1. Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE-371 79 Karlskrona +46 455 38 50 00 www.bth.se/eng 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

2. Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE-371 79 Karlskrona +46 455 38 50 00 www.bth.se/eng The Real Change founding partners Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH) Lund Institute of Technology (LTH) The Natural Step International (TNSI)

3. Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE-371 79 Karlskrona +46 455 38 50 00 www.bth.se/eng 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)

4. Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE-371 79 Karlskrona +46 455 38 50 00 www.bth.se/eng Copyright © 2004 The Natural Step  Individuals  Groups Systems thinking

5. Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE-371 79 Karlskrona +46 455 38 50 00 www.bth.se/eng 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

6. Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE-371 79 Karlskrona +46 455 38 50 00 www.bth.se/eng Copyright © 2004 The Natural Step So, what’s the problem?

7. Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE-371 79 Karlskrona +46 455 38 50 00 www.bth.se/eng Copyright © 2004 The Natural Step Reductionism

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9. Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE-371 79 Karlskrona +46 455 38 50 00 www.bth.se/eng ? ? ?

10. Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE-371 79 Karlskrona +46 455 38 50 00 www.bth.se/eng Copyright © 2004 The Natural Step Structured overview

11. Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE-371 79 Karlskrona +46 455 38 50 00 www.bth.se/eng Backcasting!

12. Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE-371 79 Karlskrona +46 455 38 50 00 www.bth.se/eng Sustainable Vision

13. Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE-371 79 Karlskrona +46 455 38 50 00 www.bth.se/eng Sounds complicated but is the opposite!

14. Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE-371 79 Karlskrona +46 455 38 50 00 www.bth.se/eng Just ask three magic questions:  Do you have a definition of sustainability?  What is your gap?  How do you bridge it?

15. Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE-371 79 Karlskrona +46 455 38 50 00 www.bth.se/eng From System: Society in Biosphere…

16. Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE-371 79 Karlskrona +46 455 38 50 00 www.bth.se/eng 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

17. Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE-371 79 Karlskrona +46 455 38 50 00 www.bth.se/eng IKEA Electrolux Scandic Hilton Sv. McDonalds … From action in some Swedish business…

18. Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE-371 79 Karlskrona +46 455 38 50 00 www.bth.se/eng...to spread to 11 countries...

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20. Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE-371 79 Karlskrona +46 455 38 50 00 www.bth.se/eng Suppliers Clients Stakeholder dialogues …to value chains…

21. Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE-371 79 Karlskrona +46 455 38 50 00 www.bth.se/eng Hydro Polymers Concentrations of substances Physical encroaching Erosion of trust

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23. Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE-371 79 Karlskrona +46 455 38 50 00 www.bth.se/eng  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

24. Co-creation of distance learning - throughout value chain -

25. Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE-371 79 Karlskrona +46 455 38 50 00 www.bth.se/eng Distance learning, 10 credits FSSD

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27. Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE-371 79 Karlskrona +46 455 38 50 00 www.bth.se/eng Strategic Partnerships The Natural Step ©, 2009

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29. Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE-371 79 Karlskrona +46 455 38 50 00 www.bth.se/eng Agriculture Forestry Energy Traffic Materials … …to sectors…

30. Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE-371 79 Karlskrona +46 455 38 50 00 www.bth.se/eng - The ”Clinical conference” - … to municipalities and cities…

31. Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE-371 79 Karlskrona +46 455 38 50 00 www.bth.se/eng 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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34. Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE-371 79 Karlskrona +46 455 38 50 00 www.bth.se/eng “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

35. Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE-371 79 Karlskrona +46 455 38 50 00 www.bth.se/eng 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

36. Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE-371 79 Karlskrona +46 455 38 50 00 www.bth.se/eng Organization X ISO 14001 Indicators LCA Ecological footprints Factor 10 Zero Emission Natural Capitalism …

37. Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE-371 79 Karlskrona +46 455 38 50 00 www.bth.se/eng …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…

38. Blekinge Inst. of Tech. SE-371 79 Karlskrona +46 455 38 50 00 www.bth.se/eng 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…