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Blog: Get Out of the Matrix Cage: Six Tips for Making the Most of Materiality

David Korngold, Manager, Advisory Services

The materiality matrix can be a lockbox for good intentions that never see the light of day, or the tool that propels a company's sustainability strategy. Read more →

Posted: January 3, 2013 | Topics: Materiality, Strategy & Integration

Blog: CSR ‘Made in Germany’: Are Voluntary Standards Enough?

Julia Beier, Associate, Advisory Services

European countries are vigorously debating whether or not to regulate corporate sustainability efforts and require non-financial reporting by companies. Although German companies tend to be advanced on environmental performance and other sustainability issues, there is still much resistance in the country to CSR reporting laws. Why the reluctance? Read more →

Posted: December 19, 2012 | Topics: Reporting & Communications, Strategy & Integration

Blog: Top 10 BSR Blogs of 2012

Julia Robinson, Communications Associate

Looking for holiday-season reading? Consider one of our most-read blogs of 2012. Read more →

Posted: December 18, 2012 | Topics: Financial Services, Food, Beverage & Agriculture, Human Rights, Labor Migration, Reporting & Communications, Strategy & Integration, Supply Chain, Sustainable Consumption

BSR Insight Article: BSR at 20: What Did We Learn?

Eva Dienel, Associate Director, Communications Julia Robinson, Communications Associate

To celebrate BSR’s 20-year anniversary in 2012, we held a global series of dinner debates to explore what has, and what has not, changed in sustainability—and how to accelerate progress. Read more 

Posted: December 18, 2012 | Topics: Economic Development, Environment, Financial Services, Leadership, Materiality, Strategy & Integration, Sustainable Consumption

BSR Insight Article: Environmental Performance 2.0: How Will Ecosystem Services Affect Corporate Decision-Making Next?

Sissel Waage, Director, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

In January 2012, a potentially significant shift occurred for corporate decision-makers: Companies seeking financing from the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation, as well as from 76 global banks that signed on to the Equator Principles, became subject to due diligence processes that examine corporate impacts and dependencies on ecosystem services. This occurred even as more than 16 national and regional governments continued to focus on ways to integrate ecosystem services into public policy. With small-scale exploratory work underway for several years, corporate applications covered the spectrum—from integration of ecosystem services into accounting, to consideration of the issues as an element in risk-management and impact-assessment protocols. Read more 

Posted: December 11, 2012 | Topics: Ecosystem Services, Environment, Strategy & Integration

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