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SUMMARY:Change-Inspired Scholarship Toward Sustainable Enterprise: Applica
 tions in Green Supply Chain Management - Dr. Timothy Smith\, NorthStar Ini
 tiative for Sustainable Enterprise\, University of Minnesota
DTSTART:20131122T140000Z
DTEND:20131122T153000Z
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CONTACT:Samir K. Doshi
DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nThe private sector generates more than 60% of globa
 l gross domestic product (GDP). The inputs required to produce the goods a
 nd services of the 10 largest U.S. firms\, alone\, are valued at $1.6 tril
 lion (more than 10% of U.S. GDP). The largest global corporations generate
  over US$2.15 trillion in annual ‘externalities’ to society in the for
 m of depleted natural capital.  These are big problems from big\, global a
 ctors\; but does current knowledge allow for effective implementation of n
 ew and significantly more sustainable business models?  For example\, if W
 almart were to put its “green” money where its mouth is\, where would 
 it start?  If Amazon were to tackle emissions from the “last mile” of 
 its online package deliveries\, where might it find reductions? If Pepsi w
 ere to address the climate and water risks of its supply network\, how mig
 ht it incentivize upstream investments by independent suppliers?\n\nAcadem
 ic research\, and its ability to assess system-wide dynamics and trade-off
 s\, identify socio-technical capacity for change and inform ‘change desi
 gn\,’ can ill afford to stand detached from economic and civil society g
 rappling with implementing change of this scale. Dr. Timothy Smith\, Assoc
 iate Professor and Director of the NorthStar Initiative for Sustainable En
 terprise (NiSE) at the University of Minnesota\, will present a model of c
 hange-inspired academic scholarship that directly engages practitioner exp
 erts in the development of rigorous\, and relevant\, collaborative researc
 h – such that newly leveraged resources can be brought to bear on soluti
 ons to sustainability challenges and the knowledge necessary to discover a
 nd implement them. \n\nBio:\nTimothy Smith is an Associate Professor of En
 vironmental Sciences\, Policy & Management and Bioproducts and Biosystems 
 Engineering at the University of Minnesota\, where he is also the Director
  of the NorthStar Initiative for Sustainable Enterprise at the Institute o
 n the Environment. His research interests include policy and market adopti
 on of technologies that enhance environmental performance\, public and pri
 vate governance of sustainability\, and sustainability systems modeling in
  decision-making.  His work has been published in top-tier journals across
  the multiple fields of management\, public policy\, and environmental sci
 ences. Most recently\, his efforts have been directed toward collaborative
  research with corporate and NGO partners to explore global supply chains 
 as institutions for collective action. He is a former AT&T Industrial Ecol
 ogy Fellow and has advised the Environmental Protection Agency\, the Gener
 al Services Administration\, the National Research Council’s Committee o
 n Certification of Sustainable Products and Services\, and numerous compan
 ies and organizations on supply chain sustainability and product-based pol
 icies.
LOCATION:Lecture Block\, room 6
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