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BSR Insight Article: BSR Review Launches With an Issue on Sustainable Consumption

Elissa Goldenberg, Associate, Advisory Services

BSR recently launched the BSR Review, a bi-monthly publication with strategies, tools, and opinions developed by BSR on a given theme central to business. Read more →

Posted: October 12, 2010 | Topics: Consumer Products, Sustainable Consumption

BSR Insight Article: 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. Read more →

Posted: September 28, 2010 | Topics: Consumer Products, Information & Communications Technology, Supply Chain, Toxicity & Product Design

BSR Insight Article: The Path to 'Conflict-Free': Risk Management or Responsibility?

Marshall Chase, Associate Director, Advisory Services

With recent headlines about the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) broadcasting strong claims like “Break the Link Between Laptops and War” and “Death by Gadget,” it’s easy to get the impression that the information and communications technology (ICT) sector is solely responsible for the violence in that country. These articles generally focus on the association between “conflict minerals” (tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold) used in ICT supply chains and the ongoing violence in the eastern DRC that has contributed to the deaths of more than five million people during the past 15 years. Read more →

Posted: September 28, 2010 | Topics: Conflict Minerals, Consumer Products, Economic, Social & Cultural Rights, Human Rights, Information & Communications Technology, Supply Chain

Report: Sustainability Trends in the Container Shipping Industry

Angie Farrag, Associate Director, Transport and Logistics; Peder Michael Pruzan-Jorgensen, Vice President, Europe, Middle East, and Africa

This report—based on more than 30 interviews with the international container shipping industry’s biggest customers and stakeholders—provides a summary of the industry's key sustainability challenges and explores how leading companies can turn these potential business risks into opportunities to develop new services, improve operating models, and deepen customer loyalty. Read more →

Posted: September 28, 2010 | Topics: Consumer Products, Supply Chain, Transportation | Download (PDF)

Blog: Mapping Sustainability Trends for Apparel, Mills & Sundries

Joyce Wong, Former Associate, Advisory Services Julia Nelson, Former Manager, Advisory Services

At the recent Apparel, Mills and Sundries Working Group meeting in Shenzhen, China, the 65 attendees from global brands and their strategic suppliers took turns mapping labor, environmental, and economic trends that are impacting their ability to achieve socially responsible, environmentally sustainable, and profitable textile and sundries production. Read more →

Posted: September 23, 2010 | Topics: Consumer Products