Stephen Stokes
Vice President of Research
Sustainability as Corporate Strategy
Organizations that fully embrace and quantify sustainability as a key business strategy will drive efficiencies and cost savings throughout their supply chain.
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Dr. Stephen Stokes brings over 20 years of experience working at the interface of climate change, research, teaching, and consultancy to AMR Research. His primary responsibility is guiding companies in understanding risks and exploring opportunities presented by the challenges of climate change and sustainability. Stephen additionally contributes to aspects of research and advisory services in the mining and industrial chemicals sectors.
Before joining AMR Research, Stephen worked as a Resources and Environmental Manager at Perry Resources Ltd. He also served as CEO and Executive Director at Andrew.Stewart Holdings Ltd, which provides advisory, IT solutions, planning, and carbon management services to business interests and local government in Australasia.
Stephen earned his MSc in Earth Sciences from the University of Waikato, his MBA from the University of Auckland, and his Doctorate in Climate Change and Applied Physics from the University of Oxford. Stephen remained at Oxford for much of the earlier portions of his career where he researched, consulted, and taught on the Environment Change and Management program and other interdisciplinary programs.
- Smarter Buildings Come of Age: IBM Partners With Johnson Controls To Deliver Vertically Integrated Facilities Management
- Carbon Reporting: The WRI Proposes a New Standard for Supply Chain Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- PLM and LCA Face Off: Is Design the New Hot Spot in the Sustainable Software Market?
- SEC, Sustainability, and Financial Accounting: Climate Change Hits the Balance Sheet
- Counting Computing Carbon: The Wal-Mart Sustainability Consortium Spins Out Its Very Own Geek Squad
- The Environmental Shock of the Tectonic Hare and the Insidious and Faustian Climatic Tortoise
- Time for a Who's Who and a What's What for U.S. Green Manufacturing Plants
- The Green Recovery: Clean-Tech Manufacturing Off With a Bang in 2010, Thanks to ARRA Tax Windfall
April
Sustainable Sourcing
April 8, 2010 | 11AM - 12:30PM ET Bookmark to my calendar
Kraft Foods sources from environmentally friendly cocoa farms in Ecuador, which helps to reverse deforestation in that country’s Amazon forest. Kraft pays a premium price for the Rainforest Alliance-certified cocoa, the farmers make some money, and everyone wins. This session will look at best practices in sourcing sustainably, in particular across global supply chains. We will look at the energy/emissions/water profiles in sourced materials/components; the use of recycled/reused materials and components; and the ecosystem impacts of mined, farmed, fished, or extracted inputs. On the social side, we will look at sourcing from suppliers with adequate EH&S and minimum wage standards.
Taking Stock of Sustainability and the Global Supply Chain in 2010: Standstill or Full Steam Ahead?
April 14, 2010 - 11AM - 12PM ET
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The world came to an end on 2009…economically at least. Government funding continued attempts at kick-starting a low-carbon economy via renewable energy tax incentives and stimulus programs in the Department of Energy and elsewhere. Regrettably, manufacturing remains something of a blind spot in this regard. Leading corporations, however, stand apart as they continue to message about the sustainable transformation of business through smart grid, efficient buildings, and improved processes, products and performance of many kinds.
May
The GHG Protocol and the new Scope III Initiative
May 13, 2010 | 11AM - 12:30PM ET Bookmark to my calendar
The Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol is the most widely used accounting tool for businesses to understand, quantify, and manage greenhouse gas emissions. The Protocol provides the accounting framework for nearly every GHG program in the world—from the ISO to the Carbon Disclosure Project to the California Climate Registry. It is used by hundreds of individual companies to prepare their GHG inventories. The new Scope III Initiative is trying to come up with a method to inventory the emissions across products’ full lifecycles and corporate supply chains, taking into account impacts both upstream and downstream of the company’s operations. How would a Scope III Protocol focused on supply chain emissions impact members? How would you build a business case for accounting for scope III emissions?
June
AMR Research Supply Chain Executive Conference
June 2, 2010 -
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“The Economy of Abundance: Rebuilding the Infrastructure of the Global Supply Chain for Sustainable Growth”
The world financial crisis that froze business for most of 2009 has passed and growth appears ready to stage a comeback. But global business opportunities look radically different now as we enter the second decade of the 21st century. Infrastructure needed to tap emerging markets is being built just as an overhaul in our energy networks and manufacturing plants is beginning to accelerate. Supply chain executives are looking ahead to a smarter, more connected, and more sustainable physical and information infrastructure as they plan for 2010 and beyond. This means huge new business opportunities for industrial manufacturers as well as new challenges for consumer and retail leaders who must master a very different global supply network.
July
Financial Sustainability Metrics: Measuring Up
July 8, 2010 | 11AM - 12:30PM ET Bookmark to my calendar
Sustainability has come a long way in a short time. Now that it’s the norm in the marketplace and company landscape, are we closer to having access to a tool kit? After all, monetization is a critical step in the standardization of sustainability. We will look at current best practices, examine the extent to which they are or are not being employed by the corporate world, and offer some ideas as to the trends we are seeing in their evolution moving forward.
