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Blekinge Inst. of Tech.

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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

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The Real Change founding partners

Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH)

Lund Institute of Technology (LTH)

The Natural Step International (TNSI)

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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)

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Individuals Groups

Systems thinking

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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

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So, what’s the problem?

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Reductionism

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Structuredoverview

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Backcasting!

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Sustainable Vision

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Sounds complicated but is the opposite!

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Just ask three magic questions:

Do you have a definition of sustainability?

What is your gap?

How do you bridge it?

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From System: Society in Biosphere…

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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

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IKEA ElectroluxScandic Hilton Sv. McDonalds…

From action in some Swedish business…

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...to spread to 11 countries...

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Blekinge Inst. of Tech.

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SuppliersClientsStakeholder dialogues

…to value chains…

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Hydro Polymers

• Concentrations of substances

• Physical encroaching

• Erosion of trust

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Sustainability Evaluation of PVC using TNS Framework

Addressed by a leading environmental authority in the UK and chaired by J Porritt of the PVC Coordination Group

Forum for the Future – licensee of TNS Framework in the UK

What would it take to make PVC fully sustainable?

2020 Vision Exercise - Involving 36 stakeholders at Tesco

headquarters, UK

Report Produced in July 2000- Based on TNS methodology- Interviews with Industry and Greenpeace- Identifies 5 key sustainability challenges

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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

Co-creation of distance learning- throughout value chain -

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Distance learning, 10 credits FSSD

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Strategic Partnerships The Natural Step ©, 2009

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Present

Future

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AgricultureForestryEnergyTrafficMaterials…

…to sectors…

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- The ”Clinical conference” -

… to municipalities and cities…

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Time

ÖvertorneåSEKO (70 local gov’s)WhistlerCalgaryFCMPortlandAPAEU Round TableChequamegon BayMadison W IPortsmouth NHLawrence NJPittsburgh/VandergriftEvanston ILDuluth MNJefferson County WICorvallis ORDublin…

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WHISTLER2020 & The Natural Step Integrating Sustainability Across our Community

Aug. 30th,2007

Ken Melamed

Mayor,Resort Municipality of Whistler

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Creativity within Constraints

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“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 MelamedMayorWhistler, Canada

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ISO14001

Triple bottom line

Sustainable growthFaktor 4

Cleaner Production

Life Cycle

AnalysisZero

EmissionRenewables

RMA

Ecological Footprinting

Sustainability analysis

Ecoliteracy

Factor 10

Hannover Principles

CSR NaturalCapitalism

Miljömålen

EM

AS

EECA

LCA

Ecoeffici

encyAgenda

21

Sustainability

…to tools and concepts

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System Overview

© 2000 The Natural Step. All rights reserved.

Backcasting from principles(like chess)Organization X

ISO 14001IndicatorsLCAEcological footprintsFactor 10Zero EmissionNatural Capitalism…

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…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…

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Focusing pharmaceutics

Concentration-increases of substancesAntibiotics e.g. chinolones and hormones, Hg in vaccines,emissions e.g. dioxins, chemicals/metals for processing, transport, energy systems…Physical EncroachingTransport, infrastructure, waste…TrustLabor, supply chain…

Serving Society at largeFundamental 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…

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