All Articles About Materiality

Case Study: Hyatt Hotels: Developing an Integrated CSR Strategy

We worked with Hyatt to develop an integrated sustainability strategy that connects corporate responsibility objectives to business goals and engages both senior leadership and the broader employee base.

Posted: June 3, 2011 Topics: Materiality, Strategy & Integration, Travel & Tourism

Case Study: Best Buy: A Focus on Delivering Solutions and Sustainability

We analyzed more than 60 issues and conducted more than 60 interviews to create a strategy and goals focused on four Best Buy priorities: Product Stewardship, Sustainability Solutions, Access, and Inspired Workplace.

Posted: June 3, 2011 Topics: Consumer Products, Materiality, Strategy & Integration

Report: Mandatory Reporting: BSR Debates the Pros and Cons of Requiring Companies to Report on Sustainability

With more industry leaders beginning to ask whether sustainability reporting should be required, two BSR consultants debate what form it might take, whether mandatory reporting would impact innovation, and what would need to happen in order for such a system to work. Read more →

Posted: February 28, 2010 | Topics: Materiality, Reporting & Communications, Stakeholder Relations, Strategy & Integration | Download (PDF)

BSR Insight Article: Mandatory Reporting: BSR Debates the Pros and Cons of Requiring Companies to Report on Sustainabilit

Interview with Dunstan Allison Hope, Managing Director, ICT Practice, and Blythe Chorn, Associate, Advisory Services, by Eva Dienel, Communications Manager, BSR

At BSR’s most recent conference in October 2009, Ben Verwaayen, the CEO of Alcatel-Lucent, spoke favorably about the need for mandatory sustainability reporting. At a breakout session later that same day, however, many corporate responsibility (CR) practitioners said they opposed mandatory reporting. Read more →

Posted: February 2, 2010 | Topics: Materiality, Reporting & Communications, Stakeholder Relations, Strategy & Integration

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 →

Posted: November 28, 2009 | Topics: Ecosystem Services, Environment, Financial Services, Food, Beverage & Agriculture, Information & Communications Technology, Materiality, Media & Entertainment, Mining, Strategy & Integration, Supply Chain, Water | Download (PDF)