This document summarizes a workshop on sustainability for CFOs. It discusses how sustainability can deliver long term value to businesses. Key areas that sustainability addresses are a company's energy usage, CO2 emissions, supply chain management, waste reduction, and travel policies. Costs associated with sustainability include infrastructure updates, personnel for processes and auditing, and increased supplier costs. The business case for sustainability is justified by potential cost savings, compliance, attracting investment, improved employee morale, brand benefits, and gaining competitive advantage by meeting customer demands. CFOs should consider both near term benefits and long term value, and how sustainability improves competitive advantage versus maintaining parity with competitors.

1. The climate-conscious CFO 6 July 2011

3. Matthew Wetherall (Head of Strategy, Airwave Solutions Ltd)

7. Managing suppliers (ethical/renewable sourcing policies)

8. Managing /reducing waste

9. Improving efficiencies of using supplies

10. Travel policies e.g. Commuting, travel to meetings

12. People (processes, auditing, etc.)

13. Increased ‘green’ supplier costs

14. Opportunity cost

15. Challenge of valuation for approving business cases

18. Standards compliance

19. Attract investment

20. Better staff morale => improved retention, acquisition, etc

21. Environmental

22. Brand and PR

25. Need to look at the whole picture (not just individual initiatives in isolation)