Principal Consultant, Sustainable Product Works, LLC
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Noteworthy Professional Recognition:
Award for Sustainability Program Creation.
In 2006, Business Ethics Magazine named Nike's environmental program the
#1 corporate program in the U.S. The magazine stated the environmental
program was the reason for ranking Nike #13 among "100 Best Corporate
Citizens for 2006."
Award for Sustainable Product Creation.
Part of team that conceived, designed and built Nike's first product to
be marketed as "sustainable." In 2005, this shoe design earned a
prestigious GOLD International Design Excellence Award (IDEA) from the
Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA) and Business Week magazine.
Climate Change Recognition.
In 2007, selected by Al Gore's "The Climate Project" to be one of 1,000
people personally trained by the former VP to deliver his climate change
presentation.
Patents.
Senior member of the development team awarded a U.S. Patent for creation
of a "unique system of assessing and communicating sustainability impacts
of products."
Professional Experience:
Principal Consultant for Sustainable Product Works, LLC:
Dates of Employment: November 2007 to Present
Location: Brooks, Oregon, USA
Summary of Job Function: Founded and currently operate sustainability
consulting firm focused on helping clients create more sustainable
products, services and supply chains.
Sub-Contracting to Support Other Consulting Firms.
. Created supply chain metrics for Cisco Systems to help move vendors in
the supply chain from a compliance mentality to a sustainability
mentality.
. Developed and advised on implementation of sustainability strategy for
Fortune 200 discount retailer of apparel, footwear and consumer
products.
. Created sustainability metrics and data-collection system for a $6
billion US food service company to communicate impacts and progress to
customers.
. Developed and presented day-long sustainability education sessions to
four multi-national corporations on the "The Business Opportunity in
Sustainability", including breakout groups to identify opportunities
specific to the organization.
. Lead writer and strategist on creation of Allstate's first the
Corporate Responsibility report developed under Global Reporting
Initiative (GRI) guidelines.
. Conducted a streamlined life-cycle assessment of agricultural
processing and packaging for a large multi-national food company.
. Evaluated environmental risk and opportunities for implementing
sustainability in a series of Asian contract footwear and apparel
factories for adidas.
Customer Program Development.
. Provided a full range of sustainability services to more than a dozen
US companies seeking to improve the business, environmental and social
performance of their supply chains.
. Provided sustainability services to Chinese manufacturers selling to US
brands to help define and improve environmental performance of their
manufacturing operations.
. Advised a large, socially-responsible apparel brand on creating more
sustainable sourcing model for Chinese production.
. Assessed the environmental performance of 36 vertically integrated
textile factories in Bangladesh for World Bank and National Resources
Defense Council (NRDC.)
. Developed ROI and NPV calculations for expansion of a small
"relationship based" coffee supply chain.
. Created a system for evaluating the life-cycle impacts of raw materials
for an outdoor recreational products company.
. Conducted review of and advice to improve corporate sustainability
programs of a large commercial aircraft manufacturer, specifically the
systems aimed at involving and educating employees in sustainability
efforts.
. Developed a variety of sustainability educational curricula for several
non-profit organizations providing education to professions in
transition.
Director of Footwear Sustainability for Nike:
Dates of Employment: November 2000 to November 2007
Location: Beaverton, Oregon, USA
Summary of Job Function: Senior management of sustainability operations
within footwear, at $9 billion in sales it was Nike's largest business
unit. Reporting to the GM of Environmental Business Opportunities, primary
responsibility was to lead incorporation of sustainability into core
business operations and the product development process.
Corporate Sustainability Program Development.
. Part of the senior management team for environment and corporate
responsibility from 1998 through 2005, helped design and implement all
aspects of a world-class environmental and corporate responsibility
program.
. Part of the team that established Nike's corporate sustainability
metrics and goals.
. Worked with suppliers to define and implement the elements of their
environmental programs and strategies for achieving the most cost
effective programs.
. Co-developed Footwear's "Product Sustainability Index," an internally-
focused rating system for measure progress toward "more sustainable
footwear." Result was a rise in the average use of "environmentally-
preferred" materials and manufacturing processes. Index scores were
incorporated into a "corporate balanced scorecard."
. Developed and implemented a system to validate environmental product
claims for the "Nike Considered" line of footwear, resulting in
positive acceptance by consumers and the external community of our
"greener-product" claims.
Supply Chain Sustainability Program Development.
. Engaged in business discussions with manufacturing partners and key
suppliers to create communication systems and feedback loops to connect
the waste and energy impacts of production back to their causes in
product design and material selection.
. Worked with Nike Footwear Costing to redesign the cost breakdown sheet
and costing system to better measure and communicate "unit cost" of
waste and energy.
. Co-developed footwear's toxics reduction strategy for raw materials and
products.
. Managed initial green chemistry work between Nike and McDonough
Braungart Design Chemistry, which eventually resulted in Nike
Footwear's Green Rubber Formula. More than 90% of toxics (by number and
weight) were removed from the formula - which is less costly to
produce; 80% of Nike outsoles now use this formula.
. Developed the strategy and implementation plan for Nike's "Restricted
Substance List", the first part of a larger green chemistry program.
. Part of the team that develop a "closed loop" material recycling
strategy; taking waste materials and putting them back into raw
materials in a "cost-saving" system.
. Worked with suppliers in the Nike Footwear supply chain to eliminate
toxics in their raw materials and production processes.
. Managed concept and initial development of Environmentally Preferred
Materials (EPM) system and criteria for determining what materials are
included on the palette.
. Member of the development team that created criteria and systems for
creating more sustainable, less wasteful manufacturing processes and
product designs.
Global Manager, Pollution Prevention and Sustainability Engineering for
Nike:
Dates of Employment: October 1996 to November 2000
Location: Beaverton, Oregon, USA
Summary of Job Function: Started and led Nike footwear's environmental
management and sustainability programs in the $6 billion Asian supply
chain.
Sustainable Supply Chain Development.
. Hired and remotely managed a multi-cultural staff of environmental
managers in China (Guangzhou and Qingdao), Thailand, Vietnam, and
Indonesia.
. Managed implementation of Environmental Management Systems and
Pollution Prevention/Cleaner Production Programs in 45 partner footwear
factories in Asia; result was a reduction of 57% in waste and 96% in
organic solvent use between 1995 and 2003.
. Managed development and implementation of environmental metrics and
systems in Nike's partner footwear factories for data collection,
analysis and reporting to Nike.
. Developed and implemented data systems to track and report progress on
global environmental metrics; a critical element allowing preparation
of Nike's first Corporate Sustainability Report.
. Built and implemented a system to measure the carbon emissions from
Nike's supply chain in 1999, including a data collection and data
validation system.
. Managed a cooperative design project with a U.S. architect and an Asian
supplier to create the most sustainably designed factory building in
Nike's supply chain.
. Conceived and built supply-chain-owned recycling centers in China,
Vietnam, Indonesia, and Thailand. By 2007, over 65% of total solid
waste from footwear was recycled and over 12% of total solid waste was
recycled back into Nike materials.
. Worked with Nike's manufacturing partners in Thailand to create
profitable, rural micro-factories connected to the community, highly
stable, with lower overhead cost and near zero worker turnover.
Principal Consultant for Pollution Prevention Management:
Dates of Employment: August 1995 to October 1996
Location: Portland, Oregon, USA
Summary of Job Function: Independent consultant for international
government clients, such as US EPA's International Division and the World
Bank.
. Developed and taught techniques to incorporate sustainability in into
environmental regulatory schemes of Thailand.
. Developed content and taught pollution prevention techniques to
textile, apparel, concrete, pharmaceutical and metal electro-plating
industries in India.
. Researched, developed and delivered presentation on "profitable
environmental actions" in Chinese factories.
. Conducted a waste reduction assessment of the world's largest eye
hospital in Madurai, India.
. Developed a multimedia pollution prevention manual for Oregon's micro-
breweries for the Oregon Association of Clean Water Agencies.
Pollution Prevention Coordinator for Oregon DEQ:
Dates of Employment: January 1991 to August 1995
Location: Portland, Oregon, USA
Summary of Job Function: Oversaw industry education and compliance for
the nation's first law mandating reduced levels of toxics used and
hazardous waste generated.
. Developed state-wide compliance system for inspecting and monitoring
progress of affected industries and facilities.
. Visited over 250 of the largest manufacturers in Oregon, generally
several visits to each facility over three to five years, to explain
their environmental regulatory obligations and help facilities reduce
toxics and hazardous waste.
. Worked with DEQ Enforcement to develop and manage alternative
approaches to supplement traditional regulatory enforcement methods. In
one case, a steel tool manufacturer was emitting over 40 tons of toxics
air pollutants and generating over 15 tons of hazardous waste; both
were reduced by over 90% in less than 90 days.
. Co-wrote the nation's first Title V Air Permit to include pollution
prevention language.
Other Significant Achievements, pre-1990:
. Managed complex federal budget of $3.1 million (USD) annually and a
total of $12 million in multi-year contracts.
. Developed and implemented environmental programs for five private
sector employers, including integration of elements of quality programs
for two employers.
. Assumed the responsibilities of safety manager, in addition to the
responsibilities of environmental manager, for a manufacturing facility
of 500 employees, and managed the factory to more than 1.3 million
person-hours without a lost-work-time accident.
. Supervised staff of 26 (eight salaried professionals, 18 hourly staff)
in highly competitive, deadline-driven, high-tech manufacturing
company.
Education:
. Bachelor of Science Degree in Social Science, Portland State
University, Portland, Oregon, USA.
. Recipient of US EPA Fellowship to study Environmental Economics at
Portland State, Portland, Oregon, USA.
. Certificate in Hazardous Materials Management, University of
California, Davis, California, USA.
Memberships:
Professional Member of the Industrial Designers Society of America
(IDSA.)
Previous U. S. Government Security Clearances:
Have held CONFIDENTIAL and SECRET security clearances.
Professional and Personal References:
Available Upon Request.
For more than 25 years, Phil Berry has been one of the world's leading and
most successful
international explorers of integrating profitable sustainability into
global business operations.
Creative approaches, business relevance and a focus on building brand
strength have been
hallmarks of this work.
For over 25 years, Phil Berry has been one of the world's leading and most
successful international explorers of-and champions for-integrating
profitable sustainability into global businesses. Creative approaches,
business relevance and a focus on building brand strength have been
hallmarks of this work.
For over 25 years, Phil Berry has been one of the world's leading and most
successful international explorers of-and champions for-integrating
profitable sustainability into global businesses. Creative approaches,
business relevance and a focus on building brand strength have been
hallmarks of this work.
For over 25 years, Phil Berry has been one of the world's leading and most
successful international explorers of-and champions for-integrating
profitable sustainability into global businesses. Creative approaches,
business relevance and a focus on building brand strength have been
hallmarks of this work.
For over 25 years, Phil Berry has been one of the world's leading and most
successful international explorers of-and champions for-integrating
profitable sustainability into global businesses. Creative approaches,
business relevance and a focus on building brand strength have been
hallmarks of this work.
For over 25 years, Phil Berry has been one of the world's leading and most
successful international explorers of-and champions for-integrating
profitable sustainability into global businesses. Creative approaches,
business relevance and a focus on building brand strength have been
hallmarks of this work.
For over 25 years, Phil Berry has been one of the world's leading and most
successful international explorers of-and champions for-integrating
profitable sustainability into global businesses. Creative approaches,
business relevance and a focus on building brand strength have been
hallmarks of this work.
Knowledge and Expertise
Possess deep content knowledge and technical expertise across a
significant expanse of
environmental and Corporate Social Responsibility issues. Have developed
strategy, policy,
metrics, best practices and reporting for several complex international
supply chains.
Vision,
Leadership and Innovation
Credibility with Outside Groups
Excellent interpersonal skills, high-profile communication ability and
openness have created
a foundation of credibility and trust with international business
partners, governments, NGOs and social activist groups.
Communication and Public Speaking
A talented and effective public speaker, communicator and teacher in a
global context -
presented at over 500 events in >20 countries on environment & social
sustainability, LEAN
enterprise, more sustainable products and more sustainable supply chains.
International Experience
Significant international experience and cross-cultural management ability
with more than
12 years experience implementing sustainability in China. Have routinely
worked with a
variety of groups and business teams in more than 25 countries.