| Lean & Green Supply Chain Strategies Summit | detailed conference agenda |
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| 7:30 am |
Registration Opens & Continental Breakfast |
| 8:15 am |
Opening Comments from Chairperson |
| 8:30 am |
Case Study: Hewlett Packard
Understanding the True Value of Being Green: Reducing Cost and Improving Environmental Performance
Learn from a global leader in green supply chain management, which highlights some innovations pioneered by HP.
 Seeking advantage through proactive anticipation of regulatory shifts
Engaging suppliers to drive continuous improvement
Focusing innovation on products and solutions that help customers gain a clear return on investment through financial savings, as well as a “return on environment”
This must-attend session will provide knowledge from a global leader in socially and environmentally responsible supply chain practices.
 Ed Costa,
Program Manager, Global Social and Environmental Responsibility Operations
Hewlett Packard Company
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| 9:15 am |
Measuring The Effectiveness and Overall Success of Your Green Supply Chain Initiative: Benchmarks and Performance Indicators
A central component of any green supply chain initiative is a robust and clearly defined strategy to gauge performance and overall success. This session will outline some common benchmarks that can help ensure that your supply chain meets top standards and does all it can for you and the environment.
Achieving sustainability with green technologies
Examining case studies of successful implementations
Industry overview: what has worked and what has not
Attend and listen to a leading expert on sustainable supply chain at this vital session!
 Stephen Stokes,
VP Sustainability and Green Technologies
AMR Research (Boston) |
| 10:00 am |
Coffee/Refreshment Break
Interact with conference speaker & attendees. |
| 10:30 am |
Case study: frito Lay Canada
Supply Chain Transformation at Frito Lay Canada
Winners of SCL Canada’s Green Supply Chain Award and CCME Pollution Prevention Award in 2009, Frito Lay has been a leader since the 1990’s in reducing the environmental footprint of its supply chain through innovative practices, and can offer valuable insight to companies looking to do the same. This session considers some key points in the process of its supply chain transformation from the 1990’s to today.
Building internal engagement, expertise, and momentum
Achieving efficiencies and savings from sustainability
The sustainability strategic framework and the path forward
Attend this leading case study presented by a distinguished Canadian green supply chain leader and take home industry-leading best practices!
 Helmi Ansari,
Sustainability Leader and Operations Analyst
Frito Lay Canada |
| 11:15 am |
CASE STUDY: MOUNTAIN EQUIPMENT CO-OP
Supply Chain Sustainability: A Cornerstone for Commitment to Progressive Business
MEC’s mandate and belief has been a long-standing focus on social, environmental, and economic sustainability. It’s commitment to responsible operations and product sustainability demonstrates the best of what business can be in our society. The goal of this program is to reduce MEC’s environmental footprint and improve the human condition in factory communities. Hear from this leader:
Key program successes and challenges
Lessons for ongoing progress
Learn why responsible sourcing requirements are integrated into product design philosophy and purchasing decisions.
 Esther Speck,
Director, Sustainability,
Mountain Equipment Co-op (BC)
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| 12:00 pm |
Luncheon
Enjoy a delightful and relaxing lunch fare with your peers. |
| 1:30 pm |
Assessing Limited-Use Transport Packaging: Learn the Re-Usable Alternatives and Potential Cost Savings
There are multiple options for changing your use of transport packaging to something more sustainable, and cost-effective – hidden areas of potential savings that put you in a win-win situation of reducing carbon footprint and cutting costs. Learn about leading examples and acquire ready-to-use strategies for re-usable transport packaging at this session.
Simple methods to gain significant cost reductions
Making the business case and gaining buy-in for your strategy: winning over the doubters
Learning best practices from a recognized leader
Examine a major potential area to reduce carbon footprint and get proven methods for implementation!
 Vellay Kannappen,
Director of Supply Chain Planning
Ghirardelli Chocolate Company (California)
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| 2:15 pm |
CASE STUDY: RBC ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
Understanding the Environmental Initiatives: Taking a ‘Total Supply Chain’ Approach and Reaching Sustainability
RBC has been named as one of Canada’s Greenest Employers for 2009 and one of the world’s top 100 sustainable companies. It is committed to a path of environmental sustainability which means reducing its environmental footprint, lending responsibly, and promoting and offering environmentally responsible products & services. Come and learn about:
Project One-Stop, an initiative to lower costs and reduce the carbon footprint of deliveries
The new LEED Designated RBC Centre in Toronto
Developing and launching a Corporate Green Procurement Policy
Take away lessons from a Canadian leader on how they have been successful at “greening” their supply chain
Charles Varvarikos,
Head Facilities Sourcing, RBC Procurement,
RBC Royal Bank of Canada
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| 3:00 pm |
Coffee/Refreshment Break
Interact with conference speakers and fellow attendees. |
| 3:30 pm |
Defining and Implementing Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP)
Using products with a lesser or reduced effect on human health and the environment will save you valuable time when these procedures become mandatory. Place your organization at the forefront of the GSCM revolution!
EPP along the supply chain: from raw material extraction to disposal
Reducing health and disposal costs
Developing consumer awareness of EPP practices
Learn what EPP can do for your organization and how to implement it effectively!
 Wendy Potomski,
VP Sustainable Business Solutions and Climate Change
PricewaterhouseCoopers
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| 4:15 pm |
Performing Supplier Evaluation, Certification and Outreach to Ensure Your Supply Chain is Actually ‘Green’
Knowing your supplier’s operations and standards is imperative if your supply chain is to be certifiably sustainable and eco-friendly.
Take away strategies...
Reliably gauging supplier performance
Developing benchmarks and performance indicators
Segmenting your suppliers by strengths and weaknesses
See why effective supplier evaluation should be an integral part of your new green supply chain strategy.
 Carol Boutin,
Program Manager
Sustainability Purchasing Network
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| 5:00 pm |
Conference Adjourns to Day Two |
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Evening Social Activities
Network with industry leaders and stakeholders while enjoying some of the best Toronto has to offer. Start by joining fellow delegates and speakers for complimentary appetizers in the hotel lounge ** |
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| 7:30 am |
Registration Opens & Continental Breakfast
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| 8:15 am |
Opening Comments from Chairperson
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| 8:30 am |
Special Address
Understanding the Link Between Climate Change Risk and Your Supply Chain Operations
Current understanding of the long-term impact of climate change on business does not reflect the range of potential risks faced by organizations with complex supply chain needs. This session presents the experience from the world’s leading aggregrator of corporate GHG emissions with a focus on climate risk in the supply chain including regulatory, physical & other related risks:
Maturity of the supply chain market
Reporting requirements
Long-term supply risks
Understanding the regulatory environment
Take away long-term approaches to examining and preparing for risks to your supply chain.
 Chrystina Gastelum,
U.S. Director
Carbon Disclosure Project (New York) |
| 9:15 am |
Case Study: University of British Columbia
Green Supply Chain Strategies in a Public Sector Organization
This session looks at exemplary supply chain practices at a leading Canadian university, exploring considerations that are unique to a public sector organization.
Green supply chain in the campus environment
Ensuring high standards of practice within strict budgetary parameters
Developing best practices
Take away key lessons from the campus environment at this vital session on a leading Canadian university and its supply chain challenges!
 Victoria Wakefield,
Manager of Logistics/Sustainability
University of British Columbia
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| 10:00 am |
Coffee/Refreshment Break
Interact with conference speakers & attendees. |
| 10:30 am |
JUST RELEASED REPORT!
HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR BUSINESS COMPETITIVENESS BY ADOPTING GSCM PRACTICES
Supply Chain & Logistics Association Canada has partnered with Industry Canada to produce a wide-ranging report outlining the benefits of adopting GSCM practices to improve your business competitiveness.
 Take away key strategies, conclusions and action plans to source competitive advantage. Learn…
How to become a best-in-class business with GSCM
Latest KPIs to measure your performance
Best practices by industry leaders
Roadmaps for implementing an action plan to benefit from GSCM
Develop your own collaborative cost-cutting approach.
Bob Armstrong, C.I.T.P, P. Log.
President,
SCL Canada |
| 11:15 am |
Developing a Business Case for Greening Your Supply Chain
In order for you to take the first step in making your supply chain green you have to get the buy in from senior management. Come and learn how you can make a successful business case.
Provide a framework for identifying and prioritizing green supply chain opportunities and quantifying the benefits from these opportunities
Demonstrate how to structure a business case with a supporting ROI analysis to facilitate
communication of quantitative and qualitative benefits to senior management
Discuss the key role that incentives, grants, RD Tax credit, carbon offsets play in supporting a
business case
The session will be supported by tangible case studies to ensure a practical, concrete discussion.
 Valerie Chort,
National Leader Corporate Responsibility
and Sustainability
Deloitte LLP |
 Stephen Brown,
Partner, Supply Chain,
Deloitte LLP |
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| 12:00 pm |
Luncheon
Enjoy a delightful luncheon in a relaxed setting and continue to get to know your fellow delegates. |
| 1:30 pm |
CASE STUDY: GRAND & TOY
Innovating and Rethinking the Supply Chain Model
Grand & Toy sells thousands of products and delivers to 6000 businesses every day. The company believes that a commitment to sustainability will inevitably inspire change within the marketplace.
The pivotal role of supply chain
Corporate sustainability strategy overview
Partnering with supply chain to offer environmentally preferable solutions
Attend this session and share the sustainability vision of a leading Canadian company.
 John Scheel,
Vice-President, Supply Chain,
Grand & Toy |
 Natasha Renaud,
Director Communications and Social Responsibility, Grand & Toy |
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| 2:15 pm |
Developing ‘Optimal Logistics Networks’: Benefit the Environment and Your Bottom Line!
This session will provide you with best practices in developing logistics networks that reduce costs, improve transportation efficiency and lower your carbon emissions. Presented by an expert in network modeling, you will leave with industry-leading strategies to develop an optimal logistics network.
Mathematical modeling principles
Relationship between the shape of your logistics network and optimal allocations of
transportation resources
Reducing transportation costs and carbon footprint with an optimal logistics network
Some of the new applications of network modeling being used by leading firms to gain
competitive advantage
Attend this session to learn the ins and outs of a successful optimal logistics network!
 Jack Ampuja,
President
Supply Chain Optimizers (New York)
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| 3:00 pm |
Coffee/Refreshment Break
Interact with conference speakers and fellow attendees. |
| 3:15 pm |
Peer-to-peer Exchange Forum
Avoiding the Greenwash Label
Public scrutiny and consumer awareness means your customers will be able to tell the difference between superficial commitments to going green and genuine efforts. Avoid a PR backlash against your efforts by understanding the distinction between greenwashing and committing to sustainability.
Join a group of your peers to discuss the challenges of implementing sustainable initiatives and avoiding a publicity backlash when trying to gain support. Topics covered will include, but not be limited to:
Understanding the consumer mindset and expectations
Examining past failed PR efforts and the ensuing fallout
One person from each table will be nominated to share findings at the end of the session. The exchange will facilitate greater peer-to-peer collaboration and creative solutions.
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| 4:15 pm |
Conference Adjourns |
