CREATING AND MANAGING A SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS STRATEGY

Socially responsible investing is a growing force across global markets, with $4 trillion estimated in such investments. More companies are finding that adapting sustainable practices not only reduces business risk, but also increases their chances for success. According to the MIT Sloan School of

These key issues will be discussed at the December 5-6, 2007 meeting on Innovation, Technology and Strategy at the MIT campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Specific issues that will be addressed are:

Alternative Energy: MIT is rethinking the process and means by which we use energy and create energy generation and distribution systems. What are the implications for transforming markets, decreasing energy usage, and cutting total energy costs?

Building A Sustainable Supply Chain: How are companies using sustainable supply chain practices and strategies to increase supply chain effectiveness, lower costs, produce higher quality products, and enhance social equity, economic development and environmental restoration? What are the implications for how you do things, and what you make?

Infrastructure And The Built Environment: What are some of the sustainability strategies and technologies for infrastructure and the built environment, including dramatic changes in dematerialization, transportation and the supporting infrastructure, recycling, the waste stream and water treatment? What changes can organizations make immediately to significantly affect their profitability?