Global Environmental Health in the 21st Century: From Governmental Regulation to Corporate Social Responsibility: Workshop Summary (2007)
Chapter: Appendix A Workshop Agenda
Appendix A
Workshop Agenda
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH IN THE 21ST CENTURY: FROM GOVERNMENTAL REGULATION TO CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
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The Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine Auditorium, NAS Building
2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC
OCTOBER 13, 2004
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8:30 a.m. |
Welcome and Opening Remarks The Honorable Paul G. Rogers Chair, Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine Partner, Hogan and Hartson |
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8:40 a.m. |
Remarks and Charge to Participants Samuel Wilson Member, Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine Deputy Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH |
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8:55 a.m. |
Workshop Objectives Myron Harrison Member, Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine Senior Medical Advisor, ExxonMobil Corporation |
SESSION I:
WHAT ARE THE TOOLS FOR MONITORING ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH IN COMPANIES?
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Moderator: |
Ann Wolverton, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Center for Environmental Economics |
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9:00 a.m. |
Environment Management Systems: Overview and One Tool in the Toolbox Edwin Pinero Director, Office of the Federal Environmental Executive |
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9:20 a.m. |
Environmental Management Systems in Practice Deanna Matthews Postdoctoral Researcher, Carnegie Mellon University |
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9:40 a.m. |
Measuring What We Should Be Measuring: Limitation of Environmental Management Systems and Doing More Than Checking off Boxes Cary Coglianese Associate Professor, Kennedy School of Business, Harvard University |
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10:00 a.m. |
General Discussion |
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10:30 a.m. |
Break |
SESSION II:
MOVING BEYOND COMPLIANCE: CAN INDUSTRY GET AHEAD OF THE CURVE?
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Moderator: |
Charles Bennett, Senior Research Associate, Global Corporate Citizenship, The Conference Board |
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10:50 a.m. |
Using Management Systems to Improve Performance in the Chemical Industry Terry F. Yosie Vice President, The Responsible Care Initiative, American Chemistry Council |
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11:10 a.m. |
The Implication of Technology for Environmental Health Braden Allenby Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and of Law, Arizona State University |
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11:30 a.m. |
Cradle to the Grave: Impacts on Environmental Health Jack Azar Member, Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine Senior Vice-President, Environment, Health, and Safety, Xerox Corporation |
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11:50 p.m. |
General Discussion |
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12:10 p.m. |
Lunch |
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12:50 p.m. |
Green Chemistry in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Alternative Synthetic Pathways Berkeley W. Cue, Jr. Consultant, Pfizer, Inc. |
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1:10 p.m. |
Product Stewardship: Responsible Care in Action Gregory Bond Corporate Director of Product Responsibility, Dow Chemical Company |
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1:30 p.m. |
Foxes and Henhouses: One NGO’s Experiences with Voluntary Programs John Balbus Director, Environmental Health Program, Environmental Defense |
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1:50 p.m. |
General Discussion |
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2:10 p.m. |
Break |
SESSION III:
GLOBAL IMPLICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS
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Moderator: |
Daryl Ditz, Coordinator, National Educational Campaign on U.S. Persistent Organic Pollutants Ratification, Center for International Environmental Law |
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2:30 p.m. |
Balancing Risk, Assessment with the Realities of Uncertainties Bernard Goldstein Member, Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine Dean, School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh |
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2:50 p.m. |
Global Corporate Policies on Health, Safety, and Environment Barry Castleman Consultant, School of Hygiene and Public Health Johns Hopkins University |
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3:10 p.m. |
The REACH Initiative: Promises for the European Union Robert Donkers Counselor, Transportation, Energy, and Environment Delegation of the European Commission to the United States |
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3:30 p.m. |
The REACH Initiative: Can It Realistically Be Achieved? James Bus Director of External Technology, Dow Chemical Company |
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3:50 p.m. |
General Discussion |
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4:10 p.m. |
Canadian Environmental Protection Act: Protecting Human Health and the Environment Daniel Krewski Professor of Medicine and of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa |
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4:30 p.m. |
U.S. Approach to Regulation: TSCA and Public Health Lynn Goldman Member, Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine Professor, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University |
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4:50 p.m. |
Working Across Borders on Chemical Issues: The Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) John Buccini Consultant, United Nations Environmental Program |
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5:10 p.m. |
General Discussion |
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5:30 p.m. |
Adjourn |
OCTOBER 14, 2004
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8:30 a.m. |
Welcome Back The Honorable Paul G. Rogers Chair, Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine Partner, Hogan and Hartson |
SESSION IV:
IMPROVING COMMUNITY HEALTH GLOBALLY
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Moderator: |
Garrick Louis, Associate Professor of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Virginia |
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8:40 a.m. |
Opening Moderator Remarks |
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8:50 a.m. |
Environmental Health Performance Is Driven by Management Systems Brian Flannery Manager, Science Strategy and Programs, Corporate Safety Health and Environment, ExxonMobil Corporation |
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9:15 a.m. |
Health and Environment in Practice: Building of the Chad-Cameroon Project Andre Madec Manager, Corporate Public Affairs, ExxonMobil Corporation |
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9:35 a.m. |
Public Health Lessons Learned from the Chad-Cameroon Pipeline Project Burton Singer Professor, Demography and Public Affairs, Princeton University |
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9:55 a.m. |
Strategic Management of Environmental Health Management Systems Djordjija Petkoski Lead Specialist, World Bank |
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10:15 a.m. |
General Discussion |
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10: 35 a.m. |
Break |
SESSION V:
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
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Moderator: |
Kathryn Gordon, Senior Economist, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) |
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10:55 a.m. |
Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility Norine Kennedy Vice-President for Environment, United States Council on International Business |
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11:15 a.m. |
Corporate Social Responsibility in the Context of Regulation Eric W. Orts Guardsmark Professor; Professor of Legal Studies and Management, Director, Environmental Management Program, Wharton School of Business |
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11:35 a.m. |
Corporate Social Responsibility: Roles of Government, the Private Sector, and Civil Society Kernaghan Webb Adjunct Research Professor, Law and Public Policy Carleton University, Ottawa |
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11:55 a.m. |
General Discussion |
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12:30 p.m. |
Lunch |
SESSION VI:
CHALLENGES TO IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
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Moderator: |
Peter Illig, Member, Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine, Executive Director, International Society for Physicians for the Environment |
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1:30 p.m. |
Panel Discussion This panel will take a critical look at the challenges of environmental health to discuss some of these questions:
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Carol Henry, Member, Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine, Vice-President for Research, American Chemistry Council Richard Wells, International Adjunct Professor, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Advanced Studies Charles Bennett, Senior Research Associate, Global Corporate Citizenship, The Conference Board William Blackburn, Consultant, William Blackburn Consulting Kernaghan Webb, Adjunct Research Professor, Law and Public Policy, Carleton University, Ottawa |
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2:30 p.m. |
General Discussion |
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3:30 p.m. |
Summation |
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3:40 p.m. |
Adjournment |
