Eleven reasons to be optimistic about sustainability

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Eleven Reasons to be op.mis.c about sustainability (climate change notwithstanding) Toby Webb, Founder, Ethical Corpora.on and Stakeholder Intelligence. Lecturer, Corporate Responsibility, Birkbeck, University of London Trends and Communica/ons Briefing, Stockholm, February 2014 [email protected] A much longer and more detailed version of this presenta.on with full text explana.ons can be found on the Smarter Business Blog by clicking this link
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Presentation looking at trends in corporate responsibility and business sustainability in 2014 and beyond

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Eleven  Reasons  to  be  op.mis.c  about  sustainability  (climate  change  notwithstanding)    

 Toby  Webb,  Founder,  Ethical  Corpora.on  and  Stakeholder  Intelligence.  

Lecturer,  Corporate  Responsibility,  Birkbeck,  University  of  London    

Trends  and  Communica/ons  Briefing,  Stockholm,  February  2014    

[email protected]    

A  much  longer  and  more  detailed  version  of  this  presenta.on  with  full  text  explana.ons  can  be  found  on  the  

Smarter  Business  Blog  by  clicking  this  link    

1)  The  scale  of  the  challenges  we  face  are  increasingly  accepted  

2)  Governance  is  catching  up,  faster  than  before  

3)  Companies  are  ge?ng  up  to  speed  on  solu@ons,  much  faster,  and  taking  swiBer  ac@on.  Management  

systems  where  possible,  are  converging  

4)  Collabora@on,  whilst  over  used  as  a  word,  is  in  places  making  a  real  difference  

5)  ICT,  soBware  and  social  media  technology  is  adap@ng  for  the  beIer,  much  faster  than  many  

might  have  predicted  

6)  We're  realising  we  can’t  shop  ourselves  out  of  trouble  

7)  Emerging  markets,  whilst  vola@le,  show  in  research  they  both  recognise  the  challenges  and  

have  op@mism  many  can  be  tackled  

8)  Business  models  are  star@ng  to  evolve,  and  that  is  accelera@ng  

9)  The  idea  of  global  consistency  in  companies  is  no  longer  a  wacky  idea,  but  has  a  long  way  to  go  

10)  Examples  and  case  studies  of  sustained  corporate  success  are  becoming  longer  las@ng  and  

more  credible  and  business-­‐case  oriented  

11)  The  media  and  financial  world,  though  laggards,  are  grasping  the  issues  and  making  faster  changes  

which  will  only  accelerate  

Thank you!