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Indicators and Metrics for Socially Inclusive Waste Management and Resource Efficiency in Supply Chains: Measuring and Reporting to Embed Sustainability in Policy and Practice UK Newton Fund Workshop Florianopolis, Brazil May 2017

Social enterprises and social innovations

Dr Maria Granados

m.granados@wmin.ac.uk / @malugran

My context

Armenia, Quindio Colombia London, UK

Lecturer in Information Management Department of Business Information Management and Operations

Previous research experience relevant to our workshop

– Understanding social enterprises in UK and Colombia – ‘organisations that trade to tackle social problems, improve communities, people’s life chances and/or the environment’ – Sustainable solutions by empowering others within and

• utside the social enterprise

– Studying their organisational processes, capabilities, KM practices, collaborative nature and support networks that allow them to provide innovative and sustainable solutions to social and environmental issues

Current research projects relevant to our workshop

Exploring the mechanisms and impact of legislation in cross-judicial supply chains: Case study of the Brazil-UK orange juice supply chain Fundacão Getulio Vargas (SP) - University of Nottingham September 2017 – September 2019 Spring-up enterprising and innovation – the case of ARCA and ARUB CIVISOL – Colombian NGO January 2017

Exploring the mechanisms and impact of legislation in cross-judicial supply chains: Case study of the Brazil-UK orange juice supply chain

Objectives – To identify, map and catalogue relevant members and stakeholders of the Brazil-UK orange juice supply chain. – To understand and structure the relationships between the members and stakeholders of the Brazil-UK orange juice supply chain and how UK and Brazilian law impacts the supply chain in the other country – To identify and understand legal and managerial mechanisms that carry legislation from one country to the

• ther through the supply chain.

– To disseminate the findings of the research to stakeholders in the Brazil-UK orange juice supply chain and to inform future supply chain legislation and management.

Spring-up enterprising and innovation – the case of ARCA and ARUB

Multidisciplinary research to develop a sustainable business model for two associations of waste pickers in Colombia in partnership with CIVISOL, a Colombian NGO. Context – Waste pickers are traditionally people living under poverty conditions, who use waste as their main source of income and

• work. In 2009, they formed associations (ARCA and ARUB)

following solidarity economy principles thanks to a judicial order (T-291-09) that allowed organisation of recyclers (waste pickers) to

• perate municipal recycling.

– Major corporations interfered in this process making almost impossible for these association to stay alive and to guarantee a living for more than 3,000 waste pickers. The new practice normalises the human exploitation of vulnerable populations, allows corporate interests to free ride at the expense of the publicly financed city sanitation, and enables unfair competition and the monopolization of the value extracted from waste.

Spring-up enterprising and innovation – the case of ARCA and ARUB

Aim Stimulating new forms of transdisciplinary research in partnership with CIVISOL to harmonize the new global business of recycling or emerging circular economy with the constitutional need of protecting the hygiene and sanitation of the city, legally empowering waste pickers by a human rights approach, and strengthening their social and solidarity economy

• rganizations.

Areas of study – Exploring bottom-up entrepreneurship and dilemmas of enterprising in poverty (leadership, governance, talent management) – Financing bottom-up social enterprising and innovation – poor economics, crowd sourcing, sharing economy and e-volunteering – Producing guidance for business managers and lawyers in addressing and supporting bottom-up enterprising – Sustainable supply chain management and the problem of

• utsourcing labour from extreme poverty