Changing the way business is done.....
...Why?
Planet Earth - we have a problem
•CO2 a key driver
•Triggers AMPLIFYING feedback mechanisms
•Major time lag and the Tipping Point
•Critical Threshold (6th Major Extinction Event)
•Immediate strategic intervention needed
•Worldwide market pressures
•Businesses need to change and adapt QUICKLY
Source: APPCCG: Feedback Dynamics and the Acceleration of Climate Change
It’s not an option
• Client requirements
• Consumers – buying power
• Drives efficiencies (saves money)
• Legal compliance
• Brand protection
• Walk the Talk
• Differentiation of service
• The new business model (In the next decade)
If a business is not sustainable it has a limited life
The Business Case
Our sector
• A unique opportunity to influence
• Our USP
• From British to International Standard
• Strategic focus (how much better can we be?)
• Public arena
• High risk
• Who is doing it NOW?
• What YOU can take into industry
• ISO20121
• An enduring, balanced approach to economic activity, environmental responsibility and social progress
• Embraces Environmental Aspects, Economic Factors and Social Issues in BALANCE.
• Strong justification for decision-making
What is Sustainable Development?
•Fear of change
•Cost
•Time
•Lack of understanding
•Too complicated
•Lack of commitment
What’s stopping us?
•It’s not complicated
•Huge internal benefits• Cost savings
• Improved team motivation
• Greater efficiencies
•Easier pitch and tendering process
•Increase chance of winning business
•Client benefits• Reduced costs
• Support their policies
The reality
Bacs payments3,200 paymentsPostage @ 38p saving = £1,216Cheque books = 11 booksEnvelopes saving = £75Time saved = 3 mins per cheque (writing, printing, sending) = 9,600 minutes = 4 ½ weeksBank charges saved = £530 Total monetary saving: = £1,821
2011 - Team challenge
Business Support
1.85 ROLLS SAVEDTotal cost saved
£138.73
2.88 ROLLS SAVEDTotal cost saved
£383.90
Metressaved
Reduction in material by manually rolling back the printerPrint
2011 - Team challenge
2010 we achieved 164 projects and the average bubble wrap cost per show was £8.92, in 2011 we achieved 307 projects and the average bubble wrap spend was £5.70, therefore making a saving of £3.22 per show in 2011. Making a total of £988.54 We have made these saving by purchasing set bags for the road show flats and re using bubble wrap where possible
2011 - Team challenge
Construction
11 x Online registration sites Total 55,160 e-mails Total charge out £15,320.00
A4 Paper cost - £30,338.00Envelope cost - £22,064.00Post cost - £25,373.60
Equivalent using traditional postage:
}£77,775.60
Saved 6.5 trees, the Clients saved £62,455.60 with profit for drp and no costs
2011 - Team challenge
Digital media
The Green buttons on our laptops have saved approximately 85kg of carbon
2011 - Team challenge
Project management
Only 1 proposal this the year has been produced as a hard copy with other physical supporting materials
This has provided us with a 85% reduction on printed proposals from previous years
2011 - Team challenge
Creative
Use of disposable batteries: zero!!!
73% of our HD tapes were reconditioned
Plus we have started to film tapeless!
2011 - Team challenge
Video
Offices across the company used approximately 100 partially spent AA batteries per month from Tech Services, saving around £49.00 in purchasing new batteries per month
2011 - Team challenge
Technical services
Through Confidential / Paper recycling Shredding this year we have saved 30.5 Trees across the company
2011 - Team challenge
Company wide
Year on Year we are saving approx. 58% on energy usage
2011 - Team challenge
Company wide
Our recycled badge scheme has saved £1,683.14.
This has come from collecting in badges at the
close of a conference and putting them back into
stock so new ones don’t have to be bought each
time.
2011 - Team challenge
Construction
Virtual meetings - investing in broadband infrastructure
Target - 25% reduction in face to face meetings
2011 - Team challenge - not quite there
Company wide
Inspiring
Rewarding
Bonding
Feel good
Learning
Life changing
Motivational
Great thing to do
Improve standing
Linking community projects with corporates
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Don’t
Do
Why?
What?Tool Box Talks
A very different kind of conference
• Putting LBG strategy into action
• Regaining customer trust
• Big society – big bank
• Putting the pride back into banking for all
of us
• A day to inspire, a day that makes a
difference…
CSR - CASE STUDY
Finding the right school• School that needed support
• School that could really benefit from the event
• Willing to be involved and to introduce a new
timetable
• Needed facilities to cater for an extra 200
adults
• Infrastructure to enable the interaction and
sessions
Why St Mark’s?• Recovering school• 47 languages spoken in the school • 5 heads in 5 years • Bottom of the league table or London • Some of the students come from very different backgrounds • Over 100 Teachers and Staff• 750 pupils - 11 to18 years• Recent academy status• Considerable infrastructure investment• Need for a confidence boost• Need to take pupils and staff outside their comfort
zone