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Dive into real-world sustainability practices of Unilever, Marks & Spencer, and Total in the energy sector. Explore their initiatives, changes, and impacts on the environment. Learn about defining sustainability, measuring practices, and best standards in this engaging seminar.
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Case Examples IATL IL006: Seminar 5, 9th November 2017 Professor David Elmes Warwick Business School david.elmes@wbs.ac.uk +44 (0)782 4540 996 Mitigation – what are we doing about it?
Take a look at the plans of a company or community: Are they talking about it? • Look for a Sustainability Report/Plan Improving what they already do? Doing things differently? Taking a lead? Suggested companies Unilever – International FMCG • https://www.unilever.com/sustainable-living/ Marks & Spencer – UK Retailer • http://corporate.marksandspencer.com/plan-a/our-approach Total – International Oil & Gas • https://www.total.com/en/commitment/environmental-issues-challenges For further ideas, see the Carbon Disclosure Project at https://www.cdp.net/en For This Seminar
Unilever: ManveerGill, Rachel Fuerst, Leila Mullan, HassaanTameed, JosnaBannerjee-Palmer M&S Georgia Moore, David McGill, Sharon Ng, Rachael Finch, Jacques Donnelly Total Jay Afruz, Holly Cowan, Rachael Hamilton, Reshma Begum, Alp Katalan CDP: Alp Katalan, Iris Beraud, Kat Oliver, Lukas Anthuber, Agenda Introduction 0900-0915 Initial Discussions in Groups 0915-0945 (inc break) Structured discussion 0945-1045 Summary 1045-1100 Suggested Groups and agenda
For the companies: Are they talking about sustainability ? Are they (just) improving what they already do? Are they doing things differently? Are they taking a lead? For the CDP: How are they defining sustainability? What are they measuring? Who’s doing it, who’s not? What’s best practice? Initial Discussion – prepare to present on…
Total in 2016 (from their Factbook) • New Organisation since 1/1/2017 • Four Operating Segments • A new Gas, Renewables & Power segment • Exploration & Production • Refining & Chemicals • Marketing & Services. • Two Corporate Divisions • People & Social Responsibility • Strategy-Innovation • Strategy & Climate, Public Affairs, Audit, R&D, Chief Digital Officer, SVP Technology
Lets look at the history…. Firstly Sunpower and Total’s 65% stake
Some positioning in January 2015: “Total's position on the Energy & Climate debate”
May 2016: “Integrating Climate into our strategy” • Improving the carbon intensity of our production mix • More than 60% gas in our hydrocarbon production mix in 20 years time • Developing renewables • 20% renewables in 20 years time • Improving energy efficiency • Promote responsible energy use in our operations and by our customers
May 2017: this year’s update on “Integrating Climate into our strategy” • How does this represent a change or change in focus from their previous strategy? • What resources or capabilities might they need to take this new position in the market? • What’s the new news in it versus last year?
New news in the 2017 report…? New Organisation since 1/1/2017 • Four Operating Segments • A new Gas, Renewables & Power segment • Exploration & Production • Refining & Chemicals • Marketing & Services. • Two Corporate Divisions • People & Social Responsibility • Strategy-Innovation • Strategy & Climate, Public Affairs, Audit, R&D, Chief Digital Officer, SVP Technology • “ongoing rise” in R&D spend A bunch of other steps • Creation of Total Solar • New internal carbon price: $30-40 • Oil & Gas Climate Initiative’s $1Bn investment fund • Acquisitions & JVs • Lampiris – Belgian G&P supplier • Saft - Energy Storage • Corbion JV - bioplastics • PitPoint - Natural Gas vehicle fuel