1. Sustainability: What’s Your Green Footprint
Laura Rourke, P.Eng., C.R.S.P.
EMC
March 2010

2. Sustainability: An Evolution
Early scandals in textile industry raised awareness of production methods around the world and the purchasing power of the consumer
Supplier reporting requirements began with an environmental focus stemming from increased environmental consciousness of consumers

3. Sustainability: An Evolution
Sustainability now encompasses the economic, social and environmental performance of the business
Customers increasingly want to know about the cradle to grave impact of products
Upstream
Owned Operations
Downstream

4. Reporting Various mechanisms for reporting
Customer requests
Not For Profit multi-stakeholder organizations like GRI (Global Reporting Initiative)
Financial Reports
Industry stakeholder can drive reporting requirements to their benefit
Set the bar at their level, above competitors

5. Number of Reporters by Subsector: 1991-2006

7. Upstream Considerations
Where do your raw materials come from?
Environmentally friendly farming practices & packaging materials
Animal husbandry practices
Carbon footprint of shipping materials to the processing plants
Conflict metals
Seasonal workers: work conditions & compensation

8. Upstream Considerations
How does your company identify requirements of your suppliers and verify they are meeting these requirements
Reports
Audits
Spot checks
Consequences for non-conformance

9. Owned Operations Considerations
Environmental Management System
ISO 14001
Energy Efficiency & Carbon Footprint
Waste sent to landfill
Water use
Purchasing policies
Green purchasing

10. Owned Operations Considerations
Design for Environment
Reduce waste from manufacturing process
Recycled content
Conflict materials
Reduced packaging
Wellness/Health impact to consumer

11. Owned Operations Considerations
Labour
Safe work environment
Fair compensation
Human rights considerations
For owned and out-sourced partners
Community Impact

12. Downstream Considerations
Carbon Footprint to reach market
Eco-labelling
Waste packaging
Disposal of product once used

13. Third Party Certifications

14. Walmart Questionnaire

15. GRI Sustainability Reporting Guidelines – Food Processing Sector Reporting
Economic
Environmental
Illustrates:
Flow of capital among different stakeholders; &
Main economic impacts of the organization throughout society
Indicators
Economic Performance;
Market Presence; &
Indirect Economic Impacts
Materials
Energy
Water
Biodiversity
Emissions, Effluent & Waste
Products & Services
Compliance
Transport
Overall

16. GRI Sustainability Reporting Guidelines – Food Processing Sector Reporting
Product Responsibility
Labour Practices & Decent Work
Customer Health & Safety
Product Service Labelling
Marketing Communications
Customer Privacy
Compliance
Employment
Labour/Management Relations
Occupational Health & Safety
Training & Education
Diversity & Equal Opportunity

17. GRI Sustainability Reporting Guidelines – Food Processing Sector Reporting
Society
Animal Welfare
Community
Healthy & Affordable Food
Corruption
Public Policy
Anti-Competitive Behaviour
Compliance
Breeding & Genetics
Husbandry
Transport, Handling & Slaughter

18. GRI Categories – Food Processing Sector Reporting

19. GRI Categories – Food Processing Sector Reporting

20. GRI Categories – Food Processing Sector Reporting

21. Article in The Record – March 2010

22. Article in The Record – March 2010

23. Motorola’s Renew – Cradle to Grave
Motorola's Renew cell phone made partly from recycled plastic water bottles
The green product trend is nothing new, but this is the first cell phone to portray itself as the most environmentally friendly option on the market. The Motorola Renew is a mass market phone that has been partly made out of recycled plastic water bottles, and is advertised as having a zero carbon footprint.

24. Motorola’s Renew – Cradle to Grave
The phone comes in packaging that is one-fifth smaller than standard Motorola packaging.
The packaging and manual are made from 100 per cent recycled materials and are recyclable too.
The Renew itself is recyclable and can be disassembled in nine seconds so the plastic and metal components are separated and dealt with appropriately. The phone comes with an envelope that you can use to send it, and whatever other phones you have sitting in your desk drawer, away for recycling.
Motorola also bought some carbon offsets to make up for the difference, when they couldn't cut any more emissions out of the phone's manufacture and sale.
“At some point there's a level where you can't reduce any further” Olson says. “This phone will pass anyone's ‘greenwash' test.”

25. Energy Design Considerations
Fujitsu Siemens debuts 'zero-watt' green PC
Fujitsu Siemens Computers plans to launch in the middle of this year an enterprise desktop that consumes no energy when switched off 3/2/2009 9:38:00 AM By: CDN staff

26. Industry Canada - ic.gc.ca Corporate Social Responsibility
Indicators, Measurements Reporting and Benchmarking
It is probably fair to characterize the existing situation with respect to this cluster of tools as being at a relatively early stage of development. Nonetheless, the tools can aid a business to enhance their performance on CSR across the planning, implementation, checking, and improvement facets of the management of their operations.
Some of the more salient tools that are available in this domain include:
Corporate Sustainability Reporting Toolkit
Global Reporting Initiative
CSR Assessment Tool (Conference Board of Canada in partnership with Imagine)
Canadian Business for Social Responsibility
Gaining Momentum - Corporate Sustainability Reporting in Canada (Stratos)
Stepping Forward: Corporate Sustainability Reporting in Canada (Stratos)
CSR InsightTM (Five Winds International)
Eco-efficiency Tools for Business (Industry Canada)