Strategic Sustainable Development Sustainable hospitality 31 may 4

Strategic Sustainable Development Sustainable hospitality 31 may – 4 june 2010 2009 The Natural Step

Could you handle the complexity? 2009 The Natural Step

Could you be strategic? • Do you have a definition of sustainability? • What is your gap? • What are you doing to bridge it? 2009 The Natural Step

What does it take? Sustainability Principles Systems Perspective Backcasting Strategic prioritization 2009 The Natural Step

5 -level model What does the system look like in which I live? How is it constituted? What is ´success´ in this system? What definitions apply? What strategy must I use short term and long in order to be able to achieve success? What actions do I need to take to fulfille the strategy and what actions do I start with? What tools and resources do I need and have I got them all sorted? 2009 The Natural Step

Basic science Nothing disappears Everything disperse We consume quality - concentration and structure Plants produce net quality 2009 The Natural Step

Cycles of Nature Open system for energy «Photosytesis provides new structure » Slow geological cycles (vulcano eruptions and weathering) Closed system for matter 1) Nothing disappears 2) Everything disperse Slow geological cycles (sedimentation and mineralization) 2009 The Natural Step

Basic science People Diversity Common Human Needs Self-organisation in social structures Interdependence Capability to use Empathy 2009 The Natural Step

Hur do we destroy the system? Degrade by physical means Barriers to people meeting their basic needs Increase concentrations 2009 The Natural Step

Sustainability Principles In a sustainable society, nature is not subject to systematically increasing. . . 1. . . concentrations of substances extracted from the Earth’s crust, 2. . . concentrations of substances produced by society, 3. . . degradation by physical means, and in that society. . . 4. . . people are not subject to conditions that systematically undermine their capacity to meet their needs. 2009 The Natural Step

What does this mean to me? What does it mean to business? What does it mean to communities? 2009 The Natural Step

Sustainablity Principles We are no longer contributing to… 1. . . that nature is subject to sustematically increasing concentrations of substances extracted from the Earth´s crust, 2. . . that nature is subject to systematically increasing concentrations of substances produced by society, 3. . . that nature is subject to systematically increasing degragation by physical means, ………………………………………………. . 4. . . that people are subject to conditions that sustematically undermine their capacity to meet their needs. 2009 The Natural Step

Sustainability principle 1 In a sustainable society nature is not subject to…. …systematically increasing concentrations of substances extracted from the Earth´s crust. 2009 The Natural Step

Sustainability principle 1 What can we do. . . ? Fossil Fuels Renewables Scarce metals Abundant metals Inefficient Use Efficient Use Tight technical Cycles Dissipative Use 2009 The Natural Step

Phase out scarce metals METAL IN TOP SOIL WEATHERING (MG/KG) (W) (KTON/YEAR) MINING FOSSIL FUELS (M+F) / W (M) (KTON/YEAR) (F) (KTON/YEAR) Al 72 000 1 100 000 18 000 34 000 0, 047 Fe 26 000 390 000 540 000 34 000 1, 5 Ti 2 900 44 000 2 500 1 700 0, 095 Cr 54 830 3 800 34 4, 6 Cu 25 380 9 000 55 24 Pb 19 290 3 300 85 12 Cd 0, 35 5, 3 20 3, 4 4, 4 Hg 0, 09 1, 4 5, 2 10 11 2009 The Natural Step

Sustainability principle 2 In a sustainable society nature is not subject to…. …systematically increasing concentrations of substances produced by society; 2009 The Natural Step

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What can we do…? TRIGEMA 100 % compostable T-shirt Photo© TRIGEMA Persistent & Unnatural Abundant, breakdown ea Inefficient use Dissipative use Efficient use Tight Technical Cycles 2009 The Natural Step

Sustainability principle 3 In a sustainable society nature is not subject to…. …systematically degradation by physical means. 2009 The Natural Step

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What can we do. . . ? Resources from poorly managed ecosystems Inefficient use of resources and land Resources from wellmanaged ecosystems Efficient use of resour and land 2009 The Natural Step

Sustainability principle 4 In a sustainable society people are not subject to… …conditions that systematically undermine their capacity to meet their needs. 2009 The Natural Step

Human needs Subsistence Idleness Participation Protection Affection Understanding Creation Identity Freedom Manfred Max-Neef et al 2009 The Natural Step

What can we do? What barriers might we be placing in the way of others meeting their needs? Unsafe working and living environments Safe working and living environments Economic barriers Win/Win Situations Enterprise Development Political Oppression Ineffective / inequitable resource consumption Political Freedom Effective and just resource allocation 2009 The Natural Step

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Sustainablity Principles We are no longer contributing to… 1. . . that nature is subject to sustematically increasing concentrations of substances extracted from the Earth´s crust, 2. . . that nature is subject to systematically increasing concentrations of substances produced by society, 3. . . that nature is subject to systematically increasing degragation by physical means, ………………………………………………. . 4. . . that people are subject to conditions that sustematically undermine their capacity to meet their needs. 2009 The Natural Step