Living on One Planet

Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary General, 2001.

“Our biggest challenge this new century is to take an idea that seems abstract – sustainable development – and turn it into a reality for all the world’s people”

The Challenge

The solution: One Planet Living

Making it easy, attractive and affordable for people to live healthy and happy lives within a fair share of the earth’s resources

Three One Planet programmes

for property developers

for government

for business

Brighton

Portugal

South Africa

China

Canada

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London

Sutton

UAE

Global network demonstrating One Planet Living

www.oneplanetvision.org

One Planet framework

The ten One Planet principles were developed by BioRegional with WWF

‘DNA’ of sustainability

Ecological and Carbon

FootprintingThe science behind the One Planet

framework

Sustainability

“….to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”

Environment

Society

Economy

Ecological Footprinting

A tool that measures, on an annual basis:

• The resources the planet produces for us (our bank balance)

• How many of these resources we use (how much we spend)

What’s in the bank?

12.6 billion hectares 6.9 billion people

1.8 hectares per person

Our Ecological budget

Global EF now exceeds biocapacity

Global Footprint Network

Overarching goal

Overarching goals

90% reduction

by 2030

70% reduction by

2020

Footprints of different countries

Global target - 1.8 hectares per person

Mozambique - 0.6China - 1.6UK - 5.6Australia - 7.0USA - 9.6

Ecological Footprint

If everyone on earth consumed as much as a the average European, we would need 3 planets to support us.

If we all lived like Americans we would need 5 planets.

Trends in populations of selected species

Ecological creditor and debtor countries

Footprint breakdown (UK)

Why count consumption emissions?

• Export of CO2 emissions

• Paints a truer picture (production shows fall 8.5% consumption shows increase 19%)

• We take responsibility rather than pass on to poorer countries

• Increasing recognition, eg Lord Stern, DEFRA, Chief

Scientist

One Planet Communities

Vision for One Planet Communities

Places where it is easy, attractive and affordable

for people to lead happy and healthy lives

within a fair share of the Earth’s resources.

One Planet Communities show what is possible

• Seeing is believing, visitor centres, monitoring, dissemination

• Lessons learned can inform policy and industry best practice

• Experience how it can be done cost effectively

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An international network of projects

BedZED – making it easy to reduce footprint

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Car Club

Easy Recycling

Local seasonal organic

Creating a sense of place and community

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Creating unique place to live work and play

One Brighton

Green concrete

50% cement replacement and 100% secondary aggregate

Natural clay block

60% less embodied energy than concrete block

One Planet Construction – culture change

Healthy food for workers

• Better quality food for site workers – canteen with local, seasonal, organic and vegetarian options

Constructed and sold within conventional financial parameters

Smart, modern homes

Out-sold benchmarks by 50%

CommunityIntranet

“The One Brighton project is viable from a cost effectiveness and value driving stand point, albeit acommitment to sustainability is required from the outset.

Costs were within the acceptable range for inner city apartment projects.”

Pete Halsall , MD, BioRegional Quintain Ltd

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Riverside One - Middlesbrough

Riverside One - Middlesbrough

Jinshan, China: action plan workshops

Jinshan, China

• 5,000 homes Guangzhou

• China Merchants Property Developers

• 65% reduction in energy consumption

• Solar hot water

• Mixed use to reduce transport emissions

China Merchants Property Development won one of five UN-Habitat green business awards for their Jinshan project

UN-Habitat green business awards

Sonoma Mountain Village, CaliforniaDeveloper, Codding Enterprises

• 1,900 home, mixed use community

• One of the largest solar photovoltaic arrays in USA

Sonoma Mountain Village, USA

Housing

Work

Groceries

Restaurants

Services

Sports, gardens, gym

Shops, theater, hotel

‘5 minute living’

Whole building re-use

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LEED and One Planet

The Character of the Site

Sibaya - THDev

•850 ha •5-6000 residential units•6-8 hotels/resorts•Commercial/office space•Conservation / recreational / leisure activities

Barangaroo, Australia

22ha site in Sydney being developed in 3 stages:

• Barangaroo South: a commercial and residential centre at the south end of the site;

• The Headland Park: a park on the northern headland;

• Barangaroo Central: a low rise cultural parkland that links the Park and commercial districts together

Barangaroo

Masdar City, United Arab Emirates

• 31,000 people, 1,500 businesses

• Sustainability Action Plan launched Jan 2008

• All renewable energy

• zero emission vehicle, public transport

• 50% water saving

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© Foster and Partners

Masdar City, United Arab Emirates

Mata de Sesimbra, Portugal

• €1.1 billion project• largest private forest restoration

project in Europe• 8,000 eco-homes, hotels, shops• Prototype home built

www.oneplanetcommunities.org/Sesimbra

Ecoblock system

Completed prototype home

Petite Riviere, Canada

A potential One Planet Community

One Planet Regions

Working with a local authority

London Borough of Sutton commits OPL in 2008• Council’s own operations• making it easier for residents• 80,000 homes, 185,900 residents

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www.oneplanetsutton.org

Our vision...

One Planet Sutton is a growing network of people building a resilient green future. Together we are creating a place where local businesses thrive and people can lead healthy, happy lifestyles within a fair share of the Earth’s resources, something we call One Planet Living.

What is One Planet Sutton?

Sutton Council(public sector)

Local Strategic

Partnership (public sector)

Local residents

BioRegional (third

sector)

Local business

Big business

Quangos and national government

Local community

and voluntary groups (third

sector)

GREENING BUSINESSES IN HACKBRIDGE• European Regional Development Fund money

to work with small businesses• 195 businesses engaged with and 45 worked

with intensively over 2 years• As much about capacity-building as carbon

saving: Hackbridge Green Business network

Working with business

ONE PLANET FOOD• £1 million partnership project

working towards One Planet diet

• Answering a demand from local residents

• Result will be sustainable social enterprise selling local, fresh, unsprayed fruit and vegetables to the community

• Whole-system approach : network, learning, farm, markets

Working with the community

The Veg Van

• Local and regional produce• Aim - 21,000 customers• Renovated milk float, run on solar power• www.vegvan.org.uk

Sutton Community Farm

• Bringing underused land into useful management• Supported learning for food growing novices• www.suttoncommunityfarm.org.uk

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT• Mapping skills and ideas of

local community and voluntary sector on environment

• Putting together portfolio of projects for local people to vote on, around 10 principles

• Part-time community engagement officer

• Giving groups the skills and networks beyond project outcomes and lifetime

Working with community groups

PAY AS YOU SAVE

• Pilot project for the Green Deal, partnership between B&Q, Sutton Council, BioRegional

• Surveys undertaken: 180• Retrofitted so far: 69 homes• Average cost: £14,237• Lowest: £1,456• Highest: £33,806

Working with residents

PAY AS YOU SAVE – lessons learned

• EPC-based payback is inaccurate: potential mis-selling time bomb

• Lifestyle, attitude and understanding are crucial factors

• Need to explain measures in detail – but proves households will accept hard to reach measures

• Not just about money-savings: comfort a big factor

• Change drive demand – especially family circumstances – so catch at the points of change

Working with residents

Hackbridge masterplan

Retrofitting sustainable living in the suburbs

• Community consultation• Hackbridge masterplan

Hackbridge week

Hackbridge Sustainability Visits

Since Hackbridge audits

• 68% of households have made a physical change to their home

• 66% have made a behavioural change

One Planet Companies

• supporting organisations of different sizes to take holistic approach by applying the One Planet framework.

• B&Q, has formally become an endorsed One Planet Company

• others simply use the One Planet Living framework to inform business operations.

E.g. Nokia used framework for factories in Hungary and Copenhagen.

• Free toolkit for SMEs at www.oneplanetvision.org

Sustainable business

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B&Q – managing eco-impact of operationsBioRegional & B&Q partnership

• UK’s largest home improvement retailer • Reduce direct CO2 by 90% by 2023:• all stores need to be zero carbon • emissions from transport to be cut by at least

50%.

Achievements so far:• Based on reporting in 2008, 6% (19,000tonnes)

CO2 reduction compared to 2006• water metering reduced consumption by 13.6

million litres per annum• 48% reduction in waste to landfill.

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Helping customers to manage eco-impact

One Planet Home product range – products are assessed against the

ten One Planet Living principles

Ecological footprint calculator– see where their impacts arise – get a personalised eco-action plan.

www.diy.com/oneplanethome

BioRegional and B&Q

Environmental Partnership since 2007

• One Planet Living Company Sustainability Action Plan to

reduce the impacts of B&Q company operations

• One Planet HomeHelp customers to reduce

their eco impact

Highlights of B&Q’s One Planet Achievements

Half lighting solutions in 78 stores in past two yearsLeague tables for gas and electricityReduced CO2 from energy by 14% in 2009 (against 2006 levels)

Improved recycling rates from 26% in 2006 to 79% in 2010.Segregated recycling and removed general waste skips.

100% of the wood sold in 2010 came from responsiblymanaged sources.

One Planet Living Grants supported 1,520 community projects since launch in 2008. Job Done! rolling out to 500 schools following successful trial

One Planet Living e-learning module now completed by 12,316 staff members

Zero Carbon stores

• Investing in lighting upgrades (1-3 year payback)

• Cumulative CO2 saving from electricity reductions of over 60,000 tCO2

• Cost of electricity reduced by £8.2 million since 2006

• Plans to trial improvements to air tightness and install PV • Now looking at

some tough business decisions but there is an appetite

Zero Waste stores

• Landfill tax bill is £2.8m less today than it would have been at 2006 waste levels

• Over 58,000tCO2 emissions avoided since 2006

• Cross functional working to deliver further improvements to recycling rates

• Opportunities for closed loop recycling

Carrier pac – improved worktop packaging reducing costs of cardboard (over £1million) and damaged products

Sustainable transport

• Improve route planning and vehicle loading

• Purchased 275 double deck trailers

• Reduced fuel use by 4.1m litres in 2010 compared to 2006

• Saved over £2m in fuel since 2006 with a CO2 saving of over 24,000tCO2

• New Southern DC due to be operational in 2012 to deliver a further 14% CO2 saving

Helping customers to achieve One Planet Living

• One Planet Home criteria

• Over 5,000 products verified by BioRegional

• 12% of sales are One Planet Home products

• Energy Saving Light Bulbs +19.2% compared to +0.3% for category

How has BioRegional helped B&Q?

Olympics London 2012

Towards a One Planet 2012

“Sustainability underpinned the bid for the London 2012 Games, framed by the concept of ‘Towards a One Planet 2012'.

This was derived from the BioRegional/WWF concept of One Planet Living® , which shows the challenges facing us in stark terms: if everybody in the world lived the same lifestyle as we do in the UK, we would need three planets’ worth of resources to support us.”

Sustainability is central to London 2012 vision

London 2012 Sustainability Plan

Climate Change

Waste

Biodiversity Inclusion

Healthy

Living

Commission for a Sustainable London 2012

• independent assurance of London 2012’s pledge to host the most sustainable Games to date and its legacy

• the first body of its type in the history of the Games

• advises the Olympic Board and reports to the public on sustainable development across the entire Games programme, from delivery to staging and legacy

www.cslondon.org

London 2012 – Who are they?

ODA• building the new venues and infrastructure for

the Games, and ensuring that they have a viable legacy use. The ODA, which is also the planning authority for the Olympic Park site in east London, is a public body funded through council tax, National Lottery and regeneration funding.

LOCOG• responsible for planning and staging the Games.

A private company limited by guarantee, and raises almost all its funding from the sale of tickets and merchandise, sponsorship and broadcasting revenues.

Five Sustainability Themes

London 2012

Climate Change

Vision: ‘To deliver a low-carbon Games and showcase how we are adapting to a world increasingly affected by climate change.’

Eg Travel: Minimise impacts of Games-time transport and travel planning

– ‘Green travel plans’ for ticketed spectators and workforce.

– Cycling and walking will be encouraged via the Active Travel Programme

– Visitors encouraged to travel by rail rather than air or car.

Waste

Vision: ‘To deliver a zero waste Games, demonstrate exemplary resource management practices and promote long-term behavioural change.’

Eg A six-level waste hierarchy has been adopted throughout the programme:

ReduceReuseRecycle and compostNew and emerging technologies to recover energyConventional incineration with recovery of energyLandfill

Biodiversity

Vision: ‘To conserve biodiversity, create new urban green spaces and bring people closer to nature through sport and culture.’

Eg

The Olympic Park Masterplan has included environmental enhancement from the outset and will create 45 hectares of new habitat and 102 hectares of open space

Inclusion

Vision: ‘To host the most inclusive Games to date by promoting access, celebrating diversity and facilitating the physical, economic and social regeneration of the Lower Lea Valley and surrounding communities.’

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Healthy Living

Vision:‘To inspire people across the UK to take up sport and develop more active, healthy and sustainable lifestyles.’

Eg. London 2012 Food Vision

Our target