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Matt Polsky and others

A possible business tipping point for your consideration

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Peter Burgess

A possible business tipping point for your consideration 18 messages matthew Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 10:10 AM To: Robert Taylor , 'lwinters@fdu.edu' , 'claire@kayakmedia.com' , 'jcloud@fdu.edu' , 'jwirtenberg@optonline.net' , 'JHarmon444@aol.com' , 'gfarias@fdu.edu' , 'dtwomey@fdu.edu' , 'kent@fdu.edu' , 'wgrussell@prodigy.net' , 'anna@earthpeopleco.com' , 'mcohen@adm.njit.edu' , 'rcast@fdu.edu' , 'ira@greentrack.com' , 'jspolsky@gmail.com' , 'blarkey1@msn.com' , 'jaimie@cloudinstitute.org' , 'solomonr@tcnj.edu' , 'athena.sarafides@dep.state.nj.us' , 'koann@sustainablelifemedia.com' , 'kimmlatham@gmail.com' , 'rhoda.schermer@verizon.net' , 'vasishth@ramapo.edu' , 'rosemary@copyrose.com' , 'harriet@climatemama.com' , 'dawn@hornandhardartcoffee.com' , Joseph Robertson , 'robert.benjamin@greenwords.net' , 'ky.asral@dep.state.nj.us' , Alan AtKisson , 'allan@nj-green.org' , Andy Smith , 'ebangood@bard.edu' , Bob Bzik , 'dai@debraitaliano.com' , 'kathrin.winkler@emc.com' , Gus Escher , 'peterbnyc@gmail.com' , 'hoeffler12@gmail.com' , Global Learning , 'laura.knipmeyer@gmail.com' , 'lfurman97@gmail.com' , 'greeninspiresnj@gmail.com' , 'rlmarch@ix.netcom.com' , 'jcdernbach@widener.edu' , John Zindar , 'laura@knipmeyer.net' , 'lmalizzi@matrixneworld.com' , Pam Mount , 'mhozer@msn.com' , 'daronson@raritanval.edu' , 'sustainmorristown@yahoo.com' , 'grayrussell07043@yahoo.com' , 'jem.bendell@cumbria.ac.uk'

All:

As I phase out of active New Jersey-focused involvement (with a few exceptions) after Tuesday’s meeting at NJDEP on their Sustainable Business Initiative, I’ve had a chance to step back, catch up on some articles (and one job posting, of all places), and may have noticed the beginning of a tipping point I wanted to pass on.

While it’s still so common to hear the more typical business story (such as another bonus going to the CEO of a company which just paid fines for regulatory infractions like JPMorgan Chase, or the Koch brothers), there now seems to be a growing number (if you look in the right places) of companies beginning to do and think about going way beyond the “changing the light bulbs” stage, or doing a little sustainability because it helps the bottom line. It isn’t just Interface and Ben & Jerry’s anymore.

We’re now seeing a job ad calling for applicants to have read some of the seminal sustainability writers; companies waking up to climate change-caused threats to their supply chains, and therefore taking unprecedented actions; the terms: “net positive” and “transformative change“ being seriously discussed, along with the “circular economy”; businesses coming together to positively affect public policy; new forms of co-coopetition; business recognition that they can’t be successful if the larger society of which they’re a part is failing; even (if you look really hard) redefining the very purpose of business. The articles below show these.

Meadows wrote that the best way to change the overall system is through paradigm change, although Kuhn wrote about just how hard that is. Maybe…it’s started, but is just hard to recognize.

Comments? Am I way off on this?

Matt

· Davenport, Coral. Industry Awakens to Threat of Climate Change. The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/24/science/earth/threat-to-bottom-line-spurs-action-on-climate.html

· Etsy job posting for a Sustainability Director. http://www.etsy.com/careers/job/om6lYfwv

· Lindsay, Tim. Businesses Cannot Be Successful If the Society Around Them Fails. Sustainable Brands. http://www.sustainablebrands.com/news_and_views/marketing_comms/tim_lindsay/businesses_cannot_be_successful_if_society_around_them_fa

· Sustainable Brands. Top 10 Ways Brands Used Their Power to Create a More Sustainable World in 2013. http://www.sustainablebrands.com/news_and_views/collaboration/sustainable-brands/top-10-ways-brands-used-their-power-create-more-sust

· Reynolds, Mark. How Can a Business Succeed by Giving Back More Than It Takes? Sustainable Brands. http://www.sustainablebrands.com/news_and_views/waste_not/mark_reynolds/how_can_business_succeed_giving_back_more_it_takes?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=innovation&utm_campaign=jan29&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRons6XBZKXonjHpfsX56eorWaeylMI/0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4DSMNiI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFTrTBMbVxyLgOXxk%3D

· Confino, Jo. Exclusive: The B Team Asks Business to Drive Sustainable Inclusive Prosperity. The Guardian. http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/blog/b-team-business-responsibility-inclusive-prosperity

· Rusli, Evelyn. Salesforce CEO Benioff on How to Fix San Francisco. The Wall Street Journal. http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/01/30/salesforce-ceo-benioff-on-how-to-fix-san-francisco/

· Makower, Joel. Can the Beef Industry Collaborate its Way to Sustainability? GreenBiz.com. http://greenbiz.com/print/55701

· Whisnant, Ryan. Wanted: Truly Innovative Sustainable Business Models. Sustainability.com. http://www.sustainability.com/blog/wanted-truly-innovative-sustainable-business-models#.Uu5NTLmx6P8

· Elks, Jennifer. Seventh Gen, Annie’s, Eileen Fisher Among Companies Pushing Congress for Better Chemicals Policy. Sustainable Brands. http://www.sustainablebrands.com/news_and_views/collaboration/jennifer-elks/seventh-gen-annie%E2%80%99s-eileen-fisher-among-companies-pushing

Bendell, Jem Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 5:16 PM

To: matthew , Robert Taylor , 'lwinters@fdu.edu' , 'claire@kayakmedia.com' , 'jcloud@fdu.edu' , 'jwirtenberg@optonline.net' , 'JHarmon444@aol.com' , 'gfarias@fdu.edu' , 'dtwomey@fdu.edu' , 'kent@fdu.edu' , 'wgrussell@prodigy.net' , 'anna@earthpeopleco.com' , 'mcohen@adm.njit.edu' , 'rcast@fdu.edu' , 'ira@greentrack.com' , 'jspolsky@gmail.com' , 'blarkey1@msn.com' , 'jaimie@cloudinstitute.org' , 'solomonr@tcnj.edu' , 'athena.sarafides@dep.state.nj.us' , 'koann@sustainablelifemedia.com' , 'kimmlatham@gmail.com' , 'rhoda.schermer@verizon.net' , 'vasishth@ramapo.edu' , 'rosemary@copyrose.com' , 'harriet@climatemama.com' , 'dawn@hornandhardartcoffee.com' , Joseph Robertson , 'robert.benjamin@greenwords.net' , 'ky.asral@dep.state.nj.us' , Alan AtKisson , 'allan@nj-green.org' , Andy Smith , 'ebangood@bard.edu' , Bob Bzik , 'dai@debraitaliano.com' , 'kathrin.winkler@emc.com' , Gus Escher , 'peterbnyc@gmail.com' , 'hoeffler12@gmail.com' , Global Learning , 'laura.knipmeyer@gmail.com' , 'lfurman97@gmail.com' , 'greeninspiresnj@gmail.com' , 'rlmarch@ix.netcom.com' , 'jcdernbach@widener.edu' , John Zindar , 'laura@knipmeyer.net' , 'lmalizzi@matrixneworld.com' , Pam Mount , 'mhozer@msn.com' , 'daronson@raritanval.edu' , 'sustainmorristown@yahoo.com' , 'grayrussell07043@yahoo.com' Cc: 'DRJBENDELL@GMAIL.COM'

Good to see some progress in the discourse Matt.

I no longer think the shift you describe will make a significant difference, in terms of overall trends, unless we address core issues of economic governance, and redesign capitalism itself.

Although necessary to try, asking for change within existing power structures that have captured the political process and the political imagination of the majority, and disciplined our intellectuals into irrelevant routines (research for A journals) and reduced our decent professionals (in any sector) into janitors for others’ excesses, will be unlikely to produce a change.

I think our underlying fear of what that insight might lead us to consider, stops us from exploring what it might lead to.

In my case, it led to a focus on disruptive innovation to our monetary systems. The reason and the method I describe in my chapter with Tom Greco, called Currencies of Transition, and explore more in my new book, Healing Capitalism. The first of those is free.

Our work on this has caught the mood recently, become world news, due to the popularity/notoriety of Bitcoin.

My discussion of what crypto currency means for the environment is on sea change radio, and I document the discussions I had at Davos recently about Bitcoin at www.jembendell.com

We have launched a Certificate on this, that can be studied in one week delivery.

The paradigm shift here is key. It comes from understanding the nature of currency and how destructive and undemocratic the current system is.

This is what I think I learned after 19 years in CSR and sustainable business work. Currently I wonder whether people in the CSR and sustainable business space – and the environmental NGO world - have too much invested (personally & professionally) in good yet systemically insufficient activity for a sufficient number to be able to engage in the approach I describe above. As I have connections and some audience in those fields Ive expressed my ideas a bit, for instance by those two publications I mentioned above. Or for those with no time to read… a video.

I’m finally in the US at the end of March, for the Harvard leadership course. I’d be delighted to discuss these ideas with those of you near Boston, and maybe squeeze a trip to New York City, if anyone is organising anything where I might be relevant.

Thx, Jem

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Larry Furman Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 10:19 PM

To: 'Bendell, Jem' Cc: matthew , Robert Taylor , 'lwinters@fdu.edu' , 'claire@kayakmedia.com' , 'jcloud@fdu.edu' , 'jwirtenberg@optonline.net' , 'JHarmon444@aol.com' , 'gfarias@fdu.edu' , 'dtwomey@fdu.edu' , 'kent@fdu.edu' , 'wgrussell@prodigy.net' , 'anna@earthpeopleco.com' , 'mcohen@adm.njit.edu' , 'rcast@fdu.edu' , 'ira@greentrack.com' , 'jspolsky@gmail.com' , 'blarkey1@msn.com' , 'jaimie@cloudinstitute.org' , 'solomonr@tcnj.edu' , 'athena.sarafides@dep.state.nj.us' , 'koann@sustainablelifemedia.com' , 'kimmlatham@gmail.com' , 'rhoda.schermer@verizon.net' , 'vasishth@ramapo.edu' , 'rosemary@copyrose.com' , 'harriet@climatemama.com' , 'dawn@hornandhardartcoffee.com' , Joseph Robertson , 'robert.benjamin@greenwords.net' , 'ky.asral@dep.state.nj.us' , Alan AtKisson , 'allan@nj-green.org' , Andy Smith , 'ebangood@bard.edu' , Bob Bzik , 'dai@debraitaliano.com' , 'kathrin.winkler@emc.com' , Gus Escher , 'peterbnyc@gmail.com' , 'hoeffler12@gmail.com' , Global Learning , 'laura.knipmeyer@gmail.com' , 'greeninspiresnj@gmail.com' , 'rlmarch@ix.netcom.com' , 'jcdernbach@widener.edu' , John Zindar , 'laura@knipmeyer.net' , 'lmalizzi@matrixneworld.com' , Pam Mount , 'mhozer@msn.com' , 'daronson@raritanval.edu' , 'sustainmorristown@yahoo.com' , 'grayrussell07043@yahoo.com' , 'DRJBENDELL@GMAIL.COM'

Good luck, Matt,

As I see it, the problem isn't 'Captialism' as much as it's economics - neoclassical economics with a focus on consumption, a lack of regulation, and growth as an end to itself. The worst examples of this are, I think, atmospheric carbon dioxide at 400 ppm and climbing, systemic disbelief in the scientific method, at least here in the US, and in China, environmental degradation.

China: 650,000 deaths from air pollution in 2006 and 1.2 million in 2010. My back-of-the-envelope extrapolation from those data points suggests 1.9 million to 2.6 million in 2015, and 12.7 to 14.2 million cumulative deaths from 2005 to 2015. (See 'China Air Pollution: The Bitter Years Return,' popularlogistics.com/2013/07/china-bitter-years-returning/

You could argue that China has embraced state capitalism, so the problem is 'capitalism,' and the variation of capitalism that is also known as fascism. However, it's not just contemporary China. An estimated 15 to 43 million people died when Mao was calling the shots, in the 'Bitter Years,' from 1958 and 1962.

It seems to me that it's the neoclassical economics. We need to shift to ecological economics. We need to embed an understanding of what are currently called externalities into economic events, distinguish between 'economic goods,' like money spent on pharmaceuticals to treat disease, from 'economic bads,' like money spent on pharmaceuticals that result in tragic deaths from overdose. Or energy from solar, wind, geothermal, and other systems from energy from non-renewable fuel resources, which create waste.

And it also seems to me that some of this is starting.

In Dec., 2012, I began an experiment in 'Climate Capitalism.' I invested $16 hyptothetical Million in 16 energy companies, $1 hypothetical million in each, 8 in the sustainable spaces, 8 in the fossil fuel space. The results, after 13 months, are that the Sustainable Energy portfolio is up 167.4%, the Fossil Fuel portfolio is up 8.92%.

http://popularlogistics.com/2014/01/energy-portfolios-13-months/

Thanks,

Larry

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Larry Furman
732-580-0024 - lfurman97@gmail.com

Peter Burgess Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 4:09 PM

To: matthew Cc: Robert Taylor , 'lwinters@fdu.edu' , 'claire@kayakmedia.com' , 'jcloud@fdu.edu' , 'jwirtenberg@optonline.net' , 'JHarmon444@aol.com' , 'gfarias@fdu.edu' , 'dtwomey@fdu.edu' , 'kent@fdu.edu' , 'wgrussell@prodigy.net' , 'anna@earthpeopleco.com' , 'mcohen@adm.njit.edu' , 'rcast@fdu.edu' , 'ira@greentrack.com' , 'jspolsky@gmail.com' , 'blarkey1@msn.com' , 'jaimie@cloudinstitute.org' , 'solomonr@tcnj.edu' , 'athena.sarafides@dep.state.nj.us' , 'koann@sustainablelifemedia.com' , 'kimmlatham@gmail.com' , 'rhoda.schermer@verizon.net' , 'vasishth@ramapo.edu' , 'rosemary@copyrose.com' , 'harriet@climatemama.com' , 'dawn@hornandhardartcoffee.com' , Joseph Robertson , 'robert.benjamin@greenwords.net' , 'ky.asral@dep.state.nj.us' , Alan AtKisson , 'allan@nj-green.org' , Andy Smith , 'ebangood@bard.edu' , Bob Bzik , 'dai@debraitaliano.com' , 'kathrin.winkler@emc.com' , Gus Escher , 'hoeffler12@gmail.com' , Global Learning , 'laura.knipmeyer@gmail.com' , 'lfurman97@gmail.com' , 'greeninspiresnj@gmail.com' , 'rlmarch@ix.netcom.com' , 'jcdernbach@widener.edu' , John Zindar , 'laura@knipmeyer.net' , 'lmalizzi@matrixneworld.com' , Pam Mount , 'mhozer@msn.com' , 'daronson@raritanval.edu' , 'sustainmorristown@yahoo.com' , 'grayrussell07043@yahoo.com' , 'jem.bendell@cumbria.ac.uk'

Dear Matt

As you know I am very optimistic about the future because the opportunity for a future that is better than anything we have ever had in the past now exists courtesy of amazing technology and a very large community of young people who have been better educated than at any time in the past. The problem is that the way society and the economic systems are now managed is out of sync with the systems themselves. Too much of leadership is in a 19th century mindset!

I was never able to conquer mathematics, but I do understand something of what mathematics teaches us. According to the maths, making projections in a very complex system gives very unreliable results ... yet this is the basis of so much of the forecasting that gets done. At the same time for many of the important laws of physics, engineering thermodynamics and the like, the results are both predictable and reliable.

Building on this, I have concluded that there can be huge change when the vast bulk of little decisions are made in the right way.

In turn the question becomes, what are the little decisions that need to be made in the right way, and what can be done to make this happen.

I go back to the question 'What is the purpose of economic activity?' Surely the purpose of economic activity is to sustain and improve quality of life for people ... me and my family, my community, my country, my world.

This is not the same as the idea that economic activity needs to be productive, efficient and profitable for an organization and the owners of the organization.

YES ... the capitalist form of organization has been a key part of enabling the industrial revolution and improving quality of life in amazing ways, but the design of organization that emerged in the 19th and 20th centuries needs rethinking for the 21st century in the light of modern productivity and modern knowledge. The present situation where the benefits of a high performance organization flows to a tiny part of the global population is unstable and dangerous.

My experience a long time ago as a corporate CFO has me convinced that metrics really matter. Behavior change happens very fast when the right metrics are in place. In our modern society most of the Big Data analysis is being used in ways that are detrimental for a sustainable society ... advertising mainly to target consumers to encourage more and more consumption and virtually nothing is being done to inform potential buyers of the facts about products that they are choosing. When this changes ... amazing follow on changes are likely. When customers change, then business will change ... and very very fast.

Some business leaders are trying to get ahead of this curve ... but business CFOs are still stuck with money profit accounting and typically it is CFOs that control much of the internal MIS of the corporate world. Business schools still teach money profit maximization in their core courses ... and none of these metrics integrate impact on people and planet in the way that is really needed. When we start doing trucost and truvalue type thinking throughout the business world, all sorts of changes are going to happen.

And then we need to do something with banking and money. I am not convinced that modern money makes much sense, and don't think Bitcoin is going to be any better. On the other hand significant changes in money thinking are needed, and in some ways the models for alternative currencies exist. I would like to see alternative currencies that encourage people in communities to achieve their full potential and to enable critical needs to get financed. I describe this as value based backing for the currency, rather than some notion of asset backed backing!

Matt ... I still owe you for some comment feedback on something you circulated going back in November. I am getting behinder all the time, even though I am going faster!

All the best

Peter

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Bendell, Jem Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 4:47 PM

To: Peter Burgess , matthew Cc: Robert Taylor , 'lwinters@fdu.edu' , 'claire@kayakmedia.com' , 'jcloud@fdu.edu' , 'jwirtenberg@optonline.net' , 'JHarmon444@aol.com' , 'gfarias@fdu.edu' , 'dtwomey@fdu.edu' , 'kent@fdu.edu' , 'wgrussell@prodigy.net' , 'anna@earthpeopleco.com' , 'mcohen@adm.njit.edu' , 'rcast@fdu.edu' , 'ira@greentrack.com' , 'jspolsky@gmail.com' , 'blarkey1@msn.com' , 'jaimie@cloudinstitute.org' , 'solomonr@tcnj.edu' , 'athena.sarafides@dep.state.nj.us' , 'koann@sustainablelifemedia.com' , 'kimmlatham@gmail.com' , 'rhoda.schermer@verizon.net' , 'vasishth@ramapo.edu' , 'rosemary@copyrose.com' , 'harriet@climatemama.com' , 'dawn@hornandhardartcoffee.com' , Joseph Robertson , 'robert.benjamin@greenwords.net' , 'ky.asral@dep.state.nj.us' , Alan AtKisson , 'allan@nj-green.org' , Andy Smith , 'ebangood@bard.edu' , Bob Bzik , 'dai@debraitaliano.com' , 'kathrin.winkler@emc.com' , Gus Escher , 'hoeffler12@gmail.com' , Global Learning , 'laura.knipmeyer@gmail.com' , 'lfurman97@gmail.com' , 'greeninspiresnj@gmail.com' , 'rlmarch@ix.netcom.com' , 'jcdernbach@widener.edu' , John Zindar , 'laura@knipmeyer.net' , 'lmalizzi@matrixneworld.com' , Pam Mount , 'mhozer@msn.com' , 'daronson@raritanval.edu' , 'sustainmorristown@yahoo.com' , 'grayrussell07043@yahoo.com'

For those interested in currencies that are linked to and enable the creation of real wealth (not digits!), I recommend these two systems that are already happening:

www.ces.org.za (hundreds of systems worldwide, very local, but being taken onto new open source system by a close colleague of mine)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripple_(payment_protocol) (potentially able to replace banks in the next decade, through self issued credit systems allowing worldwide payment)

The book “People Money” is a nice intro to dozens of case studies from the thousands of such complementary currencies worldwide.

Our Institute co-organised the first UN event on these types of complementary currencies, and we are in the process of putting together a proposal for the next. If we can find funds, it will be in NY HQ of UN. All help gratefully received. If interested, please stay in touch via our Linked In group linked from www.iflas.info

Castellana, Richard Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 5:54 PM

To: 'Bendell, Jem' , Peter Burgess , matthew Cc: lwinters@fdu.edu

Thanks for the information. In a globalization course we teach we read about alternative currencies, but the CES site looks like a better source of information. If you scroll down on this Motherboard website, http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/beyond-bitcoin-a-guide-to-the-most-promising-cryptocurrencies, you can read get a better understanding of Ripple.

Richard

KoAnn Skrzyniarz Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 10:40 PM

To: matthew Cc: Robert Taylor , 'lwinters@fdu.edu' , 'claire@kayakmedia.com' , 'jcloud@fdu.edu' , 'jwirtenberg@optonline.net' , 'JHarmon444@aol.com' , 'gfarias@fdu.edu' , 'dtwomey@fdu.edu' , 'kent@fdu.edu' , 'wgrussell@prodigy.net' , 'anna@earthpeopleco.com' , 'mcohen@adm.njit.edu' , 'rcast@fdu.edu' , 'ira@greentrack.com' , 'jspolsky@gmail.com' , 'blarkey1@msn.com' , 'jaimie@cloudinstitute.org' , 'solomonr@tcnj.edu' , 'athena.sarafides@dep.state.nj.us' , 'koann@sustainablelifemedia.com' , 'kimmlatham@gmail.com' , 'rhoda.schermer@verizon.net' , 'vasishth@ramapo.edu' , 'rosemary@copyrose.com' , 'harriet@climatemama.com' , 'dawn@hornandhardartcoffee.com' , Joseph Robertson , 'robert.benjamin@greenwords.net' , 'ky.asral@dep.state.nj.us' , Alan AtKisson , 'allan@nj-green.org' , Andy Smith , 'ebangood@bard.edu' , Bob Bzik , 'dai@debraitaliano.com' , 'kathrin.winkler@emc.com' , Gus Escher , 'peterbnyc@gmail.com' , 'hoeffler12@gmail.com' , Global Learning , 'laura.knipmeyer@gmail.com' , 'lfurman97@gmail.com' , 'greeninspiresnj@gmail.com' , 'rlmarch@ix.netcom.com' , 'jcdernbach@widener.edu' , John Zindar , 'laura@knipmeyer.net' , 'lmalizzi@matrixneworld.com' , Pam Mount , 'mhozer@msn.com' , 'daronson@raritanval.edu' , 'sustainmorristown@yahoo.com' , 'grayrussell07043@yahoo.com' , 'jem.bendell@cumbria.ac.uk' , Dimitar Vlahov

Hi Matt -- first, though I haven't had time to be too active on this list serve of late, it's mostly because I feel I've already had my day, which is to wholeheaetedly agree that we are heading towards a meaningful sea change in business -- one we've been carefully nurturing forward for the past decade by simply pointing out the opportunity in the inevitable (as we see it) and creating a safe place to as Gil Friend tweeted a few minutes back, construct a bridge we can walk over together.

The barrier I fully agree with Jem and Peter to fully unleashing the engine of innovation that is winding up quickly and with force around the world is our current capital market structures. To both of you, we are very interested in continuing to bring this topic into our community conversation as quickly as we can, and I can tell you the readiness is increasingly there. We will be bringing our New Metrics conversation to Boston in collaboration with both Harvard and MIT in September and I would be thrilled to have this discussion take shape live and involving the many many corporate execs from all our multinationals who will attend. We have already been seeding this topic of conversation in various ways online and in breakout dialogues at SB and New Metrics and each time, we are able to dive deeper.

Thank you all for your thought leadership and collaboration as we build that bridge together. I do hope to see you at one or another of our gatherings soon and again, would be particularly delighted to learn more about your thoughts on next systems that can more effectively unleash the betterness we sense is aching to erupt from the organizations we work with...

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Gerard Farias Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 10:58 AM

To: KoAnn Skrzyniarz , matthew Cc: Robert Taylor , lwinters@fdu.edu, claire@kayakmedia.com, jcloud@fdu.edu, jwirtenberg@optonline.net, 'JHarmon444@aol.com' , dtwomey@fdu.edu, kent@fdu.edu, wgrussell@prodigy.net, anna@earthpeopleco.com, mcohen@adm.njit.edu, rcast@fdu.edu, ira@greentrack.com, jspolsky@gmail.com, blarkey1@msn.com, jaimie@cloudinstitute.org, solomonr@tcnj.edu, athena.sarafides@dep.state.nj.us, koann@sustainablelifemedia.com, kimmlatham@gmail.com, rhoda.schermer@verizon.net, vasishth@ramapo.edu, rosemary@copyrose.com, harriet@climatemama.com, dawn@hornandhardartcoffee.com, Joseph Robertson , robert.benjamin@greenwords.net, ky.asral@dep.state.nj.us, Alan AtKisson , allan@nj-green.org, Andy Smith , ebangood@bard.edu, Bob Bzik , dai@debraitaliano.com, kathrin.winkler@emc.com, Gus Escher , peterbnyc@gmail.com, hoeffler12@gmail.com, Global Learning , laura.knipmeyer@gmail.com, lfurman97@gmail.com, 'greeninspiresnj@gmail.com' , rlmarch@ix.netcom.com, jcdernbach@widener.edu, John Zindar , laura@knipmeyer.net, lmalizzi@matrixneworld.com, Pam Mount , mhozer@msn.com, daronson@raritanval.edu, sustainmorristown@yahoo.com, grayrussell07043@yahoo.com, jem.bendell@cumbria.ac.uk, Dimitar Vlahov

This is an affirming story…

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Gerard

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At this moment in time, almost everything being done in the name of sustainability entails attempts to reduce unsustainability. But reducing unsustainability, although critical, does not and will not create sustainability

— John R. Ehrenfeld

KoAnn Skrzyniarz Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 5:23 PM

To: Gerard Farias Cc: matthew , Robert Taylor , lwinters@fdu.edu, Claire Sommer , 'jcloud@fdu.edu' , Jeana Wirtenberg , 'JHarmon444@aol.com' , 'dtwomey@fdu.edu' , '' , '' , Anna Clark , 'mcohen@adm.njit.edu' , rcast@fdu.edu, 'ira@greentrack.com' , Josh Polsky , Ben Larkey , jaimie@cloudinstitute.org, 'solomonr@tcnj.edu' , athena.sarafides@dep.state.nj.us, KoAnn Skrzyniarz , kimmlatham@gmail.com, rhoda.schermer@verizon.net, 'vasishth@ramapo.edu' , rosemary@copyrose.com, Harriet Shugarman , 'dawn@hornandhardartcoffee.com' , Joseph Robertson , robert.benjamin@greenwords.net, ky.asral@dep.state.nj.us, Alan AtKisson , allan@nj-green.org, Andy Smith , 'ebangood@bard.edu' , Bob Bzik , dai@debraitaliano.com, Kathrin Winkler , Gus Escher , Peter Burgess , hoeffler12@gmail.com, Global Learning , laura.knipmeyer@gmail.com, lfurman97@gmail.com, 'greeninspiresnj@gmail.com' , 'rlmarch@ix.netcom.com' , jcdernbach@widener.edu, John Zindar , laura@knipmeyer.net, lmalizzi@matrixneworld.com, Pam Mount , mhozer@msn.com, daronson@raritanval.edu, sustainmorristown@yahoo.com, grayrussell07043@yahoo.com, 'jem.bendell@cumbria.ac.uk' , Dimitar Vlahov

Exactly :)

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Kent Fairfield Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 10:24 PM

To: Gerard Farias , KoAnn Skrzyniarz , matthew Cc: Robert Taylor , lwinters@fdu.edu, claire@kayakmedia.com, jcloud@fdu.edu, jwirtenberg@optonline.net, 'JHarmon444@aol.com' , dtwomey@fdu.edu, wgrussell@prodigy.net, anna@earthpeopleco.com, mcohen@adm.njit.edu, rcast@fdu.edu, ira@greentrack.com, jspolsky@gmail.com, blarkey1@msn.com, jaimie@cloudinstitute.org, solomonr@tcnj.edu, athena.sarafides@dep.state.nj.us, koann@sustainablelifemedia.com, kimmlatham@gmail.com, rhoda.schermer@verizon.net, vasishth@ramapo.edu, rosemary@copyrose.com, harriet@climatemama.com, dawn@hornandhardartcoffee.com, Joseph Robertson , robert.benjamin@greenwords.net, ky.asral@dep.state.nj.us, Alan AtKisson , allan@nj-green.org, Andy Smith , ebangood@bard.edu, Bob Bzik , dai@debraitaliano.com, kathrin.winkler@emc.com, Gus Escher , peterbnyc@gmail.com, hoeffler12@gmail.com, Global Learning , laura.knipmeyer@gmail.com, lfurman97@gmail.com, 'greeninspiresnj@gmail.com' , rlmarch@ix.netcom.com, jcdernbach@widener.edu, John Zindar , laura@knipmeyer.net, lmalizzi@matrixneworld.com, Pam Mount , mhozer@msn.com, daronson@raritanval.edu, sustainmorristown@yahoo.com, grayrussell07043@yahoo.com, jem.bendell@cumbria.ac.uk, Dimitar Vlahov

Yes, Gerard, I was tickled to see this. As one MD commentator said, “They decided that selling a lethal, addictive product is inconsistent with being part of the healthcare system.” I think SO! Another commentator said that the strategic signal this sends is that CVS aspires to be a part of the healthcare system, not the convenience store business. I have heard that they have moved more than their competitors to staff stores with nurse practitioners and others who can serve as a kind of satellite for primary care. It happens that we just checked into getting an inoculation and found that they have a few places that serves as Minute Clinics.

Another commentator tonight speculated that “What if a place like Walmart takes this strategy?” It could be a huge next step, some said, to making it normative that cigarettes just aren’t part of the life most people want. While the $2 billion in sales CVS makes in tobacco is a mere fraction of total nationwide sales, they speculated about the disproportionate impact from actions like Mayor Bloomberg’s banning of smoking in restaurants and public places. It gave mayors in many other cities the “cover” to take similar actions.

Will CVS give cover to other companies to imitate them?

Kent

Kent D. Fairfield, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Management, Silberman College of Business
Principal, Institute for Sustainable Enterprise
Fairleigh Dickinson University
1000 River Road, H-DH2-06
Teaneck, NJ 07666
Dedicated to accelerating student growth and development
Facilitator Team, SCB Professional Development Program ISE

wgrussell@prodigy.net Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 10:47 PM

Reply-To: wgrussell@prodigy.net To: Kent Fairfield , Gerard Farias , KoAnn Skrzyniarz , matthew Cc: Robert Taylor , 'lwinters@fdu.edu' , 'claire@kayakmedia.com' , 'jcloud@fdu.edu' , 'jwirtenberg@optonline.net' , 'JHarmon444@aol.com' , 'dtwomey@fdu.edu' , 'anna@earthpeopleco.com' , 'mcohen@adm.njit.edu' , 'rcast@fdu.edu' , 'ira@greentrack.com' , 'jspolsky@gmail.com' , 'blarkey1@msn.com' , 'jaimie@cloudinstitute.org' , 'solomonr@tcnj.edu' , 'athena.sarafides@dep.state.nj.us' , 'koann@sustainablelifemedia.com' , 'kimmlatham@gmail.com' , 'rhoda.schermer@verizon.net' , 'vasishth@ramapo.edu' , 'rosemary@copyrose.com' , 'harriet@climatemama.com' , 'dawn@hornandhardartcoffee.com' , Joseph Robertson , 'robert.benjamin@greenwords.net' , 'ky.asral@dep.state.nj.us' , Alan AtKisson , 'allan@nj-green.org' , Andy Smith , 'ebangood@bard.edu' , Bob Bzik , 'dai@debraitaliano.com' , 'kathrin.winkler@emc.com' , Gus Escher , 'peterbnyc@gmail.com' , 'hoeffler12@gmail.com' , Global Learning , 'laura.knipmeyer@gmail.com' , 'lfurman97@gmail.com' , 'greeninspiresnj@gmail.com' , 'rlmarch@ix.netcom.com' , 'jcdernbach@widener.edu' , John Zindar , 'laura@knipmeyer.net' , 'lmalizzi@matrixneworld.com' , Pam Mount , 'mhozer@msn.com' , 'daronson@raritanval.edu' , 'sustainmorristown@yahoo.com' , 'grayrussell07043@yahoo.com' , 'jem.bendell@cumbria.ac.uk' , Dimitar Vlahov

Hi all:

I like what CVS is doing. I also took note that Target did it a year ago, but didn't promote it.

What might this tell us about promotions?

Bill

Peter Burgess Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 8:14 AM

To: 'wgrussell@prodigy.net' Cc: Kent Fairfield , Gerard Farias , KoAnn Skrzyniarz , matthew , Robert Taylor , 'lwinters@fdu.edu' , 'claire@kayakmedia.com' , 'jcloud@fdu.edu' , 'jwirtenberg@optonline.net' , 'JHarmon444@aol.com' , 'dtwomey@fdu.edu' , 'anna@earthpeopleco.com' , 'mcohen@adm.njit.edu' , 'rcast@fdu.edu' , 'ira@greentrack.com' , 'jspolsky@gmail.com' , 'blarkey1@msn.com' , 'jaimie@cloudinstitute.org' , 'solomonr@tcnj.edu' , 'athena.sarafides@dep.state.nj.us' , 'koann@sustainablelifemedia.com' , 'kimmlatham@gmail.com' , 'rhoda.schermer@verizon.net' , 'vasishth@ramapo.edu' , 'rosemary@copyrose.com' , 'harriet@climatemama.com' , 'dawn@hornandhardartcoffee.com' , Joseph Robertson , 'robert.benjamin@greenwords.net' , 'ky.asral@dep.state.nj.us' , Alan AtKisson , 'allan@nj-green.org' , Andy Smith , 'ebangood@bard.edu' , Bob Bzik , 'dai@debraitaliano.com' , 'kathrin.winkler@emc.com' , Gus Escher , 'hoeffler12@gmail.com' , Global Learning , 'laura.knipmeyer@gmail.com' , 'lfurman97@gmail.com' , 'greeninspiresnj@gmail.com' , 'rlmarch@ix.netcom.com' , 'jcdernbach@widener.edu' , John Zindar , 'laura@knipmeyer.net' , 'lmalizzi@matrixneworld.com' , Pam Mount , 'mhozer@msn.com' , 'daronson@raritanval.edu' , 'sustainmorristown@yahoo.com' , 'grayrussell07043@yahoo.com' , 'jem.bendell@cumbria.ac.uk' , Dimitar Vlahov

.... and I thought the CVS business model was to have a department that sold products to make people sick ... really sick ... so that their other products would be in greater demand. Surely this would be the best way to maximize profits, and as we all know, maximizing profits and stock prices is the big thing that corporate management must do. When is CVS going to face up to the stockholder suits that are going to get filed because the management is failing in its fiduciary duties ....

Peter Burgess
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winkler, kathrin Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 8:12 AM

To: 'wgrussell@prodigy.net' , Kent Fairfield , Gerard Farias , KoAnn Skrzyniarz , matthew Cc: Robert Taylor , 'lwinters@fdu.edu' , 'claire@kayakmedia.com' , 'jcloud@fdu.edu' , 'jwirtenberg@optonline.net' , 'JHarmon444@aol.com' , 'dtwomey@fdu.edu' , 'anna@earthpeopleco.com' , 'mcohen@adm.njit.edu' , 'rcast@fdu.edu' , 'ira@greentrack.com' , 'jspolsky@gmail.com' , 'blarkey1@msn.com' , 'jaimie@cloudinstitute.org' , 'solomonr@tcnj.edu' , 'athena.sarafides@dep.state.nj.us' , 'koann@sustainablelifemedia.com' , 'kimmlatham@gmail.com' , 'rhoda.schermer@verizon.net' , 'vasishth@ramapo.edu' , 'rosemary@copyrose.com' , 'harriet@climatemama.com' , 'dawn@hornandhardartcoffee.com' , Joseph Robertson , 'robert.benjamin@greenwords.net' , 'ky.asral@dep.state.nj.us' , Alan AtKisson , 'allan@nj-green.org' , Andy Smith , 'ebangood@bard.edu' , Bob Bzik , 'dai@debraitaliano.com' , Gus Escher , 'peterbnyc@gmail.com' , 'hoeffler12@gmail.com' , Global Learning , 'laura.knipmeyer@gmail.com' , 'lfurman97@gmail.com' , 'greeninspiresnj@gmail.com' , 'rlmarch@ix.netcom.com' , 'jcdernbach@widener.edu' , John Zindar , 'laura@knipmeyer.net' , 'lmalizzi@matrixneworld.com' , Pam Mount , 'mhozer@msn.com' , 'daronson@raritanval.edu' , 'sustainmorristown@yahoo.com' , 'grayrussell07043@yahoo.com' , 'jem.bendell@cumbria.ac.uk' , Dimitar Vlahov

To give credit where credit is due, I think Target did it last century (in the 90s)…

rlmarch@ix.netcom.com Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 9:03 AM

Reply-To: rlmarch@ix.netcom.com To: Peter Burgess , 'wgrussell@prodigy.net' Cc: Kent Fairfield , Gerard Farias , KoAnn Skrzyniarz , matthew , Robert Taylor , 'lwinters@fdu.edu' , 'claire@kayakmedia.com' , 'jcloud@fdu.edu' , 'jwirtenberg@optonline.net' , 'JHarmon444@aol.com' , 'dtwomey@fdu.edu' , 'anna@earthpeopleco.com' , 'mcohen@adm.njit.edu' , 'rcast@fdu.edu' , 'ira@greentrack.com' , 'jspolsky@gmail.com' , 'blarkey1@msn.com' , 'jaimie@cloudinstitute.org' , Randy Solomon , 'athena.sarafides@dep.state.nj.us' , 'koann@sustainablelifemedia.com' , 'kimmlatham@gmail.com' , 'rhoda.schermer@verizon.net' , 'vasishth@ramapo.edu' , 'rosemary@copyrose.com' , 'harriet@climatemama.com' , 'dawn@hornandhardartcoffee.com' , Joseph Robertson , 'robert.benjamin@greenwords.net' , 'ky.asral@dep.state.nj.us' , Alan AtKisson , 'allan@nj-green.org'

But they are thinking profits

Just a little more long term gains and marketshare as they become your healthcare provider and your 'local' market
What could be more user friendly and profitable
Utter full service in youir strip center

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Kayak Media Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 9:36 AM

Reply-To: claire@kayakmedia.com To: 'winkler, kathrin' , 'wgrussell@prodigy.net' , Kent Fairfield , Gerard Farias , KoAnn Skrzyniarz , matthew Cc: Robert Taylor , 'lwinters@fdu.edu' , 'jcloud@fdu.edu' , 'jwirtenberg@optonline.net' , 'JHarmon444@aol.com' , 'dtwomey@fdu.edu' , 'anna@earthpeopleco.com' , 'mcohen@adm.njit.edu' , 'rcast@fdu.edu' , 'ira@greentrack.com' , 'jspolsky@gmail.com' , 'blarkey1@msn.com' , 'jaimie@cloudinstitute.org' , 'solomonr@tcnj.edu' , 'athena.sarafides@dep.state.nj.us' , 'koann@sustainablelifemedia.com' , 'kimmlatham@gmail.com' , 'rhoda.schermer@verizon.net' , 'vasishth@ramapo.edu' , 'rosemary@copyrose.com' , 'harriet@climatemama.com' , 'dawn@hornandhardartcoffee.com' , Joseph Robertson , 'robert.benjamin@greenwords.net' , 'ky.asral@dep.state.nj.us' , Alan AtKisson , 'allan@nj-green.org' , Andy Smith , 'ebangood@bard.edu' , Bob Bzik , 'dai@debraitaliano.com' , Gus Escher , 'peterbnyc@gmail.com' , 'hoeffler12@gmail.com' , Global Learning , 'laura.knipmeyer@gmail.com' , 'lfurman97@gmail.com' , 'greeninspiresnj@gmail.com' , 'rlmarch@ix.netcom.com' , 'jcdernbach@widener.edu' , John Zindar , 'laura@knipmeyer.net' , 'lmalizzi@matrixneworld.com' , Pam Mount , 'mhozer@msn.com' , 'daronson@raritanval.edu' , 'sustainmorristown@yahoo.com' , 'grayrussell07043@yahoo.com' , 'jem.bendell@cumbria.ac.uk' , Dimitar Vlahov

Good catch Kathrin--Here's the NYT Aug 1996 article:
http://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/29/business/target-chain-citing-costs-to-stop-selling-cigarettes.html

I'm noticing a sustainability hook in the CVS story--short-term profits focus vs. long-term triple-bottom line.

(The following rests on my belief that commercially product tobacco is a faulty product. It kills its users. There is no safe dose of commercial tobacco.)

The NYT article says Target stopped selling tobacco because it was *too expensive* for their bottom line *short term*. The sales the made were wiped out by 1) shoplifting (lost product) & 2) inadequate theft prevention measures (overhead cost).

It seems that CVS stopped selling tobacco because it they are valuing *long term* costs as part of a strategy to pivot from being a seller of goods (stuff) to a provider of service (health services). Their '$2 billion loss in annual sales' will be meaningless over the longer-term horizon.

Also, I'd like to mention what some are calling the 'Blackfish Effect'. The anti-Seaworld film 'Blackfish' has galvanized meaningful action against Seaworld's use of captive orcas. The 'Blackfish Effect' is that the moral argument against captive orcas is so strong that it compels action. (I hope we get here with sharks too, Anna.)

In 1986, Target said, 'It's a money decision' because saying 'It's wrong, so we're stopping,' wouldn't have flown.

Today, I feel, CVS can say, 'It's wrong, so we're stopping.' Their decision of course is happening within the context of more people in the U.S. being able to access more healthcare services, and other trends. (And so what if there's Greenwashing mixed in. As Hunter Lovins has said, Greenwashing is Good and hypocrisy is the first step to real change.)

I believe that Sustainability's greatest strength has always been that it's the right thing to do. I'm inspired by Lincoln's (and Milton's) call to appeal to our fellow humans' better angels. I believe that CVS' announcement moves the ball downfield. It creates new 'safe' middle ground to act on the 'morals' argument rather than money. CVS' leaders decided to take this step. Others will follow.

Thanks,

Claire

Claire Sommer
917-834-0323

Rhoda Schermer Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 10:22 AM

To: Peter Burgess

You are funny!!!

Best,

Rhoda

Gerard Farias Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 12:32 PM

To: 'winkler, kathrin' , wgrussell@prodigy.net, Kent Fairfield , KoAnn Skrzyniarz , matthew Cc: Robert Taylor , lwinters@fdu.edu, claire@kayakmedia.com, jcloud@fdu.edu, jwirtenberg@optonline.net, 'JHarmon444@aol.com' , dtwomey@fdu.edu, anna@earthpeopleco.com, mcohen@adm.njit.edu, rcast@fdu.edu, ira@greentrack.com, jspolsky@gmail.com, blarkey1@msn.com, jaimie@cloudinstitute.org, solomonr@tcnj.edu, athena.sarafides@dep.state.nj.us, koann@sustainablelifemedia.com, kimmlatham@gmail.com, rhoda.schermer@verizon.net, vasishth@ramapo.edu, rosemary@copyrose.com, harriet@climatemama.com, dawn@hornandhardartcoffee.com, Joseph Robertson , robert.benjamin@greenwords.net, ky.asral@dep.state.nj.us, Alan AtKisson , allan@nj-green.org, Andy Smith , ebangood@bard.edu, Bob Bzik , dai@debraitaliano.com, Gus Escher , peterbnyc@gmail.com, hoeffler12@gmail.com, Global Learning , laura.knipmeyer@gmail.com, lfurman97@gmail.com, 'greeninspiresnj@gmail.com' , rlmarch@ix.netcom.com, jcdernbach@widener.edu, John Zindar , laura@knipmeyer.net, lmalizzi@matrixneworld.com, Pam Mount , mhozer@msn.com, daronson@raritanval.edu, sustainmorristown@yahoo.com, grayrussell07043@yahoo.com, jem.bendell@cumbria.ac.uk, Dimitar Vlahov

While, I obviously like what CVS is doing… I wonder what is needed to get them to the next level… how about soft drinks and a host of other products? With regard to Bill’s question on promotions, I am divided… the CVS promotional aspect has the added value of putting pressure on other drug chains… On the other hand no fanfare demonstrates a commitment values rather than image.

Gerard Farias
Associate Professor of Management
Silberman College of Business
Fairleigh Dickinson University
285 Madison Avenue, M-MS1-05
Madison NJ 07940
Phone: 973-443-8879

At this moment in time, almost everything being done in the name of sustainability entails attempts to reduce unsustainability. But reducing unsustainability, although critical, does not and will not create sustainability

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Jem Bendell Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 1:39 AM

To: matthew , Robert Taylor , 'lwinters@fdu.edu' , 'claire@kayakmedia.com' , 'jcloud@fdu.edu' , 'jwirtenberg@optonline.net' , 'JHarmon444@aol.com' , 'gfarias@fdu.edu' , 'dtwomey@fdu.edu' , 'kent@fdu.edu' , 'wgrussell@prodigy.net' , 'anna@earthpeopleco.com' , 'mcohen@adm.njit.edu' , 'rcast@fdu.edu' , 'ira@greentrack.com' , 'jspolsky@gmail.com' , 'blarkey1@msn.com' , 'jaimie@cloudinstitute.org' , 'solomonr@tcnj.edu' , 'athena.sarafides@dep.state.nj.us' , 'koann@sustainablelifemedia.com' , 'kimmlatham@gmail.com' , 'rhoda.schermer@verizon.net' , 'vasishth@ramapo.edu' , 'rosemary@copyrose.com' , 'harriet@climatemama.com' , 'dawn@hornandhardartcoffee.com' , Joseph Robertson , 'robert.benjamin@greenwords.net' , 'ky.asral@dep.state.nj.us' , Alan AtKisson , 'allan@nj-green.org' , Andy Smith , 'ebangood@bard.edu' , Bob Bzik , 'dai@debraitaliano.com' , 'kathrin.winkler@emc.com' , Gus Escher , 'peterbnyc@gmail.com' , 'hoeffler12@gmail.com' , Global Learning , 'laura.knipmeyer@gmail.com' , 'lfurman97@gmail.com' , 'greeninspiresnj@gmail.com' , 'rlmarch@ix.netcom.com' , 'jcdernbach@widener.edu' , John Zindar , 'laura@knipmeyer.net' , 'lmalizzi@matrixneworld.com' , Pam Mount , 'mhozer@msn.com' , 'daronson@raritanval.edu' , 'sustainmorristown@yahoo.com' , 'grayrussell07043@yahoo.com' Cc: 'DRJBENDELL@GMAIL.COM'

Hi Matthew and colleagues

On the monetary cause of unsustainability, I am pleased to invite you all to share with your networks the free online course on Money and Society that our Institute launches for a month starting February 16th.

http://iflas.blogspot.com/2014/12/money-and-society-mooc.html

We are also hosting a research festival on sustainability leadership, in the UK's stunning Lake District next summer: www.leadingwell.org

The associated special issue of a journal:

http://emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/call_for_papers.htm?id=5911

Thanks, Jem

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