Colleagues,
In two weeks, Tuck will be hosting our annual Business and Sustainability conference (2/23). I think it could be one of the very best. Please take a look at the program and pass on information about the conference to anyone who might be interested in attending.
The link for the conference web site is:
http://mba.tuck.dartmouth.edu/pages/clubs/bsi/schedule/index.html
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Andrew King
Associate Professor of Business Administration
Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College
202 Chase Hall
Hanover, NH 03755
Office: 603-646-9185
Cell: 603-359-0369
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Conference Panels
* Natural Capital Markets
* Sustaining Growth & Profitability in the Developing World
* The Future of Sustainable Business and Green Supply Chains
* Beyond Microfinance
* Sustainable Business and the Food Sector
* The Dynamics of Socially Responsible Investment
Conference Workshops
* Key Tools to Manage for Global Sustainability
* Profit through Green Design
* Product and Service Design for the Bottom of the Pyramid
Natural Capital Markets
"Natural capital markets" price and trade the goods and services people receive from natural systems. By providing a more accurate price for ecosystem services, these burgeoning new markets will foster more sustainable economic activity. The panel will focus on the work of some of the most interesting players: a global nonprofit's policy work on tradable permits, a venture capital firm's investment in sustainable food supplies, and two private equity investors' sales of property rights and mitigation credits.
Moderator:
Andrew King, Professor, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
Panelists:
Fred Danforth, Sustainable Land Fund
Peter Stein, Lyme Timber
David Festa, Environmental Defense
Sustaining Growth & Profitability in the Developing World
How do you engage 4 billion people making less than $4 a day? The "Bottom of the Pyramid" (BOP) represents an unprecedented market opportunity for companies to address unmet needs and sustain long-term growth and profitability.
Moderator:
Mark Milstein, Lecturer of Strategy, Innovation and Sustainable Global Enterprise, Cornell University
Panelists:
Iqbal Quadir, Founder, Grameen Phone
Amit Chugh, Co-founder, Cosmos Ignite Innovations
Hector Ureta Morales, Director of Social Programs, CEMEX
The Future of Sustainable Business and Green Supply Chains
More than ever companies are working to become better environmental stewards and corporate citizens. What programs have truly been successful? More importantly, what far-reaching objectives can companies, with non-profit, government and university partners, really achieve over the next decade? Sustainability objectives include efforts to minimize materials wasted in supply chains, grow the use of alternative energy such as wind and solar, or green university campuses. Panelists will discuss the work that their organizations and sectors are focusing on today, and the future impact they believe these efforts will have.
The intent of this discussion is to focus on how companies have made their supply chains more environmentally sustainable, what the economic benefits or losses have been from these actions, and the panelists' thoughts on the direction that supply chains will move to in the future.
Moderator:
Dwight Collins, Presidio School of Management
Panelists:
Seth Dunn, Renewable and Distributed Energy Marketing, GE Energy
Kyle Cahill, Manager, Corporate Partnerships, Environmental Defense
Jim Merkel, Sustainability Coordinator, Dartmouth College
Doug Asano, Director of Inside Sales, Huber
Beyond Microfinance
For decades, microfinance remained a non-traditional financing scheme that relied predominantly on a donor-based model. But as microfinance scales up and shifts to a capital-markets model, it faces stiff challenges to deliver adequate rates of return for private investors. This panel explores ways in which such challenges are being met through creative mechanisms such as hybrid financial instruments (Deutsche Bank's Eye Fund) and superior value creation by microfinance institutions (MFIs) inserting themselves into the value chain of client organizations.
Moderator:
Michael Chu, Former CEO, Accion
Panelists:
Bill Foote, CEO EcoLogic
Peter Kellner, CEO, Richmond Capital
Xavier Pierluca, Associate, Deutsche Bank
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Sustainable Business and the Food Sector
Companies worldwide are devising, implementing, and communicating new strategies to manage business resources sustainably. This panel will explore past success and future directions with an emphasis on the food sector. What challenges do companies face when incorporating sustainability into their core mission versus simply leveraging sustainable practices in certain operations? What happens to sustainable business practices when they no longer provide tangible benefits, such as cost savings? Do smaller or mid-sized companies drive sustainability innovation or vice versa? How do these companies influence larger players?
Moderator:
Steve Powell, Professor, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
Panelists:
Ed Flanagan, CEO, Jasper Wyman & Son
Hal Hamilton, President, Sustainability Institute
Mike Dupee, VP of Corporate Social Responsibility, Green Mountain Coffee
The Dynamics of Socially Responsible Investment
Socially responsible investors play a critical role in driving change in the private sector. They use their capital and influence to reinforce existing sustainable business practices, to introduce new sustainable business initiatives, and to support companies cultivating innovation that will drive future sustainability. This panel will explore the approaches taken by socially responsible investment firms to promote sustainable business and the impact that their efforts are having in the market.
Moderator:
Richard Howarth, Professor, Dartmouth College
Panelists:
David Link, Greenmont Capital Partners
Kimberly Gladman, SRI Analyst, Domini Social Investments
Hewson Baltzell, Innovest Strategic Value Investors
Adam Seitchik, Chief Investment Officer, Trillium Asset Management
Key Tools to Manage for Global Sustainability
Thinking about business sustainability and social responsibility is no longer "someone else's job" in today's business world. It is a critical skill for all business leaders. Managers are being held accountable for their impacts. New market opportunities face businesses who respond to social and environmental demand. This workshop will provide frameworks to help managers think about how they are currently performing against sustainability metrics, as well as tools to translate these frameworks into actionable sustainability plans.
Speakers:
Russ Derickson, Professor of Sustainable Products and Services, Presidio School of Management
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Profit through Green Design
By adopting sustainable practices, companies benefit three-fold: they reduce costs of manufacturing/processing, they appeal to new customers, and they ensure resources for future generations. Environmental design has enhanced product value while reducing waste, unnecessary chemicals, and energy consumption. This workshop will provide key green design tools to business leaders and product developers eager to build sustainable profits.
Speaker:
Malcolm Lewis, President and Founder, CTG Energetics
Stephen Turner, Managing Director, CTG Energetics
Jack Wilson, Associate Director, Planning for the Dartmouth College Office of Planning, Design & Construction
Product and Service Design for the Bottom of the Pyramid
Multinational corporations are looking for their next big growth opportunity and the world at large is looking for a more inclusive form of capitalism. What if we can engage the 6 billion people who are making less than $1 a day... profitably? Serving this traditionally underserved market demands a bottom-up approach to business modeling. This workshop aims to provide an interactive, hands-on learning experience in generating insights about the Bottom of the Pyramid (BOP) and designing products and services for this market.
Speaker:
Jim Scott, Business Developer, DEKA Research and Design
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