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Archives | September 2011

Date & Time

Tuesday September 20, 2011
8-9 a.m. San Francisco / 11 a.m.-noon New York / 5-6 p.m. Paris

Location

Location TBD

How Logistics and Transportation Can Help You Achieve Your Sustainability Goals Learn more →

Join BSR for a webinar about the Clean Cargo Working–the leading ocean supply chain sustainability collaboration among global retailers, manufacturers, ocean carriers, and logistics providers.

Speakers

  • Dawn Vance, Sustainable Global Logistics Infrastructure, Nike Inc.
  • Julien Topenot, Safety Security Environment, CMA, CGM
  • Raj Sapru, Director, Advisory Services, BSR (moderator)

Date & Time

September 23, 2011
3pm – 4.30 p.m. (CET)

Location

Paris

Webinar: Payments for Ecosystem Services in Agriculture Learn more →

There is divergence of opinion about how we can feed 9 billion people adequately by 2050 while conserving natural resources, securing food supply, and bolstering rural incomes. Increasingly, attention is focusing on viable economic models which:

  • Pay farmers to preserve agricultural biodiversity
  • Help efforts to mitigate/adapt to climate change
  • Protect watersheds
  • Alleviate rural poverty

Date & Time

September 27, 2011
13:30 – 17:00

Location

Meeting Room 1+2, Novotel Shenzhen Bauhinia Hotel, Qiaocheng Dong Road, Shenzhen, China

Hazardous Chemicals Substitution and Elimination Learn more →

Consumers and policy makers are increasingly concerned with the environmental and health impacts of hazardous chemical substances. This has led to the tightening of regulations all over the world and has also driven consumers to turn to safer products. All such moves put pressure on companies to actively seek solutions that allow them to make products with less or no hazardous chemicals.

Sustainability Matters

Date & Time

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

8-9 a.m. San Francisco / 11 a.m.-noon New York / 5-6 p.m. Paris / 11 p.m.-midnight Beijing

Location

Webinar

Business in Society: Trends and Themes in Global Public Opinion ★ Learn more →

For more than a decade, public opinion and research leader GlobeScan has been tracking the public's changing expectations of the corporate world around social and environmental responsibility. This body of research includes feedback from more than 30 countries and focuses on public perceptions of how well key industry sectors are doing in living up to these expectations.

Speakers

  • Chris Coulter, Senior Vice President, GlobeScan
  • Eric Olson, Senior Vice President, BSR
  • Melanie Janin, Communications Director, BSR (moderator)

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