sustainability survey, sap belgium - june 2010
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How sustainable are Belgian entreprises? What do they consider as sustainable? What measures do they take to save on energy or natural resources? That is the scope of this study, organised by SAP Belgium.TRANSCRIPT
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Survey: How sustainable are Belgian companies?
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An active sustainability policy requires substantial investments
49%
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Sustainability is a matter of regulation
54%
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Sustainable entrepreneurship is indispensable due to the threatening
shortage of energy supplies
79%
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Sustainability is merely about preserving the environment
73%
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With a sustainability strategy my company is more attractive to
potential employees
67%
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Sustainability is a hype 57%
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Has sustainability ever been a topic of the board meeting in your company?
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Is someone in your organization (full-time or not) responsible for a sustainability policy?
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Motivation
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Specific measures to preserve the environment
Reduce paper usage
71,1%
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Specific measures to preserve the environment
Buying green power
36,9%
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Specific measures to preserve the environment
Buying/leasing eco-friendly cars
32,7%
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Specific measures to preserve the environment
Installing solar pannels
25,3%
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Eco-friendly lighting 80,70%
Reduce the stand-by power use of pc's / pc monitors 72,70%
Separate electricity meters for day and night consumption 59,90%
Eco-friendly heating 44,00%
Green IT 16,10%
Smart meters 13,60%
Specific measures to preserve the environment
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Do you measure the efficiency of what you do to reduce energy usage?
32,5%
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Do you measure your CO2 emissions?
6,5%
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Do you have a long term business plan?
65,3%
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Did you postpone sustainability measures due to the economic crisis?
30,2%
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(How) Do your customers impose sustainable measures from you?
Use of sustainable base materials 21,30%
Proximity (to reduce unnecessary transport) 19,10%
An appropriate HR policy 13,90%
No child labour 12,70%
No convictions related to environmental issues 8,90%
Other 2,60%
Our customers have never imposed such demands upon us 67,00%
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Sustainability Survey - Conclusions
Sustainability is not a priority for most Belgian companies.
There are some misconceptions regarding sustainability(e.g. it is only associated with the environment, it is regarded as a temporary phenomenon, etc.).
Many Belgian companies do substantial efforts to "save" the environment, but these efforts are usually not part of an all-round sustainability strategy and are rarely measured to check their efficiency.
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Founded in 2003 as a spin-off by the K.U.Leuven Projects for EU, local & federal government, media companies, IBBT, iCity... Carried out the eID survey for SAP in 2009
Representative selection of 650 Belgian companies of various sizes and activities
Sustainability Survey by IndiGov (www.indigov.be)
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More info:
- press release (in Dutch)- press release (in French)
www.SAPSustainabilityReport.com