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Stakeholder session participation on electronics supply chain

Published at November 20, 2008 in Electronics, Supply chain, Stakeholders, CSR, Sector - electronics, Events, Academic and Metals. Closed

New York, November 4, 2008

Washington, November 19, 2008

GHGm President Dr. Steven B. Young was invited to two stakeholder meetings related to social and environmental responsibility in the supply-chain of metals in electronics. The Extractives Stakeholders Sessions were organized by Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC) and Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI), leading electronics industry groups concerned about environmental and social issues in their supply-chains.  The meetings were attended by a cross-section of non-profit, governmental, mining industry and other stakeholders. Much of the focus is on the sustainability and human rights circumstances of mining and metal operations in developing countries.

 

The meeting objectives were:

  • To share progress made by EICC and GeSI and prospective goals on improving social and environmental conditions in the electronics supply chain, including summary feedback from Nov. 4th meeting;
  • To gather input from participants on current strategy in order to further refine goals and activities for 2009; and
  • To identify learnings from current initiatives and opportunities for collaboration

 

Steve presented GHGm’s study on Social and Environmental Responsibility in Metals Supply to the Electronic Industry. The study objectives were to understand  how:

 

  • aluminum (Al), cobalt (Co), copper (Cu), gold (Au), palladium (Pd) and tin (Sn) are mined, recycled, purchased and used within the electronic industry
  • members of GeSI and EICC can effectively influence social and environmental issues associated with mining of metals used in electronic products.

OMAFRA Outlook 2008 event

Published at November 13, 2008 in Agriculture, Academic, Clean Technology, Events, Life cycle assessment (LCA) and GHG measurement. Closed

Dr. Steven B. Young was invited to present at the session on Environmental Goods and Services at the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) Outlook Conference at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto, Ontario. His presentation, entitled “From Environmental Footprint to Societal Value” was coauthored with Dr. Goretty Dias. It established a link from measuring impacts to valuing ecological services, and highlighted the role of LCA in contributing to an understanding of the valuation of environmental goods and services in agriculture.

UW Centre for Environment and Business created

Published at October 9, 2007 in Academic and GHGm. 0 Comments

Dr. Steven B. Young, GHGm President, has been appointed as the first Director of the “Centre for Environment & Business” at the University of Waterloo, Faculty of Environmental Studies.

Dr. Young has been teaching in the Faculty since 1999 and was appointed Associate Professor earlier this year. He will be responsible for adding students, new courses, novel research directions, and new faculty over the coming years.

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Professor Steven Young appointed to Waterloo

Published at September 17, 2007 in Academic and GHGm. 0 Comments

GHGm is proud to announce that Dr. Steven Young, GHGm President, has accepted a new faculty position at the University of Waterloo as an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Environmental Studies.

“For me this is very exciting. It’s a great senior academic post, with all the bells and whistles the University has to offer including the opportunity to expand UW’s fabulous reputation” says Professor Young.