Paul Turner Deputy Chair, London Sustainable Development Commission (LSDC) & Sustainable Business Director for the Lloyds Banking Group City Hall, Queen’s Walk, London SE1 2AA |
2 London’s challenges – and opportunities Over 8.4m people, set to grow to 10m by 2040s 3.9 million households 432,000 businesses GVA 22.2% of UK - grew by 4.0% in 2013 Size of the economy £338.4 billion 5.6m jobs up 1.5% since last quarter In context of some international uncertainty London likely to outperform UK growth in 2014 and
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By 2050 … very little waste will require disposal, the estimated economic benefits of accelerating London’s move to a circular economy include: reduced costs of up to £5billion from 2016 to 2050 a new economic sector bringing new employment opportunities and sparking innovation the increased ability of industry to hedge its exposure to global commodity price volatility and supply disruption by reusing waste materials reduced toxic waste reduced wider impacts, for example on transport
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18 Support for a vehicle to operate between energy producers, suppliers and consumers in order to coordinate and bring forward finance for those elements of low risk schemes that fail to achieve commercial rates of return during their early build-out stages City Hall, Queen’s Walk, London SE1 2AA |
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