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BSR Insight Article: Considering the Big Picture: Using Ecosystem Services Tools to Improve Corporate Environmental Performance
By Linda Hwang, Manager, Research & Innovation, BSR; Kit Armstrong, Senior Advisor, BSR; and Sissel Waage, Senior Advisor, BSR
In its 2008 corporate responsibility report, the Walt Disney Company made a pioneering commitment that the company will have a “net positive impact on ecosystems.” As part of this strategy, Disney will develop habitat and restoration solutions based on ecosystem impacts identified during the design-review process of new projects. In a similar fashion, some government agencies have begun to place more emphasis on ecosystems as a whole, as opposed to single environmental issues such as greenhouse gas emissions: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, for example, has oriented its research agenda around ecosystem services, and the European Environment Agency began investing heavily in ecosystem services research and tools to aid its decision-making for management of environmental issues. Read more
BSR Insight Article: Integration: The Key to Improving Supplier Sustainability Performance
Ryan Flaherty, Manager, Advisory Services
Increasing demands for traceability are forcing food companies throughout the supply chain to improve labor and environmental performance. While suppliers understand what to implement, BSR's work with Central American agricultural producers has revealed that they are struggling with how to implement these changes within their existing culture and operations. And this integration is key to sustainable performance. Read more
BSR Insight Article: A Commitment to Communities: Case Study of Nestlé Waters North America’s Water-Siting Plan
Julia Nelson, Former Manager, Advisory Services Linda Hwang, Former Manager, Research
In a northeastern U.S. town of about 1,000 people, at the first public hearing to discuss Nestlé Waters North America’s (NWNA) interest in bottling water from a local spring, the company listened as citizens outlined their primary concerns about the project: increased costs to the town, negative impacts to residents, and feuds among neighbors. Read more
Blog: Soggy Pork…and Other Climate Change Choices
Marshall Chase, Associate Director, Advisory Services
The world faces some interesting choices in the next few years. As illustrated by the ongoing Copenhagen negotiations, we have to decide whether and how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in a wide range of sectors, from energy generation to transportation and beyond. Read more →
Report: Sustainable Business Models: Time for Innovation
Business leaders face not only the economic fallout of the financial crisis, they face the substantial challenge of transitioning to a low-carbon economy that is constrained by dwindling natural resources. These pressures also represent opportunities to innovate new business models—including ones that help consumers make sustainable choices. Read about four categories of innovation that, with more development and experimentation, will ensure business success in a reset world. Read more
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