tiina kähö, sitra: cleantech growth - carbon neutrality and innovations driving cleaner business
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Cleantech Growth - Carbon neutrality and innovations driving cleaner business
Cleantech kasvuun30th September 2015 Helsinki
Tiina Kähö, Senior Lead
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What do Finnish companies think about carbon neutrality today?
75%consider carbon neutrality as an important source of strategic competitive advantage either now or in the future (Taloustutkimus, 2015).
No clear economic benefits
Lack of funding
Regulation and lack of political support
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Lack of innovations
Obstacles:
38%
32%
27%
26%
26% Lack of information
Development of new cleantech solutions
New business development
Entering new markets
Drivers:Most important
Least important:
Waste reduction
Development of brand image
Compliance with regulation
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Cleantech turns carbon neutrality into business opportunities
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• New jobs• Cost reduction (energy and
resources)• Investment opportunities • Innovations and new
capabilities • New services & new solutions • Competitiveness benefits• Export capacity
Industry benefits• Smart grid infrastructure and
smart metering drives growth in distributed power, energy storage and related services
• The prosumer-oriented business model utilises smart grid marketplace for value generation (similar to e.g. ESCOs)
• Use of big data and network analytics
• Puts consumer in the center of the value creation of energy systems
Growth of prosumer market
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So what about me and my company?
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