All Articles About Sustainable Consumption

Blog: Introducing the ‘Nice Consumer’: Can She Lead Us to the Sustainable Consumption of Fashion?

Cody Sisco, Former Manager, Advisory Services

Many smart and opinionated people are split on the answer to the question of whether less is more, which has become central to the sustainable consumption debate. Read more →

Posted: December 16, 2011 | Topics: Consumer Products, Sustainable Consumption

Blog: Can We Afford Our Constant Consumption?

Ted Howes, Former Director, Advisory Services

Thanksgiving. I love this holiday. The opportunity to sit down with family and friends, enjoy one another’s company, and share a feast is indeed something to be thankful for. In my family, we always go around the table sharing what we’re grateful for. It’s a profound moment of connecting and appreciation for what we have, and it often turns out that we’re thankful for the small things—the ones we can’t purchase. Read more →

Posted: November 23, 2011 | Topics: Consumer Products, Sustainable Consumption

Blog: In Your Words: Rocky Mountain Institute’s Ned Harvey on Leadership

Ned Harvey, Rocky Mountain Institute

This guest blog is part of BSR's ongoing series exploring what leadership for sustainability looks like in today's world.

Posted: October 20, 2011 | Topics: Leadership, New Media, Sustainable Consumption

BSR Insight Article: Consumption Scenarios Help Business Prepare for the Future

Forum for the Futures “Consumer Futures 2020”—created in partnership with Sainsbury’s and Unilever—outlines four scenarios that explore possible consumption patterns in 2020.  Each scenario includes a toolkit with examples of how companies can meet future consumers’ needs based on the consumers’ “personas”: Read more →

Posted: October 18, 2011 | Topics: Sustainable Consumption

BSR Insight Article: Who’s the Champion? Why We Need to ‘Prototype’ Sustainable Consumption

Ted Howes, Former Director, Advisory Services

Sustainable consumption remains the next big challenge in sustainability. Without recounting impending resource scarcity and the population boom, the macro trends show that we’re heading into a very different world. While leading companies have focused on reducing the negative environmental and social impacts on the supply side for years, those efficiency gains will get us only part of the way to a sustainable society. And so attention now swings to the demand side. Sustainable consumption, at its core, is trying to resolve the tension between limited resources and consumer demand. Read more →

Posted: October 18, 2011 | Topics: Consumer Products, Sustainable Consumption