BSR Insight | Business and Sustainable Consumption: The Call to Action
In London last week, at BSR's second workshop on business' role in promoting sustainable consumption, representatives from the apparel, food and beverage, telecommunications, and chemicals industries discussed issues such as product design, consumer engagement, and what to do with a product at the end of its use life.
In sharing their common challenges—such as getting sustainable consumption on the business agenda and identifying consumption trends and implications—participants agreed that incremental action is not the answer, and one participant noted:
"The debate on consumption is shadowed by all of the negative impacts we hear about every day. We need to remove the pessimism from the sustainable consumption debate because it allows us to be lazy. The response from companies should instead be 'What are you asking me to do?'"
—Workshop participant (anonymity based on the Chatham House Rule)
Read more about this workshop or summaries of the first workshop here and here. You can also learn more about our sustainable consumption initiative in our report or at the BSR Conference 2010 session on how business leaders, urban planners, policymakers, and others can drive sustainable consumption models in urban settings.
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