, the former CH2M business exceeded its five-year commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25%, ultimately achieving a 29% reduction since 2012. We have just received the 2019 Climate Leadership Award, a prestigious US award by The Center of Climate and Energy Solutions and The Climate Registry. Environmental Business International (EBI) also just recognised our work with 11 Business
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systems and operations; and predictive
and Climate Change Innovations.
data analytics with application to
Jacobs supported many charitable organisations including making contributions to the Global STEM Alliance and
artificial/augmented intelligence and machine learning. PlanBeyond inspires us to make
Engineers without Borders and fundrais-
a positive environmental, societal and
ing with employees for Water for People
economic difference for businesses,
in 2018. We are close to finalising our
governments and communities around
global approach to giving and volunteer-
the world — from the way we operate
ing in 2019.
our business, to the work we perform
In 2019, we will launch innovation
with clients and other organisations.
centres to extract greater value from technologies of focus for our clients, including: automated design solutions for agile adaptation and scalability of
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plan and have trained over 1000 Positive Mental Health Champions across our global business. MHM aims to promote positive mental health, raise awareness and provide resources to support all our people and ultimately destigmatise the conversations around mental health. • We implemented eight Employee Network groups in 2018 as part of our transformation. Our Employee Networks are employee-led and employee-organised groups centred around offering employees an opportunity to collaborate with others around the world 40
who share similar interests and explore opportunities that relate to their specific goals. • During 2018 we performed extensive stakeholder outreach as part of a materiality assessment to identify our priority sustainability issues as a business. This included the launch of our first Global Employee Sustainability Survey with 10,500+ people inputting how they would like Jacobs to transform. • We launched the quarterly Sustainability Award program, sponsored by our Chief Financial Officer, which recognises and rewards individuals and teams that contribute to a sustainable future through innovative thinking and smart actions. M AY 2 0 1 9
“ T HE GLOBAL DEMAND FOR ENERGY SECURITY AND SUPPLY CONTINUES TO GROW AT A RAPID RATE. WE ARE HELPING OUR CLIENTS MEET THE CHALLENGES” — Catriona Schmolke, Senior Vice President and Global Head of Safety, Security and Sustainability, Jacobs
• Every year we acknowledge our best project teams from around the globe with our highest form of project recognition – the Joseph J. Jacobs Master Builder Award. This honour is given to project teams who achieve flawless project delivery while demonstrating our commitment to safety, integrity, continuous improvement, innovation, JacobsValue+ and JacobsSustainability+. • With infrastructure clients for whom we provide operations and facilities management services, we saved 5,074,759 kWh of electricity, and 23 billion gallons of wastewater. • For a large-scale air terminal client, we delivered improvements that generated more than $700,000 in savings, while eliminating 15,863 tons of CO2 emissions. • We piloted a mobile app to reduce paper consumption and boost productivity, sparking broader implementation converting 35,830 forms from paper to electronic documents. • We launched an effort to reduce single-use plastic consumption that eliminated 400,000 disposable plastic gloves from the waste stream across multiple client sites. Our 2020 goal w w w.c so ma ga z i n e. com
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includes targeting the elimination of
social responsibility. Our approach is in
SUPs in all our offices.
line with the UN Sustainable Develop-
• We balanced the gender diversity
ment Goals and the triple bottom line,
of the Executive Leadership Team,
in that we see sustainability covering all
including the appointment of our first-
aspects including environmental, social
ever female Executive Vice President,
and economic development. Jacobs
Joanne Caruso.
defines sustainability as “Ensuring long-
• We donated over $255k to Water
term business resilience and success
for People through our annual employ-
while positively contributing towards the
ee giving campaign.
economy, society and the environment”. Our framework is organised around
A 360-DEGREE VISION
three core pillars: People, Places and
PlanBeyond is our holistic sustainabil-
Partnerships. Within these pillars are
ity programme, which incorporates
six focus areas with twelve PlanBeyond
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2020 goals. Through the implementa-
• Coordinate local community and
tion of these goals we will transform the
charitable initiatives via Community
business and our contributions to our
Connect and Jacobs Employee
people, our communities, the environ-
Networks in all regions
ment and our industry.
PLANBEYOND 2020 PARTNERSHIP GOALS PLANBEYOND 2020 PEOPLE GOALS • Train 1,500 Positive Mental Health Champions (including 50% Senior Management Team) • Approve plans for establishing a global wellbeing baseline • Enrol 100% employees in Conscious Inclusion training • Jacobs Employee Networks to
• Upgrade Jacobs Value+ (including capture of project contributions towards the UN (SDGs) • Undertake sustainable innovation planning sessions with 10 top-tier clients • Launch new global Sustainability and Resilience Project Framework procedure
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deliver PlanBeyond-related communication campaigns
PLANBEYOND 2020 PLACE GOALS • Reduce air travel by 20% - this will build off our success in cutting driving miles by 10% in 2018. • All offices to adopt Sustainable Workplace Plans (including removal of single-use plastics) • Launch Global Giving and Volunteering program
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• Initiate sustainability partnership dialogue with 15 global suppliers Our new PlanBeyond governance structure will ensure accountability, reporting up through the PlanBeyond Executive Steering Committee to the CEO and Chair of the Board at regular intervals. For each focus area, a working group produces and is responsible for a delivery action plan. A senior sponsor has been assigned to lead each working group and that role will take responsibility for reporting progress to the PlanBeyond Executive Steering Committee. 44
ENERGY MANAGEMENT The global demand for energy security and supply continues to grow at a rapid rate. We are helping our clients meet the challenges by providing solutions to replace carbon intensive power generation with high efficiency, cleaner technology and developing renewable energy and demand-side management strategies. We believe this requires an integrated approach and delivery offering to support our clients in energy networks, thermal generation, renewable generation and storage solutions. We look for a ‘best for project’ approach that is M AY 2 0 1 9
focused on the requirements of the project; we are therefore not aligned to specific service providers. Our global power consulting capability (which is not included in the ECR sale) is focused on supporting our clients on the “pathway to zero carbon�. As part of this pathway we recognise that thermal generation will continue to play a significant part in the energy mix moving forward, alongside renewables such as solar and wind. We also have deep experience with renewable options such as hydro, pumped hydro storage and geothermal.
SUSTAINABILITY WITH OUR CLIENTS We are providing comprehensive infrastructure, technology and intelligence solutions to help our clients, cities and communities to create smart and connected places that function more effectively, are more resilient and sustainable, and are more responsive to the needs of the people using them. We help them prepare, adapt, mitigate and recover when facing climate, cybersecurity, biosecurity-related and other risks.
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WHAT IS THE BOARDROOM RESPONSE TO SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGES? Dr James Robey, Global Head of Environmental Sustainability at Capgemini, explains how sustainability should be a boardroom priority and outlines why and how boards should respond to sustainability challenges WRITTEN BY
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ecent attention on climate change issues and depletion of resources, with associated availability and cost
implications, have elevated sustainability issues to the boardroom. Ten years ago,
I would probably be sharing insights on ‘How to get your board to buy-in to sustainability’. However, over the past decade, environmental concerns have steadily climbed up the global agenda, with climate change and its related impacts featuring in the World Economic Forum’s top five Global Risks every year since 48
2011. Unconstrained year-on-year economic growth no longer seems as feasible as previously assumed and companies striving to maximise their economic profitability in the long-term have shifted thinking beyond ‘traditional’ boardroom topics. While I was studying for my doctorate at Henley Business School in 2016, I came across this insightful remark by Paul Hawken, the US Environmentalist and Campaigner, who argued that future growth may well be “restricted not by the number of fishing boats but by the decreasing number of fish; not by the power of pumps but by the depletion of aquifers; not by the number of chainsaws but by the disappearance of primary forests.” And as the late, distinguished writer, campaigner and economist M AY 2 0 1 9
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Kenneth Boulding expressed, “Anyone
true if they want to maintain their
who believes that exponential growth
competitive advantage. Edelman’s 2019
can go on forever in a finite world is
Trust barometer has shown an 11-point
either a madman or an economist!”
increase to 76%, of the general population agreeing that business leaders
STAKEHOLDER PRESSURE
should take a lead on these issues,
Other stakeholder groups are also caus-
rather than waiting for governments
ing business leaders to rethink their
to intervene.
response to the environment. There is
Indeed, after speaking to nearly 200
an increasing expectation from the
business leaders on sustainability during
general public that business leaders
my research, we confirmed the five
are best placed to address global
strongest business case components
environmental challenges - particularly
for sustainability in large companies:
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companies should be working on sus-
ees: Both existing employees and po-
tainability projects before they invest.
tential recruits expect an organisation
• Non-Governmental Organisations
to invest in sustainability. This was
(NGOs): Organisations need to meet
identified as the strongest driver for
the concerns and expectations of NGOs,
the companies’ investment in becoming
particularly if the company is reliant on
more sustainable.
securing access to natural resources
• Demand from clients and customers: Corporate sustainability has now
to operate. • Opportunities to increase profits
become a prerequisite for large organi-
by making efficiency gains: Sustainabil-
sations in their ability to sell their goods
ity programmes can actually affect
or services.
a company’s bottom line by reducing
• The expectations of sharehold-
waste, energy use or business travel.
ers: There is now an expectation among
Interestingly, this factor emerged
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demonstrating a more established
IN THIS CONTEXT, WHAT IS THE BOARDROOM RESPONSE TO SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGES?
attitude that while sustainability
My research also demonstrated that
delivers costs savings, it’s not the
an important factor in the success of
primary driver for implementing
a company’s sustainability performance
sustainability initiatives.
was the commitment of the CEO to the
business case for the large companies included in the research – most likely
Added to this, the rise of the ethical
programme. They play a critical role in
consumer with instant access to social
galvanising commitment to the agenda
media ‘news’, has completed the shift
across the entire organisation.
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the sustainability agenda at Capgemini,
must actively monitor performance and
I believe that boards have seven key
step in where necessary to ensure that
roles to play in driving forward the
operational teams are delivering against
sustainability agenda:
those targets.
1. Strategy: The primary role of any
3. Accountability: Ultimately a board is
board is to set the strategy for the
accountable for the behaviour, actions
business – but boards today must ensure
and impact of the entire business. To do
social and environmental impacts and
this they need to understand the material
the expectation of all the business’s
impacts backed up by comprehensive
stakeholders are considered.
and reliable data.
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a business is open about its approach and progression against its targets, which must be meaningful and stretching. Progress and good news stories should be balanced with reporting on what has gone less well. 5. Risk: Businesses leaders must implement strategies that mitigate climate-related risks and disruptions. According to the World Bank, $158 trillion of physical assets – double the total annual output of the global economy – are at risk without preventative action to mitigate climate change. M AY 2 0 1 9
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A NEW LEADERSHIP With current political and economic uncertainty in many key markets, and rising social and environmental issues, we need strong and good leadership more than ever before. Ultimately business leaders must take responsibility for ensuring that organisations deliver in an ethical, responsible, and sustainable way, creating long term value for all stakeholders.
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MAPPING OUT THE FUTURE OF SMART CITIES Heiko Schilling, Head of Navigation and VP Engineering at TomTom, says that to create sustainable and smarter cities, high-definition mapping is critical WRITTEN BY
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eaders of a certain vintage will remember
the video game series SimCity, in which players built and managed massive
metropolises, controlling everything from city
taxes to transport infrastructure. SimCity managed the seemingly impossible task of making urban planning fun. A key reason why it worked was because players could scroll through the map to identify problems in their city, or access “real-time” data to make their decisions. The player was, in effect, omniscient and all-seeing. While this was a real-world 58
impossibility at the time of the game’s release, these abilities are now tantalisingly within reach in so-called smart cities. As in SimCity, digital mapping is crucial to delivering and managing smart cities. But before we explore why high definition maps are so important, it’s worth defining what we mean by ‘smart cities’. These are often painted as visions of the future, but the truth is that cities have had ‘smart’ elements for years. A more accurate term would, therefore, be ‘smarter cities’, which build layers of systems and functionalities upon existing technologies to provide even deeper, more accurate and more up-to-date insight into city infrastructure. The examples are potentially limitless, but most applications tend to focus on the biggest M AY 2 0 1 9
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bugbears of urban living – transportation and associated infrastructure. The cities of the future will, we hope, eliminate gridlock through smarter public transport, including autonomous vehicles and ‘micro-transportation’ such as eScooters and delivery drones. Connected, centralised systems will gather and share data to improve traffic flows of both vehicles and pedestrians and will also manage available parking spaces more efficiently. Above all, they
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or distance between vehicles in autono-
ability to take a holistic approach to city
mous transportation systems.
infrastructure, ensuring that they can keep the traffic moving. As in SimCity, these abilities all depend
Without a highly accurate, centimetre-scale digital map, it will be impossible to make autonomous vehicles
on urban planners and managers being
aware of their location, environment
omniscient, and this is where high-defi-
and pathways around the city. City
nition mapping has such an important
managers (and logistics and transport
role to play. These maps provide more
operators) don’t just need to know
than just a digital representation of the
the rough location of their vehicles:
real world, important as that is. To
they must also have absolutely precise
enable the next generation of smart
information on lane models, road
services we need to represent every
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of their environments they perceive, ensuring that they are in the correct lane, and supporting advanced driverassistance systems – all of which adds up to safer and smoother traffic flows. For all this to work as it should, we need more than the types of digital mapping software that humans use to plan their journeys or orient themselves. As the task of driving gradually shifts from the driver to in-vehicle systems, the role and scope M AY 2 0 1 9
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of digital maps shifts accordingly.
from their surroundings and feed it
Smart cities, therefore, depend on
back into the map. This ensures that
machine-readable maps.
maps can be constantly updated to
Automated vehicles today come equipped with a variety of sensors used for perceiving its surroundings and for
ensure that they are always an exact match to the reality on the ground. If developing smart, high-definition
localisation, including cameras, radars,
mapping sounds like a highly complex
and LiDARs (3D laser scanners). These
task, you’d be right. It will take initiative,
technologies not only enable vehicles
vision and investment to put such
to take their cues from sensors embed-
projects into effect – but forward-look-
ded within roadside furniture; they also
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building blocks into place. One of the most significant challenges to overcome, however, will be managing the huge volumes of information on which these systems rely, including data collection and verification, processing, and security. That’s why the most important person in tomorrow’s smart cities will be the “city CTO”, who will have the same God-like view of urban infrastructure and transportation data as the SimCity player. Indeed, local authorities in Salford and the West Midlands have already appointed Chief M AY 2 0 1 9
Digital Officers to provide the necessary digital and data strategy to make these projects a success. And this brings us on to another key benefit of HD mapping to the smart cities of the future: simulation. Having a digital map of the urban environment enables planners to simulate the effects of infrastructure upgrades, roadworks or new transportation services on the city as a whole, and so identify unexpected consequences before the project begins. Like Rome, smart cities won’t be built in a day. Instead, they will evolve gradually as new layers of intelligent services are added – but only once they have been rigorously modelled and tested. While intelligent transportation infrastructure is only one part of tomorrow’s smart cities, it will have probably the most important impact on their citizens and make the biggest difference to the city’s “liveability”. High definition, intelligent mapping provides the foundation – and the roadmap – to a smarter, faster future.
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Preparing your business for next generation energy procurement Simon Skillings, Head of Business Development at Open Energy Market, shares his insight on why and how the energy industry needs to ready itself for a new generation of procurement professionals who are addressing the industry’s challenges head on WRITTEN BY
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istorically, the procurement element of a business wa,s the sole responsibility of facilities or engineering man-
agers. Their relationship management exper-
tise – from the golf course to the meeting room – was instrumental in getting the signatures on energy contracts that had, at that time, a limited impact on the business. But now, processes, data, legislation, and tighter margins have made energy-buying a far more significant and demanding role within an organisation. With energy falling into the top three costs 68
for most companies, procurement decision makers are under greater pressure and scrutiny to deliver best results. Until now, those working in energy procurement have been the dealmakers. They have demonstrated their industry knowledge, negotiating skills and talent for fostering relationships. However, with heightened expectations coming straight from the top, they will also have to be far more analytical going forward. What this means is that the old analogue approach to procurement won’t cut it anymore: there needs to be improvement across the board to enable greater savings, more efficient processes and better analytics to understand spending, controls and risks. To achieve this, legacy structures and M AY 2 0 1 9
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approaches will need to make way for next-generation procurement.
GENERATIONAL DIFFERENCES Energy buyers are faced by a number of sticky challenges. It is imperative that the next-generation of procurement professionals not only take the traditional costs and terms and conditions into account but consider the following when creating their procurement strategy: reporting and forecasting, spend analysis, market exploration and SLAs. More recently, supplier risk is also an increasing factor given seven energy firms went bust in 2018. To help them solve their problems and drive stronger business results, a push for more tech innovation will be crucial – which will actually give way to a more simple, transparent and intuitive buying experience that users will actively embrace. Digital procurement – and the use of bots and apps, for example – automates tasks to increase efficiency by streamlining the manual, routine procurement tasks. As well as reducing costs, it also prepares all involved with a greater understanding of real-time insights and analytics through AI and user-friendly platform tools. Ultimately, digital
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procurement deploys new and smarter
(or because of) financial or political
ways to permeate data models to
uncertainties facing a business, catego-
improve routine decision making.
ry managers will need to redefine their
The demand for tech innovation –
strategy to incorporate advances in
and its benefits – is becoming clear in
technology if they are to be in a position
this field: according to consumer insights
where they can deliver greater savings
analyst, Aleksei Gontsarov, the Procure-
and added value in the coming years.
ment Leaders’ Category Planning Guide indicates, for the first time, what category
GETTING SMARTER
managers hope to achieve in 2019 and
Procurement and supply chain fields
the levers they intend to use to succeed.
are now facing disruption from AI and
These include e-auctions, supplier
IoT and, while there is a positive move
collaboration strategies and demand
towards embracing technology, we, as
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the ‘how’, ‘why’ and ‘where’ investment
review their approach to buying. This
in technology should be made, and not
will help them understand where sticky
just join the procurement revolution
processes need modification. It isn’t just
through a fear of missing out.
about driving down unit costs, it’s about
We have put together some pointers
divergent thinking, being smarter and
for businesses on what they need to be
removing cost from the process itself.
thinking about to get themselves ready for next-generation procurement.
MAKE SENSE OF THE DATA The world is now equipped with massive
REVIEW
volumes of data requiring both accuracy
To kick start the right changes, procure-
and intelligence. Making sense of this
ment players – new and old – need to
data will be critical. And this means
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understanding what was purchased,
the right digital technology – combined
as well as ‘why’ it was purchased. To
with the know-how of expert energy
do this, and to provide intelligent
and facilities specialists – can make
support, will require the right technol-
this happen.
ogy, especially analytics, AI and bots.
EDUCATE: LEVERAGE KNOWLEDGE AND TECH:
With any technology-powered change
There was a time when procurement
it will be vital for leaders to also focus
decisions were based on past experi-
efforts on the education and retention
ences and an individual’s knowledge
of their existing personnel. And it’s no
or perceptions. But a deeper analytical
different in the procurement landscape.
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instrumental to the successful roll-out of these changes. Encouraging a more collaborative relationship with vendors will also help them to reap the real benefits the technology can deliver: stretching beyond cost savings, to delivering positive long-term financial results and ultimately a better service. If your procurement team isn’t educated on the changes or engaged, they won’t be able to deliver the results – so they shouldn’t be left behind in any digital transformation journey.
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Today’s new breed of procurement professionals are in high demand. They are equipped with creative and agile thinking, and have an innate ability to navigate technologies that can impact your margins. But demand is fast outstripping supply. To be sure you don’t miss out on accessing the right talent for your business, it’s important to adopt a culture that welcomes, not fears, technology. Because, with the right technology-powered solution you open up opportunities that will benefit your team, your business and your bottom line.
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Paul AGON man and CEO L’Oréal
Sarah DAVIS President Loblaw Companies Ltd
Max KOEUNE President and CEO McCain
Mark SCHNEIDER CEO Nestlé
Captain Scott KELLY Astronaut
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Electric vehicle manufacturers CSO Magazine reveals the top 10 electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers in the world, according to Clean Technica’s findings WRITTEN BY
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Groupe PSA 3.2mn sales
Groupe PSA, which was founded in Paris in 1976, has a market capitalisation of US$21bn. The company claims it will introduce 15 electrified versions of its brand’s existing models, and has featured on the CDP Climate Change A List. “Reducing our vehicles’ environmental impact has been one of the major challenges guiding our technological choices for more than 20 years, with innovative solutions that are publicly recognised for their effectiveness in reducing CO2 emissions,” stated Carlos Tavares, CEO of Groupe PSA.
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Renault
3.4mn sales
Renault’s market capitalisation has reached $20bn. The French company is very popular in Europe and offers two electric cars and two electric vans. In February 2019, the firm had sold 200,000 EVs across Europe, and noted 100,000 registered EVs in France alone. The business claims to provide continuous upgrades to its electric fleet such as increased range, faster charging, and more powerful motors.
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Fiat Chrysler 4.7mn sales
In October 2014, Italy’s Fiat and the US’s Chrysler merged to form the holding company Fiat Chrysler, the eighth largest automaker in the world. The Italian American company has a market capitalisation of $25bn. The firm recently showcased its latest electrified offerings at the 2019 Geneva International Motor Show such as its plug-in hybrid Jeeps and new Fiat model. “The Fiat Concept Centoventi [is a] concept car that perfectly expresses the Italian brand’s idea of electric mass mobility in the near future,” the company stated in a press release.
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Honda 5mn sales
Honda’s Chief Executive Officer, Takahiro Hachigo, recently announced that the firm would be selling plug-in EVs in Japan by 2020. The business launches its first plug-in EV in Europe in 2019. In March this year, the company committed to “total electrification in Europe by 2025”, meaning it aims to “move 100% of its European sales to electrified powertrains”. The firm was also ranked as the most fuel-efficient automaker in the US by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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Nissan
5.6mn sales
Nissan offers the LEAF, E-NV200 COMBI, and E-NV200 VAN models within its range of EVs. “Nissan has installed more quick chargers across Europe than all other manufacturers put together,” the company claims. The Japanese firm’s market capital is worth $35bn, and it intends to sell 1mn electrified vehicles per annum by 2022. Nissan was founded in 1933, and since 1999 the company has been part of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance. The company’s headquarters are based in Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Japan.
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Ford
6.4mn sales
The US manufacturer’s market capitalisation has been valued at $36bn. The company, which was founded in Michigan in 1903, aims to launch 16 electric vehicles and 40 electrified vehicles by 2022. “Our aspiration: To become the world’s most trusted company, designing smart vehicles for a smart world,” Ford’s website states. The company currently offers the MONDEO HYBRID, NEW MONDEO HYBRID, and TRANSIT CUSTOM PHEV. Ford globally employs 202,000 members of staff and is working towards developing its autonomous technology.
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General Motors 7.8mn sales
General Motors’ (GM) brands include Chevrolet, BUICK, GMC, Cadillac, Holden, and SAIC-GM-Wuling. The company has called for a National Zero Emission Vehicle program in the US “to move [the] country towards an all-electric, zero emissions future... Our proposed NZEV program will conserve energy and reduce emissions, while encouraging American innovation and preserving our industrial strength,” says GM. In order to achieve the goal, the firm has proposed infrastructure investment, incentives for EVs, and incentives for battery suppliers. GM’s market capitalisation is $46bn.
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Hyundai/Kia 7.9mn sales
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10.2mn sales Japan’s Toyota has gained a market capitalisation of $170bn since it was established in 1937. The company is headquartered in Toyota, a city that was named after it in the Aichi Prefecture in Japan. Within Toyota’s Hybrid range are the Yaris Hybrid, Prius, Prius Plug-in Hybrid, and Prius +. The company revealed that it has partnered with Japan’s Subaru to develop a joint electric car, which could reach the market by 2021.
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The biggest industry events and conferences WRITTEN BY ANDREW WOODS from around the world
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[ NOVOTEL WEST, LONDON UK ]
ASEAN Sustainable Energy Week (ASE)
If businesses want to address social and
[ BITEC, BANGKOK, THAILAND ]
need look no further than the Responsi-
This massive show expects 27,000
ble Business Summit Europe. Attendees
visitors, over 1,500 brands and over
can join over 600 CEOs, business
80 seminars tackling renewable energy
leaders, investors, government repre-
sources and the latest technology in
sentatives and NGOs to identify new
this area. Wind and solar power are
innovations, materials, technologies and
among the many systems and programs
partnerships that will help them become
featured and discussed along with
more sustainable businesses. With
thermal and waste-to-energy, hydro-
speakers from Mars Petcare Europe,
powered programs, bio-mass and other
UN Women, UNFCCC and more, the
green technology. Renewable energy
summit promises to be a market-leading
and energy efficiency clinics staffed by
event that will shape the future of
experts are also conducted at the show.
sustainable business.
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environmental challenges then they
20–22 JUNE
Intersolar Europe 2019 [ MESSE MÜNCHEN, MUNICH, GERMANY ]
10–12 JULY
Intersolar Europe is the world’s leading
ees North America 2019
exhibition for the solar industry and its
[ CALIFORNIA, USA ]
partners and takes place annually at
Celebrating its tenth anniversary, Ees
the Messe München exhibition center
will welcome hundreds of exhibitors
in Munich, Germany. The event’s exhi
and 15,000+ trade visitors. The confer-
bition and conference both focus on
ence features 40 sessions and 25
the areas of photovoltaics, solar ther-
workshops with more than 200 speak-
mal technologies, solar plants, as well
ers. With over 20 years of experience,
as grid infrastructure and solutions for
Intersolar brings together members of
the integration of renewable energy.
the solar industry from across the
Since being founded 26 years ago, Inter-
world’s most influential markets. Inter-
solar has become the most important
solar exhibitions and conferences are
industry platform for manufacturers,
also held in Munich, San Francisco,
suppliers, distributors, service provid-
Mumbai, Beijing and São Paulo.
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POWER-GEN & DistribuTECH Africa
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Intersolar South America 2019
With 3,000 attendees,
[ SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL ]
100+ speakers and 70+
With 11,500+ visitors, 1,500+ conference attendees
exhibitors, POWER-GEN
and 180 exhibitors, Intersolar has become the most
is Africa’s premier elec-
important platform for manufacturers, suppliers, dis-
tricity industry forum that
tributors, service providers, investors and partners
brings together interna-
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Matthew Frost, Global VP for Raw Materials Procurement and Sustainability at Anheuser-Busch InBev, discusses the company’s Sustainability 2025 goals, the four pillars that define its aims, and the positive impact they have had on its supply chain and sales
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is also enriching the lives of communities along their supply chains and mitigating their impact on the environment. One such firm to experience this is Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev), the largest beer manufacturer in the world, which has accelerated its historic commitment to sustainability with its ambitious 2025 Sustainability Goals. Broken down into four pillars – Smart Agriculture, Water Stewardship, Circular Packaging and Climate Action – the sustainability drive is seeing a revolution of AB InBev’s supply chain operations. Matthew Frost, Global VP Raw Materials Procurement and Sustainability, is passionate about the multifarious, intersectional benefits of this transformative initiative, and firmly believes that strong sustainability practices are intrinsically linked with improved M AY 2 0 1 9
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panies which are doing something to positively influence the planet through their supply chains. More and more, that’s actually helping us to sell beer,” he adds. “The past two sets of sustainability goals were certainly achieved, but they weren’t as far reaching as our new 2025 ones. They’re helping us to drive growth in the business, innovation, supply security and cost reduction. The more we get into it, the more we realise how beneficial it is for the business overall.”
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directly sources 3mn tonnes of barley
they benefit much more from having
each year, are skill connected and
training and direct access to agronomi-
financially empowered by 2025. Frost
cal advice on how to grow crops more
notes that this means different things
effectively.”
in different territories across the supply
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As one of the largest users of
chain, highlighting the fact that the
malting barley worldwide, AB InBev
skills of its farmers in the US are largely
has established its own Barley
well-established, efficient, and less
Research Centre in Fort Collins,
likely to benefit from AB InBev’s direct
Colorado, to ensure that barley
input. The biggest impact to be made is
remains a competitive crop for their
with its smallholder farmers in less
farmers to grow. “We are constantly
affluent countries and regions. “When
working on breeding new varieties of
it comes to farmers growing cassava in
barley that are more disease-resistant,
Mozambique, for example, these are
capable of surviving droughts and
smallholders, family operations, so
flooding, and able to produce more in
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the field depending on the climatic and
in developing countries such as
soil conditions. Therefore, they are
Uganda and Zambia. “Blockchain gives
able to yield more,” explains Frost. “All
smallholders a digital identity, making
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them credit-worthy and bankable,”
farmers to plant, whether they’re in the
says Frost. “They can then take out
Ugandan highlands or in Argentina with
loans, grow their business and become
a fully automated farm.” The unifying
more successful. With farmers in more
element between its farmers, whether
developed countries, like the US or
they are smallholders or large agricul-
Argentina, AB InBev’s focus is on
tural cooperatives, is the digital
providing cost effective crop insurance
platforms that AB InBev provides.
and facilitating access to credit.”
These platforms enable the company’s goal of financially empowering its
WATER STEWARDSHIP
farmers, with one example being a
In addition to ensuring that clean water
blockchain-enabled platform deployed
is available to communities surround-
E X E CU T I VE PRO FI LE
Matthew Frost A British National and trained Chemical Engineer, Frost has 30 years of End2End Blue Chip FMCG Supply Chain experience acquired through roles in Research and Development, Engineering, Manufacturing, Logistics and Procurement. Having worked in the UK, Germany, Russia, Switzerland and Africa, Frost has developed a holistic knowledge of procurement across a range of markets. Having served as Chief Procurement Officer at SABMiller, Frost was appointed as AB InBev’s VP Global Raw Materials Procurement and Sustainability when it acquired the firm in 2016.
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ing its breweries, AB InBev is working
“Saving a few gallons of water in our
to create long-standing change in
breweries isn’t going to change the
water consumption across its supply
world,” he says. “We have to get stuck
chain. “A lot of manufacturers look at
into managing the watersheds in those
their water consumption in their
areas in a literal sense.” In different
manufacturing processes and attempt
countries, water rights vary not only
to drive it down. We’ve got ours down
in entitlement but delivery, limiting the
to a low level already, but that’s kind of
efficiency with which farmers can
the wrong focus,” Frost says, adding
make use of their water.
that 37 of AB InBev’s breweries around
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In the Bajío region of Mexico,
the world are located in high water
farmers have the right to a certain
stress areas and, with the increasing
volume of water for irrigation. When
impact of climate change, it is expect-
the opportunity to have it arises, they
ed that this will rise to 50 by 2030.
must take all of it at once or risk having
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returnable bottle fleet, as we call it,”
common good.”
says Frost. “This is by far the most sustainable packaging; you just send
CIRCULAR PACKAGING
the bottle back to us. In some countries,
As part of its Circular Packaging pillar,
we can get 40 turns out of that return-
AB InBev has set the target of ensur-
able bottle. There are some costs
ing that by 2025 100% of its packaging
associated with transporting the
will be either returnable or made from
empty bottles back and cleaning them
majority recycled materials. Drinks
so they can be reused but, ultimately,
bottles have traditionally had the
that’s massively outweighed by the
propensity for being single use, and AB
fact you’re not remanufacturing those
InBev has been working tirelessly to
bottles 40 times over.”
both enable and incentivise recycling
In markets where there is less of
of its bottles. “We use returnable
a social impetus to recycle, AB InBev
bottles in a lot of our geographies – our
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“ It’s really a win-win-win: a win for us, a win for the environment and a win for the local grid” — Matthew Frost, Global VP Raw Materials Procurement and Sustainability
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facturing and the products they
by another significant commitment:
consume,” notes Frost. “People are
ensuring that the company’s energy
more attuned to it, and we’re definitely
consumption is 100% renewable by
trying to push that agenda and
2025. This aim goes deeper than
continuously explain why returnable
simply purchasing green energy
bottles are the better option.”
contracts, however, as AB InBev has invested in purchase power agree-
CLIMATE ACTION
ments (PPAs) that generate additional
All of these factors tie into the overall
renewable electricity for the local grid.
mitigation of AB InBev’s environmental
“Because the unit cost of wind and
impact. They are joined, however,
solar power has been coming down
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InBev worked with a carbon disclosure project in 2017 to set a baseline for its supply bases’ CO2 emissions and subsequently set goals for those suppliers to cut their emissions. Frost adds that realisation of its ambitious goals across each of AB InBev’s pillars has been driven in part by its sustainability accelerator, set up to define the challenges the supply chain transformation poses in relation to those goals and inviting startups to solve them. “We gave those startups some additional seed capital and inserted them along our supply chain, enabling them to grow faster by working directly with the people in it,” says Frost, citing its blockchain platform as an example of the success the accelerator substantially in the past few years, we
has produced. “That’s been extremely
have found that every deal we do leads
successful, so we have a number of
to a guaranteed lower cost of power
startups which are growing very quickly
versus grid-available in each of our
as a result of having that involvement in
locations,” Frost explains. “It’s really
our supply chain.”
a win-win-win: a win for us, a win for the environment, and a win for the local grid.” In addition, the company’s Climate Action pledge includes a commitment to reduce carbon emissions across its value chain by 25%. To tackle this, AB w w w.c so ma ga z i n e. com
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Maturing Vantage Drilling’s supply chain function over the last six years, with full buy-in from senior management, has seen the department morph from support to partner, says Director of Supply Chain Andy Poosuthasee
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ased in Houston, Texas, Vantage Drilling is one of the most effective players in that specialized niche of the oil & gas busi-
ness: offshore drilling. Offshore operations are generally not as easy as onshore or littoral operations – major, national and independent oil and natural gas companies require a dependable partner to carry this out. Vantage has five ultra-premium jackup rigs capable of operating in up to 375ft of water and drilling to depths of 30,000ft. It also has three ultra-deep-water dynamically positioned drillships designed to operate in water depths down to 12,000ft and drill to 40,000ft. It’s no secret that the entire oil & gas sector is on a slow climb back from its boom days. According to the industry analyst Rystad, offshore drilling in particular may not fully recover till 2027. This has affected drilling contractors like Vantage in a number of ways, says its Director of Supply Chain Andy Poosuthasee. The most notable of these is M AY 2 0 1 9
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that where the norm used to be longer term, multi-year contracts, these days contract terms are often counted in months. This in turn means that the company’s assets have to be moved much more frequently than before. From a supply chain point of view frequent movements call for a greater degree of maturity, says Poosuthasee. “Probably the major challenge we face currently is that our rigs don’t tend to spend a lot of time in one particular country – we’re jumping around to different locations,” he explains. With seven of its eight rigs under contract Vantage is doing a lot better than its peers – the industry average is around 61% utilization, and there’s no lack of rigs waiting to come out of shipyards to further dilute that percentage. Still, the brevity of contract duration that is the price for high utilization is a supply chain challenge. “Even if we are working in the same country, the agreements these operators have with us and with the country itself are different. Looking ahead, I think we will be seeing more rather than fewer movements and that means that we have to be very nimble from a supply chain perspective.”
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KEEPING IT CLEAN
West Africa, customs procedures are
A fact of life for Vantage is that much of
more complicated, fickle and constant-
its business is conducted in countries
ly changing. In addition, countries that
that occupy the bottom 30 percentile
are highly dependent on oil are even
of the Corruption Perceptions Index.
more so severely affected in the
“This brings in a whole new level of
downturn, which has a knock-on effect
compliance and complexity into the
of potential added corruption. That has
supply chain organization where we
affected our supply chain strategy
must absolutely comply with transpar-
tremendously. We will obviously
ency and anti-bribery legislation such
comply with the anti-corruption laws
as FCPA (US). If you are working in
and have no tolerance for any devia-
places like the Gulf of Mexico or
tion. Recognizing that import clearance
Canada it is simple enough to organize
times may be measured in months
a compliant and predictable supply
rather than days, a rethink of strategic
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strategies is called for,� he adds. Poosuthasee is not daunted by such
forced offshore drilling contractors to find ways to be more effective, espe-
difficulties though. As a certified lean
cially within their supply chain. Conse-
sensei from his earlier experience with
quently, supply chain has become
the oil & gas services company
more important than it used to be in the
Halliburton, he looks on both the
past. I believe most companies
general downturn, and the rise in
(especially large ones) don’t take the
corruption that in part comes out of
total cost of ownership into account
that, as opportunities for refining best
because it is difficult to calculate
practices. “In the good times, compa-
especially when they may be working
nies tend to stagnate and the focus
in silos. For example, strategic
was more topline driven for offshore
procurement may be negotiating
drillers. I actually think the downturn
global/regional fixed price agreements,
has been a good thing because it
but not considering the import duties
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(which in some countries can be up to
We have seen tremendous benefits
30% of the purchase value), customs
from that exercise.” These benefits
clearance times, freight, and inventory
include a significant reduction in lead
impact because that’s managed by
times, eliminating exposure to import
other departments within supply chain.”
duties (which can be as much as 30%) and customs fines, and enabling leaner
PARTNERING WITH OPERATIONS
inventories. In just three years, he adds,
When moving into a new country, the
Vantage’s local content in all categories
first task is for the procurement and
went from 33.2% to 56.7%, while in the
logistics team to go in, find local
same period lead times were cut by
suppliers and set up a local supply
nearly 40%. Another benefit of local
chain. “In challenging countries, where
sourcing is that it grows the local
it is very difficult to import, our strategy
economy, coupled with the fact that
is to source as much as possible locally.
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Andy Poosuthasee Andy Poosuthasee is Director of Supply Chain at Vantage, as well as looking after Engineering, Maintenance and Technical Support. Reporting to the COO, Poosuthasee is responsible for a key part of the company’s strategy. He joined Vantage in 2013, having previously worked at Transocean where he was also a supply chain manager. Prior to this, Poosuthasee was at Halliburton, one of the world’s largest suppliers of products and services for the energy sector.
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operators to maximize local sourcing. Any supply chain organization adds
importation delays or potential ‘penalties’ and ‘fines’. Countries that
value to operations through quality
are heavily dependent on oil and gas
delivery and pricing – in that order of
especially are constantly changing
importance, Poosuthasee believes.
their import/export requirements.
“We won’t sacrifice quality or compli-
Therefore, the potential for significant
ance in order to get something quicker
fines or penalties by local customs is
and we won’t sacrifice meeting our
there if you are not diligent and
internal customer’s operations delivery
focused on trade compliance. Of
requirements just because it’s going to
course among local suppliers, there is
save us some money,” he says. “One of
also a level of corruption so you must
the biggest benefits we see is that
spend a lot of time auditing them and
when you source locally you don’t have
doing due diligence to ensure compli-
to deal with trade compliance issues,
ance with the FCPA.” w w w.c so ma ga z i n e. com
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Vantage now has a mature process for moving into a new market. Its Rig Move Checklist covers 30 logistics actions and 29 supply chain and procurement actions that are done before the rig moves to its new location. “We are very confident with the process because we have successfully used it so many times before,” he asserts. “I think taking the time to complete these 59 actions in advance is one reason we’ve had such success as we go into new countries. Of course, close liaison with the operations team 128
is very important: they are our customer so we spend a lot of time communicating with them to ensure we cover all of their needs prior to the rig’s arrival.”
TECH TOOLS FOR THE TIMES The priority for Vantage has been to identify cost effective rather than big ticket solutions to deliver automation, data management and reporting in the areas of procurement and inventory management as well as other parts of the business, such as maintenance and engineering. This is no time for heavy investment in this industry, and Vantage’s supply chain team discovered inexpensive, cloud-based M AY 2 0 1 9
solutions at a fraction of the price of managed software to be the answer. One implemented cloud-based solution has proven to be a collaborative and work management platform with a relatively straightforward user interface. “It is a tremendous tool that has allowed us to eliminate many of our manual processes. The downturn has meant doing the same job with fewer people but we have not seen a degradation in the service that we provide. That’s because we have been able to automate many of our manual processes through the use of simple and really economical applications.” As a lean six sigma practitioner, Poosuthasee asserts: “One of the hardest things to do is to eliminate a piece of paper from the process.” Even so, a lot of paper processes have been automated by transferring them to this intuitive cloud based system. It’s clear though that he sets more store by the attitudes and commitment people bring to their task than the methodology. “I’ve learnt a lot from mistakes I have made in the past. One of the biggest ones was chasing too many initiatives, too many strategic goals. Now I tell my team to focus on what w w w.c so ma ga z i n e. com
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Franklin Covey calls the wildly important goals; focus on less so that your team can achieve more.” In furtherance of this principle, which Poosuthasee also characterizes as going “an inch wide but a mile deep”, the supply chain team is focusing this year on trade compliance, both to minimize the risks thrown up by different customs regimes and to further automate procurement systems and processes. w w w.c so ma ga z i n e. com
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A PARTNER IN THE ENTERPRISE When Poosuthasee joined Vantage in 2013, the company was still in “start-up” mode, and supply chain was doing a good job, but more as a support function. Since joining, he has worked to build the organization in three phases. The first phase was to strengthen the foundations and streamline the processes to be as effective as possible; the second was to start demonstrating and adding value to the company. “I wanted to show that we could actively impact KPIs and other value-added activities such as on-time delivery, quality, local sourcing, negotiations and inventory management. Show the company we can do more than just transactional tasks such as issuing POs.” Phase three was to become a true partner in the business, being asked to support non-traditional supply chain tasks such as sourcing service personnel and labor, real estate, catering, auditing, compliance, and even marketing right from the bidding stage. “It was truly pleasing from my viewpoint to see us moving from being a support team to being asked for advice on things we w w w.c so ma ga z i n e. com
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weren’t involved with in the past and becoming a true partner in the organization.” Andy Poosuthasee and his supply chain team are certainly finding ways to add value. Even some relatively mature locations have seen some dramatic results. For example, trade compliance turned out to be a big issue in Indonesia where even airfreight imports were taking a fortnight to clear. By developing local suppliers Vantage went from sourcing 47% to 81% locally. A different challenge faced the company in Qatar following the imposition of sanctions by GCC countries from which most supplies had previously been sourced. In just a couple of years, local suppliers have been brought on, at first being given short contracts but more recently these have been extended and today, he says, it is one of the easiest locations, with more than 80% locally sourced.
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Food and beverage heavyweight Danone has earned its stripes as a sustainability champion – But what’s the secret behind its success?
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hasn’t just invented iconic flavours, it’s also made a name for itself as a sustainability powerhouse. In 2017, Danone unveiled a refreshed logo and its very first company signature: ‘One Planet. One Health’. This slogan underlines the French multinational’s belief that the health of people and the planet are inherently interconnected. It also marked a call to action, urging consumers to join the ‘food revolution’ and adopt healthier, more sustainable eating and drinking habits. It’s an impressive mantra, but Danone’s commitment to health and sustainability stretches back much further. In fact, it’s almost as old as the company itself. In 1919, Danone’s founder, Isaac Carasso, noticed that many Spanish children suffered from intestinal infections. Echoing the previous work by Nobel laureate and Pasteur M AY 2 0 1 9
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Year founded
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Institute director, Ilya Mechnikov, he
ment Goals of the United Nations,
launched a yoghurt which marked the
these objectives include: offering
birth of the Danone brand. Fast forward
superior food experiences and
to today and the Paris-headquartered
innovation; delivering stronger sustain-
firm is present in over 130 markets with
able profitable growth; becoming a
a slew of beloved and trusted products
certified B Corp; impacting people’s
including essential dairy and plant
health locally; and growing Manifesto
based products, early life nutrition,
brands as well as preserving and
waters and medical nutrition.
renewing the planet’s resources.
Keen to stay laser focused on its
On top of this, the firm has also
sustainable vision, Danone has
pledged to foster inclusion and growth,
pinpointed nine ambitious goals that it
serve the food revolution with partners,
hopes to achieve by 2030. Aligning
and entrust its people to create new
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goals, Emmanuel Faber, Chairman and
cant strides towards these objectives.
CEO of Danone, said that he believes
Last year, Danone North America
“each time we eat and drink, we can
became the world’s largest B Corp, a
vote for the world we want”. He added:
key social and environmental milestone
“This has inspired the definition of our
for the firm which shows it has met the
long term goals which flow directly
“highest standards of verified social
from our ‘One Planet. One Health’
and environmental performance,
vision. As we strengthen our business
transparency, and accountability”.
model and nourish our dual economic
In 2017, the firm also reported that 86%
and social project, we have every
of its total packaging (and 77% of its
confidence we will deliver our business
plastic packaging) was reusable,
and financial agenda, as well as create
recyclable or compostable. This is just
and share sustainable value for all.”
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from bottle caps to yoghurt cups, is
partnerships to make
recyclable, reusable or compostable.
At the same time, Danone has also
for instance, evian is taking part in
made consistent efforts to reduce its
a research mission with The Ocean
waste and optimise material use, for
Cleanup, a Dutch nonprofit startup that
instance, the firm plans to introduce
has created advanced technologies to
alternatives to plastic straws, launching
help rid the oceans of plastic, whilst
a pilot under its Indonesian brand
elsewhere Danone AQUA has pledged
AQUA. Additionally, it’s also trying to
to recover more plastic than it uses in
eliminate non-recyclable shrink film
Indonesia. On top of this, the French
by using specially designed adhesive
business is also a proactive member of
for its evian water brand.
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its plastic-free vision a reality:
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Nestlé and Unilever. Aiming to advance
“a balanced, profitable and sustainable
public policies that improve transpar-
growth model”, according to the firm.
ency for consumers, support farm
Through this initiative, Danone aims
communities, and tackle climate change,
to generate cost savings of €1bn by
the alliance is set to be a game changer
2020 by making efficiency an ingrained
for policy action, shaping the wider
part of day-to-day business.
food and beverage industry at large. This sustainable ethos also extends
In order to include its employees on this sustainability roadmap,
to Danone’s top and bottom lines.
Danone’s workers are also set to
Indeed, the food and beverage firm
receive one Danone share to deepen
has recently launched an efficiency
their ownership mindset. The firm has
programme called Protein that
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resources to help employees support
that “there is only one earth, we only live
the firm’s vision and goals. But it’s not
once.’’ Those words kick-started a vision
just employees who are an important
that lives on today. Now, sustainability is
catalyst of this sustainability drive.
an intrinsic part of Danone’s DNA, just
Indeed, Faber highlights how consum-
as much as its beloved brands and
ers are an integral part of this transfor-
flavours. With its 2030 goals, the
mation journey and how they’ve pushed
French food and beverage giant has an
the firm to better itself. “Consumers are
ambitious roadmap underway, which is
craving change,” he says. “They expect
about actions as well as words. Now,
large organisations like Danone to
with the help of its employees, con-
bring our scale of impact to change
sumers and partnerships, Danone’s
the world for the better.”
sustainability vision is almost in grasp.
With this in mind, it seems sustainability is set to remain a core tenet of Danone’s strategy in the years to come, just as it has been since the business was founded almost a century ago. Indeed, Antoine Riboud, the first Danone Chairman and CEO, said in 1972 w w w.c so ma ga z i n e. com
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