Strategy Briefing

Environmental Sustainability Index

50 pages, Jun 2019

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Environmental pressures and consumer demand are set to reshape business models and operations with a revolution of product technologies and services. This report introduces Euromonitor’s Environmental Sustainability Index, which ranks 97 markets – which in 2018 represented 89.1% of the world’s population and 97.2% of global GDP – highlighting country-specific risks and opportunities in the sustainability space.

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Overview

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Gain competitive intelligence about market leaders. Track key industry trends, opportunities and threats. Inform your marketing, brand, strategy and market development, sales and supply functions.

Key Findings

Why environmental sustainability?

With economies heavily dependent on natural resources for their operations and more stringent legislation coming into place, the protection of natural resources and the transition towards more sustainable production and consumption models has become a strategic imperative for corporate survival and success. While environmental shifts and pressures pose substantial operational risks and challenges to businesses, they also open up exciting opportunities to make significant changes in resources’ efficiency, renewable energy and water solutions, and ultimately grow the bottom line, contributing to accelerating the transition to achieve a more sustainable future, making the 2030 UN agenda a reality.

Sustainability key to corporate success

Although sustainability is not a new concept, global attention to this topic has soared, especially after the launch of the UN Sustainability Development Goals in 2015, a global framework to guide the transition towards a more sustainable future by 2030. As investors, stakeholders and consumers are starting to demand accountability for environmental impacts, corporations are increasingly seeing the value of putting sustainability at the core of their business strategies with a growing number of “purpose-driven” businesses, as opposed to traditional “profit-driven” businesses across all industries.

An index for strategic sustainability planning

Every industry has its own environmental challenges and opportunities depending on the markets where they source, manufacture and sell their products. The Environmental Sustainability Index provides a multi-dimensional framework that can be used by businesses and governments to make informed decisions regarding their sustainability strategies and programmes.

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Introduction

Scope

Key findings

Why sustainability matters

Key sustainability drivers for businesses

UN Sustainable development goals

The environmental sustainability index

The six core pillars of environmental sustainability

Cross-country comparability

Environmental Sustainability Index: overall ranking

World’s largest and fastest-growing economies

Country Performance

Structure of this section

Country Performance(Energy)

Energy pillar

COUNTRY PERFORMANCE (ENERGY)

Market performance in energy

Energy ranking: top and bottom performers

Opportunities in the shift towards renewable energy

Case study: the future of transportation is electric

Country Performance (Water)

Water pillar

Market performance in water

Water ranking: top and bottom performers

Opportunities for smart and water-efficient products

Case study: water scarcity is a threat to sustainable development

Country Performance (Pollution)

Pollution pillar

Market performance in pollution

Pollution ranking: top and bottom performers

Transition towards a more sustainable energy and waste future

Case study: Ikea’s solution to urban air pollution

Country Performance (Environmental Resilience)

Environmental resilience pillar

Market performance in environmental resilience

Environmental Resilience ranking: top and bottom performers

A clear business case for action on climate change

Case study: the crops of the future

Country Performance (Forest & Biodiversity)

Forest and biodiversity pillar

Market performance in forest and biodiversity

Forest and biodiversity ranking: top and bottom performers

Opportunities for sustainable sourcing

Case study: designing products for the planet

Country Performance: Food and Agriculture

Food and agriculture pillar

Market performance in food and agriculture

Food ranking: top and bottom performers

Opportunities for climate resilience and sustainable food

Case study: Making snacks from coffee waste

Recommendations

Recommendations for businesses

Annexe

Environmental sustainability index: indicators

Metrics used to calculate the indicators

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Overview

Why buy this report?

Key Findings

Why environmental sustainability?

Sustainability key to corporate success

An index for strategic sustainability planning

Want to find out more about this report?

Table of Contents

Introduction

Scope

Key findings

Why sustainability matters

Key sustainability drivers for businesses

UN Sustainable development goals

The environmental sustainability index

The six core pillars of environmental sustainability

Cross-country comparability

Environmental Sustainability Index: overall ranking

World’s largest and fastest-growing economies

Country Performance

Structure of this section

Country Performance(Energy)

Energy pillar

COUNTRY PERFORMANCE (ENERGY)

Market performance in energy

Energy ranking: top and bottom performers

Opportunities in the shift towards renewable energy

Case study: the future of transportation is electric

Country Performance (Water)

Water pillar

Market performance in water

Water ranking: top and bottom performers

Opportunities for smart and water-efficient products

Case study: water scarcity is a threat to sustainable development

Country Performance (Pollution)

Pollution pillar

Market performance in pollution

Pollution ranking: top and bottom performers

Transition towards a more sustainable energy and waste future

Case study: Ikea’s solution to urban air pollution

Country Performance (Environmental Resilience)

Environmental resilience pillar

Market performance in environmental resilience

Environmental Resilience ranking: top and bottom performers

A clear business case for action on climate change

Case study: the crops of the future

Country Performance (Forest & Biodiversity)

Forest and biodiversity pillar

Market performance in forest and biodiversity

Forest and biodiversity ranking: top and bottom performers

Opportunities for sustainable sourcing

Case study: designing products for the planet

Country Performance: Food and Agriculture

Food and agriculture pillar

Market performance in food and agriculture

Food ranking: top and bottom performers

Opportunities for climate resilience and sustainable food

Case study: Making snacks from coffee waste

Recommendations

Recommendations for businesses

Annexe

Environmental sustainability index: indicators

Metrics used to calculate the indicators

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