Hampton Roads Sustainable Living ExpoExploring the balance between social, economic, and environmental responsibility

Virginia Beach Convention CenterSeptember 28‐29, 2012

Hansen Family Foundation

Sustainability is:

Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Economic

EnvironmentalSocial

Sustainability

• empowerment• Inclusion/consultation• Institutions/governance

• Resilience / biodiversity• natural resources• pollution

• growth• efficiency• stability

36th Largest Metropolitan area in the country

Number of USGBC LEED Buildings in Hampton Roads in 2004 (1)

Number of USGBC LEED Buildings in Hampton Roads in 2005 (3)

Number of USGBC LEED Buildings in Hampton Roads in 2012 (178)

Executive Summary Climate change is a national security challenge with strategic implications for the Navy.  Climate change will lead to increased tensions in nations with weak economies and political institutions. While climate change alone is not likely to lead to future conflict, it may be a contributing factor.  Climate change is affecting, and will continue to affect, U.S. military installations and access to natural resources worldwide. It will affect the type, scope, and location of future Navy missions.

Raytheon Recognized in Newsweek's "Green Rankings"Newsweek noted Raytheon's strong overall performance in its annual "Green Rankings" for the second consecutive year. Teaming with two external research organizations, the publication evaluated Raytheon and ranked it 6th in the U.S. and 13th in the world in the capital goods industry sector. Newsweek's environmental rankings are based on criteria that compares actual environmental footprint, environmental management (including policies, programs and initiatives) and reporting practices.

Raytheon Recognized in Newsweek's "Green Rankings"Newsweek noted Raytheon's strong overall performance in its annual "Green Rankings" for the second consecutive year. Teaming with two external research organizations, the publication evaluated Raytheon and ranked it 6th in the U.S. and 13th in the world in the capital goods industry sector. Newsweek's environmental rankings are based on criteria that compares actual environmental footprint, environmental management (including policies, programs and initiatives) and reporting practices.

Unilever’s Lipton Tea Facility in Suffolk, Virginia Achieves Zero‐Landfill Goal

Unilever’s Lipton Tea Facility in Suffolk, Virginia Achieves Zero‐Landfill Goal

3 Billion people in 1960 7 Billion people in 2011

9+ Billion people by 2050

If we aren’t talking about sustainability, then people assume it must not be important.

Educated consumers make better customers.

Take NEWSWEEK’s Green Rankings, for example: companies that ranked in the top 100 of the 2009 ranking, weighted equally, outperformed the S&P 500 by 4.8 percent over the last two years. These companies are collectively up 15.2 percent, compared to 10.4 percent for the S&P 500. The case gets even stronger when you look for undervalued companies using an analysis of financial metrics, as Value Line performed for us recently. Looking at 30 of the financially strongest of NEWSWEEK’s top 100 finds a two‐year return of 24.1 percent, outperforming the S&P by 14 percent.

We are at the tipping point.

“The ISC is excited to support the Hampton Roads Sustainable Living Expo. Sustainability is critical to the future success of businesses and this historic event and its vision for impacting the area will continue to provide leadership to the area as well as for the rest of the country. The event will be a valuable opportunity for families to benefit from the power of sustainability and businesses to connect and engage with its consumers.”

- Terry Cecil, President & CEO, International Sponsor Council (ISC)

Educated consumers make better customers.

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Hansen Family Foundation

Hampton Roads Sustainable Living ExpoExploring the balance between social, economic, and environmental responsibility

Virginia Beach Convention CenterSeptember 28‐29, 2012

Hansen Family Foundation