SUSTAINABILITY FROM THE C-SUITE: COMPLEX DECISION MAKING TO CREATE MORE SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISES

Description: Search practically any large company, as well as many smaller ones, and you will find a sustainability report detailing all the efforts to create a more environmentally friendly enterprise.

While this is certainly a positive development, companies need to solve not only any potential technical problems, but a range of challenges across the supply chain. This includes questions about what goals to set, which aspects of sustainability to prioritize, the impact on customers, and how to pay for it while keeping investors satisfied.

In this interactive discussion, Gemline Executive Chairman Jonathan Isaacson will discuss, from the vantage point of the Chairman and CEO of a business with a global footprint, the difficult and potentially risky decision-making process involved in making a company more sustainable.

Lurie Engineering Center (Johnson Rooms)
Friday, March 24, 2023
Lunch 12:30 - 1 pm
Talk 1:00 - 2:00 pm


The Wilbert Steffy Lectureship was established in 2003 to honor one of Industrial and Operations Engineering’s early distinguished faculty, Wilbert Steffy. Jonathan Isaacson, Chairman and CEO of The Gem Group, is our distinguished speaker this term.

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Jonathan G. Isaacson is the Executive Chair of Gemline, a privately held, multiple awardwinning supplier of bags, business accessories, electronics, stationery, and gifts to the Promotional and Branded Merchandise markets.

Mr. Isaacson currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Department of Industrial and Operational Engineering at the University of Michigan School of Engineering and The Dean’s Advisory Board at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

Jonathan Isaacson graduated with a degree in political science from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.