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Blog: Dispatches from SXSW Eco: Sustainable Design, Behavior Change, and Clean Energy

Julia Robinson, Communications Associate

At SXSW Eco's second annual conference, which took place in Austin, Texas, last week, the experts focused on new approaches to sustainability and on how to get beyond words to lasting impact. Read more →

Posted: October 10, 2012 | Topics: Climate Change, Energy, Events, Environment, Sustainable Consumption

BSR Insight Article: The Future of Fuels Forecast

Eric Olson, Senior Vice President, Advisory Services

Energy is both the engine of the modern global economy and one of the biggest drivers of our sustainability challenges, including climate change. Providing access to affordable sources of energy will be critical to alleviating poverty and ensuring peace and prosperity for the 9 billion people expected to inhabit Earth in 2050. However, if we don't find ways to address the negative sustainability impacts of our energy sources—including many of the newer technologies, from unconventional fossil fuels to fuels and technologies that specialize in reducing carbon—these benefits will be undermined. Today, BSR is releasing the first working paper from our Future of Fuels initiative, which brings together critical players from the corporate, NGO, and public sectors in a series of facilitated dialogues, supported by research, designed to: Read more →

Posted: October 9, 2012 | Topics: Climate Change, Energy, Transportation

Report: The Sustainability Impacts of Fuel: A Paper from the Future of Fuels Working Group

Any treatment of fuel and sustainability requires consideration of climate change and the dangers it poses to global well-being. Because of these concerns, we have seen an increase in demands for substantial shifts in policy, business practices, and consumer behavior to change our energy mix. Read more →

Posted: October 8, 2012 | Topics: Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Transportation | Download (PDF)

BSR Insight Article: (Not) Sharing the Benefits: A Business Risk?

Jessica Davis Pluess, Manager, Research

Ernst & Young's most recent annual report of business risks facing the mining and minerals industry has a notable addition this year: "sharing the benefits." Read more →

Posted: October 2, 2012 | Topics: Community Engagement & Development, Economic, Social & Cultural Rights, Energy, Mining, Stakeholder Relations

BSR Insight Article: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: Reporting on Business Travel Emissions

Andrew Matthews, Associate, Advisory Services

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Posted: August 7, 2012 | Topics: Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Reporting & Communications, Transportation, Travel & Tourism