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Appendix B
Workshop Participants

Molly Anderson

Principal

Food Systems Integrity


Steve Ashkin

Executive Director

Green Cleaning Network


Alison Kinn Bennett

Co-Chair, EPA Green Building Workgroup

Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Program

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency


Jodi Bostrom

Associate Program Officer

Ocean Studies Board

The National Academies


Anne Caldas

Director, Procedures and Standards Administration, Accreditation Services

American National Standards Institute


Leslie Carothers

President

Environmental Law Institute


Benjamin Cashore

Professor and Director, Program on Forest Policy and Governance

School of Forestry and Environmental Studies

Yale University


Chet Chaffee

Vice President

Scientific Certification Systems

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Participants." National Research Council. 2010. Certifiably Sustainable?: The Role of Third-Party Certification Systems: Report of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12805.
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Paul Chalmer

Environmental Specialist

National Center for Manufacturing Sciences


Tegan Churcher Hoffman

Principal

T.C. Hoffman and Associates


Jason Clay

Senior Vice President, Market Transformation

World Wildlife Fund


Rob Doudrick

Director, Resource Use Sciences

U.S. Forest Service


Paul Firth

Vice President, Technology

The Green Standard


M.R.C. Greenwood

Professor, Department of Nutrition

University of California, Davis


Amy Horton

Consultant

Blue Sky Sustainability


Dick Jackson

Professor and Chair, Environmental Health Sciences at the School of Public Health

University of California, Los Angeles


Jonathan Kaplan

Senior Policy Specialist

Natural Resources Defense Council


John Katz

Pollution Prevention Coordinator Region 9

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency


Jodie Keane

Research Officer, International Economic Development Group

Overseas Development Institute


Kai Lee

Program Officer

Conservation and Science

David & Lucille Packard Foundation


Suzanne Lindsay

Director of Environmental Sustainability

PetSmart


David Long

Manager, Sustainability and Innovation (Former)

S.C. Johnson


Patrick Mallett

Technical Director

ISEAL Alliance, Canada Office


Marty Matlock

Area Director, Center for Agricultural and Rural Sustainability; Associate Professor of Ecological Engineering

University of Arkansas

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Participants." National Research Council. 2010. Certifiably Sustainable?: The Role of Third-Party Certification Systems: Report of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12805.
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Pamela Matson

Naramore Dean, School of Earth Sciences

Goldman Professor, Environmental Studies

Stanford University


Kira Matus

PhD Candidate & Doctoral Fellow, Sustainability Science Program

Harvard University


Kathleen McAllister

Research Associate

The National Academies


Pierre Mérel

Assistant Professor,

Agricultural and Resource Economics

University of California, Davis


Ruth Norris

Consultant

Resources Legacy Fund


Papa Gora Ndiaye

Programme Officer for Fisheries

Enda Diapol


Jeff Omelchuck

Director

Green Electronics Council


Kevin Rabinovitch

Global Sustainability Director

Mars, Incorporated


Urvashi Rangan

Environmental Health Scientist Consumers Union


Joshua Saunders

Global Service Line Manager

UL Environment


Harold Schmitz

Chief Science Officer

Mars, Incorporated


Tim Smith

Director & Associate Professor,

Center for Sustainable Enterprise Development

University of Minnesota


Robert Stephens

Multi-State Working Group on Environmental Performance


Peter Vandergeest

Associate Professor, Sociology

York University


Derek Vollmer

Associate Program Officer

The National Academies


Tensie Whelan

President

Rainforest Alliance

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Consumption of goods and services represents a growing share of global economic activity. In the United States, consumption accounts for more than two-thirds of gross domestic product. This trend of increasing consumption has brought with it negative consequences for the environment and human well-being. Global demand for energy, food, and all manner of goods is on the rise, putting strains on the natural and human capital required to produce them. Extractive industries and production processes are prominent causes of species endangerment. Modern economies are underpinned by substantial energy consumption, a primary contributor to the current climate crisis. Expanding international trade has led to many economic opportunities, but has also contributed to unfair labor practices and wealth disparities.

While certain processes have improved or become more efficient, and certain practices have been outlawed or amended, the sheer scale of global consumption and its attendant impacts continue to be major challenges we face in the transition to sustainability. Third-party certification systems have emerged over the last 15 years as a tool with some promise. There has been anecdotal evidence of success, but to date the overall impact of certified goods and services has been small. Moreover, definitions of sustainable vary across sectors and markets, and rigorous assessments of these programs have been few and far between.

In order to take a step in learning from this field of practice, the National Academies' Science and Technology for Sustainability Program held a workshop to illuminate the decision making process of those who purchase and produce certified goods and services. It was also intended to help clarify the scope and limitations of the scientific knowledge that might contribute to the economic success of certified products. The workshop, summarized in this volume, involved presentations and discussions with approximately 40 invited experts from academia, business, government, and nongovernmental organizations.

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