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Gregory Norris ... Co-Director, Sustainability and Health Initiative for NetPositive Enterprise at Harvard School of Public Health ... Greater Boston Area ... Renewables & Environment

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Gregory Norris 1st Gregory Norris Co-Director, Sustainability and Health Initiative for NetPositive Enterprise at Harvard School of Public Health Greater Boston AreaRenewables & Environment Current Harvard School of Public Health, New Earth Previous The Sustainability Consortium, Green Blue Institute, Sylvatica Education University of New Hampshire 500+ connectionsSend a messageMore options Relationship Contact Info Connected 12 months ago Activity Recent updates Gregory Norris is now connected to Xindi (Cindy) Hu, Research Assistant at Harvard University 3 days ago Gregory Norris is now connected to Eddie Blanco, Researcher at University of Strathclyde 5 days ago Gregory Norris is now connected to Stephan Pfister, Senior Research Associate at ETH Zurich, ESD 9 days ago Gregory Norris is now connected to Yoga Bowers, CEO & Founder - Mindfulness Foundation, Punita Koustubhan, Associate at Except Integrated Sustainability;, and 1 other person. 9 days ago Gregory Norris is now connected to Alicia Murchie, Sustainability Manager; Harvard Medical, Dental, and School of Public Health. 11 days ago Gregory Norris is now connected to Jackeline Viana, Adwords Account Strategist at Google 13 days ago See Less Background Summary Practicing, Teaching, and helping advance life cycle assessment (LCA) since the mid-90s has provided wonderful opportunities to inform and inspire people and organizations in reducing their sustainability footprints. It's also lead me to discover and recently start working full time on methods, frameworks and projects to help people and organizations grow their handprints – positive sustainability impacts, and to achieve NetPositive, which for me means handprints greater than footprints. Handprint creation starts with reducing your own footprint, but goes beyond to include restorative actions (cleaning up a beach, planting a tree, building a playground or school), and things you do (as a person or organization) to help others reduce their footprints. Reducing your own footprint is the right place to start, but frustratingly is not enough, and faces diminishing returns; handprint creation is as wide open as life itself, is inherently social and value-creating, and inspiringly positive. With HSPH SHINE colleague Eileen McNeely I'm also grateful to be working to open up our eyes (and decision-making) within LCA and sustainability assessment to the profound ways that work experience and work-life impact human health and well-being, for worse and for better. Corporate Sustainability and Health (SHINE) Corporate Sustainability and Health (SHINE) Experience Harvard School of Public HealthCo-Director, Sustainability and Health Initiative for NetPositive Enterprise Harvard School of Public Health April 2013 – Present (9 months) Directing development, testing, and improvement of a comprehensive framework of life cycle-based reporting on organizational 'handprints' (positive sustainability impacts) which is consistent and comparable with internationally-standardized methods for assessing organizational footprints (negative sustainability impacts) so that companies can creatively and profitably become NetPositive, giving more than they take, for the health and well-being of people and all life. Founder and Executive Director New Earth 2003 – Present (10 years)Maine, USA Created and directed global fund for community-driven sustainable development; Founded and launched Earthster system for web-based sustainability reporting (earthster.org); Founded and launched Handprinter system for assessing and increasing personal and organizational positive sustainability impacts (handprinter.org); co-created and launched Social Hotspot Database for identifying supply chain social risks and opportunities (socialhotspot.org) (Open)1 project Handprinter Handprinter The Sustainability ConsortiumFounding Director of Research; Adjunct Professor at Univ Arkansas The Sustainability Consortium 2008 – 2013 (5 years) Brought vision and plan for open and transparent (Earthster-based) life cycle sustainability data systems which formed basis for the universities' pitch to Walmart to create TSC; Built LCA capacity of initial staff; provided leading input, guidance, and vision throughout the first two phases of TSC's existence Senior Fellow Green Blue Institute 2007 – 2010 (3 years) Provided strategic input and internal staff training on life cycle assessment methods Founder Sylvatica 1996 – 2010 (14 years) Founded and grew an internationally recognized life cycle assessment (LCA) practice, providing consulting and training to major international companies, governments, the UN, universities and non-profits on life cycle sustainability assessment. Developed software and databases for LCA, including input/output LCA database 'LCNetBase' in 1996, and later directed Sylvatica project to create OpenIO LCA database in 2007. Developed LCIA methods including major portions of US EPA's TRACI. Directed Life Cycle Inventory Program of the UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative. Adjunct Professor University of Maine 2006 – 2009 (3 years) Helped university obtain major federal funding to establish a center of excellence relating in part to Life Cycle Assessment Senior LCA Analyst Ecobalance 1995 – 1996 (1 year) Conducted life cycle assessments for a variety of industrial clients Publications The New Requirement for Social Leadership: Healing(Link) Groschl, ed: Uncertainty, Diversity and the Common Good 2013 Introduces Handprinting methodology Skills & Expertise Most endorsed for... 39Sustainability 32Life Cycle Assessment 24Sustainable Business 17Sustainable Development 17Carbon Footprinting 15Sustainability... 10Corporate Social... 10Environmental Issues 8Environmental Awareness 4Environmental Policy Gregory also knows about... 3Sustainability Reporting 2Environmental... 2Environmental Impact... 2Environmental Education 2Sustainable Energy 2Energy 2Environmental Consulting 2Biofuels 1Energy Efficiency 1Climate Change 1Environmental Science 1Waste Management 1Environmental Auditing 1Carbon 1Carbon Management See 10+ Languages FrenchSpanish Projects Earthster(Link) 2008 – 2011 An open source Web Application which allow user to create and share their Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) data. 4 team members Gregory Norris Gregory Norris Co-Director, Sustainability and Health Initiative for NetPositive Enterprise at Harvard School of Public Health Pascal Lesage Pascal Lesage Life cycle assessment professional Sébastien Cabot Sébastien Cabot Analyst Programmer The Social Hotspots Database Project(Link) September 2009 – Present 3 team members Gregory Norris Gregory Norris Co-Director, Sustainability and Health Initiative for NetPositive Enterprise at Harvard School of Public Health Catherine Benoit Norris Catherine Benoit Norris Social Responsibility in Product Life Cycles Deana Aulisio Cavan Deana Aulisio Cavan Research Associate at New Earth, Development of the Social Hotspots Database Education University of New Hampshire University of New Hampshire Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Natural Resources 1990 – 1994 Purdue University Purdue University Master of Science (M.S.), Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering 1985 – 1987 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering 1981 – 1985 Recommendations Peter, would you like to recommend Gregory? Recommend Gregory ConnectionsAll (500+)Shared (3) Bob PojasekBob Pojasek2nd Sr. Managing Scientist and Sustainability Lead at Exponent, Inc. Connect21Catherine Benoit NorrisCatherine Benoit Norris2nd Social Responsibility in Product Life Cycles Connect5Claudia PeñaClaudia Peña2nd LCA Expert Connect1Anthony SF ChiuAnthony SF Chiu2nd Professor Connect2Niels JungbluthNiels Jungbluth2nd Managing director at ESU-services Ltd. Connect2Martha StevensonMartha Stevenson2nd Senior Program Officer, Research & Development at World Wildlife Fund Connect1Jon DettlingJon Dettling2nd Managing Director US at Quantis Connect2Hongtao WangHongtao Wang2nd Assoc Prof. at Sichuan University Connect1Gary JakubcinGary Jakubcin2nd Manager Green Products & Life Cycle Assessment at Owens Corning Connect1Steven YoungSteven Young2nd Associate Professor - sustainability management, material efficiency, LCA, carbon management, CSR Connect1 PreviousNext Groups Global Social Compliance Programme (GSCP) Global Social Compliance Programme (GSCP) Join LCA and Environmental Assessment LCA and Environmental Assessment Join Social Hotspots Database Social Hotspots Database Join Sustainability and Environmental Management Program - Harvard Extension School Sustainability and Environmental Management Program - Harvard Extension School Join UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative Join Following New Earth New Earth Research Follow Harvard School of Public Health Higher Education Follow Schools Purdue University Lafayette, Indiana Area Follow Massachusetts Institute of Technology Greater Boston Area Follow University of New Hampshire Greater Boston Area Follow Harvard School of Public Health Greater Boston Area