What are our benchmarks? From Strabag to the Eden Project John J. Aston managing director astoneco management Bucharest, 15 th May 2012
Context Challenges/Opportunities Co-implementing projects for sustainable results Crisis from Greek krisis 'decision’ linked to Change
Context Challenges/Opportunities Co-implementing projects for sustainable results Change what?
Context Challenges/Opportunities Co-implementing projects for sustainable results
Context Challenges/Opportunities Co-implementing projects for sustainable results Max. sustainability Min. sustainability Sustainability zone
Context Challenges/Opportunities Co-implementing projects for sustainable results Economic Technical Environment Public Max. Min. Sustainability zone
Context Challenges/Opportunities Co-implementing projects for sustainable results source: One approach – the Strabag way…
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Context Challenges/Opportunities Co-implementing projects for sustainable results “We strive for the highest standards: we constantly develop our technologies further and use innovative methods and techniques. Along the way, we continuously monitor our actions, question our processes and attempt to make these more effective. We lead by example.” source:
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Context Challenges/Opportunities Co-implementing projects for sustainable results source: Google Maps
Context Challenges/Opportunities Co-implementing projects for sustainable results source: Google Maps
Context Challenges/Opportunities Co-implementing projects for sustainable results source: Google Maps
Context Challenges/Opportunities Co-implementing projects for sustainable results
Context Challenges/Opportunities Co-implementing projects for sustainable results
Solutions Co-implementing projects for sustainable results If wrong seems possible today, and is accepted, it becomes reality. Who does this help?
Context Challenges/Opportunities Co-implementing projects for sustainable results “This is being done by our local filial in Romania and it is not our responsibility”. source: Strabag Corporate Representative, August 2011 For more details on this case – please see or and click the link to a pdf of the case study.
Context Challenges/Opportunities Co-implementing projects for sustainable results
Context Challenges/Opportunities Co-implementing projects for sustainable results
Context Challenges/Opportunities Co-implementing projects for sustainable results The STRABAG commitment: We are aware of our social responsibility. For this reason, we support selected humanitarian and cultural organisations: Salzburg native Gustav Kuhn found his second home in the small Tyrolean village of Erl, which lies about halfway between Kufstein and Rosenheim. Erl was already famous for its traditional passion plays before Kuhn founded the Tiroler Festspiele Erl, a festival of the performing arts, in For the past decade, music lovers from all over the world have been flocking to this little stronghold of festival culture. For more information, visit They are at the mercy of disease, violence and abuse: children of all ages, searching for safety and shelter. CONCORDIA has found a way to help the children living on the streets of Romania and Moldova. Every day, CONCORDIA street workers do their job – stilling the worst hunger and dressing the wounds. They see people in need and they help. Many street children find a new home at CONCORDIA. For more information, visit source: SE-The STRABAG commitment
Solutions Co-implementing projects for sustainable results
Solutions Co-implementing projects for sustainable results Transparency and Accountability
Solutions Co-implementing projects for sustainable results To whom?
Solutions Co-implementing projects for sustainable results By whom?
Solutions Co-implementing projects for sustainable results How?
Solutions ISO26000 UN Global Compact Equator Principles Legislation Good business practice Stock exchange rules Co-implementing projects for sustainable results GRI Reporting AA1000 due diligence Corporate standards EU Directives International conventions Professional Integrity?
Solutions Co-implementing projects for sustainable results Awareness of the impacts of our decisions….
Solutions Co-implementing projects for sustainable results Connected thinking?
Solutions Co-implementing projects for sustainable results Another approach – the Eden way…
Solutions Co-implementing projects for sustainable results source: See watch?v=pO44zejAXcI - the first 1mins45secs are on the Eden Project. watch?v=pO44zejAXcI
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Solutions Co-implementing projects for sustainable results For initial construction see
Solutions Co-implementing projects for sustainable results Partnership Awareness of linked responsibilities Connected visions and missions
Results Co-implementing projects for sustainable results
Results Co-implementing projects for sustainable results
Results
Co-implementing projects for sustainable results
Results Co-implementing projects for sustainable results …what counts Report….
Results Co-implementing projects for sustainable results CSR? Company’sResponsibility Stakeholdersto forthe Company’s actions
Lessons learnt Clarify from the very beginning what type of company you are, Include all internal stakeholders, Link all CSR activities to value protection and creation, If you want to protect the community you impact – do it with the community as the lead, and you as a partner, Benchmark against internationally recognised standards, Capacity build capacity build capacity build, Resource SR as any other core business. Co-implementing projects for sustainable results
Lessons learnt? “For us, preserving nature applies not only during construction itself, but starts with the beginning of the value chain…” Co-implementing projects for sustainable results nt.nsf/web/EN-STRABAG.COM- gutesbeispiel.html#?men1=5&men2=3&sid=535&h=63
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