One Planet Living Myth or Reality Alan Knight

1. One Planet Living Myth or Reality Alan Knight

2. And our next speaker is….

3. Do you know what it would say? Would you be proud? …or embarrassed?

4. The “lens” of consumer products has a huge contribution to make to SD • 17 years on working on consumer products and environment • Retailers, manufacturers, 3 Government think tanks

5. Environmental Impact Assessment

6. Environmental Impact Assessment

7. My life started in a forest…

11. My life started in India

13. Its my use….

15. The beer story…

17. Energy to produce 1 litre (4% alc) of beer 0.2% - Energy required in crop production 4% - Energy required for malting 15% - Energy used to brew beer 81% - Energy to Manufacture Container Total = 9.7Mj

18. Entire footprint

19. Water to produce 1 litre (4% alc) of beer 1% - Water for Malting 4% - Production Water 7% - Water to Manufacture Beverage Container 89% - Water used to grow barley (irrigated) Total = 127 litres

20. Solutions are possible: 1993 1990 1997 1995 ? All of world’s productive forests = well managed 2000

21. Solutions are possible: 1993 1990 1997 1995 10% of world’s productive forests FSC’ed - Marks and Spencer - Wyevale Garden Centres 2000

22. Sustainable or unsustainable? “Imported directly from Zambia”

24. Three Big Challenges:

25. 1) Reduce Poverty

26. 2) Reduce Climate Change

27. 3) Working within the finite limits of the planet = one planet living! If everyone in the world used the same amount of resources as those in UK we would need 3 planets worth of natural resources

28. Getting ready for impact of emerging economies. . . ‘If Chinese want to live like Americans, we will need the resources of four Planet Earths’ Liang Congjie, Environmentalist (2004)

29. Balance between three challenges:

30. Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption - Joint – SDC and NCC - 18 months - What can UK gov. do on the consumption problem? - Report = 30,000 downloads

31. Don’t over rely on the green consumer….

32. Small changes over time drive change… Choice editing = no to G’s to C’s China! Richmond Parking fees £25 congestion charge Road tax banding

34. Introducing “Product Roadmaps” Choice editing Label

35. Choice editing…

36. Then came FISS. • Ethical Trading Section, 2005 concluded: - Need to double sales of “certified” ethical products - Need for KPIs to track performance - Outlined an “Ethical Trade Forum” • But first a Champions Group to review these ideas

37. Draft dozen recommendations; Government’s policy on food should… 1) … all the elements of sustainability . 2) … adopt “sustainable sourcing”, rather than “ethical trading” 3) … scope of “sustainable sourcing” should cover; poverty, finite limits, climate change, animal welfare 4) …Government must have its own clearly articulated opinions 5) …role of UK farms should be articulated 6) …not over rely on certification schemes 7) …not over rely on simple, numerical KPIs 8) … develop product roadmaps 9) …embedded carbon – yes, Label – not convinced 10) …establishment of a “Sustainable Food Sourcing Forum”. 11) …supermarket trading relationships can not be ignored 12) …cover all food outlets

38. One Planet Living Myth or Reality?

39. One Planet Living = reality Three Planet Living = myth!

40. Know your product’s story 3 big challenges pride