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BSR Insight Article: Measuring Environmental Performance: The Business Case for New Tools
Linda Hwang, Former Manager, Research Sissel Waage, Director, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
For years, environment and natural resource managers have been tracking individual parameters linked to air pollution, water, and energy consumption. Specific indicators are identified, measured, and trends tracked. Private, public, and nonprofit organizations have been diligently measuring water used, greenhouse gases emitted, waste averted or recycled, and many other individual metrics. Yet, academic, nonprofit, and public sectors are now placing greater attention on ecological systems. A set of tools to help companies take a systems approach is evolving, but to achieve significant uptake, the business case for these tools needs to be clearly demonstrated. BSR’s Environmental Services, Tools & Markets (ESTM) Working Group is working with member companies to define and articulate this case. Read more
BSR Insight Article: Guaranteeing the Security of the World’s Food
Roger McElrath, Manager, Advisory Services
According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, more than a billion people—roughly one in every seven people on the planet—suffered from undernourishment in 2009. Using a different methodology, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimates that the number of people experiencing “food insecurity” reached 833 million in 2009, and the USDA expects this issue to worsen over the next 10 years in 70 developing counties. The issue primarily affects those people living in rural areas in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, who (in the ultimate irony) rely on agriculture for their livelihood. Read more
BSR Insight Article: Food for Thought: A Conversation With BSR’s New Food, Beverage & Agriculture Practice Director
Kai Robertson, Senior Advisor
Interview with Kai Robertson, Director, Food, Beverage & Agriculture Practice, Advisory Services, by Faris Natour, Director, Research & Innovation
When BSR’s new Food, Beverage & Agriculture Practice Director Kai Robertson began her career working with the food industry 20 years ago, some of the big issues for the sector were consumer’s growing interest in organically grown foods and the push for a national standard, and speculation about how Walmart’s entry into the food business with its first “supercenter” would impact the industry. Now she looks forward to working with BSR’s 40-plus food, beverage, and agriculture member companies on developing corporate responsibility strategies and finding solutions to address the complex array of issues facing the industry. Read more
BSR Insight Article: Exploring the Many Links from Field to Plate at the BSR Conference
Kai Robertson, Senior Advisor
With sessions on topics such as how to feed the planet's growing population sustainably ("Feeding the Future: What Will it Take?") and how to integrate health and wellness programs with corporate responsibility strategies ("Healthier People, Healthier Planet: The Link Between Wellness and Sustainability"), the BSR Conference will explore the broad range of sustainability issues facing the food, beverage, and agriculture industry. Read more
Report: Seeding Positive Impacts: How Business and Civil Society Can Contribute to the Sustainability of Chinese Agriculture
This report features examples of private-sector and civil-society initiatives that address the environmental impacts of agricultural supply chains in China. Read more
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