Press Releases Archives: 2012 05
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Press Releases
Registration Opens for BSR Conference 2012: Fast Forward, October 23-26 in New York
May 21, 2012
San Francisco—May 21, 2012—Registration opens today for the BSR Conference 2012: Fast Forward. This is BSR’s 20th anniversary Conference—the preeminent platform for business leaders to network, share best practices, and commit to strategies and actions for a sustainable future.
BSR, Hilton Worldwide Launch Center to Help Business Make Sustainable Purchasing Decisions
May 15, 2012
San Francisco—May 15, 2012—BSR and Hilton Worldwide launched the Center for Sustainable Procurement today to help global business procurement managers integrate sustainability into their purchasing decisions—providing a unique set of research and information that will help make sense of the increasingly available product sustainability data.
New Report: Wireless Products and Services Help Drive Socioeconomic Change
May 10, 2012
Wireless products and services are a powerful agent of social change that provide billions of people around the world with anytime, anywhere access, according to a report released today by BSR and commissioned by CTIA-The Wireless Association. The “Socioeconomic Impacts of Wireless Technology” report cites a variety of case studies and uses on the adoption of, and trends in, wireless-enabled applications for finance, healthcare, education, and community engagement.
BSR and the Danish Fashion Institute Deliver a Framework for Sustainable Fashion Consumption to EU Presidency and European Commission at Copenhagen Fashion Summit
May 4, 2012
Copenhagen—May 4, 2012—The NICE Consumer project—a joint initiative led by BSR and the Danish Fashion Institute, which aims to inspire changes in government policies and business practices to help consumers make more sustainable fashion choices—recently released a draft of its “Framework for Achieving Sustainable Fashion Consumption.” The framework outlines the possible roles and actions by consumers, industry, government, and other stakeholders to support sustainable fashion consumption, and was a main topic of discussion at the May 3 Copenhagen Fashion Summit.
New BSR Report: Companies Roll up Their Sleeves on Ecosystem Services
May 2, 2012
San Francisco—May 2, 2012—With an increasing number of companies and public agencies evaluating their impacts on ecosystem services—the flows from natural systems that provide raw materials for business—BSR’s new report outlines trends and emerging activities to help companies understand why and where they can begin to integrate this concept into their strategic decisions.
