All Articles About Information & Communications Technology

BSR Insight Article: HP, Dell, and Nokia Top Greenpeace’s Green Products Ranking

Greenpeace’s 2011 “Guide to Greener Electronics” ranks 15 leading mobile phone, TV, and computer manufacturers on their policies and practices to reduce climate impacts, produce greener products, and make their operations more sustainable. HP, Dell, and Nokia top the list of the greenest manufacturers, while LG Electronics, Toshiba, and RIM take the bottom three ranks. Read more →

Posted: November 29, 2011 | Topics: Consumer Products, Information & Communications Technology, Reporting & Communications, Supply Chain

BSR Insight Article: The Sustainability Opportunity in Product Obsolescence

Marshall Chase, Associate Director, Advisory Services

On the last day of the BSR Conference 2011, Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn noted that we have about five years to address the world’s critical sustainability challenges. But to do this, he added, we need new business models. Read more →

Posted: November 15, 2011 | Topics: Consumer Products, Information & Communications Technology, Strategy & Integration, Toxicity & Product Design

BSR Insight Article: Re-Scaling for the New Local

Linda Hwang, Former Manager, Research

In the next decade, rapidly growing urban regions will need redesigned infrastructure, goods, and services to match peoples’ needs and work within planetary constraints. New efforts to track well-being and happiness, ecological systems under stress, and community and culture shocks like forced water restrictions and food-safety scares are driving people to pursue more resilient solutions such as low-impact housing, off-grid water and energy, seed-sharing programs, and community-supported agriculture. Read more →

Posted: October 25, 2011 | Topics: Community Engagement & Development, Consumer Products, Energy, Environment, Food, Beverage & Agriculture, Health Care, Information & Communications Technology, Toxicity & Product Design, Transportation, Travel & Tourism, Water

BSR Insight Article: Moving Beyond Traditional Notions of Human Rights in the ICT Sector

Last week, BSR facilitated a workshop with sustainability, procurement, and legal representatives from nine information and communications technology (ICT) companies—Alcatel-Lucent, Belgacom, BT, Deutsche Telekom, Nokia, SAP, ST Microelectronics, Telefonica, and Telia Sonera—on implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Human Rights. Participants discussed how to conduct a human rights impact assessment, develop and integrate a human rights policy, and measure progress.   Read more →

Posted: October 18, 2011 | Topics: Human Rights, Information & Communications Technology

Blog: Opportunities for Wireless Technology to Improve Environmental Impacts

Vijay Kanal, Former Director, Information and Communications Technology Practice, Advisory Services

A new report developed by BSR—and commissioned by CTIA- the Wireless Association—explores the impacts of wireless technology on the environment in the United States. To our surprise, we found several innovations occurring with wireless applications that not only reduce costs but also benefit the environment—and the applications are in just about every industry. Read more →

Posted: October 11, 2011 | Topics: Environment, Information & Communications Technology, Strategy & Integration