Circular Economy Conference
Horsens, Denmark
Industrial Symbiosis:
Positive Action for Green Growth
Peter Laybourn
Chief Executive
International Synergies Limited
29th November 2012
Contents
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
What is Industrial Symbiosis?
Commissioner Potočnik and IWCAIS
National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP)
Innovation
Recent Policy Activity
International Growth
New Applications
Concluding Remarks
1. What is Industrial Symbiosis?
What is Industrial Symbiosis?
• Numerous academic definitions...
In essence:
• Industrial symbiosis is a systems approach to a more sustainable
and integrated industrial economy that identifies business
opportunities (often through innovation) to improve resource
utilisation including materials, energy, water, capacity, expertise
and assets
Elements of Industrial Symbiosis
• Network of diverse organisations
• Fostering eco-innovation and long-term culture change
• Addresses the market failure of information
• Yielding profitable transactions in:
− Novel sourcing of inputs
− Value added destinations for non-product outputs
− Improved business and technical processes
Lombardi & Laybourn, 2012, Journal of Industrial Ecology 16(1):28-37
Illustrative Models of Industrial Symbiosis
global
national
organic
Styria
region
facilitated
city
IP
China
local
Models of Industrial Symbiosis
Differ in...
•
•
•
•
Lifetime/Duration
Driver/Initial impulse
Role of facilitation
Scale
But share...
• Economic, environmental and social benefits
• Cross-sector engagement
2. International Working Conference
on
Applied Industrial Symbiosis
(“Positive Action for Green Growth”)
• Johnson Matthey, Alstom, Toyota, Ricoh, GIZ, URS
Corporation, TATA, Dong Energy, Veolia, Landmark, Plastics
Europe, Befesa Civils, McKinsey, HSBC, Noble Foods, TESCO
and Birmingham City Council
• DG Enterprise (Commissioner Potočnik), DG Environment,
EEA, UNEP, World Bank, Committee on Climate Change, John
Elkington, OECD, Invest Northern Ireland, CBI and Forum for
the Future
• Including practitioners from the UK, Australia, Brazil, China,
Denmark (Kalundborg Symbiosis), Hungary, Korea, Mexico,
Nigeria, Turkey and the USA
Four Global Themes
• Climate Change and Energy Security
• Eco-Innovation and Green Growth
• Materials Security
• Regional Economic Development
Industrial Symbiosis has proven ability to deliver on these agendas
3. National Industrial Symbiosis Programme
(NISP)
NISP: The Pathway To A Low Carbon
Sustainable Economy
‘The Pathway To A Low Carbon
Sustainable Economy’ charts NISP’s
progress since becoming the world’s first
national industrial symbiosis programme
in 2005
It sets out the compelling argument that
the business led NISP has the potential to
fulfill a key role in the transition towards
a low carbon sustainable economy
Available to download at:
http://www.internationalsynergies.com/images/pdfs/NISP_The_Pathway_to_a_Low_Carbon_
Sustainable_Economy.PDF
NISP (England) Delivered Outcomes
April 2005 - March 2012
METRICS
In Year Benefits*
Landfill diversion
CO2 reduction
Virgin material savings
Hazardous waste eliminated
Water savings
Cost savings
Additional sales
Jobs
Private investment
€40 million investment since 2005
*all outputs independently verified
Lifetime Impact (Max 5 year)
9 million tonnes
8 million tonnes
12 million tonnes
0.4 million tonnes
14 million tonnes
45 million tonnes
39 million tonnes
58 million tonnes
2 million tonnes
71 million tonnes
€243 million
€234 million
10,000+
€374 million
€1.21 billion
€1.71 billion
???
???
Rate Euro £1 = €1.18
Excellent Return on Investment
April 2005 - March 2012
Unit Benefit Realised
In Year Spend
Lifetime Spend
€1 new income generated for industry
€0.02
€0.005
€1 saved by UK industry
€0.02
€0.005
1 tonne of virgin material saved
€0.48
€0.100
1 tonne of water saved
€0.40
€0.080
1 tonne of CO2 reduced
€0.73
€0.150
1 tonne of waste diverted from landfill
€0.64
€0.130
1 tonne of hazardous waste eliminated
€13.74
€2.740
Rate Euro £1 = €1.18
Organisation:
Regionally delivered, Nationally co-ordinated
• Began as three regional pilots in 2002/3
and went UK national in 2005
• World’s first National Industrial Symbiosis
Programme
• Regional practitioner teams across the UK
• Investment from UK and regional government
(now in transition to a commercial model)
• Business-led Programme Advisory Groups
(PAGs)
• Substantial benefits of a national model
International Synergies’ NISP Process
Practitioners
facilitate all
stages of
synergy
NISP has circa 15,000 Members
CORPORATES
SMEs
Anglian Water Services Ltd
BAE Systems
Balfour Beatty
Bombardier
Denso Manufacturing Ltd
Diageo
Foster Yeoman
HSBC
Jaguar Land Rover
Johnson Matthey
Michelin
Peel Group
RICOH UK Products Ltd
SITA
TATA
Toyota
UK Coal Plc
Veolia
Alutrade
Arden Wood Shavings
Befesa Salt Slags
Bio Waste Solutions
BIP Oldbury
Coldwater Seaford Ltd
County Mulch
Delkia Bio-energy
Farrow & Ball
Firth Rixson Castings
G&P Batteries
Giffords
Glendale Grounds
Maintenance
GPD Developments
Green Tech Ltd
Guala Closures Ltd
H Sivyer
Howarth Timber
Engineering
Jack Moody Holdings
JBR Recovery
John Pointon & Sons Ltd
Kingpin
LC Energy
Lower Reule Bio Energy
McGrath Barr
MJ Allen
Montracon
New Earth Solutions
Ramfoam Ltd
Recycled UK
Renewable Energy
Growers
Teknor Apex
Westland Horticulture
Works infrastructure Ltd
KEY POINTS
• All sizes - Multi-nationals, SMEs, Micros, Entrepreneurs
• All sectors
• All resources
• SMEs represent 90% of membership
MICROS
Advantage Waste Solution
Akristos
Analytichem
Angelheart Inc
Arrow Environmental
Blendcheck Ltd
Clarkson Enterprises
Dinano
Ecoideam
Enviro (Grimsby)
Facility Water Management
John Carson Innovations
Kito Engineering Solutions
Manufacturing Production
Solutions
Ross Miller Farm
TVLI
Waste Check Ltd
Whitby Recycling Services
Workshops
• Facilitating the exchange of
information and best practice
between businesses
• Tried and tested, interactive
business opportunity model
• Typically 50 - 60 organisations
in one room
• Can generate 300+ potential
synergies from a facilitated ½
day session
Opportunity Mapping
SYNERGie Management System
• On-line project and data
management tool
• Information on resource and
contact details
• New and stored historic data
• Bespoke report generating
capabilities
• Vital support and management
tool for practitioners
• Used in nine countries
Facilitated Synergies: Role of Practitioners
• Identify ‘IDEAS’
• Make introductions
• Facilitate negotiations
• Provide technical expertise
• Mine the network for answers and opportunity
• Use their industry expertise and knowledge
• Encourage and accelerate synergy progress
Success Factors
Practitioners
Industrial expertise
Long term relationship building & facilitation
Marrying data & expert knowledge
Working with the regulator and technology providers to ‘enable’ IS
activity
Engagement Model
Extensive, diverse network
Business opportunity programme
History of exemplary performance
Demand pull on innovation
Data
Quality NISP data & limited access to regulatory data
The Constituents of an Industrial Symbiosis
Network Managed by International Synergies
Practitioners
• Engages with businesses and regulators
Innovation Managers
• Facilitates synergies
• Connects industry to universities
• Delivers workshops
• Facilitates knowledge transfer
• Embeds innovation within the network
Academia
• Connect companies to research
• Supports post-graduate learning
• Valuable resource for Practitioners
Business Members
• Recruited across all sectors
• 90% SMEs and Micros
• 15,000 in UK alone
Business Champions
• Advocate for industrial symbiosis
• Commercial ‘steer’ to the programme
• Advice and guidance on delivery
Manchester Economics Report:
Economic Impact Assessment (2005 - 10)
• Total Economic Value Added €1.8bn to €3.0bn, giving an
investment multiplier of between 53.2 - 88.6
• €175 million to €290 million to Treasury in direct
receipts
• Benefit Cost Ratio in excess of 32:1
3:1 considered good by Government and 8:1 excellent by
Regional Development Agencies
Manchester Economics Report: Conclusion
NISP, having established the infrastructure to deliver the
“symbiosis process” across industry, provides a strong
foundation from which to increase the returns from
public investment
The triple line benefits achieved to date provide a
compelling case for increased investment in the future
Case Study: A Fruitful Collaboration
Companies:
• GrowHow UK (formerly Terra Nitrogen)
• John Baarda Ltd
Summary:
• Ways of using ‘wastes’ from
manufacturing plant to grow tomatoes
all year round
Achievements:
• 65 new jobs
• CO2 reduced by 12,500 tonnes pa
• Successful re-use of waste heat
• €17 million private investment in region
Ricoh disseminates best practice through NISP
• Ricoh adopts variable speed drive system
- £5k investment brings positive rate of return in less than 8 months
- Carbon reduction 50 tonnes per annum
• Best practice disseminated at NISP event to...
- 70 UK companies including many SMEs
- Technology adopted by GKN with £25k savings per annum and
major carbon reduction
EE best practice
dissemination
Toyota disseminates best practice through NISP
• Toyota adopts energy efficient LED lighting across its facility
- 16% reduction in electricity last year
• Best practice disseminated at NISP event hosted by Toyota to...
- 40 UK companies including Tesco, Next, Royal Mail and many SMEs
- Other companies now installing LED lighting
Before: 42 x 400w (single fitting)
After: 42 x 120w (single fitting)
Welcome to Michelin
Paul Kinkead
Environment Manager
File reference : NISP
workshop
Author/Dpt: Paul Kinkead EP/ENV
Creation date: 27/392010
Classification: D3
Retention: YC+3
Page: 30 /
Reduction in waste to landfill
• Corporate target to eliminate process waste to
landfill
• Challenge: difficult materials to recycle
• 36 individual waste streams
• Use of benchmarking within Michelin
• Breakthrough : engagement with NISP to source
creative and cost effective solutions
• Access to expert solution providers
File reference : NISP
workshop
Author/Dpt: Paul Kinkead EP/ENV
Creation date: 27/392010
Classification: D3
Retention: YC+3
Page: 31 /
Reduction in waste to landfill
• 97% reduction achieved
• Ballymena factory is the corporate benchmark
• Corporate targets achieved 18 months ahead of plan
Tonnes to Landfill
4000
Joined NISP
3000
2009 result w as 57T
2000
1000
0
2002
File reference : NISP
workshop
2003
2004
2005
Author/Dpt: Paul Kinkead EP/ENV
2006
2007
2008
Creation date: 27/392010
2009
2010
Classification: D3
Retention: YC+3
Page: 32 /
4. Innovation
Industrial Symbiosis creates the space for
innovation to happen
“Innovation occurs at the intersection of expertise,
diversity and opportunity driven by making novel
connections”
“An environment to promote creative serendipity*
through the collisions of thoughts and ideas”
*The Three Princes of Serendip
Horatio Walpole
(in a letter to Horace Mann, 28 January 1754)
Technology and Innovation:
Eco-Innovation Exemplar
• Some potential synergies require innovative solutions
- new technologies
- new applications for existing technologies
• Immediate demand pull on of R&D and technology innovation
• University of Birmingham studies have found a high level of
innovation in synergies
- 50% involved best available practice
- 20% involved new research and development
• NISP is an EU Environmental Technologies Action Programme
(ETAP) and OECD Eco-Innovation Exemplar
OECD Identifies Industrial Symbiosis as
Critical to Growth Agenda
OECD has recently declared industrial symbiosis
‘a la NISP’ to be “an excellent example of systemic
innovation vital for future green growth”
Production Process
Pollution
Control
EcoEfficiency
Lifecycle
Management
Closed-Loop
Production
Industrial
Symbiosis
Cleaner
Production
Product & Service
Green
Products
Ecodesign
New
Business
Models
New Modes
of Provision
Mass
Application
Organisational Boundary
Incremental Innovation
Systemic Innovation
Industrial Symbiosis Transforms Individual
Businesses: John Pointon & Sons Ltd
• Pre - NISP: animal renderer inputs: carcasses, outputs:
landfill, CO2 perception: dirty industry
• Initial NISP stage: animal by-products diverted from landfill to
cement industry
• Second stage: improved efficiency of processes
• Third stage: move into bio-fuels utilising more by-product
• Fourth stage: move to anaerobic digestion and grid connection
• Current situation inputs: carcasses, organic residues outputs:
energy and minerals
• Vision: clean energy company
5. Recent Policy Activity
Recent European Policy and Action
• Best Practice under the European Waste Framework
Directive (2009)
• Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe (2011)
• Sustainable Industry-Going for Growth & Resource
Efficiency (2011)
• European Climate Knowledge and Innovation Community
(2012)
• European Resource Efficiency Platform (2012)
Underpinning evidence to support policy:
COWI Report (2011)
• Economic analysis of resource efficiency policies; “the
National Industrial Symbiosis Programme has the maximum
possible score based on economic and environmental
benefits amongst 120 policies from 23 countries”
• The report presents evidence to support a European-wide
replication of NISP stating, “NISP shows high potential for
improving resource efficiency, and the programme could be
successfully replicated in every EU Member State”
• “NISP has significant implications for profitability…and
provides for a long-term sustainable investment for growth”
Now Introduced into Industrial Policy...
“The new industrial policy update to be
launched this week will include practical proposals
for industrial symbiosis schemes across Europe”
Commissioner Potočnik, in a speech to the
Business Europe Advisory Board and Support Group
October 2012
6. International Growth
Replication…already happening
Country
Status
Project
Slovakia
Ongoing
NISP
Complete
Reducing Production Waste
by Industrial Symbiosis
England, Scotland, N. Ireland & Wales
Defra, Scottish Government, Invest
Northern Ireland, Welsh Government
Region/State
Client
Belgium
United Kingdom
Ongoing
Essencia
Brussels
Bratislavsky kraj
ERDF
Poland
Turkey
Ongoing
EUR-IS
Ongoing
NISP Turkey
Wroclaw
Climate KIC
Iskenderun Bay area
BP
China
Ongoing
Tianjin Economic Development
Area Industrial Symbiosis Network
Tianjin
European Union Switch Asia
South Korea
Ongoing
Co-operation on Eco-Park
Development
Mexico
Complete
NISP Mexico
Toluca Lerma
Defra – Sustainable
Development Dialogues
Romania
Complete
Brazil
Ongoing
NISP Brazil
Minas Gerais
Defra – Sustainable
Development Dialogues
Al-Invest
ECOREG
Suceava
European Union Life+
China
South Africa
Complete
South Africa Industrial
Symbiosis Pilot Programme
Gauteng Province
Defra – Sustainable
Development Dialogues
Hungary
Ongoing
NISP Hungary
Kozep-Magyarorszag, Budapest
European Union Life+
Climate KIC
Complete
Pilot Project – Circular Economy
Yunnan Province
Defra – Sustainable
Development Dialogues
Other current interest...
A question of competitiveness?
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Argentina
Australia
Canada
Chile (starts December 2012)
Cuba
Finland
Italy (Sicily)
Province of Limburg, Netherlands
Western Cape, South Africa
Chinese President Hu Jintao
18th Party Congress, November 2012
“We will have a large scale circular economy and
considerably increase the proportion of renewable
energy resources in total consumption...”
“ We must give prominence to building a resource –
conserving and environmentally friendly society...”
Incoming President Xi Jinping is expected to continue
this path
Key tasks to introduce a circular economy to
China identified as:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Optimise spatial layout
Optimise industrial structure
Realise zero emissions through supply chain optimisation
Efficient utilisation of resources
Centralised treatment of pollutants
Green infrastructure
Standardisation of administration, operation and
management of parks
China International Green Innovate Products &
Technologies Show, 9-11 November 2012, Guangzhou
• International Synergies Limited invited to present
• Ministries of Commerce, Environmental Protection,
Science and Technology attended
• Directors from 51 Ecological Industrial Parks (EIPs)
• Industrial Symbiosis seen as key to future development
of EIPs
• Further meetings early 2013 with TEDA (probably largest EIP
in world) for a multi-province industrial symbiosis
programme
7. New Applications
Inward Investment
Newport Paper
Indigo Waste
Pearsons
Donarbon
M W White
Viridor
Shred Secure
Control Group
Kelstone Recycling
Anglian Confidential
Bywaters
May Gurney
Indigo Waste
Rejected Loads
ORM
Crestmont
Vermiculture
Bettaland
Freedom Recycling
AWO Bedford
Localfast
Soil Conditioning
Paper Sludge & Ash
Water
Paper Co
Waste Paper
Incineration
Screening
Materials
Plastics
Gulf Star Oil
Revalue Technologies
Plasgran
Chase Plastics
Organics
HotRot Organic Solutions
Greenview Technologies
Biogen
Donarbon
Construction
Power
Akristos
Hanson Aggregates
RTAL
Eco Aggregates
Southfields Group
S Walsh
Tarmac Recycling
Aggregate Production
Waterwise
Anglian Water
RTAL
Alternative Use
PREL
Minergy
Advanced Plasma Power
Centrico
BHM
Sutton Services
GKL Northern
Milbank
Dickerson Group
Regional Economic Development
2011: Birmingham Big City Plan
• Tyseley Environmental Enterprise District
- Framework for Action (May 2011)
• Birmingham’s priorities for Tyseley:
“Support businesses and organisations to
capitalise on low carbon opportunities
and maximise industrial symbiosis”
• International Synergies Limited
commissioned to produce report
(completed October 2012)
Industrial Symbiosis Opportunities for Tyseley
Environmental Enterprise District
Industrial Symbiosis Opportunities Identified
for Tyseley
Two main themes:
•Metals recovery (including rare earth metals)
•Low-carbon fuels
Three time frames:
•Today – both partners and resource flow exist
•Tomorrow – technology is known but a partner is missing
•Future - innovation potential
Future Vision: Develop an integrated resource recovery system
with an innovation centre
8. Concluding Remarks
How Far We Have Come
2004: Industrial Symbiosis as Novelty
How Far We Have Come
2010: Financial Times Managing Climate Change
One company’s waste
may turn out to be
suitable fuel for
another, says
Sarah Murray
“If companies can make
use of waste, it will be a
big benefit”
Dax Lovegrove
How Far We Have Come
2012: Nature Climate Change
2012: Assessing industrial
symbiosis’ contribution to
climate change mitigation and
energy security
How Far We Have Come
2012: Energy Delta Institute
What Next?
• Industrial symbiosis has over a period of time has a track record
and is recognised as having reduced waste, carbon dioxide,
water-use etc and we are just scratching the surface of
possibility (demand led)
• Time for industrial symbiosis also to be used to its full potential
to contribute to the circular economy through:
− Systemic innovation leading to green growth and pro-active
low carbon economic development delivering green jobs
− All of the above can be accelerated by a Pan European
Network
Thank you for listening
Peter Laybourn
Chief Executive
International Synergies Limited
t: +44 (0) 121 433 2660
dl: +44 (0) 121 433 2667
peter.laybourn@international-synergies.com
www.international-synergies.com
www.nispnetwork.com