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Conference May 21, 2009 at Stanford University : Advancing Socially and Environmentally Responsible Supply Chains: Innovation, Integration, Incentives

By Andis Kaulins

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The Global Supply Chain Management Forum and the Center for Social Innovation at the Stanford Graduate School of Business are presenting a conference, Thursday, May 21, 2009 on Advancing Socially and Environmentally Responsible Supply Chains: Innovation, Integration, Incentives.

The conference is open to and directed toward:

Corporate Leaders
Nonprofit Leaders
Policymakers
Academics

The speakers are (photos, text and format by the Stanford Alumni mail service):

"Unveiling 2009 Conference Speakers

	Cisco Systems, Inc., C. Kevin Harrington, Vice President, Global Business Operations, Customer Value Chain Management Kevin is responsible for core, cross-functional supply chain functions, including strategic planning, risk management, compliance, leadership development, business intelligence, strategic communications, acquisition integration, organizational change management, global capability and market intelligence. He oversees Cisco's green initiatives, social responsibility and collaboration programs, and the integration of these efforts across Cisco's supply chain.
	Hewlett-Packard, Judy Glazer, Director for Global Social and Environmental Responsibility Operations Judy Glazer?s role at HP is to drive programs that implement SER policy into HP?s products and supply chain, from design and materials through manufacturing, distribution and end-of-life. This charter includes HP?s programs to measure and reduce the carbon footprint of HP?s ~$50B supply chain and implementation of HP?s supply chain code of conduct. Glazer joined Hewlett-Packard in 1989 and has held a variety of supply chain and engineering roles.
	Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, Ma Jun, Director and Founder Ma Jun began his environmental research in the 1990s, when he worked for South China Morning Post and published a book on China?s water crisis. Ma Jun worked as an environmental consultant and then a Yale World Fellow from 2002 to 2005. He is the Founding Director of IPE (Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs), which developed the China Water Pollution Map and China Air Pollution Map. Ma Jun was named a 2006 Green China Man of the Year.
	Intel, Gary Niekerk, Director of Corporate Social Responsibility Gary Niekerk has spent over twenty years working with employees, customers, and stakeholders on sustainability and reputation issues in his effort to protect and build the brands of some of the world?s leading high-tech companies. Gary has worked for Hewlett-Packard, Apple and Intel Corporation where he has spent the past 14 years. Gary?s current position is Senior Manager, Corporate Responsibility in Intel?s Global Corporate Affairs organization.
	PepsiCo, Tim Carey, Director of Sustainability & Technology Tim Carey is responsible for developing PepsiCo Chicago?s sustainability vision and strategy and ensuring that the businesses continuously improve. Tim?s team also constructs new manufacturing facilities and recently completed the two largest LEED Gold certified food and beverage plants in the world. For more than 20 years, Tim has developed and implemented social and environmental sustainability initiatives and programs at Hewlett Packard and Warren Buffet?s building materials company.
	Riders for Health, Andrea Coleman, Chief Executive Officer and Joint Founder As an ex motorcycle-racer and operations director for Team Castrol-Herron, Andrea used her long experience and knowledge of the motorcycling community to devise an innovative fundraising strategy to support the development of Riders field programs. Andrea guided the financial and funding development of Riders and it was awarded ?Charity of the Year? by Charity Finance Magazine for 2001. In 2002 Riders won funding in the World Bank Development Marketplace competition.
	Safeway, Linda Nordgren, Group Vice President Supply Chain, Strategic Sourcing & Operations Linda Nordgren is the Group Vice President for Procurement, Strategic Sourcing and Supply Chain Strategies for Safeway, Inc. responsible for all Global Strategic Sourcing of raw materials, packaging, finished goods for Safeway?s 33 Manufacturing Plants and the Supply Chain Performance of Safeway?s supply chain network of 1800 retail stores and 14 distribution centers. She has been with Safeway for 20 years holding several Marketing Director positions including Systems, Business Processes, B2B and Supply Chain.
	The Dow Chemical Company, David E. Kepler, Executive Vice President, Chief Sustainability Officer, Chief Information Officer, Corporate Director of Shared Services Dave Kepler has global responsibility for functions including Customer Service; Information Systems; Purchasing; Six Sigma; Supply Chain; Work Process Improvement; and Environment, Health and Safety (EH&S). Kepler is responsible for guiding the sustainable business development of the company and is charged with leading Dow's Set the Standard for Sustainability.
	Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Larry Wilk, Vice President, Worldwide Operations and Green Ambassador, DEG Larry Wilk currently leads Disney's efforts to expand the strategic use of low-cost country sourcing, leveraging key learnings from the successful development of Hong Kong Disneyland. For the prior five years, he was responsible at HKDL for Logistics & Operations Services (Distribution, Costuming, Custodial, and Outsourcing) & Operations Development - Back of House. Since 1985, Wilk has been involved with lead distribution, planning, and systems."

Full post as published by LawPundit on March 19, 2009 (boomark / email).

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