Sustainability in other areas of the Brockport Curriculum James J. Cordeiro, Ph.D. Professor Business Administration & Economics

Professional Background (Sustainability)  MBA Rochester, PhD Management, U. Buffalo  Editorial Boards -- Business Strategy &the Environment, Strategic Management Journal, Management Research Review  Recent journal publications:  Environmental corporate governance, solid waste (Wales)  Green supply chains and Circular Economy(China)  CEO values and sustainability outcomes (Argentina)  Performance measurement (DEA, SFA) and partitioning variance in corporate environmental performance (Toxic Release Inventory data)  Recent research presentations/visiting scholar positions in environmental management at Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Business School, Academy of Management, Humboldt University (Berlin), Lund University (Sweden – EC Fellowship), BRASS Center (Cardiff U.) – ESRC Fellowship  Co-edited book, Springer,2010

Book (2010)

Course Experience  “ Sustainability Strategies ” course  1 week intensive (5 days, 9-12, 1- 4 pm)  13 graduate students(some MS in environmental science, some MBA (social change, accounting)  4 nationalities  No real prerequisites  Grade based on participation, case presentations, and two reports due a month later  Response paper  Corporate sustainability audit of corporate efforts and initiatives (including GRI indicators)  5 guest speakers (St. Gobain, Metech, Trucost, Taranta)

Course Materials  Text: “Sustainability Strategies” (R. Orsato, 2009)  Topical Readings (e.g., Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review; recent surveys by Accenture, BCG, MIT)on:  Triple Bottom Line considerations  “Does it pay to be green?” debate  Environmental metrics  Shared value and Bottom of the Pyramid approaches  Green marketing and “greenwashing”  Green Supply Chain Management and EMS (e.g. ISO 14001)  Life Cycle Analysis, Design for Environment, Balanced Scorecard,  Roles and incentives: government, stakeholders (e.g., NGOs), firms  Pressures: customer, supply chain, regulation, industry rivals  Strategic Management Models: Porter’s five forces, generic strategies, value chain, resource-based approaches  Sustainability strategies: Eco-labeling, Beyond Compliance, Environmental Cost Leadership, Eco-efficiency  Harvard and Stanford Business School Cases: Herman Miller, Rank Xerox, Jamie Kennedy Kitchens, Walmart

Three Separate Course Development Possibilities at Brockport  Professional Science Master’s in Sustainability (following PSM in Biology model)  Use courses from Masters in Environmental Science AND the 3 courses (already on books) in Accounting & Finance, Management, Statistics and Applied Mathematics  Accounting Master’s track in Environmental Accounting  Add environmental accounting course  Replace economics course with environmental economics  Replace entrepreneurship course with sustainability strategies  Business Undergraduate concentration in Sustainable Management  Add course in corporate environmental management  Replace required strategic management course with sustainability strategies course  Add possible electives from environmental science (environmental science, environmental law and regulations, ecology) some of which may fulfill general education requirements