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Chris Harrop April 2014 April 2014 The Business Case ‘Unusualfor a Sustainable and Successful Future
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Page 1: The Business Case for Sustainability - Its just Common Sense. BITC Responsible Business Week Conference Presentation April 2014

Chris HarropApril 2014April 2014

The Business Case ‘Unusual’ for a

Sustainable and Successful Future

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Me

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Why are we here ?( today)( today)

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Personal Values …

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Our Challenge

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Some Personal Questions

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Would you want to buy from, or work for a company thatwork for, a company that ...

di tl... directly or indirectly

l demployed children who

k d f 14worked for 14 hours a day?

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Would you want to buy from, or work for a company thatwork for, a company that ...

... accepted that slave labour was thelabour was the cultural norm

in someso ecountries from where it purchased goods?t pu c ased goods

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Would you want to buy from, or work for a company thatwork for, a company that ...

... blamed sub-contractors when

human rights abuses were publicly

identified in its supply chain?

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Would you want to buy from, or work for a company thatwork for, a company that ...

i diff t... was indifferent about violence

i tagainst women and girls in the

k l ?workplace?

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Would you want to buy from, or work for a company thatwork for, a company that ...

cut corners to... cut corners to save money and keep profits highkeep profits high

but whose actions resulted inresulted in massive

environmentalenvironmental disaster?

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Would you want to buy from, or work for a company thatwork for, a company that ...

accepted that... accepted that bribery and

corruption wascorruption was acceptable - as long as you gotlong as you got

away with it?

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Would you want to buy from, or work for a company thatwork for, a company that ...

... employed ‘sharp’ or unfair practices with

staff and customers …

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So ….

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Knowing Our Values …

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British Values

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Universal Values

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Business ValuesMarshallsMarshalls

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What Do OurStakeholders Think ?Stakeholders Think ?

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Employees ?

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Employees

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Investors ?

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Do Investors Care ?

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Do Investors Care ?

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What do Shareholders Want ?

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What do Shareholders Want ?

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What do Shareholders Want ?

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What do Shareholders Want ?

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Customers ?

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Sustainability Is NORMAL businessIs NORMAL business

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Consumers20132013

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The Business Case ?

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Does it Work ?

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The UN Global Compact

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UN Global CompactFrameworksFrameworks

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The UNGC ‘Architects of a Better World’Architects of a Better World

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The Post 2015 Sustainable Development GoalsDevelopment Goals

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Thank you


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