Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE Karlskrona Sustainable Pharmaceuticals -More about competence than values – Prof. Karl-Henrik Robèrt The Natural Step Blekinge Institute of Technology Real Change, Chairman Uppsala, 10 Nov 2009

Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE Karlskrona The Real Change founding partners Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH) Lund Institute of Technology (LTH) The Natural Step International (TNSI)

Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE Karlskrona Real Change - International Research Program CORE …Only Unifying Framework …Largest and longest process …Core refines framework, and elaborates tools for analyses, decision support, planning and monitoring. …Multi-stakeholder base funding including Swedish EPA, Swedish Energy Agency, Vinnova, Formas, Nutec …Petals are thematic programs from across the globe. …10 Million USD funding/year (over and above actions and education from all participants)

Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE Karlskrona Copyright © 2004 The Natural Step  Individuals  Groups Systems thinking

Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE Karlskrona Threats  Forests  Agriculture  Fisheries  Ground water  Climate  Metals  Chemicals  Global justice  Trust  Stories of meaning Sustainability is a dynamic challenge Opportunities  Largest financial potential  Resource costs  Waste management costs  Tax, legislation, insurance, loans  International agreements  Innovation/design/new markets  Brand

Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE Karlskrona Copyright © 2004 The Natural Step So, what’s the problem?

Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE Karlskrona Copyright © 2004 The Natural Step Reductionism

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Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE Karlskrona Copyright © 2004 The Natural Step Structured overview

Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE Karlskrona Backcasting!

Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE Karlskrona Sustainable Vision

Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE Karlskrona Sounds complicated but is the opposite!

Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE Karlskrona Just ask three magic questions:  Do you have a definition of sustainability?  What is your gap?  How do you bridge it?

Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE Karlskrona From System: Society in Biosphere…

Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE Karlskrona In the Sustainable Society, Nature is not subject to systematically increasing... * …concentrations of substances *…degradation by physical means. and * … erosion of trust. …to principles designed for this purpose

Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE Karlskrona IKEA Electrolux Scandic Hilton Sv. McDonalds … From action in some Swedish business…

Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE Karlskrona spread to 11 countries...

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Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE Karlskrona Suppliers Clients Stakeholder dialogues …to value chains…

Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE Karlskrona Hydro Polymers Concentrations of substances Physical encroaching Erosion of trust

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Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE Karlskrona  No more fossil carbon to atmosphere  Closed loop recycling  No accumulation from emissions  No accumulation from additives  Challenging the whole value chain… 5 Hydro Polymer Challenges Five challenges

Co-creation of distance learning - throughout value chain -

Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE Karlskrona Distance learning, 10 credits FSSD

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Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE Karlskrona Strategic Partnerships The Natural Step ©, 2009

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Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE Karlskrona Agriculture Forestry Energy Traffic Materials … …to sectors…

Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE Karlskrona The ”Clinical conference” - … to municipalities and cities…

Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE Karlskrona Time Övertorneå SEKO (70 local gov’s) Whistler Calgary FCM Portland APA EU Round Table Chequamegon Bay Madison W I Portsmouth NH Lawrence NJ Pittsburgh/Vandergrift Evanston IL Duluth MN Jefferson County WI Corvallis OR Dublin …

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Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE Karlskrona “This simple, science- and systems-based framework is the best out there. It needs to become part of a new common language, as well understood worldwide as the rules of soccer”. Ken Melamed Mayor Whistler, Canada

Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE Karlskrona ISO14001 Triple bottom line Sustainable growth Faktor 4 Cleaner Production Life Cycle Analysis Zero Emission Renewables RMA Ecological Footprinting Sustainability analysis Ecoliteracy Factor 10 Hannover Principles CSR Natural Capitalism Miljömålen EMAS EECA LCA Ecoefficiency Agenda 21 Sustainability …to tools and concepts

Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE Karlskrona Organization X ISO Indicators LCA Ecological footprints Factor 10 Zero Emission Natural Capitalism …

Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE Karlskrona …greatest opportunity ever for leadership and team work. …experts mostly amateurs on leading big organizations. …departures from principled definition. …sees each investment as part-goal. …evaluates trade-offs as stepping stones, not choices between evils. …ensures parallel development of stakeholders. …is good regardless what others do. Conclusion, strategic S.D…

Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE Karlskrona Focusing pharmaceutics Concentration-increases of substances Antibiotics e.g. chinolones and hormones, Hg in vaccines, emissions e.g. dioxins, chemicals/metals for processing, transport, energy systems… Physical Encroaching Transport, infrastructure, waste… Trust Labor, supply chain… Serving Society at large Fundamental position of pharmaceutics! Pandemics/disease in South - poverty, sanitation, nutrition... Sourcing i.e. biodiversity, e.g. coral reefs, deforestation… North-spread of diseases e.g. malaria, bilharzias, TBE… Self-protection i.e. pandemics, terrorism, geopolitical... New green deal…