Transcript WRAP New Corporate_PPT_2013

WRAP conference
18 November 2014
Dr Liz Goodwin
Chief Executive Officer
WRAP
Imagine a world in which:
• Householder product returns costs UK businesses at least £400
million per year.
• 500kg of gold lost each year in UK WEEE recycling processes.
• The value of UK household products that could be traded-in
and re-used is over £3 billion.
• Trade-in business models could contribute £1 billion to GDP in
the United Kingdom.
This is a business opportunity
Today is about the action we can take
Turning words and ideas into action
“An example”, he said, “is a bell calling
many to church.”
Rajendra Pachauri, Director General - IPCC
Today’s challenge:
• How do we make our own
businesses more resilient in the
face of insecure resource
supplies?
• How we can develop products
and services which use fewer
resources?
True or false
A downloaded version of a video game has a
lower carbon footprint than a physical copy.
False!
Image source: http://www.inc.com/best-industries-2010/video-game-self-publishing-industry.html
Textiles
• Global fibre consumption is expected to reach 96.4
million tonnes by 2020.
• 43% of EU clothing fibre is cotton. Cotton has one of
the largest water footprints of any crop.
• More than half of the items we throw away have more than half their
useful life left in them.
• Our wardrobes hold clothing worth £30 billion that hasn’t been used
for more than a year.
• 58% of 16-24 year olds own unworn items as no longer fit their style or
taste.
Sustainable Clothing Action Plan (SCAP)
Agreement already 61 signatories and supporters (to date). These
account for putting 45% of clothing onto the market, by volume and
value.
SCAP 2020 targets:

15% reduction in carbon footprint, water footprint and waste to landfill

3.5% reduction in waste arising over the whole product life-cycle
Imagine a world in which:
• Householder product returns costs UK businesses at least £400
million per year.
• 500kg of gold lost each year in UK WEEE recycling processes.
• Value of UK household products that could be traded-in and re-used
is over £3 billion.
• Trade-in business models could contribute £1 billion to GDP in the
United Kingdom.
Imagine a world in which:
• Householder product returns costs UK businesses at least £400
million per year.
• 500kg of gold lost each year in UK WEEE recycling processes.
• Value of UK household products that could be traded-in and re-used
is over £3 billion.
• Trade-in business models could contribute £1 billion to GDP in the
United Kingdom.
Facts from the electricals sector:
• Householder product returns costs UK businesses at least £400
million per year.
• 500kg of gold lost each year in UK WEEE recycling processes.
• Value of UK household products that could be traded-in and re-used
is over £3 billion.
• Trade-in business models could contribute £1 billion to GDP in the
United Kingdom.
A selection of our
esap signatories:
Electrical and Electronic Equipment Sustainability Action Plan
Food
• The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation estimated that in 2011
roughly one-third of all food produced ended up as waste, worth $750
billion.
• By 2050, demand for food will have increased by around 60%,
creating a challenge for food security.
• There is the potential to reduce food waste levels in the UK by 2
million tonnes by 2025 – this could offset around 60-70% of the
additional food needed in the UK for our growing population.
• WRAP’s new ‘Courtauld 2025’ agreement, due to start in 2016, has
goals to reduce carbon, water and waste reduction.
Building WRAP’s business resilience
It is unsustainable to plan for the future
as we operated in the past.
We begin… TODAY
Image source: http://www.prosperouscoachblog.com/resilience/
Baroness Scott of
Needham Market
The Electrical and
Electronic Equipment
Sustainability Action
Plan (esap)
LG Video
iFixit video
Refreshment break
Panel debate and Q&A
James Murray, Editor
Business Green
Networking lunch
and close