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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: A Practical Guide to Social and Environmental Compliance in the Licensing Industry

Cody Sisco, Former Manager, Advisory Services

BSR’s new guide—created with the International Licensing Industry Merchandisers’ Association and BSR’s Licensing Working Group (which includes representatives from Hasbro, NBCUniversal, Time Warner, and the Walt Disney Company)—helps the licensing industry promote social and environmental standards among a complex network of licensors, licensees, agents, suppliers, factories, and retailers. Read more →

Posted: November 1, 2011 | Topics: Consumer Products, Environment, Reporting & Communications, Supply Chain

Report: Good Practices for Complying with Licensors’ Social and Environmental Requirements

This guide serves as a starting point for licensee executives and professionals to understand how they can meet licensors’ requirements related to social and environmental compliance. It also provides guidance on how licensees can improve working conditions within their direct and contract manufacturing operations and supply chains. Read more →

Posted: October 30, 2011 | Topics: Consumer Products, Environment, Human Rights, Reporting & Communications, Supply Chain | Download (PDF)

BSR Insight Article: New Tool Helps Companies, Investors Assess Water-Related Risks

The Ceres Aqua Gauge, an Excel-based tool to help companies and investors assess water-related risks and opportunities, allows investors to score a company's water-management activities using a four-tiered rating system: no action, initial steps, advanced progress, and leading practice. Read more →

Posted: October 25, 2011 | Topics: Reporting & Communications, Stakeholder Relations, Water

BSR Insight Article: Best Features of the New Scope 3 Standard

Ryan Schuchard, Manager, Climate and Energy

Earlier this month, the Greenhouse Gas Protocol launched its Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard, establishing a common way for companies to define and measure their total greenhouse gas impacts, risks, and opportunities—including those that are beyond the company’s direct operating control but that may represent the most significant impacts on the price and stability of the company’s supplies, customer demand, reputation, and costs. Read more →

Posted: October 25, 2011 | Topics: Environment, Reporting & Communications