Model Behavior: Exploring Business Model Innovation for Sustainability

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What is business model innovation? How does it impact sustainability? Which models are disrupting industries, beyond car sharing and distributed energy? A new research report, Model Behavior: 20 Business Model Innovations for Sustainability, released by SustainAbility earlier this year, brings clarity to this oft-hyped space and identifies and analyzes 20 emerging business model innovations that are having a positive social or environmental impact. Mark Lee, Executive Director of SustainAbility, and Lindsay Clinton, Senior Manager in SustainAbility's New York office, who led and co-authored the research, will host this webinar to share research findings and engage in a discussion about business model innovation.

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sustainability.com London | New York | Oakland

Sustainable Brands Webinar March 12, 2014

Business Model Innovation for Sustainability

Confidential and Proprietary This presentation has been produced for Sustainable Brands only.

Introduction

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Welcome from SustainAbility

SUMMARY SLIDES MODEL BEHAVIOR INTRODUCTION

Lindsay Clinton Senior Manager, SustainAbility Co-author Model Behavior

Mark Lee Executive Director, SustainAbility

Model Behavior explores the role and practice of business model innovation in the context of sustainability.

-  Over 100 companies reviewed

-  More than 80 examples of business model innovation

-  5 areas of innovation

-  20 distinct business models

The report offers a closer look at what’s occurring in each of these models to produce more sustainable outcomes.

www.sustainability.com/model-behavior

Introduction

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Model Behavior

SUMMARY SLIDES MODEL BEHAVIOR INTRODUCTION

20 Business Model Innovations for Sustainability

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Structures to create, deliver and capture value

Source: Alex Osterwalder’s Business Model Canvas.

SUMMARY SLIDES MODEL BEHAVIOR INTRODUCTION

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Framework: Innovating for sustainability SUMMARY SLIDES MODEL BEHAVIOR INTRODUCTION

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The 20 Models SUMMARY SLIDES MODEL BEHAVIOR THE 20 MODELS

Environmental Impact

§  Closed Loop Production §  Physical to Virtual §  Produce on Demand §  Rematerialization

Social Innovation

§  Buy One, Give One §  Cooperative Ownership §  Inclusive Sourcing

Base of Pyramid

§  Building a Marketplace §  Differential Pricing §  Microfinance §  Micro-Franchise

Diverse Impact

§  Alternative Marketplace §  Behavior Change §  Product as a Service §  Shared Resource

Financing Innovation

§  Crowdfunding §  Freemium §  Innovative Product

Financing §  Pay for Success §  Subscription Model

Key Takeaways from the Research

Every exchange in a value chain provides opportunities for innovation and impact.

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Takeaway 01 SUMMARY SLIDES MODEL BEHAVIOR KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THE RESEARCH

By identifying and analyzing the points of exchange, an established business can find areas of promise for business model innovation.

Companies that have demonstrated a business model innovation have often done so by shifting incentives in the value chain.

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Takeaway 02 SUMMARY SLIDES MODEL BEHAVIOR KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THE RESEARCH

When a business understands what each stakeholder wants or needs and responds creatively, or perhaps even radically, business model innovation begins to take shape.

The largest companies tend not to be the source of new models, but they can help evolve and scale them.

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Takeaway 03 SUMMARY SLIDES MODEL BEHAVIOR KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THE RESEARCH

Larger companies can help to bring new models to maturity. through acquisition or mutually-beneficial partnerships, or the adoption of new ideas into a given industry.

Business model innovation doesn’t happen in a vacuum.

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Takeaway 04 SUMMARY SLIDES MODEL BEHAVIOR KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THE RESEARCH

We must recognize how any model - sustainable or not - is dependent on surrounding conditions, and that new models are often enabled by, or arise organically from, changes in those conditions.

Models with the Most Promise

SUMMARY SLIDES MODEL BEHAVIOR MODELS WITH THE MOST PROMISE

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Closed-Loop Production

Closed Loop Production:

The material used to create a product is continually recycled through the production system.

Spotlight: Novelis

Novelis aims to develop an almost entirely closed-loop business model by sourcing more recycled aluminum, coordinating post-production scrap take back, arranging end-of-life product takeback, and building more of its own recycling operations and processing facilities.

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SUMMARY SLIDES MODEL BEHAVIOR MODELS WITH THE MOST PROMISE

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Product as a Service

Product as a Service:

Consumers pay for the service a product provides without the responsibility of repairing, replacing or disposing of it.

Spotlight: Rolls Royce plc

Rolls Royce handles service and maintenance of the products it manufactures; rather than charging per transaction, the company uses a model focused on achieving outcomes for each customer.

SUMMARY SLIDES MODEL BEHAVIOR MODELS WITH THE MOST PROMISE

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Inclusive Sourcing

Inclusive Sourcing:

Retooling the supply chain to make a company more inclusive, focusing on supporting the farmer or producer providing the product, not just the volume of the product sourced.

Spotlight: Walmart

For several years, Walmart has sourced more food directly from farmers, cutting out middlemen and enabling some farmers to boost their income. In some countries, this has meant fresher, more local produce.

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SUMMARY SLIDES MODEL BEHAVIOR MODELS WITH THE MOST PROMISE

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Alternative Marketplace

Alternative Marketplace:

When a company circumvents a traditional method of transaction or invents a new type of transaction to unleash untapped value.

Spotlight: ITC e-Choupal:

This rural agribusiness arm of the Indian conglomerate ITC provides Internet access and market pricing information that can boost farmers’ earnings and eliminate middlemen.

Lindsay Clinton SustainAbility

clinton@sustainability.com Twitter: @lindsclint

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