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BSR Insight Article: Health Care’s New Definition of ‘Do No Harm’: An Interview with Gary Cohen, Founder, Practice Greenhealth and Health Care Without Harm
Chloë Poynton, Associate, Advisory Services, BSR and Gary Cohen, Founder and President, Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth
As Founder and President of Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth, Gary Cohen works with health care companies to promote the health of people and the environment. He spoke with us about why environmental issues are relevant to health care companies, how this sector can address these issues (and learn from other industries that have done the same), and why it's important to reframe climate change as a health challenge. "Do no harm" has long been used to guide the ethics of medical practitioners, but your organizations, Practice Greenhealth and Health Care Without Harm, have given that phrase new meaning. What are you hoping to accomplish through your work? Read more
BSR Insight Article: Bringing Medicines to Low-Income Markets
Jessica Davis Pluess, Manager, Research
A new guide by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development outlines how pharmaceutical companies can use inclusive business models to tap the growing market for pharmaceuticals in developing countries and improve the lives of the 1.7 billion people who lack access to essential medicines. Read more
BSR Insight Article: 2012: Sustainability Steams Ahead in Uncertain Times
Aron Cramer, President and CEO
History moved fast in 2011, even as the economy was stuck in neutral, and 2012 promises to be a wild ride. Exactly how it will play out is hard to say. 2011 provides ample evidence of how difficult it is to foresee specific changes: Last January, few anticipated the Arab Spring, and Hosni Mubarak was ejected from office before the end of February. And early in 2011, any mention of the "Occupy Movement” was more likely to be considered a good name for a new indie rock band than one of the most potent political forces seen in years. Read more
BSR Insight Article: Reflections From the BSR Conference 2011: We Have the Will—and the Power—to Act
Kara Hurst, Former Vice President
In his opening address at the BSR Conference 2011, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore talked about the “functional insanity” of CEOs and CFOs who choose short-term gains over long-term sustainability. He referenced a study in which these leaders were asked what they would do if they were given a chance to make an investment that would increase their company’s profitability and sustainability—with the catch being that they would miss their quarterly targets. Eighty percent said they would not make the investment. Read more
Blog: Is the Health Care Industry Really Failing at CSR?
Mark Little, Director, Healthcare, Advisory Services
Fast Company seems to think so, at least according to a recent blog by Brian Jackson, who asserts that while almost every other sector has found a way to pursue CSR efforts, health care companies have failed, despite several opportunities to pursue sustainable options. But I’d suggest that the analysis put forward by Jackson is too cursory to support his ultimate conclusion that “the long-term viability of health care entities is at risk.” Read more →
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