Workshop

II Sustainable Supply Chain Management

II.W1 Moving from a Global Economy to a Local Economy: A New Trend

Date: 23/09/2008
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: Tower

Target Audience: Researchers and practitioners in the field of sustainable supply chains and sustainable policy

Objectives:

Discuss issues surrounding local vs. global economies Discuss the political and physical infrastructure issues in moving to a local economy Identify issues that need to be addressed in this shift of economies

Format: Presentation and interactive discussion
Language: English

Over the past decade there has been a strong acceleration of change from a local economy base to a global economy one.
Recently, however, we have begun to see subtle indicators that a trend is developing that moves society from a global economy back to a local economy.  Consumer concerns over lead in toys or contaminated food, for example, and the sharp increase in the cost of energy required to move products through a global supply chain are perhaps the most visible accelerants to this process.
But what does this new trend mean for the local infrastructure?
This workshop will look at the political and physical infrastructure issues surrounding this new trend, and investigate those that merit attention.  Identification of possible research  and/or action themes is an expected outcome of this workshop.

Workshop Moderation

Heim, Thomas
Swiss Centre for Efficiency, Switzerland


Luskin, Jack
Toxics Use Reduction Institute, University of Massachusetts, USA