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Supply Chain Disruptions: Impacts on Vulnerable Communities. A Workshop

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A planning committee organized a workshop on the impacts of supply chain disruptions on vulnerable communities. Workshop presenters focused on the human and social impacts to better understand:

  • how communities are impacted by supply chain disruptions
  • challenges faced in recovery from disruptions and innovative approaches to address the challenges
  • sustainability strategies for overcoming supply chain challenges (i.e., policies, informal and formal mechanisms)
  • preparations to avoid future disruptions and build/improve community resilience
  • examples of adaptive, resilient, and sustainability efforts undertaken by other communities to lessen these impacts and come up with actionable policies, programs, and strategies for the impacted communities.

Description

A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will organize a one-day public workshop on the impacts of supply chain disruptions on vulnerable communities. The workshop will convene experts from local government, the private sector, the philanthropic community, academia, and nongovernmental organizations to explore and address these impacts on underserved and underrepresented populations (including Black, Indigenous, Latino, and other communities of color), as well as older adults and rural communities. Workshop participants will also share their perspectives on the balance between resilience and sustainability, as lean supply chains face more frequent disruptions, and discuss various efforts to address these impacts equitably before, during, and after they hit affected communities. Discussions will include those relevant to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to creating greater resilience for communities and ensuring sustainable consumption and production approaches. A Proceedings of a Workshop--in Brief will be prepared by a designated rapporteur.

Collaborators

Committee

Chair

Member

Member

Member

Member

Negin Sobhani

Staff Officer

Sponsors

Internal Funding

Private: Non Profit

Staff

Negin Sobhani

Lead

Berna Oztekin-Gunaydin

Danielle Etheridge

Emi Kameyama

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