TSA Leadership as if the Future Matters David Savage

March 17, 2014

Sustainability Resources Ltd.

Calgary AB

Leadership as if the Future Matters:

Next Steps for Corporations

Why does the Future Matter?

What are the qualities of a Leader?

What is Sustainability?

Why might a leader care about sustainability?

What would a leader that cares about the future do?

Leadership as if the Future Matters

Assuming we all hope to have a

healthy economic, environmental and

social future life then lets together

design how we are and what we do

today to create that.

We are not separate.

We are one.

We are one with our past and our future.

Where are we now?

2012:

“of our 16 Board of Governors, all but 4 would leave the room if you use the “S” word.”

Many green projects, some sustainability reports,….but… its viewed as a cost.

Somehow we pretend that environmental protection is sustainability. It is only a part.


Regulation & Risk

Stakeholder Pressure: Notion that, companies are widely

perceived to be prospering at the expense of the broader

community.

Climate change: Doesn’t matter if you believe in it or not,

governments do and that means regulatory change. General

public also does, again stakeholder pressure

Risk Management: Plain and simple for many companies, act

now or get pushed out of the market

Reporting Side – Value Chain: Reporting standards changing –

GRI G4. Still voluntary, but the trend is emerging that this might

change. Again stakeholder pressure driving this

Why are companies adopting sustainability frameworks into their business models

Opportunity

Innovation: Employees are challenged to change the

way they think. Innovation has led to competitive

advantage in many scenarios. First mover advantage

Competitive Advantage: If we change our process, we

become more efficient and less wasteful

Cost of Capital: Deutsche Bank argues, from research,

the cost of capital is lower for sustainable companies.

Also increased ability to raise equity and debt


Oil and Gas

Stakeholder Pressure: Oil sands, whipping boy of mining.

Negative image hurts entire oil and gas industry

Market Access: Better environmental performance is necessary to enable Canada’s oil and gas sector to

compete globally and earn social license…

Social License to Operate: Enabler for growth. Gets

people on their side

Attracting the Best New Leaders There is a global

attraction to Canada for the best from around the

globe.

Regulation

Innovation




TSA Leaders in Sustainability Forum

A quarterly small group roundtable of executives

Survey of January 2014 participants,

Rate Your Org on its 2014 Sustainability Program

Excellent 0%,

Good 0%,

In Development 50%,

Thinking about it 50%

Next :April 11 Calgary on the Building Blocks of Sustainability


Of those that are developing a sustainability program in 2014,

these are the next steps they plan;

Benchmark ourselves,

change how we evaluate our projects/ operations,

improve our communications,

educate/ engage our employees, and

develop guidelines and policies


TSA Team

David Savage: TSA founder, director, coach,

organizational and leadership development

Steve Speer: TSA founder, creative director,

design lead, print, interactive and web

Dr. Irene Herremans: student liaison, sustainability

specialist, international liaison

Bob Johnson: executive and team coach, leadership

and performance evaluation

Paula Arab: writer, planning, communications

Matthew Toohey: evaluations specialist and strategic

planning

www.thinksustainability.ca

Old Business Paradigm:

quarterly reports…

short term economics on capital projects….

Corporate cultures that see people and resources only as

inputs.

“Us” vs. “them” attitudes

I don’t have time to ….

We are not responsible….


New Paradigm:

See the bigger opportunities and challenges

Recognize the impact on our environment, our communities and our economics long term. We can no longer see ourselves as separate. We can no longer see the impacts of our corporations as separate.

Capture the opportunity of Sustainability into how we do our business every day.

These leaders and corporations will outperform those that don’t.

Those that don’t will continue to see communities, the environment and long term economic health as challenges.


Review:

Why does the Future Matter?

What are the qualities of that Leader?

What would a leader that cares about the

future do (next steps)?

What do you choose?


The Future does Matter! Its going to come, how do we want to

experience the future?

Now Let’s Lead! From inside corporations, communities and

government.
