San Francisco - March 7 2013Conservation International"The energy-water-food nexus - strategies and approaches for the private sector"Based on CI Business Sustainability CouncilThe nexus thinking is what used to be the systems thinking How we redesign our jobs ? Our production system in order to have sustainable production?It's time for innovation!How measure sustainability? How do we design landscape in order to produce and conserve?Companies can be part of the change, in a re-thinking process. It's a colaborative effort.Since water is in the center of relation with energy & food needs, there are already exemples of actions to implement nexus management Ex Coke after face questions from comunity in Indiaa about water decide to define Environment requirements (audit), stskeholders mapping, train on line about water Grantham "The mother of paradigmatic shifts"The cost to ensure production next years% of GDP by water stress (40:45%)Security is the other side of the nexus thinkingHurdle - possible solution :1. Nexus scale & connections - new data/new technologies/resilience/efficiency:Eg:Energy Reduction linked on managers goalsWater in the report - showing where the big part is (water)California desalinization - what is the cost?Book suggested: "Saving capitalism from shortenism"2. Time-frames - incentives/big goals/policy(Short-termism)Set goals focus in climate change (not in GHG, etc) - glide pathUnilever - meet UN goalNet Good: less natural resources from3. ValuationWhat we don't valueExternalities - internal itemsEP&L : Policy ... For internal and externalStrategic reason adding to ROIRedefine ROI - risksWhat's material risk to the business4. Silos - systems thinking/ dialogueCan we invite everyone into Together with my family (our dog included) and several of my colleagues, I assisted with cleaning up the Meramec River and vicinity in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A., Aug 23. One week later and more than 4,500 miles away from that river, I find myself in Stockholm, Sweden again for water.Most of the conversations that took place while cleaning in and around the Meramec River last week were related to workshops we are having in St. Louis. Workshops that focus on the challenge of cleaning what is already needed to survive and rethinking systems toward a world that collectively conserves more and, beyond that, reuses the waste of the so-called circular economy. We did some great work while having great conversations surrounding action.This week, Stockholm becomes the water capital of the world as more than 4,000 people from the water world NGOs, governments, academia and businesses from different countries all convene at World Water Week in Stockholm.Im happy to report that this week were walking the talk. When we arrived, we received reusable bottles for water as well as a card for public transportation (which is electric!). And all together at the conference center, weve been working to rethink process, actions and systems as a society.Im also extremely proud to be here representing Monsanto and the agriculture sector. Theres a lot to be done and being part of the dialogue is crucial. But being part of the dialogue is only part of solution. Also important is evaluating systems and working to find new solutions. This is what our team at Monsanto and our partners are