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Case Study: Archer Daniels Midland: A Sustainable Supply Chain for Agribusiness

As one of the largest agricultural processors in the world—producing food, feed, and bio-energy products—Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) addresses one of the world’s most pressing challenges: meeting the growing global demand for agricultural products, while balancing the need to use such resources for food, fuel, or animal feed, and minimizing environmental degradation. Seeking guidance as it navigated these interconnected issues, ADM engaged BSR, beginning in 2007, to help the company align its supply chain management with best practices in social and environmental stewardship. Learn more 

Posted: June 1, 2009 Topics: Environment, Food, Beverage & Agriculture, Supply Chain

Report: Value Chain Approaches to a Low-Carbon Economy: Business and Policy Partnerships

This paper is prepared in support of a workshop at the World Business Summit on Climate Change Summit on leveraging value chains to reduce climate impacts and build a low-carbon economy. Read more 

Posted: May 28, 2009 | Topics: Climate Change, Environment, Food, Beverage & Agriculture, Information & Communications Technology, Supply Chain, Transportation | Download (PDF)

Report: Measuring Corporate Impact on Ecosystems: A Comprehensive Review of New Tools

Linda Hwang, Former Manager, Research; Sissel Waage, Director, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

Kit Armstrong, Senior Advisor, BSR

Learn how to integrate new ecosystem services into your corporate planning and daily decision-making. This report on ecosystem services—the collective benefits provided by a community of animals and plants interacting with one another and with their physical environment, such as clean water and pollination of plants—allows you to compare the various tools that measure and assess the value of ecosystem services. Read more 

Posted: December 28, 2008 | Topics: Climate Change, Ecosystem Services, Environment, Land Use & Biodiversity, Water | Download (PDF)

Report: Word from the Street: Toxicity & Health

This brief includes a framework companies can use to evaluate their level of risk exposure to issues surrounding toxicity and health in order to respond to the growing community of institutional investors, investment advisers and investors who have incorporated environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria into their investment decision-making. Read more 

Posted: April 28, 2008 | Topics: Environment, Financial Services, Investor Perspective, Toxicity & Product Design | Download (PDF)

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