BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260114T092953EST-1939jf88Uh@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20260114T142953Z DESCRIPTION:The Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management (MDIIM )\, in collaboration with the Ðãɫֱ²¥ Department of Chemistry\, is pleased to invite you to:\nInnovating Towards Sustainability in Chemistry: It’s a Business ImperativeA lecture by David ConstableDirector\, American Chemica l Society’s Green Chemistry Institute (ACS-GCI)\nDate: Friday\, September 13\, 2013Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pmLocation: Bronfman Building\, Room 4231001 Sherbrooke St. West\nSustainable and green chemistry is a rapidly growing initiative in industry as companies grapple with increased regulatory req uirements\, supply constraints\, and consumer pressure for greener product s. This talk will discuss a few sustainability risks in the chemical enter prise and provide a few examples of companies who are innovating towards m ore sustainable businesses.\nDavid Constable has been the Director of ACS- Green Chemistry Institute in Washington\, D.C.\, since January of this yea r. From the end of September 2011 until January 2013 he worked as the owne r and principal at Sustainability Foresights\, LLC. The consultancy was di rected toward assisting companies with Sustainability\, Sustainable and Gr een Chemistry\, Energy\, Environment\, Health and Safety programs. Prior t o this\, David was with Lockheed Martin as the Corporate Vice President of Energy\, Environment\, Safety & Health (ESH). Prior to joining Lockheed M artin\, David was the Director of Operational Sustainability in the Corpor ate Environment\, Health\, and Safety Department at GlaxoSmithKline. In th at global role\, he championed Environment\, Health and Safety support for New Product Development and Supply. He also led GlaxoSmithKline’s develop ment of programs\, systems\, tools\, and methodologies that integrated sus tainability\, life cycle inventory assessment\, green chemistry\, and gree n technology activities into existing business processes. Prior to joining SmithKline Beecham\, David served as Group Leader of the SHEA Analytical Services group at ICI Americas. David has a PhD in Chemistry and B.S in En vironmental Sciences\, Air and Water Pollution.\nThis event is free of cha rge and open to the Ðãɫֱ²¥ community and the general public.\nPlease RSVP to ariane.guay-jadah [at] mcgill.ca. DTSTART:20130913T170000Z DTEND:20130913T180000Z SUMMARY:Innovating Towards Sustainability in Chemistry: It’s a Business Imp erative URL:/desautels/david-constable END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR