An Introduction

to
Jacobs Sustainability Plus
(JSP)
Agenda
 Sustainability Introduction
 Overview
 Definition clarity
 Why its important
 Business Value, Company Achievement
 Annual Sustainability Report
 Jacobs Sustainability Plus (JSP)
Why do We Need a Heightened Focus on
Sustainability?
We are a part of the challenge and a part of the solution in our industry.
 Corporate Responsibility
 Our Values
 BeyondZero means …zero harm to the environment. This implies:
 We conduct our operations with minimum damage to the environment;
 We design products and services to have no undue environmental
impact.
Overview
 Jacobs has a broadening view on the importance of
sustainability
 Not just internal focused
 Clients driving initiatives
 Core values line up with Sustainability focus areas
 We have segments of our organization focused on
Sustainability
 Some regions are more mature than others (Europe compared
to US)
 Need to work on communicating the message
 Roll out to Project Management and Engineering / Architecture
Departments
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is a non-profit organization
that promotes economic, environmental and social sustainability.
GRI provides all companies and organizations with a
comprehensive sustainability reporting framework that is widely
used around the world. Non-profit organization, Based in
Amsterdam

 Promotes economic, environmental and social sustainability

 Provides comprehensive sustainability reporting framework,
widely used around the world
 > 75% of the top 100 companies in US report via GRI
 GRI reporting increasing (US reports up, 140 in ‘09 to 183 in ’10)

https://www.globalreporting.org/
Internal Reporting Benefits:
 Increased understanding of risks and opportunities
 Emphasizing the link between financial and non-financial
performance
 Influencing long term management strategy and policy, and
business plans
 Streamlining processes, reducing costs and improving
efficiency
 Benchmarking and assessing sustainability performance with
respect to laws, norms, codes, performance standards, and
voluntary initiatives
 Avoiding being implicated in publicized environmental, social
and governance failures
 Comparing performance internally, and between
organizations and sectors
Reporting External Benefits:
• Mitigating - or reversing - negative environmental,
social and governance impacts
• Improving reputation and brand loyalty
• Enabling external stakeholders to understand
company’s true value, and tangible and intangible
assets
• Demonstrating how the organization influences, and
is influenced by, expectations about sustainable
development
What are our Customers doing?

 Environmental data has very high quality, content and design

 Environmental initiatives and footprint indicators are utilized to
indicate performance
 Improvement indicator: per amount produced
 Mass balance method or direct measurement method is used to
calculate GHG emissions
 Standard: GRI, API/IPIECA
What are our Competitors Doing?

 Environmental data is presented in descriptive way,

companies don’t measure their performance
 Use mainly environmental initiatives to present their
contribution to sustainability
 Improvement indicator: per hours worked
 No transparency in presenting environmental
indicators
 Standard: GRI, none
 Sustainability Report
(Global Reporting Initiative)
Jacobs Annual Sustainability Report
“Content for this report was defined based on GRI
requirements and the needs of our stakeholders.”
Jacobs Sustainability+ (JSP)

 JSP is a program, modeled after Jacobs Value+,

which will allow Jacobs to provide “measured”
Sustainability savings to our clients by tracking three
categories:

 Carbon Savings – Jacobs “formulas” forthcoming

 Building Certificates
 Energy Savings/Incentives
Definition Clarity
Sustainable Development

“ Sustainable development is the delivery of

competitively priced goods and services that satisfy
human needs and bring quality of like. Ecological
impacts and resources intensity are progressively and
cost-effectively reduced throughout the life cycle of
those goods and services, thereby ensuring future
generations’ ability to do the same.
-Jacobs 2011 Sustainability Report
Tie back to BeyondZero®
 “At Jacobs, we are dedicated to keeping our
employees safe, healthy, and working towards bright
futures. We incorporate sustainable practices into our
internal operations and realize the work we do and its
impact reaches far beyond our offices. Our work
directly relates to communities, infrastructure,
buildings, the environment and more. “
-Jacobs 2011 Sustainability Report
Importance of Sustainability
Why is this important?
 We are in the people business. If we truly care about our
greatest asset then we care about their environment in which
we live so that our environment is sustainable.
 If we are able to provide a low cost solution to our clients then
we are in turn providing a more sustainable solution for them as
well as a more sustainable business for Jacobs.
 Improving Jacobs reputation and brand loyalty, while enabling
external stakeholders to understand company’s true value, and
tangible and intangible assets, allowing for future growth.
Business Value
Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility

4. Philanthropic responsibility:
Improve the quality of life. Be a good corporate
citizen. Contribute to the community.

3. Ethical responsibility:
Avoid harm. Do what is right, just and fair.

2. Legal responsibility:
Play by the rules of the game. Obey the law – it
is society’s codification of right and wrong.

1. Economic Responsibility

To Clients
Reduces Costs – Fuels, space, and
materials
Jacobs 440 office buildings run safer
& healthier
$4 billion in Jacobs Value Plus
results = less energy use, less
materials consumed and safer
operations
People awareness makes us an
employer of choice in the
communities we serve
Business Value
To Us
 Improves Profitability (lowers our costs)
 Differentiates us when we balance
people/environmental/economics
 Authentically Jacobs Measurement Tool
 Best in-class G&A consciousness =
efficiency best-in-class sustainability
stance
 Technical talent to innovatively solve
chemical and environmental issues.
 “People are our greatest asset” = social
awareness and programs good for our
population
Best-In-Class Sustainability Achievements
 Best-In-Class Sustainability Achievements
• Reduce Fuels Use • Reduces SO2
• Reduce Wear • Reduce Energy Use
• Wind Tunnel • Lean Design
Aerodynamic
Testing • Maximum Modular
• Added 5-7 mpg

Client Name: U.S. Department of Energy Client Name: Kuwait Petroleum Europoort, B.V. (KPE)
Project Name: Department of Energy Heavy Project Name: New Sulfur Recovery Unit (100 TPD)
Vehicle Test location delivered to Eurorpoort, The Netherlands
Location: Moffett Field, California

• Transformation • New Cleaner Fuels

Project

• • Reduced Energy
LEED Design –
Use
Gold Certificate

• • LEED Platinum
Reduced Power
Energy Center
Use and
Emissions • Reduced Water
• Reduced Water,
and Power Use
Waste and
Materials
Client name: Rush University Medical Center Client name: Oregon State University
Project name: Rush Transformation Project Project Name: Energy Center
Location: Chicago, Illinois Location: Corvallis, Oregon

* All 4 best-in-class projects achieved “high efficiency” = Sustainability

Seven Principles of Sustainability:
1. Think Long Term
2. Understand Systems
3. Recognise Limits
4. Protect Nature
5. Transform Business as
usual
6. Practice Fairness
7. Embrace Creativity

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Sustainability Focus

 Are we doing enough?

 Environmental awareness training – employees; leaders
 Environmental system certification (ISO 14001)
 Environmental metrics
 Energy Use (MWH)
 Emissions (Tons of CO2 equivalent)
 Total Waste (Tons); Recycled Waste (Tons)
 Sustainable design solutions
Relevant Reference Websites
 US Green Building Council www.usgbc.org
 Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
https://www.globalreporting.org/Pages/default.aspx
 Site design relevance www.sustainablesites.org
 Building environmental design relevance www.greenglobes.com
 Calculating your carbon footprint:
 www.nature.org/greenliving/carboncalculator/index.htm
 www.cotap.org/carbon-footprint-calculator/
 www.conservation.org/act/live_green/carboncalc/pages/default.aspx
Jacobs Sustainability Plus (JSP)

• Record your Sustainability Ideas in JNET;

under Tools and Applications
• JSP (Jacobs Sustainability Plus)
• Demonstration