Presentation on sustainable purchasing for social innovation barcamp.

1. Sustainable Purchasing
Sourcing sustainable products from
sustainable suppliers
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2. 20
18
16
40 Years
Australian CO2e per person
14
We are here
12
25
Growth Balance
Need to be here
8
6
Linear System Ecosystem
4 Domination Respect
2
1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050
Courtesy World Bank
X Axis
Emissions data courtesy World Bank
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3. Zero Impact
“Energy Miracles”
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4. 50 years of systemic obsolescence
and obsession with economic
growth outstrips efficiency.
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5. Whole Systems
Let’s drive backwards from outputs
instead of forwards from inputs
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6. Waste is Food
9 X more in the supply chain
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7. This makes me sad
Obsolescence: Durables selling consumables
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8. And it’s still accelerating!
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9. How do we achieve a
50% reduction by 2025?
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10. Propose
Make products last twice as long
Make products require half as much input
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11. Zero Impact
Mindset
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12. Cradle to Cradle Make longer lasting
Product efficiency products
Toxins / RoHS Resilient materials
Take-back programs Supply chain transparency
Repurpose and reuse Responsible public policy
Serviceable / upgradable Service models:
products carsharing
cloud computing
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14. How do you know which products are
more sustainable without hours of
research?
Lack of transparency
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15. eco2labs
Aggregate this data and create metrics and
tools to help organisations purchase
sustainably.
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16. eco2.info
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17. Discussion Points
• On your radar?
• Who has a sustainable purchasing policy?
• Who is involved?
• What do you want to do better?
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18. Transition Australia Group:
mindset change
whole system change
Contribute the Intervention Map
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19. (Please come to the mapping wall)
Thanks!
soeren@eco2labs.com
http://www.eco2labs.com
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