How to grow a green procurement plan that's worth its weight in gold

CONFERENCE DAY 1 – NOVEMBER 29th 2007

8.30am - 8.40am Chairman's Address

Martha Turner Principal Boooz Allen Hamilton

8.40am - 9.10am

Keynote Address

Debunking myths about green procurement: How to develop an implementation plan that actually works

Office Depot has 3 environmental objectives: Buy green, Be green and Sell green.

• The company works with the Forest & Biodiversity Conservation Alliance to procure green paper products – and has also sourced the industry’s widest assortment of green office supplies
• Office Depot continues to “be green” by reducing waste and greenhouse gases. Last year, they purchased 76,000 megawatts of Renewable Energy Credits, making them one of top America’s REC purchasers
• Finally, selling green is accomplished by publishing the Green Book and educating customers on how to reduce environmental impacts

This thought-provoking presentation will walk you through the steps you need to take to ensure green procurement becomes a viable – and integral – part of your company’s corporate responsibility strategy.  

Jeff Warmington VP of Global Procurement Office Depot
Yalmaz Siddiqui Environmental Strategy Advisor Office Depot

9.10am - 9.40am

Keynote Address

Rising to the challenges of green purchasing: A CPO's perspective

Once viewed largely as a transaction-based activity, procurement has taken on a more strategic role and with the trend towards corporate sustainability growing, procurement is rapidly becoming even more important.

But you can’t sell green if you don’t buy green.  And in this keynote address, you will see how to balance the traditional pressures on a purchasing organization to deliver value through cost savings and Total Cost of Ownership management with the pressure to purchase green.  Are these in fact opposing pressures?   And if so, how do we devise an acceptable balance? Plus expert advice on finding your  green supply base and compliance price.

Onye Mba Uzoukwu is the Vice President & Chief Procurement Officer of Chiquita Brands International with global responsibility for over $1.5 billion in annual spending. Chiquita employs 25,000 people and operates in more than 70 countries.

9.40am - 10.10am

Keynote Address

How to successfully integrate Environmental Health & Safety criteria into your existing procedures – and cut your costs

Since 1988, Boeing has increasingly aimed policies designed to keep its aircraft program, including supplier activities, environmentally safe. Early initiatives helped the organization discourage suppliers from using toxic cleaning solvents like methylene chloride. Boeing communicates  its environmental initiatives to suppliers via a bespoke  EHS Program. In this presentation you will find out how this program was developed, what metrics and major tactics were used and what role Design for Environment has in the program’s implementation and what impact it has on Boeing’s procurement operations. Moreover:

• Find out how to conduct research to choose materials and processes that will have the least negative impact on the environment – products with absence of toxins, reduced health exposures, recycled content, ease of recycling, energy efficiency
• Top tips to making your suppliers change to an environmentally friendly material
• Effective ways to communicate environmental initiatives with your suppliers – web site, questionnaires, onsite visits
• How to create a more efficient ordering system, cut down on waste and your costs

Pat Doscher currently leads the Environment Health and Safety organization for Boeing Commercial Airplanes’ Global Partners. Headquartered in Chicago, Boeing employs more than 150,000 people across the United States and in 70 countries.

10.10am - 10.40am

Keynote Address

Greening your suppliers:  Effective new ways to improve your procurement performance and align it with your company’s environmental strategy

General Motors has partnered with US Environmental Protection Agency to form a Supplier’s Partnership for the Environment that will enable automotive equipment manufacturers to engage all levels of their supply chains in the development of commonsense approaches to reducing environmental impacts. The partnership's twin goals are to benefit the environment and save suppliers significant amounts of money. And the two can be achieved simultaneously – when a company cuts the amount of material it buys for production, or when it reduces the wastes sent to incinerators, landfills or treatment plants… and even better, if it does both. In this presentation you will discover how GM works with its suppliers to communicate its expectations and identify activities to assist them in their environmental efforts. You will also find out how you can help your own suppliers to go green and the rewards you can expect as a result.

Pat Beattie has been with GM for 25 years, providing toxicology expertise to plants, divisions and staffs on all kinds of occupational and environmental health issues. GM employs 284,000 people around the world and manufactures its cars and trucks in 33 countries.

10.40am - 11.10am

Coffee break, networking, exhibition

11.10am - 12.00am

Keynote Panel Session

Your chance to ask world class green procurement experts how green purchasing is helping them reduce costs and achieve other tangible results

Come and quiz our three Keynote Address experts! Their first-hand, up-to-the moment experience in green procurement is in a league of its own. While their combined wisdom is a valuable resource for you to tap into. This is your chance to profit from a series of authoritative – and forthright – insights, along with honest discussion of common pain points, success stories and lessons learned.

Jeff Warmington VP of Global Procurement Office Depot
Onye Uzoukwu CPO Chiquita
Pat Doscher BCA Global Partners, EH&S Leader Boeing
Pat Beattie Ph.D., Director, Chemical Risk Management - Environmental Services General Motors

Martha Turner Principal Boooz Allen Hamilton (Moderator)

12.00 - 12.45pm

Panel Session

How to successfully grow a green procurement plan:  What are YOUR steps to success?

• Writing your green purchasing strategy and policies:  What you must absolutely not forget about  to include in your program
• Setting your green purchasing goals:  How best to choose your priorities and targets
• Products and services:  How to identify the ones that are most suitable for applying green procurement principles
• Before you buy:  The multiple environmental attributes you must take into account first:  Post-consumer recycled-content, recyclability, durability and reusability, reduced packaging, decreased use of toxic chemicals in manufacturing – and more
• Supplier involvement:  How to enlist supplier help and co-operation and the easiest way to screen their environmental performance
• Results:  Effective ways of tracking your results and communicating all the benefits you have achieved to your corporate management

Sherrie Moomey Global Procurement Director Nike
Richard Kouwenhoven General Manager, Express Division Hemlock Printers

John LaPorta C.P.M. Procurement IBM

Tim Reeve Principal Tim Reeve & Associates (Moderator)

12.45pm - 1.45pm

Lunch, networking, exhibition

1.45pm - 2.15pm

Steelcase Case Study

Leaner and Cleaner:  How to be proactive, get your suppliers eager to help – and actually exceed the expectations of your customers

Times are changing. It is no longer solely the job of the environmental departments to further your company’s green goals – supply chain managers are expected to get directly involved.   And to fill the demand for greener products you need to get your suppliers backing you every inch of the way.  During this Case Study, you will hear how two projects – the EPA's Green Suppliers Network and Environment Canada's Green Business Network – have helped Steelcase become leaner and cleaner. Moreover, you will:

• Discover how to support your suppliers’ environmental initiatives – while simultaneously reducing your own costs
• Learn how to persuade your suppliers to willingly – and accurately – provide detailed material content information for the items they supply to comply with product environmental certifications and recycled content requests
• Evaluate the merits of additional data:  How your suppliers can provide process and logistics information (in addition to material content) to support life cycle analyses

 Mary Ellen Mika Manager Environmental & Diversity Supply Chain Management Steelcase

2.15pm - 2.45pm

Material Sciences Corporation Case Study

Travel step by step along MSC’s road to green procurement

MSC has traveled further along the road to green procurement than most.  So this is your chance to get the inside track – plus a clear sense of direction.  Learn from  their experience, beginning with the way to develop a powerful green sourcing strategy right through to becoming a confident, accomplished Green Purchaser, who’s sufficiently savvy to achieve maximum environmental and financial benefits.  Not only will this deliver a full understanding of MSC’s end-to-end global supply chain, you’ll also gain business intelligence that’s not available from any other source.

MSC provides material-based solutions for electronic, acoustical/thermal, and coated metal applications. As Global Director of Supply Chain, Kirk Eberhart works closely with internal stakeholders and the MSC leadership team to identify emerging opportunities for savings and expense reduction in all aspects of the supply chain.

Kirk Eberhart Global Director of Supply Material Sciences Corporation

2.45pm - 3.15pm

Hemlock Printers Case Study

How to translate the environmental benefits of green procurement into financial and management paybacks

Thanks to a client education campaign about environmentally sound paper choices, Hemlock Printers has achieved an increase of 36% in the amount of FSC-certified paper purchased. Or to put it another way, Hemlock customers have saved 6,240 trees, reduced 4,469 million BTU’s of energy, saved 2.3 million gallons of water and kept  300,576 lbs of solid waste from landfill. All in a single year!  In this presentation you will learn how to translate environmental success into financial and management benefits, how to increase customer feel-good factor – and customer loyalty - and how to prioritize design choices for green projects that are specific to the values of your purchasing organizations.

3.15pm - 3.45pm

Coffe break, networking, exhibition

Roundtables

Pick and mix the afternoon sessions

FIRST SESSION: 3.45pm - 4.30pm

SECOND SESSION: 4.30pm - 5.15pm

Here's the chance to get up-to-speed on the topics and issues that are business-critical to you right now. Each roundtable discussion will be led by influential industry experts - people who really know their stuff! Ask questions, benchmark and exchange views and experiences with your peers.

1. Examining the trends that are forcing the procurement function to go green:  Are they getting stronger, or might it all be a flash in the pan?

Sherrie Moomey Global Procurement Director Nike

2. The road to proactive procurement:  How to get involved in Six Sigma and Design for Environment

Kirk Eberhart Global Director of Supply Material Sciences Corporation

3. How to access your suppliers’ environmental performance:  Metrics overview

Richard Kouwenhoven General Manager Digital Services Hemlock

4. Can you improve your green procurement through outsourcing?

5. How to develop a list of chemicals to avoid and to build a list of approved products

Pat Beattie Ph.D., Director, Chemical Risk Management - Environmental Services General Motors

6. An overview of Buy Recycled Programs

Yalmaz Siddiqui Environmental Strategy Advisor Office Depot

7. An overview of Energy and Water-Efficiency Programs

Chris O’Brien Director Responsible Purchasing Network

8. Paying the right price for green products:  When is it wise to pay a premium?  And when should you absolutely not?

9. Haven’t you got your whole company committed to green procurement yet? Learn how to get your corporate management’s approval and demonstrate the benefits of green procurement to everyone within your organization

Don K Brown CEO EcoVelocity Associates

10. The best way to communicate with environmental managers to improve your  own procurement performance

Mary Ellen Mika Manager Environmental & Diversity Supply Chain Management Steelcase

5.15PM - 6.30PM NETWORKING PARTY

CONFERENCE DAY 2 – NOVEMBER 30th 2007

8.40am - 8.50am

Chairman's Address

Pierre Mitchell Director The Hackett Group

8.50am - 9.20am

Keynote address

Incorporating CSR policy into procurement – and its impact on your operations

IBM has been an environmental trailblazer for 30 years, developing a powerful Environmental Management System across the world in the process   The company’s CSR policy is supported by corporate instructions, practices and standards that govern IBM global operations and are basic to its environmental management programs, which cover issues such as chemical and waste management, energy management, environmental evaluation of suppliers, product stewardship, incident prevention and reporting and environmental impact assessment for real estate transactions.  In this eye-opener of a presentation you will find out how IBM’s procurement operations have been incorporated into the CSR policy and what impact it has on daily operations of procurement professionals.  Prepare to be surprised!

9.20 am - 9.50am

Presentation

How to successfully use lean techniques to effectively drive the greening of your procurement operations and supply chain

Come and learn from the experiences of the Green Suppliers Network and understand the best way to expand your lean and green opportunities. GSN is managed jointly by US Environmental Protection Agency and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, leveraging a national network of manufacturing technical assistance resources to blast through institutional roadblocks that could prevent greening the supply chain. GM, Eaton, Baxter Healthcare and Pfizer are just a few of the major manufacturers who belong to GSN, and are  working to improve both environmental and economic performance at all levels of the manufacturing supply chain. GSN offers a number of programs including Lean and Clean in which companies secure process efficiencies via a technical review that includes value stream mapping and combines environmental considerations and lean improvement techniques.

• Learn about the lean initiatives that address environmental waste and enable you to  eliminate raw material loss and disposal costs
• Discover how to conduct a technical review through value stream mapping – and prioritize key improvement areas
• Understand the best way to deploy lean metrics to measure the results of your green supply chain and procurement performance

Kristin Pierre Manager Green Suppliers Network US Environmental Protection Agency

9.50am - 10.35am

Panel Session

How to overcome the challenges of green procurement and make the green purchasing change in your company happen

• The price obstacle: Do you really have to pay a premium for environmental products or services?  What steps can you take to get the most from your green purchases and reduce your total costs?
• Your suppliers: Which techniques work best when it comes to overcoming your suppliers’ lack of environmental awareness?
• Getting the right products and services:  How do you overcome the frustrations of limited availability – and where are you best advised to source green commodities?
• Knowledge gap:  Is there insufficient knowledge in your organization?  What’s the fastest, easiest way to educate your team – and yourself –in major green purchasing concepts, vocabulary and terms?

Mary Ellen Mika Manager Environmental & Diversity Supply Chain Management Steelcase
Paul Wittenbrock Global Procurement Director Microsoft
Norbert Dean Sourcing and Procurement Director The Walt Disney Company

Don K Brown CEO EcoVelocity Associates (Moderator)

Coffee break, networking, exhibition

10.35am - 11.05am

11.05am - 11.35am

Presentation

An update on Responsible Purchasing Network’s latest projects

Responsible Purchasing Network is a member-based network of procurement stakeholders dedicated to improving human health and the environment through best practices, superior products, improved supply, purchasing tools, market education and peer networking. In this presentation you will get an update on RPN’s latest projects and brand new published guides that spell out the most crucial green purchasing definitions and help increase your knowledge when it comes to purchasing green commodities. You’ll also find a robust discussion on costs, quality and supply enlightening!

• Cost:   Can savings be expected when procuring and using the recommended goods/services – or are you extra costs more likely?
• Quality and Performance: Are responsible alternatives definitely comparable in terms of quality and performance? Should new products be tested?  Is user training required?
• Supply:  How easily can consumers buy the recommended responsible goods and services – and how fast are the distribution channels growing?

11.35am - 12.20pm

Panel Session

Green procurement benefits:  How to improve your procurement operations – and your company’s bottom line

• Savings:  How green purchasing can help cut direct and indirect costs: hazardous management, operational, disposal, repair and replacement
• Suppliers:  Secrets of greening your suppliers in a way that guarantees you improve your overall procurement performance
• Stakeholders:  How green procurement reflects your company’s broader corporate social responsibility principles and responds to growing customer demand for environmentally friendly products
• Impact:  Simple ways to measure your green procurement benefits  –  cost savings and environmental advantages

Kirk Eberhart Global Director of Supply Chain Material Sciences Corporation

Norbert Dean Sourcing and Procurement Director The Walt Disney Company

Tim Reeve Principal Tim Reeve & Associates

John LaPorta C.P.M. Procurement IBM

Pierre Mitchell Director The Hackett Group (Moderator)

Lunch, networking, exhibition

12.20pm - 1.20pm

1.20pm - 1.50pm

Hewlett-Packard Case Study

The true value of greening your procurement operations: Cost reduction across your entire supply network 

In this presentation you will find out from Hewlett-Packard how NOT to make green products more expensive to manufacture. Plus:

• A discussion on the green purchasing impact in terms of a product’s total lifecycle versus simply looking at the composition of goods shipped
• How to best combine your purchasing decisions with the EfD program and achieve energy efficiency, materials innovation, and design for recyclability
• Find out how Design for Recycling can help you cut:
  • Take back compliance costs
• Materials handling costs
• Manufacturing conversion costs
• Everything you need to know about the impact of reduced packaging on your costs
• Expert advice about reducing carbon emissions from your transportation

Hewlett-Packard  purchases $53 billion worth of materials from its global suppliers every year. The company manufactures at thousands of sites worldwide, and ships hundreds of millions of kilos of material every year.  Its customer base embraces huge government and corporate customers, all the way down to consumers shopping at the corner drugstore.

1.50pm - 2.20pm

Presentation

How to make big savings on your packaging costs while also reducing your packaging environmental footprint

• Checklist to ascertain the competitiveness of your current packaging suppliers and the packaging they sell you
• How to source suppliers that maximize the use of renewable and recycled source materials
• How sustainable packaging systems enable you to achieve cost reduction throughout the whole product’s life cycle
• How to promote recovery and reuse through sustainable packaging

Frank Perkowski President Business Development Advisory

2.20pm - 2.40pm

Wrap-up Session

A final opportunity to harness all the information you’ve gathered and put together an easy-to-implement Action Plan that will enable you to improve your green procurement performance, cut costs and achieve other tangible benefits. All the information you need to re-energize your approach to procurement solutions – and impress your management board!

END OF CONFERENCE