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Anthony Alexander (PhD MBA MA) Lecturer in Opera-ons Management (2017) School of Business, Management & Economics. University of Sussex Prof. Roger Mansfield Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (2015-16), Cardiff Business School. ESRC Doctoral
School of Business, Management & Economics. University of Sussex
Snow Hill, Birmingham – Ins&tute of Civil Engineers award for sustainability (exemplary minimisa&on of site waste) London Bridge staBon (The Shard) embodied carbon modelling regarding preserva&on of structural elements.
Ebbw Vale: Exemplar Sustainable Community Regenera&on of former Corus Steelworks Social, Economic and Environmental Sustainability New Towns book Long-term study of economic and social sustainability.
Source: Oxfam. The 11 dimensions of the social founda.on are illustra.ve and are based on governments’ priori.es for Rio+20. The nine dimensions of the environmental ceiling are based on the planetary boundaries set out by Rockström et al (2009)
A.k.a ‘Doughnut Economics’
model for sustainable development.
Rockström, J., Steffen, W., Noone, K., Persson, Å., Chapin, F.S., Lambin, E.F.....Schellnhuber, H.J. (2009). A safe operaBng space for
472-475.
Libg and Griessler (2005) SD is “both a norma.ve and analy.cal concept.”
"Humanity has the ability to make development sustainable to ensure that it meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future genera-ons to meet their own needs." (Brundtland, 1987)
"to ensure that the use of Earth’s resources achieves the human rights of all – 7 billion people, rising to at least 9 billion – while simultaneously ensuring that the total pressure on Earth systems remains within planetary boundaries." (Leach, Raworth and Rockstrom, 2011, UNESCO)
5 cases across various sectors. Around 40 in-depth interviews Focused on PB+SF awareness, supply chain knowledge, bounded ra&onality, barriers and drivers.
The Cynefin Framework – a systems typology of decision contexts
Snowden and Boone (2007) A leader’s framework for decision making, Harvard Business Review, Nov 2007. French, S., Maule, J., Papamichail, N. (2009) Decision Behaviour, Analysis and Support, Cambridge University Press.
Alexander, Walker andNaim (2014) Decision theory in sustainable supply chain management: a literature review, Supply Chain Management: An Interna&onal Journal, vol 5/6, p504-522 Opera-onal Research (Hard OR) Bureaucra-c standards and metrics, KPIs, performance Complex Adap-ve Systems, So_ Systems Methodology Leadership, risk, resilience?
Alexander, Walker andNaim (2014) Decision theory in sustainable supply chain management: a literature review, Supply Chain Management: An Interna&onal Journal, vol 5/6, p504-522 Opera-onal Research (Hard OR) Bureaucra-c standards and metrics, KPIs, performance Complex Adap-ve Systems, So_ Systems Methodology Leadership, risk, resilience?
Level of analysis Scale Academic discipline / locus Product level Micro Environmental engineering / product design Firm level Micro Opera&ons Management / opera&ons strategy / strategic management. S u p p l y C h a i n Level (verBcal) Meso Supply Chain Management (incl. procurement & logis&cs) /
Sector Level (Horizontal) Meso Strategic management (compe&&on & co-opera&on), economics, strategic marke&ng / macro-marke&ng. N a B o n a l , R e g i o n a l & I n t e r n a B o n a l Level Macro Public policy / macro-economics / geography & ecology (plus/
Global Level Macro Earth systems science / ecology / industrial ecology
Academic and funcBonal disciplines at different levels of analysis for SD and PB. How can the macro scale of PB + SF be linked to the micro scale of firms or communiBes?
DRIVERS BARRIERS SUBSTANTIAL PB+SF IMPACTS IN THEIR SUPPLY CHAIN Important firms: (to be encouraged and assisted) empowered to influence SC and has substan&al PB+SF impact. Important but problemaBc firms: (to be assisted) Substan&al PB+SF impacts but disempowered to act. Need help to overcome barriers to ac&on, such as no economic alignment, no technical capability for viable alterna&ve, regulatory and compe&&ve barriers etc. INSUBSTANTIAL PB+SF IMPACTS IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN Less important legisla&on present (UK building regula&ons, etc.) but impacts are small. Less important Weak supply chain power. Legisla&on now addresses PB/SF elsewhere in supply chain EMPOWERED TO INFLUENCE THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN: DISEMPOWERED TO INFLUENCE SUSTAINABILITY OF SUPPLY CHAIN:
END RESULT: Model of substanBve SSCM with drivers and barriers