The Business Value of Sustainability

How do you measure sustainability performance? What is the impact of these sustainability practices on performance? Business Sustainability can be difficult to understand or just talked about in hypotheticals. This session will introduce the concept of business sustainability and explain its various elements and how sustainability can be integrated into operations and supply chains.



ABOUT THE PRESENTER

Amrou Awaysheh, PhD, MBA is the Executive & Academic Director of the IU Business Sustainability and Innovation Lab, an Associate Professor of Operations Management for the IU Kelley School of Business, and the Founding Director of the IU IoT Energy Efficiency Lab. Professor Awaysheh has managed over 70 global corporate social responsibility initiatives with Fortune 500 firms. These projects specifically addressed how companies integrate sustainability within their operations and supply chains, by eliminating waste to landfill, decreasing energy consumption and carbon emissions, reducing water extraction, and improving stakeholder livelihoods. Learn more about Amrou's work in this video.