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Redefining Value. 1. COMPLEX. PUZZLE. Complicated World. Ecological Footprint = 1,5. ACTION2020. Scaling up requires 3 key elements. Improve Business Case. Today. TO REACH SOCIETAL MUST-HAVES. PRIORITY AREAS. Business Solutions. Collaboration. IMPROVE. THE BUSINESS CASE.
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COMPLEX PUZZLE
ACTION2020 Scaling uprequires 3 key elements Improve Business Case Today TO REACH SOCIETAL MUST-HAVES PRIORITY AREAS Business Solutions Collaboration
IMPROVE THE BUSINESS CASE
True cost, True value management Traditional management Social Capital Natural Capital Long-term vision Financial Capital Business Management
ACTION2020 Transformation Needed TO REACH SOCIETAL MUST-HAVES PRIORITY AREAS Business Solutions Collaboration Today Improve Business Case
WBCSD Redefining Value Accelerate progress to a world where more sustainable companies are recognized and rewarded, and therefore are more successful. • Integrate natural and social capital measurement and valuation into corporate performance management. • Improve the effectiveness of non-financial internal and external reporting. • Measurement, valuation and reporting reflect the true value of a company and discloses true profit and true cost.
TRENDS in CORPORATE REPORTING
Reporting is a dynamic process And not a goal in itself, but an instrument to: • improve the effectiveness of corporate investments in sustainability • trigger internal changes towards integrated decision-making Key role to play in accelerating transition towards true value
Low MVR MVR Impact Disclosure Measurement Lower Low Impact Changing the Impact Rules of the Game Ratings & Valuation Investment Techniques Lower Impact A complex landscape requiring business leadership! Disclosure Measurement Rating & Investment Valuation
A process founded on integrated thinking that results in a periodic integrated report by an organization about value creation over time and related communications regarding aspects of value creation.
IIRC uptake: dependencies on capitals Votorantim Group
And more … • SASB established in the US in 2013 aims to develop sustainability accounting standards to support publicly-listed corporations disclose material factors in compliance with the US SEC requirements • GRIG4 guidelines issued in 2013 with a strengthened focus on materiality (stakeholder approach) • CDSBis expanding its Climate Change Reporting Framework to include information about environmental matters in mainstream corporate reports to be launched in 2015 • EUpassed legislation to require member businesses (>500 employees and/or public interest) to disclose sustainability performance last April
INTEGRATED VALUATION TRUEVALUE INTEGRATED REPORTING Meaningful transparency FinancialAccounts Non-Financial Reporting Non-Financial Principles - GASP - Comparability & Materiality Accounting Principles - GAAP - HOW-WHAT SP&L and other methodologies EP&L and other methodologies Management Accounts Better informed decisions Natural Capital Protocol Social Capital Protocol FINANCIAL CAPITAL NATURAL CAPITAL SOCIAL CAPITAL
What about corporate practice? • Less than 12% of reports reviewed reflect those sustainability issues considered to be material to the business. • 80% of WBCSD members produce a stand-alone sustainability report with the rest developing self-declared integrated reports • 75% use the GRI Guidelines with an upward trend to combine the use of several frameworks • 60% of total reports reviewed have some form of assurance on their sustainability disclosures with limited level as the dominant form • When known, the average time period between year-end and the publication date is approximately six months reflecting a disconnect between sustainability and financial reporting cycles
Internal decision-making → External disclosureManagement tools →Reporting frameworks
WBCSD is not new to this space… Social Profit & Loss Account Feasibility Study
Natural and Social Capital Protocol Components Top-down Elements Protocol Frameworks Purpose > Principles > Scope & boundaries > Overview of Components Metrics Practical Methodologies & Guidelines Approaches to measurement & valuation, e.g. S P&L; E P&L; others Key Performance Indicators > Units of Measurement, incl. from SASB; GRI Bottom-up Elements Measurement & Valuation of Action 2020 Priority Areas Minimum standards > best practice > methodologies > KPIs Sector Initiatives standardized metrics / methodologies by sector Chemicals Climate & Energy Water Ecosystems & Land Use Forests Mobility Cement Sustain-able Lifestyles Human Rights Skills & Employment Inclusive Business Rural Livelihoods
Overall coordination • Multi-stakeholder consultation process • Generic Natural Capital Protocol • Sector guides for Food & Beverage + Apparel • Pilot testing