In Search of Sustainable Materials: Accelerating the Transition to Healthy Products - LEGO IKEA Carlsberg Novozymes panel

TIM BROOKS VICE PRESIDENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY, LEGO

SIMON HOFFMEYER BOAS DIRECTOR, CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS & CSR

JONAS ENGBERG SUSTAINABILITY MANAGER, IKEA

CLAUS STIG PEDERSEN HEAD OF CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY, NOVOZYMES

KATHRYN SHERIDAN CEO & FOUNDERSUSTAINABILITY CONSULT

PANEL: IN SEARCH OF SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS - ACCELERATING THE TRANSITION TO HEALTHY PRODUCTS, SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 11.30-12.30

MODERATOR:

SOFUS MIDTGAARD M A N AG I N G PA RT N E R , L E A D E R L A B & N O R D I C L E A D , L A U N C H

50% of emissions About half of the total IKEA carbon emissions – 15 mio. tons – are originating from the raw materials used.

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18 football fields Every minute the equivalent to 18 football fields of woods are lost due to deforestation.

300.000.000 Global Plastic Production is now 300.000.000 tons per year. That’s enough plastic to wrap up Denmark in plastic film every day of the year.

Only 1% of plastic is bio-based Only 1 percent of all plastics produced in society today are bio-based plastics – this out of a total global plastic production of 9 tones pr. second!

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750 mio. 750 mio. people do not have access to fresh drinking water. Farming, dyeing and manufacturing of materials are all water intensive processes.

Hazardous chemical Refining and manufacturing materials for our everyday products are still based on hazardous substances.

TIM BROOKS VICE PRESIDENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY, LEGO

SIMON HOFFMEYER BOAS DIRECTOR, CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS & CSR

JONAS ENGBERG SUSTAINABILITY MANAGER, IKEA

CLAUS STIG PEDERSEN HEAD OF CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY, NOVOZYMES

KATHRYN SHERIDAN CEO & FOUNDERSUSTAINABILITY CONSULT

PANEL: IN SEARCH OF SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS - ACCELERATING THE TRANSITION TO HEALTHY PRODUCTS