Aris Vrettos | @arisvrettos Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership

Leveraging the New UN Sustainable Development Goals: Expectations and Engagement Strategies for Brands

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Michael Spanos | @GlSustain Global Sustain

Ole Lund Hansen United Nations Global Compact

Silvia Donato European Commission’s Directorate General for Research and Innovation

Anna Swaithes | @annaswaithes SABMiller

Science, Technology and Innovation Policy for Sustainable Development

Leveraging the New UN Sustainable Development Goals:

Expectations and Engagement Strategies for Brands Sustainable Brands 2015

London (Old Windsor), 17 NOVEMBER 2015

Silvia Donato Policy Analyst European Commission, DG Research & Innovation Climate Action and Resource Efficiency Directorate, Unit I.1 Strategy

Sustainable development in the EU

•  Art 3.3. TEU – "The Union shall establish an internal market. It shall work for the sustainable development of Europe […]. It shall promote scientific and technological advance".

•  Europe 2020 - A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth o  Sustainable growth: promoting a more resource

efficient, greener and more competitive economy. •  In President Junker's Commission the FVP

Timmermans has horizontal responsibility for sustainable development.

The EC response to the SDGs adoption •  2016 Commission Work Programme '

No time for business as usual' reflects an internalisation of the SDGs at the core of EU domestic policies beyond the external policy focus of MDGs

o  As part of 'A New Boost for Jobs, Growth and Investment' priority the EC will present a new approach to ensuring economic growth and social and environmental sustainability beyond 2020, taking into account the Europe 2020 review and the internal and external implementation of the SDGs.

•  Forthcoming circular economy package

•  TTIP: Proposal for a chapter on trade and sustainable development, including labour and the environment.

•  Independent Expert Group Report on STI policies to foster the implementation of the SDGs

The Innovation Union •  "The Innovation Union aims to improve conditions and access to

finance for research and innovation, to ensure that innovative ideas can be turned into products and services that create growth and jobs".

•  Broad concept of innovation that includes both research-driven innovation and innovation in business models, design, branding and services.

•  Innovation as a means for tackling major societal challenges, such as climate change, energy and resource scarcity, health and ageing.

•  Target: Ø  By 2020 3% of EU GDP should be invested in R&D

A policy aiming to get ideas to the market q How? •  Enhancing access to finance for innovative companies •  Creating a single innovation market •  Promoting openness and capitalising on Europe's creative

potential, including through international cooperation (Open Science, Open Innovation, Open to the World)

•  And in general creating the right enabling conditions for innovation

q Whose ideas? •  All actors and all regions in the innovation cycle - not only

major companies but also SMEs, the social economy, citizens and regions.

What is Horizon 2020? §  The EU programme for R&I for 2014-2020 with a budget

of €77 billion (in current prices) – The largest and most comprehensive programme of its type in the world

§  A core part of Europe 2020, Innovation Union & European Research Area: −  Responding to the economic crisis to invest in jobs and growth

−  Addressing people’s concerns about their livelihoods, safety and environment

−  Strengthening the EU’s global position in research, innovation and technology

§  Three pillars: - Excellent Science; Industrial Leadership; Societal Challenges

A reinforced link with business

•  Support industrial leadership •  Promote a strong SMEs participation, including

through dedicated instruments such as the 'SME instrument' and the Fast Track to Innovation

•  Stimulate Public-Private Partnerships o  Joint Technology Initiatives/Joint

Undertakings o Contractual PPPs

•  Horizon 2020: a tool for achieving the SDGs?

•  The SDGs provide a common ground for engaging all countries and different partners in the implementation of a universal and transformational agenda

•  H2020 promotes a transformative agenda towards sustainability in Europe and globally

•  Its 60% expenditure commitment to Sustainable Development and 35% to Climate Change place the EU-funded research at the heart of the realisation of the Post-2030 Agenda

•  H2020 openness to the world is an opportunity for increased international R&I cooperation in support of the SDGs, also capitalising on global initiatives such as the Belmont Forum

Funding for Societal challenges (€ million)

  Additional funding for nuclear safety and security from the Euratom Treaty activities (2014-2018)

Health, demographic change and wellbeing 7 257 Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the Bioeconomy

3 708

Secure, clean and efficient energy * 5 688 Smart, green and integrated transport 6 149 Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials

2 956

Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies 1 259 Secure societies 1 613 Science with and for society 445 Spreading excellence and widening participation 816

The 2016 – 2017 Work Programme: an opportunity for corporate & brands

•  Total budget over €16 bn. over two years.

•  63 calls for proposals and 588 topics

•  Other actions includes public procurement, prizes…

•  Covers all areas of R&I and the full innovation cycle

•  Work programmes will continue to provide support to SMEs

o  target to spend 20% of the budget of the Industrial and Societal Challenges parts of the programme on SMEs

o  around €740m ringfenced in SME only instrument in Work Programme

Climate  ac*on  -­‐  Climate  services  -­‐  Low-­‐carbon  

Europe  -­‐  Arc*c  dimension  

Systemic  eco-­‐innova*on  for  a  circular  economy  Raw  materials  

Sustainable  growth  by  harnessing:  -­‐  Earth  observa*on  data  -­‐  Cultural  heritage  

Mainstreaming  water  R&I  

•  Societal Challenge 5 2016-2017 key objectives

Nature-­‐based  solu*ons:  -­‐  for  territorial  

resilience  -­‐  for  sustainable  ci*es