BSR Insight Archives: 2012 04
April 24, 2012
Improving Worker Well-Being
In our work on labor issues over the past 20 years, BSR has launched initiatives such as Beyond Monitoring and HERproject to get companies to look beyond compliance at ways to improve the lives, health, and communities of workers.
In This Issue
April 17, 2012
Eco-Rating Electronics Products
Today, more than 400 eco-labels compete for customers’ attention on a variety of products and services. The labels are aimed at helping consumers make better product choices. But are they providing useful information that will change consumer behavior?
In This Issue
April 10, 2012
Taking Ethics to the Cloud
Cloud computing—which now provides services to all of us, from banks to retailers to individual consumers—has the potential to create profound new sustainability and ethical dilemmas. Addressing these dilemmas requires a redefinition of what constitutes corporate responsibility for some companies.
In This Issue
- In Depth: Taking Ethics to the Cloud
- Toolbox: Scaling Up Payments for Watershed Services
- On the Record: Using Games to Spur Greener Behaviors
- View the entire email publication
April 3, 2012
Corporate Environmental Performance in Practice
Following up on our feature last week on the increasing integration of ecosystem services within government, investors, and business, BSR Research Manager Linda Hwang reports on how some companies are approaching ecosystem services—either by integrating the idea into decision-making processes at a high level or by applying ecosystem services to specific activities.
