 Sydney: 4th April 2006
Venue: Four Seasons Hotel
Melbourne: 10th April 2006
Venue: Hilton on the Park
A business's products are central to its reputation. The environmental and social impacts of how the product is created and the purchasing policies of business are under increasing scrutiny.
The IssuesA business's products are central to its reputation. The environmental and social impacts of how the product is created and the purchasing policies of business are under increasing scrutiny. Sustainable Supply Chain Management is becoming a big issue, globally and in Australia. Government has targeted it as a prime market based approach to sustainability. Consumers are asking more questions and activists are campaigning against 'irresponsible' products and companies.
Reputation is becoming increasingly important for the long term success of brands and organisations alike. Managing supply chain impacts is a crucial part of enhancing and maintaining reputation and reducing risk. Green procurement is only one part of sustainable supply chain management. - What are the benefits of managing sustainability in your supply chain?
- Does sustainable supply chain management have a role in the marketplace?
- Can regulation encourage sustainable supply chain management?
- How much influence can one purchaser have?
- Is supply chain management realistic for small and medium business?
- Should each company be allowed to develop their own criteria for sustainable procurement?
- How do you monitor what your supplier is doing?
Come to our event to hear leading experts from a variety of sectors debate these issues and more. Sydney Chair: Jonathan Harley - Reporter/Producer, 7:30 Report Speakers
| Boral | Phillip Watts | Divisional Procurement Manager | | Toyota | James Holgate | Manager, Environmental Policy
| | Fuji Xerox | Philip Chambers | Managing Director and CEO | | WSN Environmental Solutions | Ken Kanofski | Chief Executive Officer | | Total Environment Centre | Jeff Angel | Executive Director | | Local Government & Shires Assocociation of NSW | Genia McCaffery | President | Melbourne Chair: Linda Funnell-Milner - Director, Corporate ResponseAbility Speakers
| Boral | Phillip Watts | Divisional Procurement Manager | Toyota
| James Holgate | Manager, Environmental Policy | | Fuji Xerox | Ramsay Moodie | Director Corporate Affairs | | WSN Environmental Solutions | Ken Kanofski | Chief Executive Officer | | Total Environment Centre | Jeff Angel | Executive Director | | Eco-Buy | Adrienne Stephens
| Executive Officer
| Back to top Why you should be at this debate?
For Business
- Get a better understanding of Sustainable Supply Chain Issue.
- Understand the opportunities for your organisation.
- Bring your staff to build capacity in your organisation.
- Bring your clients/suppliers and discuss the implications for their business over breakfast.
- Hear what expectations NGOs have of business in this area.
- Network with other businesses, NGOs and Government organisations.
For Government
- Hear from local government speakers about their experience.
- What are NGO's and Business saying government should do?
- What are other government departments doing with their procurement?
- Bring your staff up to speed on what procurement guidelines are in place, such as WRAPP, Commonwealth Guidelines, Energy All Stars and Eco-Buy.
For NGO's - Get up and ask questions of the panel.
- Understand where business and NGOs agree and disagree.
- Hear about the different solutions to the problem.
- Identify issues relevant to your campaign area.
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Background Information Traditionally, corporate sustainability has been restricted to direct impacts such as pollution, natural resource use, and on-site safety. This is partly because these impacts are the largest, and partly because they are clearly the responsibility of that organisation.
However, this model does have limitations. The waste sector was probably the first to recognise that many negative and positive impacts are indirect. Examples include the design of packaging pre-determining what a consumer can do to recycle the container, or destruction of old-growth forests to make paper or building materials.
A number of models for thinking about indirect impacts rose from this problem. Product Stewardship, Extended Producer Responsibility and Cradle to Grave are all approaches that recognise that producers have a degree of responsibility for the products they supply to consumers.
While the waste sector wrestled with downstream sustainability impacts, labour activists started exposing poor standards of work in the supply chain of the apparel industry, with Nike sweatshops the most iconic of these cases.
Most recently, the finance sector has come under pressure to manage sustainability impacts in lending, investment and purchasing decisions. In 2005, the ACF launched its 'Ten sustainability innovations for the finance sector'
In 2005, Green Capital worked with a small group of NGO and industry experts to identify recommendations that would make supply chain management more sustainable. This work produced a position paper that has supported the research for 'Sustain the Chain, See the Gain'. See more about the issues that we intend to explore in the debate. You can also find out more about speakers at the debate, or book here . Back to top Latest News Launch of Energy All Stars
Release of UK paper of Sustainable Supply Chain
Release of Oxfam research into the apparel industry
NSW DEC Green Goods Website Getting to the event Minimise your indirect impacts by getting to the event by public transport.
Sydney
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Melbourne
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A map of the venue location is also available from www.whereis.com Back to top Post-Debate Forum: Human Rights & the Supply Chain After the Sustain the Chain, See the Gain debates in Sydney and Melbourne, we will be holding smaller forums on Human Rights in the Supply Chain. Speakers from Oxfam and the Textile Clothing and Footwear Union will give an overview of the major issues and what businesses can do. Following that, we’ll hear the business response from a apparel retailer and buyer.
However the main purpose of the forum is to get discussion going about practical ways in which businesses can address human rights issues in their products and procurement. We know this is a difficult area and look forward to discussing some practical ways forward.
Subscribers to Green Capital and attendees to Sustain the Chain events can attend free. Guest tickets for the post-debate forum are $55 each. Places are limited to 50 people, so book now .
Sydney: 4th April, 10:30am - 12:30am Venue TBA
Melbourne: 11th April, 9:00am - 11:00am Venue TBA Sydney Panel: Tim Connor - Labour Rights Campaigner, Oxfam
Igor Nossar - Chief Advocate, Textile Clothing & Footwear Union Australia (NSW)
Stan Moore - Principal, Issues Management Consulting, former CEO Australian Retailers Association
Sam Weiss - Chair, Oroton Melbourne Panel: Serena Lilywhite - Ethical Business Manager, Brotherhood of St Laurence
Michele O’Neil - State Secretary, Textile Clothing & Footwear Union Australia (VIC)
Stan Moore - Principal, Issues Management Consulting, former CEO Australian Retailers Association Back to top Sustain the Chain event The Issues
The Speakers
Why you should be there
Background Information
Latest News
Getting to the event Post event Forum Human Rights & the Supply Chain |
