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50 Years after Silent Spring : The Past, Present and Future of the Global Chemical Enterprise Professional Development Workshop Academy of Management Annual Meeting Boston, MA, 2012 08 03. Objectives.

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  1. 50 Years after SilentSpring: The Past, Present and Future of the Global Chemical EnterpriseProfessional Development WorkshopAcademy of Management Annual MeetingBoston, MA, 2012 08 03

  2. Objectives • To bring “toxics” to the fore in honor of the 50th anniversary of an event considered pivotal to modern environmentalism – the 1962 publication of Rachel Carson’s SilentSpring. • To introduce ‘green chemistry’ to AOM scholars and illustrate its central role in innovation for business sustainability, as well as how it connects issues as seemingly disparate as environmental health, climate change and resource efficiency. • To begin to develop a community of scholars interested in exploring the intersection of business sustainability, innovation and green chemistry.

  3. Participants • Co-Organizers • Dr. Steve Maguire, McGill U • Dr. Robert Peoples, Director of the American Chemical Society’s Green Chemistry Institute (ACS-GCI) • Industry Guest • Dr. Berkeley (Buzz) Cue Jr., Pfizer (retired) and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the ACS-GCI • Panelists • Dr. Tima Bansal, Western U • Dr. Stephanie Bertels, SFU • Dr. Arthur Daemmrich, HBS • Dr. Andy Hoffman, U-Michigan • Dr. Andrew Nelson, U-Oregon • Dr. Deborah Steketee, Aquinas College • Registrants • You!

  4. Format • First hour: introducing green chemistry • Introduction to workshop (Steve, 5 minutes) • Why Green Chemistry Matters to Business and Business Scholars (Bob, 20 minutes + 5 minutes Q/A) • An Overview of Green Chemistry in the Pharmaceutical Industry (Buzz, 20 minutes + 5 minutes Q/A) • Wrap-up and segue to panels (Steve, 5 minutes) • Second hour: putting green chemistry into context • Panel one: ‘Putting Green Chemistry into Context and Bringing it Together with Business Sustainability’ • Andy, Tima, Stephanie • 3 x 5 minutes + 10 minutes for discussion • Panel two: ‘Incorporating Green Chemistry into Management Research and Teaching’ • Andrew, Arthur, Deborah • 3 x 5 minutes + 10 minutes for discussion • Interdisciplinary Network for Green Chemistry ( IN4GC ) • Steve, 10 minutes

  5. Green Chemistry - Definition Green chemistry is the design of chemical products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use and/or generation of hazardous substances. Benign by Design!

  6. Global Chemical Enterprise • The global chemical enterprise includes, but is broader than, the traditional chemical sectors. • Bulk industrial chemicals • Specialty industrial chemicals • Agricultural chemicals • Pharmaceutical chemicals • Green chemistry is reconfiguring supply chains. • Shift away from fossil fuels as feedstocks and towards renewable bio-based feedstocks • Green chemistry is being embraced by downstream formulators, product designers and manufacturers too. • E.g. cleaning products, footwear, electronics, etc. • Green chemistry is driven not just by chemists but also by changes in regulations as well as B2B and consumer demand.

  7. Relevance to Management Scholars • "Business education is key to the transformation of the chemical enterprise because most chemists and chemical engineers in firms are not business unit managers, nor are they typically on senior management teams. Yet it is these positions that determine operating and strategic policies within firms. The science and empirical evidence driving markets toward green chemistry alternatives, as well as the market shifts that create opportunities for new products and processes based on sustainability concepts, are urgently needed in management education. Programs that collect, integrate, and disseminate teaching materials are needed. Research funding that rewards research and knowledge creation is also essential to overcome obstacles to change." (Sustainability in the Chemical Industry, NRC, 2006: p 76)

  8. Dr. Bob Peoples • Is currently Director of the American Chemical Society’s Green Chemistry Institute (ACS-GCI) • Was: • Sustainability Director for the Carpet & Rug Institute • Executive Director of The Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE) & President of the Environmental Impact Group. • Director of Carpet Sustainability and Market Development at Solutia, Inc. • In a series of roles at Monsanto • Holds a PhD in physical organic chemistry (Purdue), as well as awards for his contributions to sustainability in the carpet industry

  9. Dr. Buzz Cue • Is currently Chairman of the Board of the American Chemical Society’s Green Chemistry Institute, in his retirement from Pfizer • Was: • Creator and leader of Pfizer’s award-winning Green Chemistry Initiative • Member of the Pfizer’s Worldwide Pharmaceutical Sciences Executive team • Head of Pfizer’s Process R&D Department, and assumed responsibility for Analytical and Bio-Process R&D as well as U.S. Developmental Research • Member of the National Academies of Science Committee on Grand Challenges for Sustainability in the Chemical Industry • Holds a PhD in organic chemistry (Alabama), as well as awards for his contributions to green chemistry in the pharmaceutical industry

  10. Green Chemistry in Context • Panel one: ‘Putting Green Chemistry into Context and Bringing it Together with Business Sustainability’ • Andy, Tima, Stephanie • 3 x 5 minutes + 10 minutes for discussion

  11. Green Chemistry in Context • Panel two: ‘Incorporating Green Chemistry into Management Research and Teaching’ • Andrew, Arthur, Deborah • 3 x 5 minutes + 10 minutes for discussion

  12. IN4GC Mission The Interdisciplinary Network for Green Chemistry (IN4GC) links scholars who share an interest in green chemistry and, specifically, its broader business, economic, social and political implications as well as its role in achieving the societal goal of sustainability. Its mission is to provide a forum for ongoing dialogue between social scientists and chemists who seek to catalyze, through innovative research and education, the implementation of green chemistry principles throughout the global chemical enterprise. By assembling a critical mass of social science and chemistry expertise, it facilitates multi-institution collaborations and provides a banner for launching novel interdisciplinary research and teaching initiatives. 12

  13. IN4GC Research Objectives To increase networking, research development and publishing opportunities for established scholars and doctoral students interested in adopting social science or interdisciplinary perspectives to explore the global chemical enterprise’s transition to green chemistry; To encourage and facilitate collaborative research projects among researchers from diverse fields who share in interest in the broader implications of green chemistry; To disseminate research findings and analyses of the global chemical enterprise and its transition to green chemistry. 13

  14. IN4GC Education Objectives To develop and disseminate teaching and learning resources that make green chemistry meaningful to non-technical university-level audiences, including MBA students and executives; To develop and disseminate teaching and learning resources that make the business, economic, social and political contexts of green chemistry meaningful to university-level Chemistry students. 14

  15. IN4GC Teaching Resources https://www.mcgill.ca/desautels/beyond-business/integrated-management/additional-initiatives/in4gc 15

  16. Thank you • We know your time is valuable and appreciate your devotion of a few hours to reflect on green chemistry and how it might be integrated into your research and teaching agendas. • Here’s where you can find teaching materials: • https://www.mcgill.ca/desautels/beyond-business/integrated-management/additional-initiatives/in4gc • For more information about IN4GC, please contact Steve Maguire: • steve.maguire@mcgill.ca

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