All Articles About Land Use & Biodiversity
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BSR Insight Article: Learning From Gravity: Lessons for Business Decision-Makers
Sissel Waage, Director, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Of the engineers among us, who has ever woken up and said, in the words of my former colleague George Basile, “Today, I am going to design a bridge that ignores gravity!” Read more
BSR Insight Article: Four Human Rights Issues Every Food and Agriculture Company Needs to Understand
Peter Nestor, Manager, Advisory Services
When the United Nations endorsed the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights 18 months ago, businesses in nearly every industry took a more serious look at their human rights impacts. For food, beverage, and agriculture companies, labor rights are often the most well-understood and critical human rights risks. But a holistic approach to assessing human rights will uncover several other potential impacts that are often overlooked. Read more
Report: Global Public Sector Trends in Ecosystem Services, 2009-2012
Ecosystem services are gaining the attention of government officials around the world. From 2009 through 2012, BSR has documented a wide and growing range of public-sector activities related to the issue. Read more
BSR Insight Article: Sustainable Urban Growth: Is Hong Kong a Model for China?
Raj Sapru, Former Director, Advisory Services
Note: This is the second of a multi-part series on sustainable urban growth. Read part one, on the private sector’s role in sustainable urban development, here. Read more
BSR Insight Article: Case in Point: Implementing Sustainable Agriculture in Walmart China's Supply Chain
Laura Ediger, Associate Director, Advisory Services
The only place dark enough was a small room in the corner of a storage building, so the group of 20-odd farmers crowded around the door peering in at the images projected on the wall. For the next two hours, everyone listened as Liu Guosheng, a professor from the Hebei Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, explained how they could treat yellow rust on their pear crops, also known as “chicken-foot disease” for the marks it leaves on the skin of the fruit. But instead of coaching them on spraying pesticides, the professor was teaching farmers about an integrated pest management approach that incorporates better cultivation and hygiene practices.>/p> Read more
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