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Dara O’Rourke is both a professor and practitioner working to improve the environmental, health, and social impacts of global production and consumption. Dr. O’Rourke teaches courses on sustainable industry, environmental justice, and governance of global production at the University of California, Berkeley; was the co-founder and CEO of GoodGuide.com; and founded the Sustainability Science and Innovation team within Amazon.com. Dr. O’Rourke has consulted to the World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Environment Programme, the OECD, and a wide range of non-governmental organizations. He has worked with fenceline communities and workers up and down global supply chains from China, to Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Mexico, and El Salvador. His report on Nike’s labor practices in Vietnam led to a front-page New York Times exposé that helped ignite a new era of corporate accountability. Dr. O’Rourke has published three books, and dozens of academic articles, including the award-winning Community-Driven Regulation (MIT Press, 2004) and Shopping for Good (MIT Press, 2012). Dr. O’Rourke was previously a professor at MIT.