Conference Bites

NAEM EHS Conference April 28 Palo Alto

"Why do I use the word 'transform'? 'Change' is pretty transitory; transformation isn't."
~ Lauralee Barbaria, Director, Green MBA Program, Dominican University of California

"Storytelling is one of the best ways to come up with a full, rich picture of a problem."
~ Nancy Roberts, The Idea Hive and Dominican Green MBA Program

"When I'm thinking about supply chain engagement, I'm also thinking about our customers, like Walmart and their requirements."
~ Rodney Davis, Senior Manager, Global Sustainability, Mattel, Inc.

"As you continue to look back through your supply chain, things can get extremely complicated-- looking forward, things like end-of-life, are a little easier."
~ Rodney Davis, Senior Manager, Global Sustainability, Mattel, Inc.

"I keep talking about engaging people-- that's really how you make a green supply chain program work."
~ Yonnie Leung, Manager, Supply Chain Strategy, PG&E.

"Our goal is to push 'environmental' out of the environmental department, and into the field."
~ Ramana Kolluri, Manager, EHS Management Info. Systems, Barrick Gold Corporation.

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Fortune Brainstorm Green April 12-14 Laguna Niguel, Part One

"We approached sustainability from a business standpoint, not because of altruism."
~ Lee Scott, Wal-Mart Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors

"We assumed before that people who criticized us were out to get us. Now we undrstand that they wanted to help us."
~ Lee Scott, Wal-Mart Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors

GE talks about being involved with the smart grid, from "turbines to toasters".
~ Kate Brass, GE Ecomagination Energy Leader

"Why are we eating the leopards + other carnivores of the oceans? Not smart: too many inputs, too long to raise."
~ Sylvia Earle, National Geographic Society Explorer in Residence

"We are not waiting for technology to make a difference (in smart gird), we are waiting for inspiration."
~ Kate Brass, GE Ecomagination Energy Leader

"Bottled water is the new cigarette."
~ Heard between sessions

"Don't try to change the consumer. Change what they consume."
~ Adam Lowry, Method Co-founder & Chief Greenskeeper

"Water crunch comes before climate crunch."
~ Hugh Grant, Monsanto CEO

"Message from the blue part of the planet—think blue…. the oceans of the world are in trouble… No water—no life—no business. The actions we take in the next 10 years may be the most important in the next 10,000."
~ Sylvia Earle, National Geographic Society Explorer in Residence

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