1. The Sustainability Professional Become to Take EHS to the The Sustainability Professional Hector R Rodriguez, CIH, CSP Director, Global EHS & Sustainability Biogen Idec

3. Challenges of this Definition Does not address resource consumption issues, nor the distinction between renewable resources and non-renewable resources. Does not really answer the question of what sustainability means and also leaves it to our imagination to determine which “needs” are legitimate and which ones are not. 2 Part I - What is Sustainability? Traditional Definition Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. 1 Philosophically, Sustainability could be thought of as the goal and Sustainable Development one of the requirements needed to achieve it… 1. “Our Common Future.” World Commission on Environment and Development . Aug. 1987. 2. “Re-Casting the Triple Bottom Line.” Center for Sustainable Innovation. Jun. 2007

7. This is the capitals-based theory of sustainability, the foundation for most of what passes for mainstream practice in Sustainability Management. Vital Capitals and Well-Being Economic Capital Social Capital Environmental Capital Available flows of beneficial goods and services Appropriated by individuals and collectives Resulting in levels of individual and collective well-being CAPITAL FLOWS

12. What is then Sustainability? 5. McElroy, M. Social Footprints – Measuring the Social Sustainability Performance of Organizations. Dissertation, 2008 The Sustainability Professional studies and manages the impacts of an organizations’ activities on the quality and sufficiency of vital capitals wherever it operates, as required to ensure human well-being. Sustainability is the subject of a social or management science that studies and manages the impacts of human activity on the quality and sufficiency of vital capitals in the world, as required to ensure human well-being . 5

13. Part II - What is Sustainability Management (SM)? Sustainability Management Enterprise Orientation Social Benevolence Eco-efficiency Triple Bottom-Line Context Based Orientation Life Cycle Orientation Environmental Capital Economic Capital Social Capital LCA’s of Products and Services Environmental Capital Social Capital Refresher: to achieve Sustainability, SM must address all three vital capitals

20. Here’s the Company X performance with context missing Context-Based vs. Context-Free Example

21. Sustainability Threshold (performance above threshold is unsustainable) Here’s the Company X performance with context added Context-Based vs. Context-Free Example (cont.)

24. Profit Margin Profit Margin Infrastructure Human Resource Management Technology Development Procurement Inbound Logistics Operations Outbound Logistics Marketing & Sales Service Support Activities Primary Activities Education and job training Diversity and discrimination Philanthropy Work-Life Balance Transportation impacts Pricing practices Marketing practices Product Safety Transparency Lobbying Tax Planning Stakeholder Alliances Supply chain practices Utilization of natural resources Trading Practices Commerce Impacts Emissions and waste Energy and water usage Worker safety and labor relations Hazardous materials Packaging use Transportation impacts Customer Assistance Quality of Life Relationships with universities Ethical research practices Conservation of raw materials Recycling Assessing Vital Capital Impacts – Value Chain 10 10. Porter, M. E., “Strategy & Society.” Harvard Business Review, Dec. 2006

25. Prioritizing Initiatives - Materiality Assessment 11 11. Global Reporting Initiative. Sustainability Reporting Guidelines. Amsterdam: 2006.

26. Implications for the EHS Professional Implications for the EHS Professional Leveraging Sustainability Part IV

29. Recent Presentation by EHS Professional… 12 Bruce A. Karas, MS, CIH, CSP, ROH Director, Sustainability, Environmental and Safety

30. Yet Another… 13 David Eherts Ph.D. VP and Chief Safety Officer

31. Gretchen Digby Senior Manager, Safety Engineering And Yet Another… 14

33. If appropriate , and depending on specific responsibilities and available resources, we should accept responsibility for driving Sustainability throughout our organizations. As shown above, EHS professionals have as much at stake in Sustainability Management as any other , and we’ve also proven to have the ability to take ownership of the program and drive it to success. We will however have to show the desire to learn new fields, the open-mindedness to accept new perspectives on traditional issues , and the passion to drive change. What to do?

34. Summary and Conclusion Sustainability is defined as that subject of management science that studies the impacts of human activity on the quality and sufficiency of vital capitals in the world as required to ensure human well-being. The Sustainability Professional studies and manages the impacts of corporate activities on the quality and sufficiency of vital capitals wherever it operates. The EHS professional, because of organizational positioning and experience in managing environmental and social capitals, is in prime position to gain responsibility and accountability for designing and implementing the organizations’ Sustainability strategy. The associated increased visibility and potential linkages to business drivers could drive both safety performance and career growth.