Date and Time
Thursday April 20, 2017
9:00 am-11:00 am
CET
Location
Paris
Topics
#Supply Chain
Join BSR for a networking discussion on supply chain management to learn how your company can orient its efforts toward deeper impact and to hear from experts on their direct experiences in worker engagement in key sourcing countries.
During the event, which will be held in English, you will have the opportunity to learn more about BSR’s "Supply Chain Leadership Ladder," a maturity model that helps companies develop more impactful sustainable supply chain programs and, specifically, address the challenging topic of worker engagement. Hear how to best engage workers and how this supports better supply chain returns. Participants will leave with tools to assess the maturity of their supply chain sustainability programs and concrete ideas on how to enhance their approaches to worker engagement.
BSR is pleased to feature Lin Wang, Director in BSR’s Shanghai office, to provide firsthand experience of what makes worker engagement successful in China. Lin will explain the impact of China’s industry development and automation on workers’ skill development. This event will also be an opportunity to discuss the necessity of investing in development and training to hire, retain, and motivate workers in China, especially in the new generation.
Speakers
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Tara Norton, Former Managing Director, BSR
Tara leads BSR’s global supply chain sustainability practice.
She advises chief procurement officers and senior directors at leading global companies on the development of supply chains that create business value and address urgent and long-term risks and opportunities. She drives strategy and implementation projects across industry sectors covering sustainable procurement, supply chain strategy, collaboration, traceability, blockchain and supply chain finance.
She has authored several reports, including The Supply Chain Leadership Ladder 2.0, Win-Win-Win: The Sustainable Supply Chain Finance Opportunity, The Future of Supply Chains 2025, the UN Global Compact Supply Chain Sustainability Guide, and the UN Global Compact Guide to Traceability. Tara also teaches on the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership Sustainable Business certificate courses.
Before joining BSR, she directed supply chain work at 2degrees, the sustainability collaboration platform, and was the general manager of Sedex, where she ran and significantly grew the world's largest not-for-profit sustainable supply chain membership organization and database. Previously, Tara worked in sustainable procurement at BAA, was project manager at the World Trade Center Association Los Angeles, and served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Kherson, Ukraine. She is a dual citizen of the United States and the United Kingdom, has lived in five countries, and speaks fluent French.
Tara holds an M.B.A. from London Business School and a B.A. in International Studies and French from Northwestern University.
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Lin Wang,
Director, BSR
Lin leads BSR’s work in China, with a focus on women workers’ empowerment and supply chain sustainability issues.
She has extensive external and government relations connections and experience and is one of the leading thinkers on supply chain, economic development, and labor issues in China.
Lin started her sustainable business career at the ILO in Geneva, where she designed a project on human resources management and labor relations in China’s special economic zones. She returned to China in 2001 to serve as the project’s chief technical advisor. In 2005, IKEA recruited Lin as a sustainability manager, where she was responsible for the overall IKEA China supply chain sustainability scope, including social and environmental compliance and external relations, as well as for contributing to global sustainability strategy and action plans.
Lin holds an M.P.S. in International Development Policy from Cornell University and a B.A. in Political Economics and Education from Shanghai Teacher’s College.
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Armel Yver, Former Associate Director, BSR
Armel works with companies in the consumer products industry on their sustainability challenges and risks. He advises them on sustainability policies and programs in the areas of supply chain management, raw material traceability, reporting, and stakeholder engagement.
Prior to joining BSR, Armel spent 10 years working in the apparel and luxury sector. He started his career at Kering Group as a sustainability project manager, where he monitored the Group’s CSR performance and advised its brands on their sustainability approaches. After that, he joined Lacoste, where he helped the company structure its sustainability strategy and strengthen reporting, stakeholder engagement, and supply chain and chemicals management.
Armel holds an M.A. in History and a Master’s in Business Marketing from the University of Paris, Panthéon-Assas.
