toby robins sustainable development director. embedding sustainability in smes
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Toby RobinsSustainable Development Director
Embedding Sustainability in SMEs
34% by 2020
80% by 2050
Big companies starting to do their bit...
• S&P 500 68% (2010: 48%)• FTSE 100 – 97%
and SMEs ?...
Big companies
Small companies
Embedding sustainable practices
SMEs account for 45% of the British economy (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, 2008).
Adaptable, responsive, entrepreneurial
2 + 2 = 5
What is the missing ingredient?
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Knowledge
• Relatively expensive for government to educate
• Discouraged from taking the time due to media-presented uncertainty
Clearly there is an opportunity…• Consider The Sunday Times 9 out of 10 of the greenest employers were SMEs.
1 Wiles Greenworld2 UKOS3 Fourfront Group4 Commercial5 Warren Evans6 Nikwax7 Morgan Lovell8 Purcell Milller Tritton9 Marriot Hotels International10 Octink
The greenest employees
• In an SME the boss is sitting right beside you
• Privately-owned so financial investment not constrained by ROI, IRR, shareholders
How can we help?
• Big Company supply chain management
• Government focus
• Industry influencing the media
• SMEs – Realising the opportunity
