GRE REEN ENING G YO YOUR UR BU BUSI SINES ESS George Owusu-Ansah Managing Director Unilever Ghana
“ “ If some companies and The good thing is that, next to our moral obligations to address the industries fail to adjust global challenges, it is also an to this new world, they ” enormou rmous s business iness will fail to exist Of the world’s 100 opportu rtunity nity. Sustainability isn’t largest economic just the right thing to do, it is entities, 63 are essential ential to drive e business ness corporations, not ” countries. Great grow owth. th. power creates great expectations - McKinsey Paul l Polma lman, n, Mark Carne ney Former Global CEO of Unilever and Economist Chairman of World Business Council for Sustainable Former Governor of the Bank of England Development (WBCSD)
Consumers are actively engaging with sustainability Kantar’s Global Sustainability Foundational Study - Fieldwork run 14-24 Feb 2020
Young People and Activism Driving Change Gen-Z Millennial and Gen Zs – anxious about the state of the environment They choose brands whose values align with their own. Numerous local climate activists: Waste or Create | The Green Ghanaian | Ghana Youth Environment Movement | Naa Ayeleysa Quaynor-Mettle
The Unilever Example: The 3 big goal als & commit mitments ents Unilever’s Commitments Help more than 1 billion people improve their health & wellbeing €1 billion Climate & Nature Fund Net zero emissions Halve environmental footprint from all our product life-cycle by 2039: of our products Deforestation-free supply chain by 2023 Focus: Greenhouse gases, water, waste and sustainable sourcing Empower a new generation of farmers and smallholders Regenerative Agriculture Code Enhance the livelihoods of for all our suppliers millions of people as we grow Make our product formulations biodegradable our business and implement 100 water stewardship programmes by 2030
Towards 100% Carbon Neutral by 2030- Exam ample les from m Unile lever ver Ghana ana Before After Delivers 1MW of power • Soari ring g electri tricity ty tariffs: • CAGR of 25% 25% 20% savings in energy cost • Decreas reasing g installation cost • 1,300t 00tons/annum reduction • of solar r -more attractive to in CO2 emissions invest 15-year PPA with a 3P – No • Solar PV provides a good • start-up cost for Unilever substitute over fossil fuel and free of CO2 emission on Job creati tion on - local • company, 25 people, 5- month work Climate Change Advocacy
Towards 100% Carbon Neutral by 2030- Exam ample les from m Unile lever ver Ghana ana Before After Biomass Plant Carbon neutral journey Savings of €1m on energy • cost Heat generation by • Two years pay back on burning fossil fuel • investment Generated 11,000tons • 99.9% efficient particle • CO2 emissions filtration - significantly below EPA requirement 70% reduction in CO2 • emissions.
Towards 100% Carbon Neutral by 2030- Green ening ing the Valu lue e Cha hain in Carbon neutral journey Palm Kernel Shells ( waste Product) Solar Power Generation Biomass Boiler RSPO Palm Tree Fields Environmentally friendly Crude Palm Oil packaging
Tow owards ards 10 100% 0% Ca Carbon on Ne Neutr utral al by 20 2030 30- Pla lastic ic Sustaina ainabi bilit lity y Our Commitment Getting it done WINNING WITH PARTNERSHIP ALL OUR PLASTIC Better PACKAGING WILL BE Plastics REUSABLE, RECYCLABLE 33% Less packaging OR COMPOSTABLE 20% Cheaper than current WE WILL REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF VIRGIN No Less PLASTIC IN OUR Plastics Plastics PACKAGING BY 50% 25tons Re-fillables • Reduction exit rate pilots WE WILL HELP COLLECT & PROCESS MORE PLASTIC THAN Plastic Reduction WE SELL Employee CAMPAIGNs 9
02 02 03 03 01 01 People have industry- Environment already People are demanding specific concerns under stress – likely that companies step around sustainability; more so post COVID up and lead and they need help in turning their values and beliefs into action Getting Ge ting it it do done ne Innova vatio tion n and Embrace ace and Coll llaboratio aboration n Investme stment t Empow ower er the Yo Youth h
“If you really think that the environment is less impor orta tant t than an the economy my, , try holding ing your breath ath while you count your money.” — Guy McPherson son Profess ssor r emerit ritus s of natural al resou ourc rces es and ecology ogy and evolut ution onary ary biolog logy y at the University rsity of Arizon ona “These challenges of inequality and climate change are not things gs we are going ng to be able to tackl kle alone. . We need busines iness, s, governm rnment, ent, civil society ety and citizen zens s to come toget ether her to represen resent t the change ge that we need.” — Alan Jope Unile lever er Global al CEO
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