SPARK INNOVATION THROUGH SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES

April 22, 2008 - 9:00 am to 6:00 pm

Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center, Stanford University

"It's easier to prototype innovative systems than to retrofit solutions." shared Hannah Jones, vice president of corporate responsibility at Nike, with us during the 2007 inaugural conference."In five year's time, we won't recognize the business models," she said.

This year, we will explore how breakthrough socially and environmentally responsible supply chain practices can fundamentally change business models, lead to overall improved business performance and strengthen organizations.

We believe that our ability to address complex social problems depends on the collaboration of business, government, and nonprofits. By design this conference will bring together leaders from all three of these sectors to share and advance the theory and practice of socially and environmentally responsible supply chains.

Conference Sessions

How far along are you in the journey toward social and environmental sustainability? A year has passed, and it's time to reconnect with colleagues in various industries and find out where they are in their respective quests. It's also time to take a break from your day to day operations to rejuvenate your passion and renew your organizational commitment to responsible supply chain operations.

Get ready to be inspired and to envision an innovative and sustainable future!

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  • Innovative Supply Chain Strategies for Improving Product Safety: Hear about real-world product safety challenges, lessons learned, and innovative supply chain practices implemented to reduce further safety incidences.
    
  • Suppliers and Customers as a Source for Supply Chain SER Innovations-Harnessing the Power of Your Extended Network: Learn how to promote and harness SER innovation throughout your extended supplier network. Both supplier and customer viewpoints will be represented.
    
  • Social and Environmental Entrepreneurship in the Supply Chain: Hear from organizations that have used entrepreneurial approaches to being socially and environmentally responsible in the supply chain. 
• New Approaches to Supply Chain Carbon Reduction: Learn about innovative approaches for calculating carbon emissions in the logistics and manufacturing arena.
• Workshop: Designing Products for Early Stage Solutions—Moving Away from Supply Chain Retrofitting
  Designers from IDEO will lead participants in a workshop on how to integrate social and environmental concerns into design and the implications that has for supply chain issues. Participants will come away with an understanding of how design choices influence and impact supply chains as well as an appreciation for the human-centered design process.

Keynote Speakers

Tim Bailey
Vice President, Product Supply at The Clorox Company
Since May 2005, Tim Bailey has served as vice president – Product Supply at Clorox. In this position, he has overall responsibility for the company’s manufacturing and supply chain operations. Prior to joining Clorox in 1996, Bailey spent 10 years working for The Quaker Oats Company in numerous roles, his final position being regional supply chain manager. A native of Knoxville, Tenn., Bailey holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Tennessee and a master’s degree in business administration – operations management from Loyola University of Chicago.

Dan Henkle
Senior Vice President of Social Responsibility, Gap, Inc.
Leading a team of 90 employees worldwide responsible for the company’s social responsibility efforts, Dan Henkle oversees the department’s factory monitoring, environmental affairs and external engagement efforts. He joined the company in 1992, and served most recently as the Vice President of Human Resources for the Gap division. Prior to joining Gap Inc., he worked in the human resources function for Oracle Corporation. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting and general management from Purdue University, and his MBA with an emphasis in organizational behavior from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.

Hau Lee
Thoma Professor of Operations, Information, and Technology
Director of the Stanford Global Supply Chain Management Forum
Hau Lee’s research focuses on supply chain management, work that addresses how to get products or services to their destination by managing the flow of materials, information, and money. His research has resulted, among other things, in the building of computer models for industrial implementation, as well as in the development of strategies and operational concepts for practitioners.

Session Speakers

Priya Haji
CEO and Co-founder, World of Good, Inc.
Board Chair, World of Good: Development Organization
Priya Haji is the award-winning CEO and co-founder of World of Good, a for-profit/non-profit fair trade gift company working with more than 6,000 artisans in 34 countries. Haji was just awarded the Social Venture Network’s Innovation Award for her work with World of Good. World of Good has also recently partnered with eBay to build the world’s largest online marketplace for people positive products.

Jonah Houston
Sr Project Leader/Head of Manufacturing/Realization Group, IDEO
While at IDEO Jonah has worked on a wide variety of products from medical devices to office furniture, consumer electronics to food and beverage, with companies ranging in size from five-person start-ups to the Fortune 50. Jonah has deep experience with DFMA, DFX, production readiness and process capability as well as extensive experience in metal processes -- extrusion, stamping, casting, powdered metals, etc. -- and their use in complex electromechanical assemblies. Jonah has also taught a series of courses at Stanford and Santa Clara University on the subject of materials and process selection as well as DFMA.

Ted Howes
Sustainability Domain, IDEO
Ted Howes leads IDEO’s efforts in integrating sustainability and business factors. He has dedicated his career to exploring the intersection of business and environmental issues and is passionate about using the lens of business and sustainability to guide corporate strategy. Ted is expert in assessing, designing and implementing corporate sustainability and procurement programs that are customized to the needs and markets of individual clients, as well as examining and reconciling sustainability issues for academic, NGO and corporate stakeholders.

Jerry Karver
Vice President of Sourcing, Nike

Lee Kindberg
Director, Environment, Maersk Inc.
Lee Kindberg is Director, Environment for Maersk in North American. Her responsibilities include environmental policies and programs, compliance assurance, and support to safety and environmental management systems. She is active in the Clean Cargo Working Group, a global group dedicated to assessing and improving environmental impacts of shipping, and ensuring responsible corporate citizenship. Dr. Kindberg's B.S. and Doctorate are in Chemistry, and she spent 20 years in the chemical industry before joining Maersk.

Buddy Polovick
Chief Shipper Coordinator, SmartWay Transport Partnership, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Transportation & Air Quality
The SmartWay Transport Partnership is an innovative collaboration between EPA and the freight industry to increase energy efficiency while significantly reducing greenhouse gases and air pollution. Before joining the EPA, Buddy Polovick served in the US Peace Corps in Mali, West Africa. His education background includes a B.A. in International Relations from The Ohio State University and graduate studies in Environmental and Natural Resource Policy at Michigan State University.

Frederick Schilling
Founder, Dagoba Organic Chocolate
Dagoba Organic Chocolate was founded in 2001 by Frederick Schilling, who was then just 30 and guided by utilizing cacao to impact the world in a positive way; primarily environmental conservation/rehabilitation and farmer welfare. Schilling regularly travels to producing countries to locate high quality cacao, establish direct and equitable trading partnerships, collaborate on post-harvest processing, and support self-sustaining social and environmental programs. The company uses artisan methods to craft this cacao into exceptional products, and integrates ecological practices across all operations.