All Articles About Community Engagement & Development
BSR Insight Article: Case in Point: Implementing Sustainable Agriculture in Walmart China's Supply Chain
Laura Ediger, Associate Director, Advisory Services
The only place dark enough was a small room in the corner of a storage building, so the group of 20-odd farmers crowded around the door peering in at the images projected on the wall. For the next two hours, everyone listened as Liu Guosheng, a professor from the Hebei Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, explained how they could treat yellow rust on their pear crops, also known as “chicken-foot disease” for the marks it leaves on the skin of the fruit. But instead of coaching them on spraying pesticides, the professor was teaching farmers about an integrated pest management approach that incorporates better cultivation and hygiene practices.>/p> Read more
BSR Insight Article: Local Engagement in Travel and Tourism
Stéphanie Leblanc, Communications Manager, Europe, Middle East, and Africa
Whether living in the global North or South, many people travel between May and August. The United Nations World Travel Organization estimates that there will be 450 million tourists during this period, which will contribute to the milestone of 1 billion annual international travelers in 2012. With this surge in travel, sustainability questions are critical. Although carbon emissions and environmental impacts should be a central focus, they will not be achieved without community involvement. Infrastructural development is a crucial aspect of global tourism, but without a triple-bottom-line approach, it can harm both local economic development and the ecosystems that are attracting tourists in the first place. The importance of community engagement in travel and tourism was emphasized earlier this year at a session for the Americas Summit of the World Travel and Tourism Council: "The people have to be involved. If you do not involve communities in the long term, they will not have a social memory [about conservation]." --José Koechlin, Chairman and CEO, Inkaterra (May 17, 2012) Visit BSR's Travel & Tourism industry page for more information about our work with this industry. Read more
BSR Insight Article: Investing in Africa: Chinese Companies and Sustainable Development
Terry Nelidov, Former Manager, Advisory Services
At the Asia Society's "Chinese Investment in Africa" panel in Hong Kong, academics and journalists gathered to discuss the road ahead for Chinese companies looking to do business in Africa. I came away with two main reflections: Read more
BSR Insight Article: Is ‘Responsible’ Fracking Possible?
Ryan Schuchard, Manager, Climate and Energy
There's little in the current energy debate that isn't a hot button, and "unconventional" natural gas is especially controversial. A report released by the International Energy Agency outlines the challenges and opportunities of natural gas—such as that obtained by hydrofracturing, or "fracking"—and proposes "golden rules" for the industry and regulators to ensure environmental protection and community engagement, while making profitable extraction possible: Read more
BSR Insight Article: Local Social Performance Management in Energy and Extractives
Michael Oxman, Director, Advisory Services Joyce Sood, Former Digital Communications Manager
Local social and sustainable performance is critical to energy and mining companies' ability to secure and maintain a social license to operate at various sites around the world. BSR's Director of Energy and Extractives Michael Oxman highlights a few areas that form the foundation for planning and implementation of social performance management, including human rights, community engagement, community development and social investment, and local content, and offers solutions for effective management of local social performance plans. Read more
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