The Increasing Importance of Ecosystem Services by Pavan Sukhdev

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www.corp2020.com @Corp2020 Swedbank, Stockholm 26 th September 2013 The Increasing Importance of Ecosystem Services Pavan Sukhdev Study Leader TEEB CEO GIST Advisory

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On 26 November, while visiting Sweden to accept the Gothenburg Award for Sustainable Development, Sukhdev spoke at a seminar about environmental services co-organized by SEI, the SEI-hosted Swedish International Agricultural Network Initiative (SIANI) and other partners. A seminar with the ‘green economics’ expert hosted by SEI, SIANI and partners focused on the role of ecosystem services in our economy and how to include their value in the financial systems we use.

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Swedbank, Stockholm26th September 2013

The Increasing Importance of Ecosystem Services

Pavan SukhdevStudy Leader – TEEBCEO – GIST Advisory

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Courtesy : Yann-Arthus Bertrand, GoodPlanet

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About Rainforests and Rainfall….

• http://www.vets.ucar.edu/vg/T341/index.shtml

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11/29/2013

Amazonia: Economic Invisibility of Freshwater

Amazon Rainforest

“Water Pump”

Evapo-transpirationputs 20 billion tonnes

of water into the atmosphere daily,

some of which falls as rain in the

Rio Plata Basin… supporting a US$ 240 billion

agricultural economy

(Global Canopy Programme& Canopy Capital Ltd, 2008)

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29.11.2013 5Source: Gundimeda and Sukhdev, TEEB for National & International Policy

Indonesia India Brazil

25%

75%

47%

53%

89%

11%

99 million 352 million 20 millionEcosystem services

dependency

Ecosystem services

Ecosystem services as a

% of “GDP of the Poor”

Ecosystem services as a

% of classical GDP

21%

79%

16%

84%

10%

90%

For Poverty Reduction

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For Business..

Dependencies• Climate stability

• Agri-productivity

• Materials

• Medicines

• Etc etc

Impacts• Emissions

• Land Use Change

• Freshwater

• Etc etc

Opportunities•Green Carbon

•Bio-mimicry

•Cradle-to-cradle

•Etc etc

Risks•Business Disruption

•Resource Prices

•Social Licence to Operate…

•Etc etc

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The Risk Picture…

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• Negative externalities of top 3,000 companies estimated at US$2.15 trillion per annum

The Risk Picture..

Source: Trucost for UNPRI, 2010.

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Source: Trucost for

UNPRI, 2010.

Top 3,000 Listed Companies

Negative Corporate Externalities …..

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Water Abstraction

Greenhouse Gases

Greenhouse Gases

Natural Resources

Natural Resources

Natural Resources

….. Pushing Planetary Boundaries

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What will drive change?

Excessive Demand

Culture of Consumerism

Fuelled by Marketing/ Advtg

Ethics & Accountability in

Advertising

Macro Issue Micro Driver Micro Solution

Public Capital Losses Externalized costsMeasure & Disclose

Externalities

Underpriced Supply Unlimited leverageLimit

Leverage/capital adequacy/etc.

Resource Depletion

Underpriced resources

(Low royalties / perverse subsidies)

Resource Taxes replace corporate

taxes

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Why Stakeholder Reporting?

Business today depends on, and/or has impacts on, ALL

dimensions of private & public wealth͙ but..

EXAMPLES Physical CapitalHuman CapitalSocial Capital Natural Capital

Private - Factories - Health - Gardens

Ownership - Buildings - Education - Fields- Securities - Job Skills - Forests- Cash

Community - Community - Traditional - Community - CommunityOwnership * Centres knowledge Norms and Forests

(club goods) - Community Customs - GrazingSchools Commons

Public - RoadsOwnership * - Bridges(public goods)

- Public - Law & Order - High Seasdatabases - Taxation fisheries

- Non-patent - Social Equity - Nationalknowledge & Inclusion Parks/

Forests

* Creating community wealth and public wealth creates “shared value”

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Why Stakeholder Reporting?

Business today generally measures & reports only

shareholder wealth impacts: private physical capital

EXAMPLES Physical CapitalHuman CapitalSocial Capital Natural Capital

Private - Factories - Health - Gardens

Ownership - Buildings - Education - Fields- Securities - Job Skills - Forests- Cash

Community - Community - Traditional - Community - CommunityOwnership Centres knowledge Norms and Forests

(club goods) - Community Customs - GrazingSchools Commons

Public - RoadsOwnership - Bridges(public goods)

- Public - Law & Order - High Seasdatabases - Taxation fisheries

- Non-patent - Social Equity - Nationalknowledge & Inclusion Parks/

Forests

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Why Stakeholder Reporting?

Business for a sustainable tomorrow - will measure &

report on LL dimensions of its impacts ͙

EXAMPLES Physical CapitalHuman CapitalSocial Capital Natural Capital

Private - Factories - Health - Gardens

Ownership - Buildings - Education - Fields- Securities - Job Skills - Forests- Cash

Community - Community - Traditional - Community - CommunityOwnership * Centres knowledge Norms and Forests

(club goods) - Community Customs - GrazingSchools Commons

Public - RoadsOwnership * - Bridges(public goods)

- Public - Law & Order - High Seasdatabases - Taxation fisheries

- Non-patent - Social Equity - Nationalknowledge & Inclusion Parks/

Forests

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Financial Value

Addition

Human Capital

Externalities

Social Capital Externalities

Natural Capital

Externalities

Measuring “Value Addition” holistically, including all material Externalities

How Stake Holder Reporting?GIST 360o TM Assessment..

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Disclosing Externalities : PUMA

PUMA Press Release, November2011

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Accountable Advertising : PUMA

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Quantifying Usage, Discovering Depend-encies &

Impacts

Standardizing & Valuing Impacts

Disclosing Impacts in

“One Report”

Emissions /tCOe

Freshwater / CuM

Forests LUC / Ha

Pollution / …

Waste / …

Economic Costs of

Emissions,

Freshwater

Use, Deforestatio

n,

Pollution, Waste …

Framework for

Integrated Reporting

of All Externalities…

incl Social & Human

Capital..

WBCSD…

GRI…

CEF…

CDP, WDP…

TEEB for

Business

Coalition

& Network

IIRC, SASB, &

Accountancy

Regulators

(Value Chain Impacts

“Cradle to Gate”)

TEEB for Business

Coalition:Measuring, Valuing, Disclosing Externalities

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‘TEEB4BC’ Report (15th April 2013) on Measuring & Valuing Externalities by Business Sector & Region…..

www.teebforbusiness.com

TEEB for Business

Coalition:Measuring, Valuing, Disclosing Externalities

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Corporation as “Community” : Natura Greater Economic Security for Women

Source: http://www.managementexchange.com/story/innovation-in-well-being

http://totallybeautyaddict.fr/mon-jolieapero-chez-natura-brasil/

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Alessandro Carlucci Pavan SukhdevCEO, Natura Author, “Corporacao 2020”

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What will define a “Corporation 2020”?

– Social Purpose: Goals Aligned with Society

–Capital Factory: Positive Externalities

– Institute: Creating Human Capital

–Community: Creating Social Capital

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In Summary : Reforms for “Corporation 2020” to become the DNA of Business

Source: Why Corporation 2020?, Island Press, 2012

Resource Taxation : Replacing Corporation Tax (profits) with Taxes on Resource Use & Extraction

Accountable Advertising : Making advertising responsible & accountable via norms & standards

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Limiting Leverage : Introducing rules & limits to govern financial leverage

Disclosing Externalities : Measuring & disclosing all major corporate externalities (+ve & -ve)

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Thank You !

Pavan Sukhdevwww.gistadvisory.com

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