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E. Bruce Harrison‘Corporate Greening 2.0’
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EnviroComm Study PurposeInsights on corporate positioning, communication content and style:Climate change/carbon/GHG reductionSustainability
Rationales for supporting climate change programs and the strategies or positioning attributes
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Methodology• Scan, qualitative analysis of 200 company websites – July ‘07-June ‘08– Fortune 500 list– Filtered by keywords
• (climate change, sustainability, energy efficiency, carbon reduction, 4 others)
– Filtered by government recognition, proactive affiliations, recognitions• Government (e.g., EPA, CARB)• Private sector (e.g., BRT, NAM, USCAP)
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Executive commitment
• DuPont ceo: explains 2015 sustainability goals
• Deere, Navistar ceos: sustainability and...advanced technology
• Wal-Mart ceo: keynote at London conference…on ‘sustainability 360’
• ExxonMobil ceo: London…’mitigate risks’… ‘advanced technologies…’
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Accept scientific validity• ‘Activities of people and companies
are causing (GHG emissions) which are contributing to climate change. So we realize we must play our part…’ Rio Tinto
• ‘The scientific debate is over. Business … should turn CO2 management into a business
opportunity…’ Shell• ‘Growing scientific evidence…action is
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Assert public policy position‘a federal approach …integrated into
a harmonized global system to…reduction’ Caterpillar (member, US Climate Action Partnership)
‘Congress needs to establish a national, economy-
wide GHG mandatory program’ Duke Energy
‘We will focus…on influencing policy,
regulation and innovation…a level playing field’
BP
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Make the business caseCoca-Cola: linking to the company’s
water stewardship and packaging programs
GE: Ecomagination—bundling energy efficient and clean technology into sustainable products & services
Honeywell: ‘green’ diesel fuel as new business
Ford: ‘we see…business opportunities…’
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TransparencyPG&E: third-party certification by
California’s Climate Action Registry
Hewlett-Packard: verifying via World Economic Forum’s Global GHG Registry
UPS: chart that outlines 2002 baseline data, 2006 status and 2007 goals (at the time of our survey) for each business area.
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RecognitionsFedEx: EPA Green Power Leadership
Award; Harvard recognition for ‘Environmental Partnership’ with Eaton and Environmental Defense Fund…
Abbott: First to commit to going carbon neutral…Named to Dow Jones Sustainability Index…
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Influence othersWal-Mart: ‘The company is so big, so
powerful, it could force an army of suppliers to clean up their acts ’
• Monsanto: No-till agriculture—minimal plowing of farmland to sequester carbon in the soil
• Shell: ‘our customers emit far more CO2 using its carbon products than the company does…’
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Acknowledge shortfallJ&J: GOOD – going beyond goal to
cut CO2 emissions BAD – shortfall in reducing fleet total CO2 emissions/mile
HP: GHG increases of 3% in 2006…Protocol factors changed…Changes in electricity conversion factors accounted for increases in emissions/unit of floor space
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CollaborationIntel: Google, Dell, EDS, EPA, IBM, World
Wildlife Fund…to form Climate Savers Computing Initiative
Siemens: Clinton Climate Initiative
PG&E: 46 international organizations in ‘Combat Climate Change’ for 2007 UN climate negotiations
USCAP: Leading companies plus Environmental Defense, NRDC, others
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"If you don't have a seat at the table, you'll wind up on the menu.“- Jim Rogers, CEO, Duke Energy
Strategic ImplicationsAccept the inevitable: science/OBE
Get into the policy gameCollaborateInfluence othersValidate, use recognitionsMake it a business strategy
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CS=E+S+P T
Economic + Social + Political
Corporate Sustainability
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