Sustainability Considerations for Procurement Tools and Capabilities: Summary of a Workshop (2012)

8:30 AM

Welcome and Goals of the Workshop
Marina Moses, Director, Science and Technology for Sustainability Program

Dara O’Rourke, Chair, Workshop Planning Committee, University of California, Berkeley

8:45 AM

GSA Comments on Sustainable Procurement
Steven J. Kempf, Commissioner, Federal Acquisition Service, General Services Administration

9:00 AM

Section 13 Interagency Working Group Overview: Sustainable Procurement and Processes
Nancy Gillis, Director, Federal Supply Chain Emissions Program Management Office General Services Administration

9:15 AM

Best Practices in Sustainable Procurement
Alicia Culver, Director, Responsible Purchasing Network

9:45 AM

Section 13 Product Standards and Ecolabels Sub-working Group
Alison Kinn Bennett, Senior Advisor on Product Sustainability, Environmental Protection Agency Brennan Conaway, Contracting Officer, General Services Administration

10:15 AM

BREAK

10:45 AM

Breakout Groups

What are purchasers’ challenges and needs across the lifecycle of purchasing? What are some examples of hitting barriers when trying to buy “green”? What would be the design criteria in developing the ideal tool?

Moderator: Leo Bonanni, Chief Executive Officer, Sourcemap

Location: Conference Room A

What information about products is needed regarding sustainable attributes, whether directly and through certification and ecolabels?

Moderator: Alison Kinn Bennett, Senior Advisor on Product Sustainability, Environmental Protection Agency

Brennan Conaway, Contracting Officer, General Services Administration

Location: Board Room

11:45 PM

Breakout Group Report Back to Plenary
Moderator: Dara O’Rourke, Chair, Workshop Planning Committee, University of California, Berkeley

Location: Conference Room A

12:30 PM

LUNCH

1:30 PM

Sustainability in Procurement Processes—Data Needs and Challenges
Anastasia O’Rourke, Co-Founder, Big Room

2:00 PM

Fostering Sustainability into the Procurement Process
Stephen Gordon, Professor, Old Dominion University

2:30 PM

BREAK

2:45 PM

Federal Perspectives on Sustainable Procurement
Josh Silverman, Director, Office of Sustainability Support, Department of Energy

Karen Moran, Environmental Protection Specialist, Pollution Prevention Team Lead, Defense Logistics Agency

3:15 PM

Considerations in Sustainable Sourcing and Procurement
Lorrie Vogel, General Manager, Nike’s Considered Products, Nike Inc. (Teleconference)

3:45 PM

Summary Remarks
Chair: Dara O’Rourke, University of California, Berkeley

4:00 PM

MEETING ADJOURNS

Thursday, December 8, 2011

8:15 AM

Introduction and Previous Day Recap
Chair: Dara O’Rourke, University of California, Berkeley

8:30 AM

Current Landscape of Sustainable Procurement Tools
Chris O’Brien, Director of Sustainability, American University

9:00 AM

Criteria for Best Practices with Sustainable Procurement Tools

Josh Saunders, Sustainable Products Evangelist, Greencurement

9:30 AM

Opportunities and Emerging Requirements for Sustainable Procurement Tools

Peter Graf, Chief Sustainability Officer, SAP

10:00 AM

Requirements for Procurement Processes Along the Supply Chain

Edan Dionne, Director, Corporate Environmental Affairs, IBM Corporation

10:30 AM

BREAK

10:45 AM

A Framework for Greener Procurement: Connecting Life-cycle Attributes and Ecolabels to Bring Clarity to Institutional Buyers

Jonathan Rifkin, Washington, DC and NASPO

Yalmaz Siddiqui, Environmental Strategy Advisor, Office Depot

11:30 AM

LUNCH

12:15 PM

Components of a Proposed Sustainable Acquisition Tool
Edward Rau, Chair, HHS Sustainability Innovations Working Group, National Institutes of Health

12:45 PM

A Roadmap for Achieving Sustainable Procurement
Stephen Leeds, Senior Counselor to the Administrator, General Services Administration

1:15 PM

BREAKOUT GROUPS

What training and skills will be required to realize the full benefits of sustainable purchasing tools? What methods are there for broadening the use of sustainable purchasing tools to a more mainstream audience and encouraging a culture change among purchasers and suppliers?

Moderator: Chris O’Brien, Director of Sustainability, American University

Location: Conference Room A

What are major data gaps and data availability issues related to sustainable procurement? What are the different attributes, whether positive or negative, that characterize sustainable procurement and what should they be moving forward?

Moderator: Teresa Neal, Senior Purchasing Manager, Church & Dwight, Co., Inc.

Location: Board Room

2:15 PM

Breakout Group Report Back to Plenary

Moderator: H. Scott Matthews, Professor, Carnegie Mellon University

Location: Conference Room A

2:45 PM

Closing Remarks

Chair: Dara O’Rourke, University of California, Berkeley

3:00 PM

MEETING ADJOURNS